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Education

Erasmus Exchange (New Media) — Aalto University (Spring 2023)
M.A. Visual Arts & Visual Communication Design — Sabancı University [2021–2023, GPA 3.73/4.0]
B.Sc. Computer Science & Engineering — Sabancı University [2016–2021, GPA 3.41/4.0]
- Minor: Art Theory & Criticism

Experience


Co-founder & Project Manager — Onto [March 2026 – Present]
Creative Technologist — Ekho Collective [Sep 2025 – Present]
Co-founder & Co-director — metr.cube [2023 – Present]

___Industry
Business Development Manager — Erdem Healthcare Group [Dec 2023 – Jul 2025]
Web Developer — CasvuAI [Jun 2023 – Dec 2023]


___Academy
Instructor — Creative Coding, Sabancı University Summer School [Jun–Aug 2024]
Instructor — Creative Coding, Sabancı University 
Summer School [Jun–Aug 2023]
Teaching Assistant — Sabancı University [2021–2023]
- Courses: VA336 Interactive Sound; VA455/555 Physical Computing; VA345 Creative Coding; HUM202 Major Works of Western Art
 

___Research
Research Intern — ZKM Karlsruhe [Jul–Sep 2022]
Researcher — Sakıp Sabancı Museum & Sabancı University [Mar–Jun 2021]
- Technological Arts Preservation & Conservation; testing methods for software-based artworks
Research Intern — Sakıp Sabancı Museum [Jul–Sep 2020]
- Photometric Approaches to Surface Reconstruction of Oil Paintings
Undergraduate Research Assistant — PURE, Sabancı University [Jun–Aug 2018]
- Social Network Analysis Tool for Historical Studies


Artistic Practice


___Exhibitions

Rauhan­­koneen kerroksia — Ekho Collective, Oulu City Hall, European Capital of Culture 2026 [Jan 2026 – Jan 2027]
Breaking Ads! — Metr.cube [Sep 2025]
Do You Want A Receipt? — Metr.cube [Nov 2024]
3+5=∞ / PERMISSIBLE FUTURE — Melnitsata Information Center, Balchik [Jun 2024]
I. Küp — Metr.cube [Mar 2024]
Analoga Dijital Dokunuş — İzmir Resim ve Heykel Müzesi [May 2023]
Borderless Artbook Days — Arter [May 2023]
Akbank 40th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Award-winning artist, Akbank Sanat [Jun–Jul 2022]

 

___Featured In

​Oncurating — Issue 60 [Jun 2025]
Artdog Istanbul — 28th Edition (“Teoman Bey’i Anlamak”) [Jun 2025]
TRT Documentary — Modern Zaman İşleri (Creative Coding episode)


___Workshops
Workshop Instructor — Creative Coding: The Art of Digital Expression, Üsküdar American Academy [Apr 2025]Co-Creator & Co-Instructor  Drawing Theater Workshop, Sakıp Sabancı Museum [October 2021]

___Performances
Audiovisual Livecoding Performance — Algorave AIMC 2023 (Brighton) [Sep 2023]

Performance Artist — Aalto Media Lab Demo Day  [June 2023]

Audiovisual Livecoding Performance — Algorave Istanbul [December 2022]

Performance Artist — Base İstanbul 2021, Tophane-i Amire [Sep 2021] 

Publications

Teoman Madra: Multimedya Sanatında Bir Öncü — Journal of Art History, Istanbul University Press [Research Article]
Conserving Multimedia Art From Artistic, Curatorial, And Historicist Perspectives: Case Study On Teoman Madra Archive [MA Thesis]
Uncanny — AIMC 2023 [Proceedings]
Conservation of Multimedia Art: Case Study on Teoman Madra Archive — ISEA 2022 [Proceedings]

Awards_Grants

Finland Media & Research Foundation — Onto [2026]

SAHA Sustainability Fund — metr.cube [2025]

CultureCIVIC (EU Project) — metr.cube [2024]
AKBANK 40th Contemporary Artist Prize [2022]
Sabancı University M.A. Full Scholarship [2021-2023]
Sabancı University B.Sc. Full Scholarship [2016-2021]

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