Chrysalis of Rebirth

The first exhibition of CARPEL, an art collective based in London and Istanbul, Chrysalis of Rebirth, curated by Bengü Gün, will be held in London from March 8th to March 26th, 2025, featuring the works of Ahu Akgün, Burçak Bingöl, Cemre Yeşil, Erol Eskici, Hilal Polat, Meltem Şahin, Nancy Atakan, Özgül Arslan, Sarah Pickstone, and Seph Li.

The exhibition explores the concept of rebirth as a transformative and ongoing process that integrates the past rather than rejecting it. It invites reflection on how personal, cultural, and societal changes shape identity and existence through memory, imagination, destruction, and creation.

Each piece, in different disciplines, is in a dialogue with the others, where the past and present intertwine to create infinite possibilities for the self and the collective. Through this, the artists delve into themes of metamorphosis, resilience, and the cyclical nature of life.