Selected works
Unfolding Self
Acrylic on canvas · 1.30 × 1.00 m · 2024
Between what was and will be
Acrylic & embroidery on canvas · 1.20 × 0.80 m · 2025
Dear Mother
Acrylic & embroidery on canvas · 1.30 × 0.80 m · 2024
Flourishing Soul
Acrylic on canvas · 1.30 × 1.00 m · 2023
Untitled 1
Acrylic & embroidery on canvas · 0.30 × 0.25 m · 2024
Untitled 2
Acrylic on canvas · 1.50 × 1.50 m · 2024
Reading between the lines
Acrylic & spray paint on canvas · 1.00 × 1.00 m · 2021
Dear HER
Acrylic on canvas · 0.30 × 0.40 m · 2023
Born from a Lotus
Acrylic on canvas · 0.50 × 0.60 m · 2023
Waves of emotions
Acrylic on canvas · 1.50 × 1.20 m · 2023
Practice
Tradition, reimagined.
Inspired by her Turkish heritage, traditional patterns and symbolism, Bahar Bambi brings these influences into a contemporary visual language. Her practice spans painting, public art and brand collaborations, exploring the dialogue between cultural heritage and contemporary art.
Selected projects
Collaborations
One vision, many spaces.
Exploring art beyond the canvas, Bahar Bambi works across public spaces, cultural projects and brand collaborations, bringing her visual language to new audiences.
Press
Vogue Turkey, Issue Feb 2022
An independent editorial collaboration with photographer Svenja Ava, featured in Vogue Türkiye.
Commission
Jordan Brand
A community basketball court in Berlin, designed with WNBA and German National Team player Satou Sabally, bringing together Turkish-inspired patterns with elements of Sabally’s Gambian heritage.
Auction
Phillips’ New Now / The Crossover
Featured in Phillips’ New Now auction, Reading Between the Lines was also contributed to The Crossover, a charitable initiative by Saint Fleur Inc. and Project Backboard supporting a community project in Haiti.
Commission
NBPA Players’ Voice Awards x Compound Gallery Exhibition
One of eleven artists selected by the National Basketball Players Association and Compound to create an original artwork for NBA player Rudy Gobert as part of the 2019 Players’ Voice Awards. The artwork was unveiled at the awards event in Los Angeles and later exhibited at Compound Gallery in New York.
About
Shaped by culture.
Born and raised in Berlin, Bahar Bambi draws inspiration from her Turkish heritage and the cultural influences that have shaped her. Her paintings bring together traditional patterns and symbolism with a contemporary approach. Through her work, she explores how cultural influences can be reinterpreted, transformed and given new meaning.
Her practice extends beyond the canvas through exhibitions, public art and collaborations across art, sport and fashion.
Artist CV
- 01Dorotheum Charity Art Auctionin aid of CS Hospiz WienAuction2026
- 02Nike Turkey Well FestivalSwoosh SculptureCommission2024
- 03Christie’s × ArtLeadHerNote to SelfAuction2023
- 04Jordan Brand × Bahar BambiSatou Sabally Basketball Court, BerlinCommission2022
- 05Scope Art Show MiamiArt BaselExhibition2021
- 06Phillips Auction House NYCThe CrossoverAuction2021
- 07Scope Art Show NYCExhibition2020
- 08Compound GalleryJuneteenth WeekendExhibition2020
- 09Art Noir × ArtsyFrom: Friends To: Friends — Benefit AuctionAuction2020
- 10NYSE FundraiserNew York Stock ExchangeAuction2019
- 11Good Luck Dry CleanersGroup ShowExhibition2019
- 12NBPA × CompoundAward Show Art ExhibitionExhibition2019
- 13Rhodes Contemporary Gallery LondonGroup ShowExhibition2018
Shop
Limited edition print
22 limited fine art giclée prints on Hahnemühle paper 310 g/m², signed and numbered.
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