Emir Yasin Yağmurca was born in Istanbul in 1995 and lives there. After graduating from the Visual Arts Department of the Faculty of Art and Design at Eskişehir Osmangazi University in 2020, he began his master's studies in the same department. He creates his works in Istanbul and various open spaces. His work generally revolves around video, painting, photography, and installation disciplines. Having started his artistic journey with video art and installation, the artist has focused on painting and photographic printmaking techniques since 2023. Between 2018 and 2025, he exhibited his work in various group exhibitions and fairs in Istanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir, and Berlin. In April 2025, he presented his first solo exhibition to the audience in Istanbul. Currently residing in Istanbul, the artist continues his work within "Atelier Dual," of which he is a founding partner.

Darkness, fog, shadow – perhaps that's why we love it. Perhaps that's why we need to hide, to conceal. To find satisfaction, to feel good. The easiest way to define loneliness. Empty spaces, the very essence of spaces, intertwine with us. Darkness is us, it feels familiar. The shadow is us, it comes uncontrollably, beyond our reach. In a sense, that's why I turned to the darkness, because it allows me to be myself. Being openly visible is the first door that takes you away from yourself. Light, sun, attention—these are the effects that take you away from being yourself. Trust the darkness; what makes you think that seeing everything is positive? Didn't it feel difficult to you when you couldn't see behind it, when you didn't get lost in its details? Stay one more day. Capture one more moment in the darkness of your mind; that is you.

Praise of Darkness / Oil on Canvas / 105 x 135 cm / 2025