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Miraç Ceyhan
M. Miraç Ceyhan was born in 2000 in Keskin, a district of Kırıkkale, Türkiye. He began his art education in 2014 at the Painting Department of Kırıkkale Fine Arts High School. In 2018, he was admitted to the Department of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University, where he completed his undergraduate studies. In 2026, he began his graduate studies in the Sculpture Program at the Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University.
Since his student years, Ceyhan has focused on the human figure, animal imagery, and the concepts of transformation and hybridity between these two forms. Questions surrounding the inner world of the individual, the notion of selfhood, and primal instincts constitute the central axis of his artistic practice.
The artist has participated in various exhibitions and artistic events in Ankara and Istanbul. Selected exhibitions include “Yap” (Hacettepe University, Ankara, 2018), “Yapma” (Hacettepe University, Ankara, 2018), “II. Fresh Ankara” (Atatürk Cultural Center, Ankara, 2023), “Yeni Eski” (Hacettepe University, Ankara, 2023), “III. Fresh Ankara” (ATO Congresium, Ankara, 2024), “Towards the Future Together” (Galeri Deniz, Istanbul, 2024), 1st Youth Festival (Hacettepe University, Ankara, 2024), Young Perspective Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition (Istanbul Topkapı University, Istanbul, 2025), “İzlek” (Arthan Gallery, Istanbul, 2025), 2025 Graduation Exhibition (Doğan Taşdelen Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara, 2025), and Bazaart 15th Edition (2PLAN Terminal, Istanbul, 2026
Manifesto
In Miraç Ceyhan’s works, the animal image functions as a metaphorical device that points to humanity’s primal nature rather than serving as a direct representation. The merging of human and animal elements is not merely a formal intervention; it alludes to the fragmentation of the self, the blurring of boundaries, and the reemergence of what has been suppressed.
The artist neither rejects nor glorifies the animalistic aspects of human nature. Instead, he approaches instinctual nature as an inseparable component of human existence. The focus of his work is not the suppression or liberation of the primitive, but the questioning of the relationship established with it.
The hybrid forms and transforming bodies that appear in his works emerge as reflections of an encounter with the unfamiliar that exists within the self. Through these figures, the viewer is invited to confront not only a body, but also those aspects of themselves that have been suppressed, neglected, or remain difficult to define.
Ceyhan’s practice approaches the human being not as a singular and unified entity, but as a subject in a constant state of transformation, carrying contradictions and coexisting with its own animal nature. In this context, form becomes a trace of humanity’s endless struggle with its own nature, as well as the unavoidable coexistence it maintains with it.
