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Born in 1978 Istanbul / Turkey. Based in Bergen / Norway.

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Education

2021 -2025 Norooff Vocational School, VFX 2 years (part time)

2020-2021 Noroof Vocational School, 3D Design and Animation 1 year (full time)

2004-2008 Dokuz Eylul University Fine Art Faculty, Photography Bachelors


Work

2024 | Compositing multiple shots for Norwegian feature film “Dead man in the skitrack”

2022 | VFX, cleaun-up for short movie “The Payoff”

2014-2019 | Digital photo copyist for Anders Petersen for the book and exhibition “Stockholm”. Published by Max Ström, 2019.

2014-2018 | Digital photo copyist, sequencing and color seperation for Anders Schönborg for the book and exhibition “Liv utan Liv”. Published by Art and Theory, 2018.

2014-2018 | Digital photo copyist for Emin Altan for the book and exhibition “Chaosmos”. Published by Norgunk, 2018.

2015 | Digital photo copyist for Anders Petersen for the book and exhibition “Valparaiso”. Published by Andre Frere Editions and FIFV Ediciones, 2015.

2014 |Designing of Halil's exhibition “I'm Playing Ping-Pong Now”, Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam, 2014.

2014 | Designing and print supervisor of Halil's exhibition “I'm Playing Ping-Pong Now”, The Empire Project Gallery, Istanbul, 2014.

2013 | Designing of Halil's exhibition “A Cloud of Black Smoke” as a nominee of Historical book award, Arles Photo Festival,France, 2013.

2013 |Digital photo copyist for Anders Petersen for the book and exhibition “To Belong”. Published by Studio Blanco, 2013.

2013 | Digital photo copyist for Anders Petersen for the book and exhibition “Veins”. Published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2013.

2012 |Digital photo copyist for Anders Petersen for the book and exhibition “Rome, A Diary 2012”. Artist Book. Published by Punctum Press, 2012. “Rome”. Published by Punctum Press, 2014

2012-2014 |Digital photo copyist, sequencing and color seperation of Halil's photo book “I'm Playing Ping-Pong Now”, Focuskop Foto Form, 2014..

2011 | Executive producer of fiction movie “Cinar Agaci”

2009 | Editor of documentary “Sahin Kaygun” for Istanbul Museum of Modern Arts.

2008-2012 | Freelance commercial photographer

2008 | Director of documentary movie “Illegal constructions”


Exhibitions

2024 | '“Serendipity” ongoing solo show at Lysverket with the collaboration of Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen

2022 | Group Show “Sound is the silence of the image” at Photo Wien festival, Vienna

2019 | Group Show “Antropocen - Människans Tidsålder” at Rikstovlan, Järrestad

2019 | “Of Fading Memories” Solo show at Interzone Gallery, Rome (Mese Fotografia Roma)

2018 | “Serendipity” Solo show at Gallery Axel, Stockholm

2018 | Pop-up show at Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo

2018 | “Photobook Exhibition”, Athens Photo festival, Greece

2018 | Pop-up show at Fail Books Work Space, Istanbul

2018 | “Last Edition” Photobook exhibition at Daire Sanat Gallery, Istanbul

2018 | Pop-up show at Galleri Axel, Stockholm

2017 | “Last Edition” Photobook exhibition at MSGSÜ Tophane_i Amire, Istanbul.

2016 | “OON” mag group show at Galleri Ralf

2016 | Group show “Interzone”. INS, Istanbul.

2015 | Artist book exhibition. Åland Library.

2011 | Group exhibition “UBIK Project”. Karga Istanbul

2009 | Group exhibition “Explicit”. Karga Art space,Istanbul

2008 | Group exhibition “This not a Situationist Exhibition”. Daralan, Istanbul

2007 | Group exhibition “Wall of Chaos”. Hafriyat, Istanbul

2007 | Group exhibition “Crimes of Passion”. Barisarock, Istanbul


Publications

2025 | “Issue 1” photo-zine self publish

2025 | February, published dyptic in “Anarchy 2” by Ephemere Tokyo

2020 | Designed and published Piri Piri collective photo zine, self publish

2020 | Published Handan İpekçi's Script book “Saklı Yüzler – Hidden faces”, Fail

2020 | Published Berxwedan Yaruk's poetry book “Alışmak İyileşmek Degil”, Fail

2020 | Become partners with fellow artist AtaKam at the publishing house FAİL

2017 | “of fading memories” first monograph by Journal publishing

2016 | “Here and Now” hand made artist book with fellow artist AtaKam

2016 | published work on “OON” artist magazine.

2008 | video work “Turban” for internet release.

2006-2008 | Editor of Fotomat e-magazine.


Grants and scholarships

2021 January Swedish Art Councel

2018 December Swedish Author Foundation

2017 March Swedish Art Councel


Skills

Nuke

Maya

Photoshop

Substance Painter

Houdini

Python