Born: 1971, Ankara, Turkey

Education

2004 - 2008
Slade School of Fine Art
BA Fine Art

Summer 2003
Parsons School of Design
Intensive Drawing and Painting Course

Prizes, Scholarships and Awards

2011
Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship

2008
Monnington Prize, UCL

2007
Selected for "Borders and Orbits/02" (Istanbul)

Solo Exhibitions

2010
"KIRILIM/refraction", Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey

Group Exhibitions

2011
"Göz Göze", Sabuncakis Mansion, Prince's Islands (Büyükada), Istanbul, Turkey

2010
"NON visits addresistanbul", addresistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

2010
"PAINT", HRL Contemporary in collaboration with DegreeArt, London, U.K.

2010
"Freefall"/"Serbest Düşüş", Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey

2008
"Slade BA Degree Show '08", The Slade School of Fine Art, London, U.K.

2008
".ism", group show, gallery12, London, U.K.

2007
"Borders and Orbits/02", group show, Siemens Sanat (Art), Istanbul, Turkey

2007
"Creating Outside" - "Hatach (a cut)", Art for Community, Tel Aviv, Israel

2007
"STRIPPED", group show, Rivington Gallery, London, U.K.

Artist Residencies

2011
"Göz Göze" / artist residency, Prince's Islands (Büyükada), Istanbul, Turkey

2011
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, U.S.A. (full fellowship)

Workshops and Projects

2010
"SMOKE", Chelsea Art Museum, New York, U.S.A.

2009
"Banabak" - Collaborative project with Aslı Aktuğ and Dilara Moran, Istanbul, Turkey

2009
"rabbithole/time as square" - Collaborative project with Samina Virani, New York, U.S.A.

2008
“Drawing Train II” – Collaborative drawing project with Ryosuke Kondoh at the Slade Research Centre, London, U.K.

2007
Drawing workshop lead by Dryden Goodwyin at the Slade Research Centre, London, U.K.

2006
Collage workshop lead by Tal R, Copenhagen, Denmark

Auctions

2011
"Sensi6", work sold in auction by Adrien Meyer, Impressionist and Modern Art Specialist (VC) of Christie's

2007
"Sensi6", work sold in auction by Simon de Pury of Phillips de Pury & Co.