Belkis Balpinar has pioneered the art form called "artkilim" wall hangings, she uses the age-old kilim structure to create works of art since 1986. While most of her one-of-a-kind pieces are woven for exhibitions, Belkis Balpinar also undertakes site-specific and special corporate art commissions.

She was commissioned to create an artkilim for the entrance walls of the World Bank Building in Washington DC and the Aramco Center in Dhahran-Saudi Arabia and as well as 80 pieces for the Marmara-Manhattan Hotel in New York and some private commissioners.

Belkis Balpinar has held exhibitions in İstanbul, Ankara, New York, Princeton, Washington DC, Stockholm, Caracas, Milan, Tokyo, Lublijana, Moscow and Bahrain she also has participated ingroup exhibitions.

Some of her pieces have been displayed at the Modernist Exhibition in New York City and at the Basel Art Fair in Miami by Galleria Nilufar from Milan.

Some of her pieces have been displayed at the Modernist Exhibition in New York City and at the Basel Art Fair in Miami by Galleria Nilufar from Milan.

Some Private Collections: Miuccia Prada - Milan, World Bank - Washington D.C. Bernard Chappard - New York - Caracas, Lary Sanitzky - Los Angeles, Economy Bank - Istanbul, Nilufar Gallery - Milan, Marmara Manhattan Hotel - New York, Ignazio Vok - Padova, Al Gore - Nashville.

Since 2006 she lives and works in Bodrum Turkey.