b. 1980, Istanbul, Turkey
Lives and works in Istanbul.
 
EDUCATION

2006    MFA, Department of Sculpturing, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,
            Istanbul, Turkey
2003    BFA, Department of Sculpturing, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,
            Istanbul, Turkey

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017    Dark Matter, Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany
            Halsingsland Museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden
            Havremagasinet, Boden, İsveç
2016    Metanoia, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2015    Metanoia, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
2014    Metanoia, Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2013    Should I really do it & Doppelgänger, with İsmail Necmi,
            BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
2012    Doppelgänger, KünstlerHouse Marktoberdorf, Marktoberdorf, Germany
2011    Sculptures, Kunstverein Elmshorn, Elmshorn, Germany
            Translations, with Ulrich Riedel, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst Trier
            e.V., Trier, Germany
            Bunt gemalt & Rund gehauen / Colorful painted & carved round, with
            Bodo Rott, AK 68, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
            Eigenartig vertraut / Strangely familiar, in the art axis Kunstachse NRW,
            Brühl Kunstverein and Hagenring e.V., Brühl, Germany
            Illuminated Darkness, Aubin Gallery, London, UK
2010    It's so complicated, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
2009    Strangely Familiar, Çağla Cabaoğlu Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019    The Clandestine Life of Objects, curator: Beral Madra, Evliyagil Dolapdere,
            Istanbul, Turkey
            Atış Serbest 5, Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2018    Sorrowful and Restless, curator: Derya Yücel, A selection of the Papko Art
            Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
            Home is where the heart is, curator: Yann Perreau, Galerie Paris-Beijing,
            Paris, France
            Out of the Collection II, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
2017    Pulsanti Aperitur, The Abdulmecid Mansion, Istanbul, Turkey
            Home //, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey
            Cappadox, Nevşehir, Turkey
            Printed’17 Multiplier Effect, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
            Ich bin ein Berliner, TOZ Artist Run Space, Istanbul, Turkey
2016    Replacement, Rampa Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
            Nev Nadir, Galeri Nev, Ankara, Turkey
2015    Animal Turn, Gallery Greulich, Frankfurt, Germany
            Glasstrees Gotika, Collateral Event of the 56th Biennale Arte, Venice, Italy
            Recharged Reality, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
            Come Home, BAP//, Istanbul, Turkey
2014    It’s not my story, Gdańska Galeria Miejska, Gdansk, Poland
            Xingjiang Biennale, Xingjiang Art Center, Urumuqi, China
            20th year exhibition, Autonomous and Beautiful, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul,
            Turkey
2013    Plural, Poetic, Ironical, A selection from the Öner Kocabeyoğlu Collection,
            Hall Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
2012    Encounters: Contemporary art from Turkey in Korea, ARA Art Square,
            Seoul, South Korea
2011    Heroes & Villains, LawrieShabibi Gallery, Dubai, UAE
            Confessions of Dangerous Minds, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
            Identitäten / Identities, Kunstverein Buchholz in der Nordheide, Buchholz
            in der Nordheide, Germany
            If the Nature is heaven the City is Hell, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2010    Heimspiel no. 2, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
            Beyaz Kaos - White Out, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
            Istanbul Cool!, LTMH Gallery, New York, USA
            Berlin. We are Alive, Gallery Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France
            Start Up 2010 - Künstler der Galerie, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin,
            Germany
2009    Heimspiel 09, BERLINARTPROJECTS, Berlin, Germany
            Nord Art 2009. KiC, Kunst in der Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2008    Nameless Collective, Galeri 5, Istanbul, Turkey
            13. Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean
            (BJCEM), Bari, Italy
            Art is my Playground, Tershane, Istanbul, Turkey
2007    Childish, Bilkent University Library Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
            Luleå Art Biennial, Luleå, Sweden
            Public Space Skellefteå, Anna Nordlander Museum, Skellefteå, Sweden
            Winds into Future, Kasa Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
            Widening Narrow Space, Daralan Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2003    2. Prize: Sakıp Sabancı Art Prizes, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,
            Istanbul, Turkey
            Made in Turkey: Collective Exhibition, Mine Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

COLLECTIONS

Museo Pino Pascali, Bari, Italy
Olbricht Collection, Berlin/ Essen, Germany
Proje4L Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Sabancı Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
Koç Collection, Istanbul, Turkey