b. 1988
İstanbul — İzmir

I currently focus on speculative possibilities through exploring images of environmental atrophy, urban necrosis, and dystopian visions of technological and industrial infrastructure, primarily using time-based arts.

EDUCATION

2021
Master's Degree in Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design*
*with Full Scholarship
— Sabancı University, İstanbul

2015
Bachelor's Degree in Photography
— Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, İstanbul

2012-2013
Full Year Exchange in Autonome Beeldende Kunst
— Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021
PAST PRESENT ISTANBUL
— Sabancı Museum, İstanbul
ATIŞ SERBEST: MECMU
— Barın Han, İstanbul

2020
AIR BAYRAMPAŞA: UNEXPECTED GUEST
— PASAJ, İstanbul

2019
KERNEL PANIC
— NOKS Independent Art Space, İstanbul
RESOURCE UTOPIA
— Elgiz Museum, İstanbul

2018
CHAPTERS
— Piyaleoğlu Han 30, Kemeraltı, İzmir
LIVING AND PRODUCING IN IZMIR: AUTHORS OF THE CITY
— Studio-X, İstanbul
MANIFESTO
— K2 Contemporary Art Center, İzmir
ARALIK: Book Launch and Exhibition
— KARANTİNA Mekan, İzmir

2017
BKZ. DARAĞAÇ
— Darağaç, İzmir

2016
DARAĞAÇ | BU ARADA
— Darağaç, İzmir
CYANOTYPE IMPRESSIONS: THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FIRST PHOTOBOOK
— Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe Gallery, İstanbul
DETAIL
— BLOK art space, İstanbul

2015
DIGITAL OBSCURA: Granted for ”NO8 Awards” First Prize
— “ARTIST 2015/25th International Art Fair”, İstanbul
ROOM TO ROOM
— Tophane-i Amire Cistern Galleries, İstanbul
AKBANK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PRIZE EXHIBITION (Nomination)
— Akbank Sanat, İstanbul

2013
PUMP UP THE VALUE
— Atelier Zaandam, Netherlands

2012
OMWEG ZUIDPLEIN
— Zuidplein, Rotterdam

2011
NO MORE LUGGAGE
— Tophane-i Amire Cistern Galleries, İstanbul
THE LIQUID CONTINENT
— Bibliotecha Alexandrina, Alexandria

CONTRIBUTION, CURATION

2022
AND THE DAYS BEGAN TO WALK: Curation of Serap Tok's Monographic Exhibition
— KARANTİNA Mekan, İzmir

2018
EVOLVE: Insert Project for the Catalogue
— Galeri A, İzmir

2017
NSK STATE PAVILION: As A Delegate
— 57th Venice Biennale 2017, Palazzo Ca'Tron, Venice

PRESENTATION, LECTURE

2018
NEGATIVE SPACE: BETWEEN ANTHROPOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY: Lecture, Artist Talk
— Anthropology Department, İstanbul University

2016
THE PROJECT AND ÇAMDİBİ OR ‘THE ÇAMDİBİ PROJECT'
— Kendine Ait Bir Oda, Basmane, İzmir

WORKSHOP, RESIDENCY

2018~2019
RESOURCE UTOPIA: Long-Term Photography And Video Workshop
— Tasarım Atölyesi Kadıköy, İstanbul

2018
AirBayrampaşa: Two Weeks Short-Term Artist Residency
— PASAJist, İstanbul

2016
FROM A BODY OF WORK TO THE RIGHT BOOK: Photobook Workshop
— FUAM: Photography Research and Application Center, İstanbul

2012
BEYOND SPACE: LOOKING AT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTWORK AND SPACE
— Photography Department, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, İstanbul

2010
THE LIQUID CONTINENT
— Alexandria, Egypt

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