Kad (@kadir-karababa) • Collective gay friends app

Kad @kadir-karababa

London born artist living in Hackney. DM me for art sales enquiries. Ships internationally.

Anon (Diptych) 2023 Monotype on paper

Any one wanna help me write my NYC story? Need a sponsor. Thanks.

Eat the rich. Feed an artist. Buy my work.

Wounded man 2023 Monotype and oil on paper

Break 2025 Oil on canvas 70cm x 70cm

Sometimes, even in the darkest valley, there is a light 2024 Oil on canvas

If I were a bird I would look like this Oil and monotype on paper 2023

Ancestors Oil on paper 2023

Anon (Triptych) No. 1 Monotype on paper 2023

Black water 2024 Oil on canvas 30cm x 20cm

for my open eyes are tired 2025 Oil on canvas 70cm x 70cm

Carcass 2025 Oil on canvas 70cm x 70cm

I came on here thinking it was all about queer community and creativity. Turns out everyone’s just after a pound of flesh so I might as well say I’m single, top and looking for dates. Ask me out.

I would have gone through limestone Oil on canvas 30cm x 30cm 2024

Reflecting on body dysmorphia, pressure to conform and desperate searches for love. Do you want me now? 2024 Oil on paper 50cm x 70cm #instagay #likesforlike #instaboy #selfie #cute

Oil on panel 23cm x 30cm

Untitled 70cm x 70cm Oil on canvas

Me and my best mate

Untitled Oil on canvas 70cm x 70cm

7.30 am visions Oil on canvas 2024 80cm x 95cm

Erasing him from my memory like…

Soooooo when Collective says it wants to create a healthy, non-toxic LGBTQ+ space it means lots of topless semi nude selfies of gay guys who conform to a certain standard of gay beauty? 🤔Asking for a friend.

With this jagged little pill 2023 Oil on canvas 23cm x 23cm

If I were a bird I would look like this (2023) 17cm x 11cm x 6cm Clay, house paint, acrylic

Why should I seek? I am the same as he Oil on paper 50cm x 70cm

I love having random little bits of canvas or board left because I never know what’s going to end up on them. I haven’t cut it to size with something in mind and so it’s a chance to experiment, play, doodle. Sometimes they get pinned to the wall, thrown away or painted over but I’m quite attached to this o

Dream studio at Charleston

where there is darkness, light 2024 Oil on canvas 30cm x 40cm

Reposting some older works here

Can someone please tell me how to find all the interesting creatives on here? So far all I can see is the same thirsty pics and acceptably beautiful bodies I was trying to get away from on Instagram 😖

Another recent work on paper, as yet untitled, a double self portrait. 36.5cm x 46.5cm Oil and oil pastel on paper