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Education
2021, MFA in Visual Arts, University of California San Diego
2014, BA in Photography and Video, Istanbul Bilgi University
2007, Tarsus American High School
Exhibitions
2024
‘PHOTO 2024’, Melbourne, Australia (forthcoming)
2023
‘OSLO NEGATIV 2023’, Veterinary College, Oslo, Norway (forthcoming)
‘THE NATURAL WORLD – 20/20 Photo Festival’, Philadelphia, PA, USA
‘KRANJ PHOTO FESTIVAL HUMAN – NATURE’, Kranj, Slovenja
‘BY DEGREES’, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, USA
‘FAKE PLASTIC FOREST’, Sabinal Photo Hall Gallery TSU, San Marcos, TX, USA
‘RAKFAF’, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
2022
‘PhEST – FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI FOTOGRAFIA E ARTE’, Monopoli, Italy
‘L’IMAGE_SATELLITE – FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIE CONTEMPORAINE’, le 109, Nice, France
‘MESNOGRAPHIES EDITION #2’, Parc Municipal des Mesnuls, Les Mesnuls, France
‘HUMAN/NATURE’, Photography Museum of Lishui, Lishui, China
‘FAKE PLASTIC FOREST’, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX, USA
‘ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, Athens, Greece
‘ÉCLAIRAGE PUBLIC’, Le 109, Nice, France
‘PHOTOPOLIS: STAGING THE REAL’, Agrinio Photo Festival, Agrinio, Greece
‘SECOND NATURE’, Windmill Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA
2021
‘VON MÖGLICHEN WELTEN’, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
‘RESISTING PERMANENCE’, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France
‘HUMAN/NATURE’, Lishui Art Museum, Lishui, China
‘VANTAGE POINT SHARJAH 9′, Sharjah Art Foundation Al Hamriyah Studios, Sharjah, UAE
‘BERLIN PHOTO WEEK’, Urban Banks Berlin, Germany
‘MEASUREMENTS OF PROGRESS’, San Diego Art Institute (ICA San Diego), San Diego, USA
‘CRUDE’, Main Gallery UCSD, San Diego, USA
‘DES HERBES FOLLES’, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
‘PRIX LEVALLOIS’, Théâtre La Passerelle, Gap, France
‘NATIONAL COMPETITION’ (Juror: Kris Graves), Soho Photo Gallery, New York, USA
2020
‘EARTH PHOTO’, Royal Geographical Society, London, UK
‘DIE DIGITALE DÜSSELDORF’, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
‘SOLO SHOW’, Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany
‘PRIX LEVALLOIS’, Galerie de L’Escale, Levallois-Perret, France
‘SOCIAL’, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea
‘BEGEHUNGEN’, Kaufhalle, Chemnitz, Germany
‘LA VITA DELL’ARTE’, A60 Contemporary Art Space, Italy
‘OPEN STUDIOS EXHIBITION’, UCSD Main Gallery, San Diego, USA
2019
‘HELMPFLICHT’, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
‘MONUMENTS’, UCSD Commons Gallery, San Diego, USA
‘MAGIC SPRINGS IN A PLANETARY GARDEN’, After 1920, San Diego, USA
2011
‘TRACK 10’, Santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
‘UNTITLED 2’, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
2010
‘ISTANBUL IS RACING’, Istanbul Cultural Capital of Europe Project, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Turkey
‘TRACK 9’, Santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Screenings
‘9th LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival’, Vignarelli Institute, Villanovaforru, Sardinia, Italy (forthcoming)
’16th ETHNOCINECA’, International Documentary Film Festival Vienna, Votiv Kino De France, Austria, 2022
‘ALC VIDEO ART FESTIVAL’, Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, Spain, 2022
‘VIDEO OF THE MONTH’, Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund (HMKV), Germany, 2021
‘EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL U.K.’, Best Short Documentary Jury Diamond Award, 2021
‘FIVAC‘, International Video Art Festival of Camagüey, Cuba, 2021
‘CINEFEM FILM FESTIVAL 9’, Punta del Este Cultural Center, Uruguay, 2021
‘PROYECTOR VIDEO ART FESTIVAL 2021’, Sala El Aguila, Spain, 2021
‘PHMUSEUM GRANT’, Verzasca Foto, Switzerland, 2021
‘PHMUSEUM GRANT’, Lagos Photo, Nigeria, 2021
‘PHMUSEUM GRANT’, JIPFest, Indonesia, 2021
‘LIGHTBOX21’, The Northbridge Piazza, Australia, 2021
’BEHIND THE LENS’, RI Center for Photographic Arts, USA, 2021
Honors and Awards
PHOTO LUCIDA CRITICAL MASS, Top 50 (2021)
VANTAGE POINT SHARJAH 9, Winner (2021)
DAVID ANTIN PRIZE, Winner (2021)
BARTUR PHOTO AWARD, Judges Choice (2021)
PHMUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT, Shortlisted (2021)
BELFAST PHOTO FESTIVAL, Highly Commended (2021)
GOMMA GRANT, First Prize (2020)
PRIX LEVALLOIS, Audience Award (2020)
VIENNA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARD, Honorable Mention (2020)
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS PX3, Honorable Mention (2020)
TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, ‘New Visions’, Honorable Mention (2020)
EARTH PHOTO, Finalist (2020)
PERTH CLIP AWARD, Finalist (2020)
RUSSELL FOUNDATION GRANT, Awardee (2020)
UC SAN DIEGO INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Graduate Summer Research Fellowship (2020)