PhD (Proficiency in Art), Yasar University, School of Art and Design, Graduate School, 2018 – 2024
Dissertation: Coevolutionary Aesthetics from a Non-Anthropocentric Perspective
MFA in Sculpture, Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, 2013 – 2016
Fulbright Scholar
BFA in Sculpture, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Fine Arts, 2008 – 2013
Graduated with Top Honors
LLB in Law, Anadolu University, Faculty of Law, 2003 – 2007
TEACHING
Assistant Teaching Professor of Digital Arts: Graphic Design
Florida International University, CARTA, Art + Art History Department
2024 – Present
Courses: Thesis/Portfolio, Design Studio II, Typography, Design for Mobility
Part-Time Lecturer
Yasar University, Faculty of Art and Design, Visual Communication Department
Spring 2024
Courses: Graduation Studio, Special Applications in Visual Communication Design
Part-Time Lecturer
Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Faculty of Communication, and Faculty of New Media and Communication
2017 – 2023
Courses: Understanding Digital Media, Multimedia Design Studio III, History of Graphic Design, Design Semiotics, Drawing Studio II, Basic Graphic Applications and Advertising I, Visual Culture, Visual Theory
Part-Time Lecturer
Yasar University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Film Design
Spring 2020
Course: Hybrid Images
Adjunct Teacher
Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Sculpture Department
2015 – 2016
Courses: Introductory Sculpture
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
- “Ecological Art and Digital Art” in Fifty Colors of Humanities, Kapadokya University Press, Turkey (forthcoming, 2025)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- “Marcel Duchamp: Ready-made and Its Reflections on Contemporary Art”, Yedi, Issue 7, pp. 23–31, January 2012, Izmir, Turkey
Doctoral Research
- “Coevolutionary Aesthetics from a Non-Anthropocentric Perspective”, PhD Dissertation, Yasar University, May 2024 (to be published online via Council of Higher Education database, Summer 2024)
Essays
- “Xenopoetics”, in Pentacle: Posthuman Entanglements in Culture, Literature, and Environment, February 23, 2025
- “Plastiglomerate: An Epistemological Poem”, in Pentacle: Posthuman Entanglements in Culture, Literature, and Environment, December 31, 2023
- “Different Approaches to Post-digital Ignorance: Lab Process”, Unlimited Magazine, 2021
Interviews / Editorial Contributions
- “Interview with Mafe Izaguirre”, in Pentacle: Posthuman Entanglements in Culture, Literature, and Environment, May 5, 2024
- Interview with Nicolas Bourriaud, Reply to All, Seventh Continent Field Report, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) & YKY, 2019
- Contributor at Plato Sanat Blog (2017–18):
Essays include “Two Cities: Anthropocentrism”, “Cybernetic Art”, “A Critique of Cybernetic Aesthetics”, “American Experience: Tupperware!”, “Meatspace”, “On Alienation: Symbolic Will”, “Unlearn”, “Interview: Faig Ahmed”
WORKSHOPS
Type It!, Humanities Edge Summer 2025 H.E.ART Program, FIU MMC Campus Graham Center Ballroom, Miami, FL, USA — 2025
Kinect, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey — 2023
Mirror, Izmir University of Economics, Visual Communication Department, Izmir, Turkey — 2018
Nature/Culture, YARAT, Baku, Azerbaijan — 2018
Making the Exhibitions (participant), led by Thibaut De Ruyter, Baku, Azerbaijan — 2018
Translation, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey — 2016
ACTIVITIES
Cosmic Humanity: Interdisciplinary Visions for Space Exploration, hosted by the FIU School of Architecture, Miami, USA — 2025 (lecturer)
Summer Intensive 2025: Art and Climate Change by Dr. Joshua Shannon and Dr. Stephanie Wakefield, ICA Miami’s Art + Research Center Climate and Culture Symposium, Miami, USA — 2025 (participant)
Art in the Heart of Posthumanisms (Performance-lecture as Dr. Mousehelm Attari), 1st International Theatre Research Association Conference, TED University & Turkish Society for Theatre Research (TSTR), Ankara, Turkey — 2023 (lecturer)
Plastiglomerate, 8th International BAKEA (Western Culture and Literature Research) Symposium, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey — 2023 (lecturer)
Young Productions in the Digital Arts, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey — 2023 (lecturer)
Artist talk, Kadir Has University, Visual Communication Design Department, Oculus, CoBAC Workspace, Istanbul, Turkey — 2021 (lecturer)
Artist talk, SUSAM, Sabanci University, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design, Istanbul, Turkey — 2021 (lecturer)
Post-Digital Ignorance, Amber Network Festival, A'21: Onine Seminar, Istanbul-Berlin, 2021
Human Centrism and Contemporary Art, Graduate Seminar Program, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey — 2021 (lecturer)
Paradigm Shift in Art and Differentiating Exhibition Practices, Aydin University International Student Biennial: Something Happened Everything Changed, Istanbul, Turkey — 2021 (lecturer)
Cultures of Memory Symposium, St John University, York, UK — 2014 (lecturer)
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
Molecular: Asbestos and Fire, curated by Uras Kızıl, Istanbul, Turkey — 2024
Force Quit, MixerArts Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey — 2020
AnthropoScene, Dowd Fine Arts Center, State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland, NY, USA — 2016
The Dark Sides, Michael Sickler Gallery, Syracuse University, Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY, USA — 2014
Chosen Reality, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, Turkey — 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions
Remorph:unending, Earth Day Celebration Exhibition, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA — 2025
Timeless Curiosities, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey — 2024
Democraseum, sponsored by Karsiyaka Municipality of Izmir, Izmir, Turkey — 2023
A Touch of Grass, The Locker Room NYC, Brooklyn, NY, USA (as Antinomy) — 2023
SVA Summer Residency Exhibition & Open Studios, New York City, NY, USA — 2022
TAAS Alternative Art School Artist Exhibition, Virtual — 2022
YOLO, Senkron Video Art Events, MixerArts, Istanbul, Turkey — 2022
Digital Aura, Open Media Art Festival, Seoul, Korea — 2021
Post-Digital Ignorance, A’21 Online Lab Exhibition, Amber Network Festival — 2021
AntiSomething / Karşı Bir Şey, Barın Han, Istanbul, Turkey — 2021
Potential Worlds I: Planetary Memories, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland — 2020
Permafrost, MOCO Panacee, Montpellier, France — 2020
The Seventh Continent, 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey — 2019
Trees of Their Land, MART Center for Photography, Yekaterinburg, Russia — 2019
The Sound of No-one Listening, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands — 2019
Passengers of a Kaleidoscopic Journey, Forckenbeckstr, Berlin, Germany — 2018
Sick. Love. Nature., Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan — 2018
A New World, Middle East Technical University Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey — 2018
Dekadans / Decadence, Pera Palace Hotel, DasArt Project, Istanbul, Turkey — 2017
Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK — 2017
Deep Inside, 5th International Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia — 2016
None the Wiser, Rogue Space Chelsea, New York City, NY, USA — 2016
MFA 2016: None The Wiser, SUArt Galleries, Syracuse University, NY, USA — 2016
Fantasy Island, PØST, Los Angeles, CA, USA — 2015
SimuLAcra, The Collaborative Gallery, Long Beach Arts Council, LA, CA, USA — 2015
Comfort Zone, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY, USA — 2014
Mamut Art Project, Entrepot No. 3, Istanbul, Turkey — 2013
Beruhigt / Sakinleşmiş / Calmed Down, Goethe Institute, Izmir, Turkey — 2013
Beyond Experience, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey — 2012
CURATION
Democraseum, Karsiyaka Municipality, Izmir, Turkey — 2023
AntiSomething / Karşı Bir Şey, Barin Han, Istanbul, Turkey — 2021
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
School of Visual Arts (SVA) Summer Residency, New York City, USA — 2022Sponsored by the American Turkish Society.
Gate-27 International Artist Residency, Istanbul, Turkey — 2020
YARAT Contemporary Art Center International Residency, Baku, Azerbaijan — 2018
Can Serrat International Artist Residency, Barcelona, Spain — 2015
Turner Semester Residency Program, Angels Gate Cultural Center Studios, San Pedro, Los Angeles, USA — 2015