EXHIBITION I • CURRENT EXHIBITION | 21 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2026 | GALLERY 8, ST JAMES’S, LONDON
HECTOR MCDONNELL: ISTANBUL’S LIGHT
Born from four years of visits to Istanbul, Northern Irish artist Hector McDonnell’s oil paintings and etchings bring the city’s luminous atmosphere to London.
As Grant Ford, former Head of 19th-Century European Art at Sotheby’s, writes in his catalogue foreword, “Across intimate interiors, Bosphorus ferries, and bustling markets, Hector captures the unmistakable light and living soul of Istanbul.” For gallery founder and curator Şule Gazioğlu, Istanbul in McDonnell’s work is never an exotic backdrop, but a living field of memory where light and everyday rhythm converge.
EXHIBITION II • PHOTO LONDON 2026 (OLYMPIA, STAND J23) • V&A MAGAZINE ISSUE 71 COVER ARTIST
CI DEMI: SOMETHING IS AMISS
Presented at Photo London 2026 Discovery (Olympia, Stand J23, 13–17 May 2026), Ci Demi’s Something is Amiss explores Istanbul’s psychogeography in monochrome. He also headlines V&A Magazine (Issue 71, Winter 2026, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; guest editor Erdem Moralıoğlu) with his commissioned portfolio “Feeling Our Way” and cover story “Tales of the city: Istanbul is history’s most charismatic capital”.
Gallery founder and curator Şule Gazioğlu shares: “Finally, the moment has come to share this. Huge congratulations to @ci_demi on photographing the cover story for V&A Magazine, as the museum counts down to its first major exhibition dedicated to Istanbul. @vamuseum A beautiful celebration of photography, of Istanbul, and of Ci Demi’s distinctive eye for capturing the city.”
EXHIBITION III • GROUP EXHIBITION | 26 FEBRUARY – 19 MARCH 2026 | ŞULE GAZİOĞLU GALLERY, EMIRGAN, ISTANBUL
ROOTED: THE GARDEN WITHIN
On view from 26 February to 19 March 2026 at Şule Gazioğlu Gallery in Emirgan, Istanbul, Rooted: The Garden Within brings together four contemporary artists working across distinct media: Annette Louise Solakoğlu (large-format photography), Işık Güner (scientific botanical illustration), Yunus Karma (kintsugi and living moss sculptures), and Elena Tash (botanical alchemy and textile installations).
Curated as an intimate sanctuary, the exhibition meditates on rootedness, ecological memory, and the quiet resilience of the natural world, accompanied by artist-led workshops and collector salons throughout March 2026.
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Founded in 2021 by Şule Gazioğlu, shaped by a three-generation family tradition in antiques and fine art, Philosophy studies at Galatasaray University, and a Master’s degree at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York, the gallery brings historical visual archives and contemporary practices into a sustained dialogue across Istanbul and London.
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From Ci Demi’s cover story commission in V&A Magazine (Issue 71, Winter 2026, guest-edited by Erdem Moralıoğlu for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, “Tales of the city” and “Feeling Our Way”) and Cornucopia Magazine features on Annette Louise Solakoğlu’s The Ancient Grounds of Ani and The Poetry of Silence, to Grant Ford’s catalogue foreword for Hector McDonnell: Istanbul’s Light at Gallery 8, St James’s, Şule Gazioğlu’s Büyükada Splendid Palace (1908) atrium curation and Esra Oğuz installation in the Financial Times, and Photo London 2025 (Somerset House) and 2026 (Olympia).
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