b.1988

I am a visual artist, photographer, and book designer. I graduated from Photography Department at İstanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2015 with a year of exchange education at Rotterdam Willem de Kooning Academie, Autonome Beeldende Kunst. I recently acquired my MA degree from Sabancı University's Visual Art and Visual Communication Design program.

I work with various fields of time-based media including photography, book, video and installation. I live and work in İstanbul.

EDUCATION

2021 “Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design MA” with Full Scholarship. Sabancı University, İstanbul
2018 “Photography MA” Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir (Thesis Stage on “Experimental Photography in Cybercultural Context”)
2015 “Photography BA” Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, İstanbul
2013 “Autonome Beeldende Kunst” Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (ERASMUS Exchange for a Full Year)
2006 Pertevniyal High School, İstanbul

EXHIBITIONS

2021 “PAST PRESENT ISTANBUL” Sabancı Museum, İstanbul
2021 “ATIŞ SERBEST: MECMU” Barın Han, İstanbul
2020 “AIR BAYRAMPAŞA: UNEXPECTED GUEST” PASAJ, İstanbul
2019 “KERNEL PANIC” NOKS Independent Art Space, İstanbul
2019 “RESOURCE UTOPIA” Elgiz Museum, İstanbul
2018 “CHAPTERS” Piyaleoğlu Han 30, Kemeraltı, İzmir
2018 “LIVING AND PRODUCING IN IZMIR: AUTHORS OF THE CITY” Studio-X, İstanbul
2018 “TRANSFORMATON” DESEM Exhibition Hall, İzmir
2018 “HYPERTEXT” DEÜ GSF Galeri F1, İzmir
2018 “MANIFESTO” K2 Contemporary Art Center, İzmir
2018 “EVOLVE” (Insert Project for Catalogue) Galeri A, İzmir
2018 “ARALIK” (Book Launch and Exhibition) KARANTİNAmekan, İzmir
2018 “MEETING” (Art Print Exhibition) Kırkmerdiven, İzmir
2017 “bkz. darağaç” Darağaç, İzmir
2017 “NSK STATE PAVILION – 57TH VENICE BIENNALE 2017”
(As A Delegate) Palazzo Ca’Tron, Venice
2016 “DARAĞAÇ | BU ARADA” Darağaç, İzmir
2016 “CYANOTYPE IMPRESSIONS: THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FIRST PHOTOBOOK” Tophane-i Amire Tek Kubbe Gallery, İstanbul
2016 “DETAIL” BLOK art space, Istanbul
2015 “DIGITAL OBSCURA”* “ARTIST 2015/25th International Art Fair”, İstanbul *Granted for ”NO8 Awards” First Prize
2015 “ROOM TO ROOM” Tophane-i Amire Cistern Galleries, İstanbul
2015 “AKBANK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PRIZE” (Nomination) Akbank Sanat, İstanbul
2013 “PUMP UP THE VALUE” Atelier Zaandam, Netherlands
2012 “OMWEG ZUIDPLEIN” Zuidplein, Rotterdam
2012 “BEYOND SPACE” Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Photography Department Hall, İstanbul
2011 “NO MORE LUGGAGE” Tophane-i Amire Cistern Galleries, İstanbul
2011 “THE LIQUID CONTINENT” Bibliotecha Alexandrina, Alexandria

PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

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, İzmir

WORKSHOP & RESIDENCY

2018-2019 “RESOURCE UTOPIA” (Long-Term Photography And Video Workshop)
2018 “AirBayrampaşa” (Two Weeks Short-Term Artist Residency) PASAJist, İstanbul
2016 “FROM A BODY OF WORK TO THE RIGHT BOOK” (Photobook Workshop) FUAM, İstanbul
2012 “BEYOND SPACE: LOOKING AT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTWORK AND SPACE” Photography Department, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, İstanbul.
2010 “THE LIQUID CONTINENT” Various Places Around Alexandria, Egypt

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

METRO: Murat Germen
ÇAMDİBİ INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDIZATION: Volkan Kızıltunç
VARIATIONS: Salih Uğur Eren va BLOK Art Space

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