Hayal Pozanti

Inspired by the artist, architect, designer, and theorist Frederick Kiesler, who described geometric forms as "the trading posts of visible and invisible forces," Turkish-born, New York-based artist Hayal Pozanti creates colorful, collage-like abstract paintings that attempt to define what the artist calls "shapes that have not existed before." While she initially worked primarily with new media, creating animations and digital collages, Pozanti turned to painting as a means of "[remembering] how it felt to use all of my body and senses while creating," resulting in works that explore the omnipresence of technology in contemporary culture and society through analog means.