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
When Dust Outshines The Stars, Museum Gazhane, Istanbul, Turkey, 2026
Architectures of Imagination, Tower Hotel Little Havana, Miami, USA, 2025
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, Senkron VideoArt Event, 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