IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK 

Dr. Işıl Eğrikavuk is a Turkish-born international performance artist and academic based in Berlin, Germany. She received her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and a Ph.D. in Communication from Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey. Eğrikavuk worked as a faculty member at Berlin University of Arts (UdK), Media and Communication Department between 2017-2024. She is the founder of the other garden, an artistic research space and a garden on the intersections of art, ecology, diversity and care. Currently she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Käte Hamburger Research Center global dis:connect at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

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Between 2008–2013, Eğrikavuk worked in Turkey as a journalist, reporter, and editor at Hürriyet Daily News, formerly Turkish Daily News. From 2013–2016, Eğrikavuk wrote a weekly column in Turkish, Güncel Sanat Kafası (High on Contemporary Art), published in daily national newspaper Radikal, that commented on the intersection of daily news and contemporary art in Turkey.

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Eğrikavuk's artistic work utilizes storytelling, journalism and dialogue-based practices and examines critical themes including protest, feminism, identity politics, nature, and universal interconnectedness. These works take the form of temporary and permanent installations, interactive events and performances, photographic and video documentation, and text-based work.

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She earned her PhD degree in 2021 from Istanbul Bilgi University, with her thesis titled "From A Political Protest To An Art Exhibition: Building Interconnectedness Through Dialogue-Based Art". In 2024, she published her research as book, titled : Global Protests Through Art - collaboration, co-creation, interconnectedness , co- published by UdK Berlin and Books People Places.

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Eğrikavuk is the co-winner of Turkey’s first contemporary art prize, Full Art Prize in 2012. She has participated in numerous international exhibitions, residencies, and her work has been published in both local and international journals. Recent exhibitions and venues include, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Chicago Museum of  Contemporary Photography (2022), Arnis Residency, Germany (2021), Chicago Architecture Biennial (2021), Die Büehne, Berlin (2019), Art Souterrain, Montreal (2019), Pluto’s Kitchen, Block Universe, London (2017), Every Kind of Myth is Written With Care, Propaganda in 21st Century, Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich (2017), Art of Disagreement, Salt Galata&Ulus, İstanbul& Ankara (2016-2015), 11th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (2013), Reverse Corner, Solo exhibition, Egeran Gallery, Istanbul (2013), Change Will Be Terrific, Salt Istanbul (2012), 11th Istanbul Biennial (2009), Endgame, South Korea (2009).