education : Işın Önol

TEACHING HISTORY / COURSES TAUGHT

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 Fall – 2023 Spring \| Lecturer, “A Critical and Practical Introduction to Curatorial Processes”, Graduate/Undergraduate 2022 Fall – 2023 Spring \| Lecturer, “Diversity, Social Justice, & Community Engagement”, Graduate/Undergraduate
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)