Pelin Bulu Yılmaz is an artist born in Kayseri who works in the fields of sculpture and contemporary art. She completed her undergraduate studies at Erciyes University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, graduating with top honors (2018–2022), and her master's degree at Erciyes University, Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, also graduating with top honors (2022–2025). She previously graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection. In her artistic practice, she focuses on the concepts of self, doppelganger, and uncanny; she produces sculptures, installations, and mixed media using body molds and materials bearing personal traces. Her works have been exhibited in juried platforms such as BASE, Erdemir “Steel and Life”, Sütaş 50th Anniversary Project, and Elgiz Museum–YAG/GARAGE selections. She has participated in various workshops, including the Baksı Museum Utopia Workshops, and has received an Honorable Mention in the ArtAntakya Young Artists Competition and a Special Award from Erdemir. The artist, who continues her work in her studio, is married and a mother of one child.

Inspired by Carl Gustav Jung's archetypes, the work titled "Persona" utilizes molds of the artist's body, such as hands, arms, and legs, creating projections of the self through repetition. Placed inside a found wooden cabinet from the 1940s, the repeating body parts, while initially resembling a neat and ordinary wardrobe, actually represent a memory where the twin versions of the self are archived. The skin-like texture of the silicone draws the viewer into material reality; the multiplication of the parts reveals the individual's fragmented identity and the conflict between the persona and the shadow self. Each morning, a new skin covering chosen from the wardrobe, like putting on new clothes, represents a new twin self. The work, which addresses the selection of twin selves instead of clean clothes, aims to move the viewer beyond the question of "What should I wear today?" and prompts the question of "Who should I be today?". The work asserts that selves are selectable and variable through the placement of body molds in a wardrobe. The work, which both conceals and reveals the theatrical layers of identity through the body form, invites the viewer to open their own inner closet, question their hidden selves, and become aware of the identity patterns woven with repetition.

Pelin Bulu Yılmaz, “Persona”, 2023, 180x60x30

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