IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK 

Işıl Eğrikavuk

 Işıl Eğrikavuk studied Western literature at Boğaziçi University (Istanbul) then went to The School of The Art Institute of Chicago with Koç Foundation scholarship for her MFA in Performance Art. She taught art and media at Istanbul Bilgi University between 2009-2017. She also wrote a weekly column, Güncel Sanat Kafası (High on Contemporary Art) at national newspaper Radikal for three years, where she commented on the intersection of daily news and contemporary art.

Eğrikavuk is the co-winner of Turkey’s first contemporary art prize, Full Art Prize in 2012. She is also the first recipient of SPOT Production Fund’s artist grant. She has participated in numerous international exhibitions, residencies, and her work has been published in both local and international journals.She currently lives in Berlin and  teaches at Universität der Künste (UdK), Communication Department.

News & Interviews

• Renk Magazine: Provokation, Poesie und Performance von Işıl Eğrikavuk

• Artfridge: INTERVIEW: IŞIL EĞRIKAVUK

• SAIC Magazine: Q&A with Işıl Eğrikavuk

• Artnet: From Pots to Posters and the Press, UK Artists Use Everything They Can to Oppose Theresa May

• Artslant: AN ARTIST DINNER DISHES OUT BREXIT, BREAK-UPS, AND VIEWS OF A LONELY (FORMER) PLANET

• Statü Değişimlerine Mutfaktan Bakmak: Plüton Mutfağı

• Publixcess in conversation with Işıl Eğrikavuk

• Işıl Eğrikavuk- Zero İnsanlar

• Işıl Eğrikavuk ile “Adam Akıllı” Konuştuk!

• Hyperallergic: Turkish Government Censors Video Projection and Youth Biennial Artworks

• ISTANBUL OFFICIALS STOP NIGHTLY SCREENING OF ARTIST’S VIDEO

• Artforum: Turkish Police Censor Public Art Piece in Istanbul

• Performing Politics: Işıl Eğrikavuk’s The Art of Disagreement

• Eski Mardin’de Çağdaş Mitler

• ‘Bu oyun aşk hayatımızdaki durumların yansıması’

• Video: Pera Müzesi: Video sanatı üzerinde konuşmalar :Işıl Eğrikavuk

• Yasaklı kitaplar kütüphanesi bir zihniyet arşivi

• Dünya bildiğiniz gibi değil

• Sürekli bir acil durum halinde memleket

• Açık Radyo: Sanat Hayat

• 11. Sharjah Bienali

• Art Forum: Critics Picks

• Bu sergide polis var, kesin bilgi!

• What will happen to Taksim?

• Yeni bir dil olarak ‘performans sanatı

• Açık Radyo: Güncelleme

• Pyramids of Egypt now coming to Taksim area

• Dönüşüm Muhteşem Olacak!

• Bu video ve performansları ‘okumak’ çok keyifli

• Two artists share first Full Art Prize

• Bienal de Istanbul: Panorama turco

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