Entre dos mares / My two places
In My Two Places, Asli Bolayir explores her relationship with Nicosia and Barcelona through photography, memory and the sea. Looking at old photographs of Sarayönü in Nicosia and Carrer de l’ Hospital in Barcelona, she reflects on how places change over time, while traces of their past continue to live in names, images and memories. Using these photographs to create postcards, she revisits places that no longer exist as they once were. In another body of work, she turns to the sea, using sunlight, seawater and photosensitive materials to create images through a process that she cannot entirely control. While the old photographs bring her closer to the past, the sea invites her into a process of waiting, openness and discovery. Together, these works reflect two different ways of relating to places, and to the experiences and memories we carry with us.
Duration: 19 - 29 November 2026
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30 - 17:00
Opening Night: 19 November, 18:30
Admission Free
Artist's Bio
Asli Bolayir is an artist and art therapist living and working between Cyprus and Barcelona. Having studied at École des Beaux-Arts de Marseille in France and completed her art therapy training at IATBA in Barcelona, she has developed an artistic practice shaped by different places, experiences and encounters.
Working across different mediums, she approaches art as a way of observing, questioning and connecting with the world around her. Her work has been exhibited in Cyprus and internationally, including France, the Netherlands and Turkey. Her exhibitions and projects include Melancholia (2023), Eklektik Manifest / Diaspora (2024), Amor Fati (2024), and Purity (2024). In 2025, she was curator of the Gaza Biennale – Lefkoşa Pavilion. In 2020, her work was acquired by the State Collection of the Republic of Cyprus.
Alongside her artistic practice, she leads expressive arts workshops in Cyprus and Spain, creating spaces for exploration and exchange with people from different backgrounds and experiences. She has also worked as a lecturer at ARUCAD School of Fine Arts.
With the gracious support of the Embassy of Spain in Cyprus.
