Nazlı Gürlek Hodder

Nazlı Gürlek Hodder (b. 1981, Istanbul) is an artist and systemic constellations practitioner who holds space for personal and collective transformation. Blending visual and ritual arts, systemic constellation practices, expressive arts therapies, and shamanic and energetic healing methods, she is devoted to supporting healing, a return to the creative self, and inner awakening. She holds a BA in Painting from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts and an MA in Curatorial Studies from Goldsmiths College, London. In the field of expressive arts therapies, she studied the Life/Art Process® method with Daria Halprin at the Tamalpa Institute in California and attended the Master’s Preparatory Programme in Dance Therapy at Codarts in Rotterdam. In systemic family constellations, she trained with Feride Gürsoy at Healing Academy Istanbul, with Yishai Gaster, founder of the international family constellations school The Constellation Path, at Radia, and with various other practitioners. She has also participated in workshops with shamanic healers from the Zulu Nation of South Africa. Her recent work, ⭕rahim alanı, was presented at Performistanbul. Her solo exhibitions include Matriark at Tohum Sanat Alanı in Urla in 2026 and Bedende at Evliyagil Dolapdere in Istanbul in 2020. She has also participated in group exhibitions at institutions including Kasa Galeri, Evliyagil Museum, Elgiz Museum, and the Çanakkale Biennial. She continues to live and work in Istanbul.