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