Education

 

• Bachelor's Degree at University of Mimar Sinan (Istanbul / Turkey) Department: Fine Arts- Stage Design Costume and Puppetry

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• Master's Degree at the University of Mimar Sinan (Sculpting / Experimental Puppet Design)

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• Nottingham Trent (Nottingham / United Kingdom), Experimental, Conceptional Design and Casting

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Commissioned Projects

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• 2021 Collaboration on the creation of the monument bust of Halil Gedik (Founder and CEO of Gedik Holding)

 

• 2011 Monument bust of Mexican leader Emiliano Zapata for the Şişli Municipality

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• 2008 Award design (figurine) for SIYAD (Association of Film Writers)

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• 2007 Monument design for Ali Ekber Çiçek (famous Turkish minstrel)

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• 2001- 2002 Design of lifesize character models of 6 sultans of the Ottoman Empire and 11 merchants for the City Museum of Bursa

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• 2000 Rahmi Koç Industrial Museum 11 handicraftsman figure designs

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Artworks​

 

• 2022 "Thank you", Lupino bean skins stitched together

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• 2021 "Atramus (Tremoço)", short film

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• 2021 "What if", 35x15x25 cm, acrylic resin, soil, displayed in wooden-based bell jar

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• 2021 "The Spirit", 67x26x42 cm, concrete cement, aluminium, epoxy resin

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• 2021 "Nice to meet you again", performance

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• 2018 "Sleepwalkers", 260x122.5x4.5cm, brass, iron, concrete and soil

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• 2018 "Lost Messiah, 76.5x57x7 cm, wood and plastic figures

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• 2018 "Lullabies", sound installation, chorus vocals in Persian, Serbian, Ladino and Turkish languages

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• 2017 "Hope", 100x170 cm, antique cedar tree door, industrial waste, animatronic​

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• 2017 "Oblation", short film (1 minute)​

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• 2016 “untitled”, 37x45cm, antique medicine cabinet, rosary

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• 2015 “Can You See Us”, 5 Pieces 57x50cm, 51x41cm frame, drawing on x-ray, lightbox

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• 2013  “First Supper”, 85x119 cm, installation set up photograph, fine art print unique frame​​

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• 2012 “Self Deception”, 184x50x104 cm, animatronic installation, mixed media

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• 2012 “Me In The Mirror You Within Me”, (self-portrait) 8 pieces (36x26cm each), mixed media

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• 2010 “Paradise Bird”, animatronic installation-vac forming with acrylic plastic, silicon, polyester resin, and electronic junk

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• 2009 “Organ INC.”, animatronic model made of organic materials: genuine leather, animal bones, stuffed with paper mache and organic ropes

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• 2009 “Geometry 2” (Sexism), stop-motion project

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• 2009 “Geometry 1 (DNA), stop-motion project

 

• 2000-2001 “The Embryo (BELONGING), performance puppet made of polyester resin

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