IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK 

Dr. Işıl Eğrikavuk is a Turkish-born international 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 has been working as a faculty member at Berlin University of Arts (UdK), Media and Communication Department. She is the founder of the other garden, an artistic research space and a garden on the intersections of art, ecology, diversity and care.

 

In 2026 she was a Visiting Scholar at the Iceland University of the Arts in Reykjavík, where she conducted a short-term research visit focusing on participatory ecological practices and artistic research methodologies in relation to her ongoing project, the other garden. In 2025 she was 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. Her works are included in both public and private collections. Recent exhibitions and venues include, Bosporus Beats: Views of Istanbul from 1500–1800, Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin (2026); Rooting Recipes, Habibi Kiosk – Kammerspiele Munich (2025); Ungovernable Ingredients, Silent Green, Berlin (2024); Ne İlyas Ne Cemşit, solo exhibition, Perform Istanbul (2024); Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography (2022); Arnis Residency, Germany (2021); Chicago Architecture Biennial (2021); Die Bühne, Berlin (2019); Art Souterrain, Montreal (2019); Pluto’s Kitchen, Block Universe, London (2017); Every Kind of Myth is Written With Care: Propaganda in the 21st Century, Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich (2017); Art of Disagreement, Salt Galata & Salt Ulus, Istanbul & Ankara (2015–2016); the 11th Sharjah Biennial (2013); Reverse Corner, solo exhibition, Egeran Gallery, Istanbul (2013); Change Will Be Terrific, Salt Istanbul (2012); the 11th Istanbul Biennial (2009); and Endgame, South Korea (2009).