education

TEACHING HISTORY / COURSES TAUGHT

 

 

2023 MAY to Present

Director of Curatorial Research
MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York

2022-2023

Guest Professor & Curator
University of Applied Arts, Department of Art and Communicative Practice, Vienna
Teaching two semesters of 2 graduate and undergraduate courses:

  • 2022 Spring – 2023 Spring | Lecturer, “A Critical and Practical Introduction to Curatorial Processes”, Graduate/Undergraduate (3 Semesters)
  • 2022 Spring – 2023 Spring | Lecturer, “Diversity, Social Justice, & Community Engagement”, Graduate/Undergraduate (3 Semesteers)

2016 to 2021

Adjunct Professor & Visiting Critic
Montclair State University, Department of Art & Design, New Jersey
Supervised 7 MFA thesis. Curated an MFA exhibition.
Teaching two semester of 4 graduate courses, and 6 semesters of 4 undergraduate courses:

  • 2017 Fall – 2021 Spring | Lecturer, “Drawing as Research”, Art & Design, Graduate/Undergraduate
  • 2019 Fall – 2020 Spring | Lecturer, “Process and Media I: Surface”, Art & Design, Undergraduate
  • 2019 Fall – 2020 Spring | Lecturer, “Introduction to Art Theory and Practice”, Art History, Undergraduate
  • 2018 Fall – 2019 Spring | Lecturer, “Art in Non-Western Societies”, Graduate/Undergraduate,
  • 2018 Fall – 2019 Spring | Lecturer, “Contemporary Art”, Graduate/Undergraduate
  • 2017 Fall – 2018 Spring | Lecturer, “MFA Seminar: Theory & Criticism I/II”, Art & Design/Criticism (ARCR), Graduate
  • 2017 Fall – 2018 Spring | Visiting Critic, “MFA Seminar in Studio I/II”, Art & Design/Art Studio (ARST) Graduate
  • 2017 Fall – 2018 Spring | Thesis Supervisor, “MFA Seminar: Theory & Criticism I/II”, Graduate

2016 to Present

Visiting Lecturer
Center for the Study of Social Difference, Columbia University, New York
Lectures, public discussions, seminars, round tables in the framework of the events organized by Women Mobilizing Memory and Women Creating Change Study Groups.

2014 to Present

Founding Director, Program Coordinator & Lecturer
Nesin Art Village
Invitation of artists, curators, scholars, cultural workers, and activists to foster a transdisciplinary, critical, collective, alternative learning environment for a social change.

2016 – 2017

Studio Critic & MA Thesis Supervisor
MA Social Design – Art as Urban Innovation Graduate Program
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
Teaching 2 semesters and overviewing of 13 MA projects, supervising 2 MA thesis. (two semesters)

2014 – 2015

Visiting Lecturer
New Media and Social Sustainability
MFA Digital Arts Program
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (two semesters)

2014 to Present

Founding Director, Course Coordinator & Lecturer
Nesin Art Village, Sirince, Izmir, Turkey
Since the foundation of the program, I have been coordinating the content and the curriculum, inviting artists, art professors, curators, writers, architects and other cultural workers in the creative industry as well as fundraising and directing the school.

2006 – 2009

Museum Director
As the director of the Elgiz Museum, I ran the educational and public programming of the institution

2003 – 2006

Art Coordinator and teacher
Bosporus International School and ACI Schools Istanbul (Full Time)
Besides teaching to every class at this school, I wrote the Art Curriculum for the 8 years of Art Education Program (K12)

2005 – 2006

Art Coordinator and teacher
Açı Schools, Turkey
Besides my teaching role, I contributed in writing the Art Curriculum for the 8 years of Art Education Program (K12) – Simultaneously with my work at Bosporus International School.

2000 – 2003

Teaching Assistant
Major Works (Art Theory & History)
Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Istanbul
I lectured, ran the discussion sessions, prepared the lectures, overviewed the exams for 6 semesters.

GUEST LECTURER, STUDIO & THESIS CRITIC

2019 – 2024

Member of the Doctoral Supervisory Committee
PhD in Practice, LUCA school of Arts in Gent,
Belgium (For the PhD project of Yana Dimitrova)

May 20, 2022

Online Seminar
Artistic & Curatorial Approaches to
Archives, Oral Histories, and Community Engagement
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey

April 14, 2020

Guest Lecturer
New Media Art, Connecticut College, CT, USA

May 20, 2019

External Critic: MFA Thesis Review
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts 
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA

May 15-16, 2019

Guest Lecturer
Media Arts and Game Design Module
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

April 20, 2019

Guest Lecturer & Critic
MFA Program, Transart Institute, New York, NY, USA

October, 2018

Guest Lecturer
MA Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts,
New York, NY, USA

May, 2018

External Critic: MFA Thesis Review
Academy of Fine Arts
Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

April, 2018

Guest Lecturer
Integrated Design Program
Parsons School of Art, New York, NY, USA

January, 2018

External Critic: MFA Program
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

October, 2017

Guest Lecturer
MA Curatorial Practice
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA

May, 2017

Guest Lecturer 
Society and Culture in Contemporary Turkey
The College of Arts & Science, NYU, New York, NY, USA

April, 2017

Guest Lecturer
“Refugees and Gender Violence: “Vulnerability and Resistance”
Columbia Global Center, Istanbul, Turkey

December 2016

External Critic
Department of Photography and Imaging
Tisch School of Art, NYU, New York, NY, USA

May, 2016

External Critic
TransArt MFA Program
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

April, 2016

Guest Lecturer
MA ECM – Educating/Curating/Management, Vienna, Austria

May, 2015

External Critic
MFA Fashion Design
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

May, 2013

Visiting Lecturer
Communication, Science, Fashion
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria

April, 2013

Guest Lecturer
Art and Management
Webster University, Vienna, Austria

May, 2012

External Critic & Guest Lecturer
MFA Program, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

 

 

Since 2016 Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Social Difference
Columbia University, New York
Since 2012 PhD Candidate
Department of Cultural Studies
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
(6 years of break)
2009 – 2011 MAS (Master of Advanced Studies)
Postgraduate Programme in Curating,
Department of Cultural Analysis
ZHdK, Zurich, Switzerland
2009 Summer Gwangju Biennale International Curatorial Training Program
Gwangju, South Korea
2009-2010 Postgraduate International Curatorial Training Programme
L’Ecole du Magasin
Grenoble, France
2000 – 2003 MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Visual Arts & Visual Communication Design
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Sabanci University, Istanbul
(Full Scholarship – High Honour Certificate, Fall 2001)
Graduated with solo exhibition Shadows and complimentary thesis under the same title
1997 – 2000 Bachelor of Arts in Art Education
Department of Visual Arts/Sculpture,
Faculty of Education
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
(transfer, grades 2-4)
1996 – 1997 Visual Arts Classes – two semesters
Hackney Community College, London, UK
(A year break at the university)
1995 – 1996 Bachelor of Arts in Art Education
Department of Visual Arts/Sculpture
Faculty of Education,
Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
(First Grade)