Sibel Kocabasi is a Turkish born artist, curator and educator living in Palm Beach County. She received her B.F.A in Turkish Traditional Arts from Marmara University of Fine Arts in Istanbul and her M.F.A in painting from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida.

Her training in traditional Turkish arts allows her to employ a highly refined sense of pattern. Her work uses decorative pattern and social content to achieve a balance of two contrasting elements, emphasizing the beauty and misfortune of humanity's impact on nature in a singe statement. Kocabasi's latest series focuses on the co-existence between humans and animals which shows us humor & beauty as well as the frustrations in this relationship.

Kocabasi has organized and curated several group exhibitions both domestically and abroad. In 2007 she conceived and curated Undertow,  featuring the work of 29 artists from Miami and Palm Beach County at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Turkey. This exhibition celebrated the contemporary artwork of south Florida in the dramatic and contrasting surroundings of the oldest fine arts university in Turkey. In May 2009 Kocabasi curated Open Air, a one night outdoor exhibition of contemporary, cutting edge installations by 22 artists in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County. This was followed in the summer of 2011 by MidSummer Pop Up  http://www.palmbeachartspaper.com/1448-pop-up-show-reveals-health-of-area-contemporary-art-scene.html . This exhibition transformed empty retail space into a week long "pop up" gallery showcasing the work emerging artists in palm beach gardens, FL.
Kocabasi teaches at The Palm Beach State College, The Lighthouse Art Center, The Armory Art Center and Very Special Arts.

She is the recipient of the 2010 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual Artist in Palm Beach County.