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This workshop explores abstraction through hands-on experimentation with materials, where intuitive, process-based creation takes center stage. Participants will produce large-scale collage compositions using a variety of papers differing in texture, color, and weight, alongside paint and drawing media.

Throughout the session, participants will combine collage, painting, and drawing techniques, experimenting with layering, texture, and the interplay between chance and intentional composition. Emphasis is placed on the discovery of how diverse materials and creative gestures can coexist within a single work, whether harmonious or deliberately heterogeneous.

The large format of the works encourages freedom of movement, expressive gestures, and a more physical engagement with image-making. Each piece becomes a unique record of process, emotion, and formal exploration. Participants will also have the option to combine their works into a shared collage installation.

Workshop inspired by the exhibition Barbara Kasten. Post-abstraction.

Duration: 3 hours.

Led by İlsu Kaya.

İlsu Kaya is a multidisciplinary artist and educator originally from Turkey. She studied painting as an undergraduate and then Art Education and Curatorial Studies as a graduate student, and completed postgraduate pedagogical studies at the University of Fine Arts in Poznan. İlsu has extensive experience working with different age groups, especially in conducting creative workshops for children and children with autism. Her personal artistic process is driven by her love for illustration and abstract painting, and she often combines different artistic techniques such as collage and photography. İlsu is passionate about creating, teaching, and sharing her creative journey with others.