Sevket Sönmez navigates past and present in his art. His compositions, rooted in art history yet modern in form, draw from his archive to create enigmatic, figurative, and semi-abstract works. Resisting the “fetishization” of images, Sönmez is constructing a personal perspective from diverse sources through an experimental approach blending techniques, using paravents and hung surfaces. Exploring the transformation of experience through “sublimation,” Sönmez’s archive reveals layers of memory, fusing personal history with cultural references in fragmented figures that invite personal interpretation.