b.1985, Istanbul, Turkey
Education
2011 MA, Université Paul Valéry, Artistic Direction of Cultural Projects, Montpellier, France
2010 Galatasaray University, Radio-TV-Cinema, Istanbul, Turkey
Solo Exhibitions
2018 All That Lingers, The Growlery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Group Exhibitions
2018 Key West Photography Festival, FL, USA
2017 Manufactured Untruth Exhibition, 5&J Gallery, Texas, USA
2017 e4c screenings, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, USA
2016 Defying Human Rights Art Show by Amnesty Int. FSU, FL, USA
2015 Screengrab7 International Media Arts Award Exhibition, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Australia
2015 Ars Electronica Festival, Post-City Exhibition, Linz, Austria
2014 “The Subject is War” Exhibition, Wiseman Gallery, Oregon, USA
2014 Selfportrait.extended International Exhibition of Photography, Turku, Finland
2014 Transmediale Arts&Digital Culture Festival, future past-past future Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2013 Forever Incomplete, Kunst Hier und Jetzt, Braunschweig, Germany
2013 Open Space Exhibition, Mixer Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Street Art Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Health Art Mobilizes Goslar Exhibition, Goslarer Museum, Germany
2008 “Istanbul Ville Monde” Exhibition
May-June: French Cultural Institute, Istanbul,Turkey
September – October: Centre Culturel d’Anatolie, Paris, France
* For festival screenings, click on films’ titles on the homepage.
Residencies / Workshops
– Artist-in-residence at The Growlery, SF, USA
– Digital Artist Residency, collaboration with Marsha Franco, 2016
– Eurasia Doc Documentary Scriptwriting Residency, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
– Gruntdvig Programme, Health Art Mobilizes Goslar, Germany, 2012
Online Publications / Interviews
– Ignant
– Griot
– BLUR Magazine
– Uplifers (only in Turkish)
Awards
2014 Best Documentary Award, 8th River Film Festival, Padua, Italy
2014 Special Jury Award, 22nd Int’l ContraVision Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
2014 Cinematic Achievement Award at the 8th Thess Int’l Short Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014 PhoneDox Award, ZagrebDox Int’l Documentary Film Festival, Croatia
2014 3rd Best Short Documentary, 20th IFSAK National Short Film Competition, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Special Jury Award in Engelsiz Int’l Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 1st prize at Francophonie in Turkey Photography Competition
