1980, Istanbul, Turkey
Lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey
EDUCATION
2006 MFA, Sculpture, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 BFA, Sculpture, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
either/or, Gallery Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey
2017
Dark Matter, Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany
Halsingsland Museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden
Havremagasinet, Boden, Sweden
2016
Metanoia, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2015
Metanoia, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
2014
Metanoia, Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2013
Should I really do it & Doppelgänger, with Ismail Necmi, Berlin Art Projects, 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, with Bodo Rott, AK 68, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
Eigenartig vertraut / Strangely familiar, Brühl Kunstverein and Hagenring e.V., Brühl, Germany
Illuminated Darkness, Aubin Gallery, London, UK
2010
It's so complicated, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
2009
Strangely Familiar, Çagla Cabaoglu Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
In Its Own Shadow, Curators:Emre Baykal & Gizem Uslu Tümer, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey
Landscape of Memories, Zilberman Gallery, Miami, USA
Everything will be just like now – just a little different, Curator:Derya Yücel, Kuenstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria
The Age of Fire, Curator: Can Akgümüş, Çankaya CSM, Ankara, Turkey
2022
You know who, Curator: Selen Ansen, Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, Istanbul, Turkey
I am nobody, are you nobody too?, Curator: Selen Ansen, Meşher, Istanbul, Turkey
Settling into the Abyss, Curator: Naz Kocadere, Gallery Zilberman, Istanbul, Turkey
Locus Solus, Curator: Selen Ansen, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey
2021
Reset Kriese//Chance, Curator: Martina Padberg, Kunstmuseum Ahlen, Germany
Song of Timeless, Curator: Derya Yücel, Bursa, Turkey
2020
Unlock, Zilberman Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
At the End of the Day, Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
Unbreakable: Women in Glass, Curated by Nadja Romain and Koen Vanmechelen, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Murano, Italy
2019
The Child Within Me: A Selection from the Ömer Koç Collection, Curated by Karoly Aliotti, Abdülmecid Efendi Mansion, Istanbul, Turkey
The Clandestine Life of Objects, Curated by Beral Madra, Evliyagil Dolapdere, Istanbul, Turkey
Atıs Serbest 5, Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2018
Sorrowful and Restless: A selection of the Papko Art Collection, Curator: Derya Yücel, Istanbul, Turkey
Home is where the heart is, Curated by Yann Perreau, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France
Out of the Collection II, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
2017
Pulsanti Aperitur, The Abdulmecid Mansion, Istanbul, Turkey
Home //, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara, Turkey
Cappadox, Curated by Fulya Erdemci, Nevsehir, Turkey
Printed’17 Multiplier Effect, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
Ich bin ein Berliner, TOZ Artist Run Space, Istanbul, Turkey
2016
Replacement, Rampa 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, Berlin Art Projects, 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 Kocabeyoglu 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 / Nordheide e.V., Nordheide, Germany
If the Nature is heaven the City is Hell, CerModern, Ankara, Turkey
2010
Heimspiel no. 2, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
Beyaz Kaos - White Out, Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Istanbul Cool!, LTMH Gallery, New York, USA
Start Up 2010 - Künstler der Galerie, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
Berlin. We are Alive, Gallery Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France
2009
Heimspiel 09, Berlin Art Projects, 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, Tersane, 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