He was born in 1989 in Sarayköy / Turkey. He lives and works in space.
Education
2015-2018 MFA, Public Art and New Artistic Strategies, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany
2010-2014 MFA, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TR
2012 Erasmus Programme, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Usti nad Labem, CZ
2006-2010 BA, Department of Fine Arts Education, Division of Art Education, Muğla University, Muğla, TR
Solo Exhibition
2017 "Mommy When will I get married?" Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, FIN
Selected Exhibitions & Festivals
2020 "Mamut Art Project" on an online platform and at Yapı Kredi bomontiada İstanbul TR
2020 “DEEP TRASH Turkish Delight” at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London UK (Postponed)
2019 "Unserer Bauhaus - Studio 100" Bauhaus100 exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus at Gaswerk Weimar DE
"Giennale" Festival für Kunst und Kultur, GießeN, DE
"Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival" Marathon Open Air Screening, at LABattoir, Thessaloniki, GR
"Walter Koschatzky Art-Award" at the HOFSTALLUNGEN of the MUMOK, in the Museumquartier, Vienna, AT
"Imaginary Bauhaus Museum" at Schiller Museum, Weimar, DE
"Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2018 "We Still Resemble People" a summary Exhibition of Katowice Street Art Air Residency at Galerie Miasta Ogrodow, Katowice PL
"The Known and The Unknown" YUP Young Urban Performances Festival, Osnabrück DE
The Quarantine Film Festival Varna/Bulgaria
"I AM..." Kreativni Krk at Decumanus Gallery, Krk, Croatia
"Immer Ärger mit den Großeltern / The Trouble With Grandparents" at Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
2017 "Desintegriert Euch!" 3. Berliner Herbstsalon at Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, DE
"You left behind" at Kasa Gallery, İstanbul, TR
"Giennale" Festival für Kunst und Kultur, Gießen, DE
"Public Keys" Baumwollspinnerei Rundgang, Leipzig, DE
OpenScreen at Ružica, Bihać, BIH
"Geography" LGBTI+ Pride Week Exhibition at Galeri Bu, İstanbul, TR
"Çanakkale Art Walk: Homeland" at Kunsthalle Osnabrück, DE
"Am Fluss" collaboration between MFA program Public Art and New Artistic Strategies-Bauhaus Universität and Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
"Hotel Leipzig" interventions in Public space, Leipzig, DE
"Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition" at Akbank Sanat, İstanbul, TR
"Youth Art 7" by UPSD, at MKM Besiktas, İstanbul, TR
"Acting Space - Bauhaus Goes Kunstfest" Kunstfest, Weimar, DE
2016 "Tomorrow we will explain" at Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
"Looking for Truth, Peace&Humanity" Cologne International Videoart Festival, Shillong, IN
2015 "Imaginary Bauhaus Museum goes Gorki", 2. Berliner Herbstsalon, at Gorki Theater, Berlin, DE
2012 "The Impossible Gallery" The Real Bads, Galeri Kara, Ankara, TR
2012 "Neither Fish nor Fowl" Performance, at Galerie Emila Filly, Usti nad Labem, CZ
2011 "Mustafa Ayaz Museum and The Foundation of Plastic Arts Centre,1. Painting Competition for Youngs" Mustafa Ayaz Museum, Ankara, TR
Grants, Awards
2019 Shortlist of the concept "Universal" by "Les Ateliers de l'Universal" in partnership with the European Nurseries of Creation, Paris, FR
2019 Honor Award by Jury of Walter Koschatzky Art-Award, Vienna, AT
2018 Nominated for Bloom Award by Warsteiner
2017 The prize of the International Office of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Grant Award from Kreativfonds -Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for project realization
STEP Beyond Travel grants - European Cultural Foundation
2012 Erasmus Grant, Usti nad Labem, CZ
Residency&Artist Talk
2018 Katowice Street Art Air Artist Residency Katowice / PL
Artist Talk organized by A Festival in Chorzów / PL
Publications
Festival catalog "Giennale" Festival für Kunst und Kultur, GießeN DE 2019
Online catalog "Walter Koschatzky Art-Award" Vienna, AT 2019
Exhibition catalog "Imaginary Bauhaus Museum" Weimar, DE, 2019
Exhibition catalog "The Known and The Unknown" YUP Young Urban Performances Festival 2018
Exhibition catalog “Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition” published by Akbank Sanat, İstanbul, TR, 2017.
Online catalog "Looking for Truth, Peace&Humanity" 2016.
“Ahlak yargıları içerisinde sanat oluşumu,, published by Kaos GL Magazine January-February 2012.
Exhibiton catalog "The Impossible Gallery" published by Gallery Kara 2012.
Exhibition catalog "Mustafa Ayaz Museum and The Foundation of Plastic Arts Centre,1. Painting Competition for Youngs” published by Mustafa Ayaz Museum, 2011.
Education
2015-2018 MFA, Public Art and New Artistic Strategies, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany
2010-2014 MFA, Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TR
2012 Erasmus Programme, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Usti nad Labem, CZ
2006-2010 BA, Department of Fine Arts Education, Division of Art Education, Muğla University, Muğla, TR
Solo Exhibition
2017 "Mommy When will I get married?" Third Space Gallery, Helsinki, FIN
Selected Exhibitions & Festivals
2020 "Mamut Art Project" on an online platform and at Yapı Kredi bomontiada İstanbul TR
2020 “DEEP TRASH Turkish Delight” at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, London UK (Postponed)
2019 "Unserer Bauhaus - Studio 100" Bauhaus100 exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus at Gaswerk Weimar DE
"Giennale" Festival für Kunst und Kultur, GießeN, DE
"Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival" Marathon Open Air Screening, at LABattoir, Thessaloniki, GR
"Walter Koschatzky Art-Award" at the HOFSTALLUNGEN of the MUMOK, in the Museumquartier, Vienna, AT
"Imaginary Bauhaus Museum" at Schiller Museum, Weimar, DE
"Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2018 "We Still Resemble People" a summary Exhibition of Katowice Street Art Air Residency at Galerie Miasta Ogrodow, Katowice PL
"The Known and The Unknown" YUP Young Urban Performances Festival, Osnabrück DE
The Quarantine Film Festival Varna/Bulgaria
"I AM..." Kreativni Krk at Decumanus Gallery, Krk, Croatia
"Immer Ärger mit den Großeltern / The Trouble With Grandparents" at Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
2017 "Desintegriert Euch!" 3. Berliner Herbstsalon at Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, DE
"You left behind" at Kasa Gallery, İstanbul, TR
"Giennale" Festival für Kunst und Kultur, Gießen, DE
"Public Keys" Baumwollspinnerei Rundgang, Leipzig, DE
OpenScreen at Ružica, Bihać, BIH
"Geography" LGBTI+ Pride Week Exhibition at Galeri Bu, İstanbul, TR
"Çanakkale Art Walk: Homeland" at Kunsthalle Osnabrück, DE
"Am Fluss" collaboration between MFA program Public Art and New Artistic Strategies-Bauhaus Universität and Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
"Hotel Leipzig" interventions in Public space, Leipzig, DE
"Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition" at Akbank Sanat, İstanbul, TR
"Youth Art 7" by UPSD, at MKM Besiktas, İstanbul, TR
"Acting Space - Bauhaus Goes Kunstfest" Kunstfest, Weimar, DE
2016 "Tomorrow we will explain" at Kunsthaus Dresden, DE
"Looking for Truth, Peace&Humanity" Cologne International Videoart Festival, Shillong, IN
2015 "Imaginary Bauhaus Museum goes Gorki", 2. Berliner Herbstsalon, at Gorki Theater, Berlin, DE
2012 "The Impossible Gallery" The Real Bads, Galeri Kara, Ankara, TR
2012 "Neither Fish nor Fowl" Performance, at Galerie Emila Filly, Usti nad Labem, CZ
2011 "Mustafa Ayaz Museum and The Foundation of Plastic Arts Centre,1. Painting Competition for Youngs" Mustafa Ayaz Museum, Ankara, TR
Grants, Awards
2019 Shortlist of the concept "Universal" by "Les Ateliers de l'Universal" in partnership with the European Nurseries of Creation, Paris, FR
2019 Honor Award by Jury of Walter Koschatzky Art-Award, Vienna, AT
2018 Nominated for Bloom Award by Warsteiner
2017 The prize of the International Office of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Grant Award from Kreativfonds -Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for project realization
STEP Beyond Travel grants - European Cultural Foundation
2012 Erasmus Grant, Usti nad Labem, CZ
Residency&Artist Talk
2018 Katowice Street Art Air Artist Residency Katowice / PL
Artist Talk organized by A Festival in Chorzów / PL
Publications
Festival catalog "Giennale" Festival für Kunst und Kultur, GießeN DE 2019
Online catalog "Walter Koschatzky Art-Award" Vienna, AT 2019
Exhibition catalog "Imaginary Bauhaus Museum" Weimar, DE, 2019
Exhibition catalog "The Known and The Unknown" YUP Young Urban Performances Festival 2018
Exhibition catalog “Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition” published by Akbank Sanat, İstanbul, TR, 2017.
Online catalog "Looking for Truth, Peace&Humanity" 2016.
“Ahlak yargıları içerisinde sanat oluşumu,, published by Kaos GL Magazine January-February 2012.
Exhibiton catalog "The Impossible Gallery" published by Gallery Kara 2012.
Exhibition catalog "Mustafa Ayaz Museum and The Foundation of Plastic Arts Centre,1. Painting Competition for Youngs” published by Mustafa Ayaz Museum, 2011.