COME TO MY SOLO SHOW at Oracle Art as a part of Chicago Artists Month 2011. I will be showing new collage work as well as my video series "Alligator Skin Box: memoirs of a young nomad" Please find detailed information below:

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Please join me at my MFA Thesis exhibition, where I will be showing Alligator Skin Box: Memoirs of a Young Nomad-- the culmination of my year-long video/animation project.

Interdisciplinary Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition
Opening reception:
Friday, April 29, 5 - 7 pm
Manifest festival reception:
Friday, May 13, 4 - 7 pm
Exhibition:
April 29 – May 20, 2011

Center for Book & Paper Arts Gallery
2nd Floor, 1104 S. Wabash
Mon–Fri, 10 am – 6 pm; Sat, 12 - 5 pm

Arcade Gallery
2nd Floor, 618 S. Michigan
Mon-Fri, 10 am - 5 pm

Alligator Skin Box: memoirs of a young nomad is a 5-channel video installation that explores dislocation and absurdity - a common experience for migrants immersed in foreign places. Turkish folk traditions juxtaposed with dream-like experiences create a magical reality for the audience to discover.

To learn more about the project visit my blog.

Interdisciplinary Arts Department

I've been bad at putting up news for too long. Since many things happened in this period, I am only giving you the summary:

OCTOBER 15 - NOVEMBER 12 :: Art Loop Open Competition, Block 37, Chicago, IL

Our installation "Mihrab" with N. Eden Unluata was selected to enter the Art Loop Open Competition co-organized by Chicago Artists Coalition and Chicago Loop Alliance. We did not win the prizes, but it was great to be among 191 artists that got selected out of 800 applications. www.artloopopen.com

SEPTEMBER :: The Astronaut’s Birthday, Museum of Contemporary Art with Redmoon Theater, Chicago, IL

I was part of the Illustration Team at Redmoon Theater over the summer 2010. We created an epic 1950s science fiction inspired comic book projected on the facade of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago using over-head projectors. www.mcachicago.org

SEPTEMBER :: The Culture Garden Festival, Global Coffee & Cargo / Community Garden, Chicago, IL

My short videos Alligator Skin Box Full of Gum and Tukendim was shown in this open-air show.

APRIL - MAY :: CAN TV, Version Fest Video Show, Cable Access Channel 21 appearance of Tukendim video, Chicago, IL

:: 12th Annual Chicago Art Open, River East Art Center, Chicago, IL

Showcasing over 350 local artists, The Chicago Art Open is a unique opportunity to appreciate the diverse talent in Chicago's visual artists. Come raise a glass in honor of CAC's 35th Anniversary, bring your family and friends for the public opening & learn about collecting from a panel of advisors. For more information on tickets and programming, visit www.chicagoartistscoalition.org.

My work "Layered Reflection" is exhibited among the 350 artists' works.

:: Digital Incarnate Student Response Show, IAM Project Room, Columbia College Chicago, IL

After the Digital Incarnate exhibition, Feb. 8 – April 2nd at The Arcade Gallery, which featured by Luftwerk, OpenEnded Group, and Troika Ranch, as well as the Synchronous Objects interactive web kiosk created by William Forsythe, Maria Palazzi, and Norah Zuniga Shaw, a Student Response exhibition in The Project Rm will showcase student work that grafts movement and technology in an installation, projection, or time-based performance/experience.

Mihrab, a 3 channel video projection and performance installation created by me and Eden N. Unluata was selected to be exhibited.

WON 1st PRIZE!!!

:: VerveSalon, Music and Visual Arts with a Twist, Joie de Vine, Chicago, IL

Come share our passion for great music, art, cocktails and good times. DJ Tepmix will be spinning and a selection of my artwork will be featured.

Joie de Vine is at 1744 W. Balmoral Ave. (Balmoral/Ravenswood)

:: Work Studio Opening Show, Work Studio Gallery, Chicago, IL

Work Studio is a new studio/gallery/event space that is available for artists to rent on a short term basis. This show takes place to celebrate the launch of the gallery.

:: Spring smART Show at Flat Iron Artists’ Association (FIAA) Gallery 214, Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park, Chicago IL

Group show in the FIAA Gallery 214 as part of the spring smART Show, March 5th-7th 2010 at the Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park located at 1579 N Milwaukee Ave (at North/Damen/Milwaukee Ave). In addition to being part of the smART Show, your work will be exhibited through the month of March during FIAA gallery hours, Saturday & Sunday 1:00-5:00pm.

:: ARTExchange, CAA Conference, Hyatt Regency Chicago

Exhibiting a selection of artworks and videos on my table at the ARTExchange during College Art Association Conference

ARTexchange is an annual event that provides a forum for artists working in all media to share their work with peers and with other conference attendees. In the past, participants have mentioned this event as one of the most inspiring and rewarding aspects of the conference. ARTexchange, to be held Friday, February 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, in Riverside Center East, Purple Level, East Tower of the Hyatt, is free and open to the public; a cash bar is available.

:: Ne dedin? (What did you say?) - solo installation on foreignness

Ne dedin? (What did you say?) is an interactive installation that explores foreignness and the hardship or the fun of constantly deciphering meaning in a foreign land through sound. Even though there are tools for people living in a foreign country to understand their surrounding, even if you spend years in that country, you can never fully grasp your environment like a native person would. Ne dedin? (What did you say?) creates such a place for the American or non-Turkish audience through conversations and "tools".

:: At Close Distance

I will be showing a mixed media piece on paper and perform a story that accompanies this image in this graduate student show at C33 Gallery curated by Laura Elayne Miller. Details coming soon.

:: In Possibility - a transformable art installation on the nature of choice
created in collaboration by Kelli Cousins, Hale Ekinci, Laura Elayne Miller

In Possibility explores how the choices we make invariably have consequences, both for ourselves and for everyone who crosses our path. During each moment of our lives we enact choice. Whether grand or small, every decision determines the actions we take from then on. Through this web of cause-and-effect, action-and-reaction, our lives and experiences become linked in a way that is often invisible to the naked eye. In Possibility seeks to make these connections visible.

The installation is a transformable environment in which each participant's movements and actions change the space. Thus, each pathway created, each alteration of the space by the individual, creates the cumulative representation of the act of choice. Ultimately, as participants come and go through the installation, the resulting environment will be representative of the collective experience.

:: ReFab -- an art happening

Mess Hall hosts a group show of recycling objects by turning them into art objects. Click here for more details.

:: Version Fest 2009, NFO XPO

I had a solo booth at NFO XPO. Check out the event and festival details here.