WORKS

CV


LANGUAGES

Turkish (native speaker), English (full professional proficiency), French (proficiency), German (Intermediate)


EDUCATION

2008—2023 
Istanbul University, Ph.D. in Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy
Thesis: Documentation in/of Performance Art

2003—2005 
Middlesex University, M.A. in Performing Arts awarded with Merit
Thesis: “just BREATHE”: a devising process and its interaction with multimedia

2002—2003 
ECLA, Bard College Berlin, Great Thoughts Foundation Year Program

1997—2002 
Northwestern University, B.S.SP in Theatre, Comparative Literature, and International Studies GPA:3,557

ARTISTIC

2023
Artistic Direction
Müzede Sahne, Sakıp Sabancı Museum, 
June 17th-20th 2023

2023
Turkish anchor-voice 
Conference of the Absent, Istanbul (Turkey), Rimini Protokoll, Beykoz Kundura

2022 
Voice Over
Pluriversum, a RanGBarang (RGB) Studio Production, Author/ Artistic Director/ Graphics: Parisa Karimi

2022 
Turkish anchor-voice 
Conference of the Absent, Istanbul (Turkey), Rimini Protokoll, Beykoz Kundura

2022 
Conception & Direction
A performative exhibition tour, Life, Death, Love and Justice exhibition, curators: Didem Yazıcı, Peter Sit, Burcu Çimen, December 2022

2022Director 
Nuh’un Gemisini Aramak, Co-production project, produced by ENKA Sanat, premiered on November 15th within the scope of the IKSV Theatre Festival

2022 
Co-director
With Nezaket Erden, N’olcak Bu Yusuf Umut’un Hali, a Hemhâl theatre production, original text by Hakan Emre Ünal and Alis Çalışkan performed by Hakan Emre Ünal.

2021 
Artistic Direction/Project Design
In collaboration with Pelin Başaran (Head of Programming, Battersea Arts Centre, London), Melih Gençboyacı (Artistic Coordinator, Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam) and S.Buse Yıldırım (Artistic Director, Beykoz Kundura) PerformLab, an international, interdisciplinary programme for concept and practice development in performance, supported by Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam, Beykoz Kundura and Dutch Performing Arts.
2021 
Artistic Direction 
With Marlin de Haan and in this very moment,  funded by NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kunststiftung NRW. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, FFT Düsseldorf, SALT Galata Istanbul and Maschinenhaus Essen.

2020 
Conception and Moderation 
Sahneye Dair Sohbetler, 2020-2022, a series of talks live-streamed on Instagram with key figures from the Turkish Performing Arts scene on various subjects, for Koç University, Sevgi Gönül Cultural Centre

2020Director
Direction of the staged reading Gece Vardiyası (Night Shift) by Marco Demian Vitanza, translated into Turkish by Ferdi Çetin, and after talk with the playwright as part of GalataPerform’s 9th New Text New Theatre Festival

2020
Director
Direction Türkan Hanım’ın Ölümü (Death of Miss. Türkan) a theatrical story reading, adapted by Hemhâl from Selçuk Baran’s story “Türkan Hanım’ın Ölümü”’ commissioned by and performed at Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat

2019 
Conception & Direction
In collaboration with Marlin de Haan panorama radio a theatrical situation, inviting participants to take a journey in cars; coproduced by FFT, Dusseldorf; funded by Kunstiftung NRW, Ministerium fur Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW, NRW Landesburo Freie Darstellende Kunste. Presented in Istanbul, Düsseldorf, Bonn

2018
Dramaturge 
Tırnak İçinde Hizmetçiler (The Maids in Quotes), a Hemhâl theatre production, original text by Hakan Emre Ünal inspired by Jean Genet.

2018
co-Founder 
Hemhâl Theatre

2018
Conception & Direction 
In collaboration with Marlin de Haan, Once I set foot outside a performative installation by Marlin de Haan and Ayşe Draz; coproduced by A Corner in the World X belontiids ALT, Istanbul and FFT, Dusseldorf; funded by Kunstiftung NRW, Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), Ministerium fur Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW, NRW Landesburo Freie Darstellende Kunste . Shown in Istanbul and Düsseldorf 

2017
Conception & Execution 
Together with Anne-Marije van den Bersselaar, Dramaturgy Lab a workshop on how to integrate a dramaturgical approach in different discipline, commissioned by and held at Akbank Sanat with the support of the Dutch Consulate, Istanbul

2017
Performer & Assistant Director
İKİ (TWO) concept and direction by Semih Fırıncıoğlu
Produced by A Corner in the World X bomontiada ALT + Guest Program. Shown in Istanbul, at Bomonti ALT and Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, and in Heidelberg Stückemarkt 2018.

2014Performer & Regie Assistant 
Becoming a Rhinoceros 2.014 written and directed by Şahika Tekand

2013
Dramaturge
Hiatus, by choreographer Gizem Bilgen, 19th Istanbul Theatre Festival

2012
Performer
Shortening the Long Position, by the artist duo Goldin & Senneby for the 13th Istanbul Biennial organized by IKSV, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
2010
Assistant Director 
 How to Forget in Ten Steps: Anti-Prometheus written and directed by Şahika Tekand as part of Promethiade Project by Stiftung Zollverein, Essen’ RUHR.2010 & Istanbul 2010 & Athens Festival, Athens

2009
Artistic Collaboration & Residence 
 Air (Hava), by Ayşe Orhon, Looping 2, Tanz im August 

2009Actress 
 Dönme İstanbul a short film by Jacopo Mario Gondolfi and Luis Miguel Selvelli,

2007
Artistic collaboration
agoraphobia, performative text, in collaboration with docu:mentalKLİNİK, art-ist contemporary art magazine, May 2007 

2007Artistic collaboration
 ccidRnt, performative text, in collaboration with docu:mentalKLİNİK , Colophon 2007, International Magazine Symposium, Luxembourg

2007
Artistic collaboration
Image/Imagine, enjoy the silence…, performative text in collaboration with docu:mentalKLİNİK, Nico Magazine: Interviews & Fashion, Spring/Summer 2007

2006
Performer
 Eurydice’s Cry directed by Şahika Tekand, 15th International Istanbul Theatre Festival / 4th International Theatre Olympics
2004Devising & Performer
 just BREATHE a devised performance on birth and womanhood, Middlesex University, London

2004 
Devising & Performer 
 In Transit, a devised performance on always being on the road and not being rooted in any particular place, Middlesex University, London

2002Actress
The Lounge, short film produced by the London Film School

2002
Actress
The Wait, short film directed by Can Evgin, Northwestern University Production, Evanston, USA

2002 
Performer
 What was my face before I was born, a devised performance, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA
2002
Performer 
Women of the Word, a performance based on the female characters of the bible, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA

1999 
Performer 
 Storytelling, a storytelling performance with multiple stories and voices, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA

1999
Performer 
 Interior Castle, a performance based on St. Francis of Assisi’s teachings, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022—Present
Empathy CoachingProviding empathy awareness and empathy skills training for businesses, applying improvisational games. For reference: https://212.vc

Spring 2022
Guest Lecturer
Contemporary Dramaturgies
Kadir Has University

2021—2022
Guest Lecturer
Istanbul Bilgi University
2018—2023
Guest Lecturer
Istanbul Okan University
2023
Performing Arts Editor 
 Art Unlimited, An arts magazine published in print bi-monthly, publishing daily articles online 

2023
Guest Lecturer
History of World Theatre, Istanbul University State Conservatory

2023
Guest Lecturer
History of World Theatre (in English), Istanbul Technical University

2011 – 2012 
Online journalist
LAB TV

2008—2015 
Instructor & Assistant Director
The Studio Players, Taught the “Introduction to Performative Acting and Improvisation Techniques” 2010-2015

2010—2015 
Co-founder
Kuram Atölyesi (Theory Workshop)
Organized and moderated the following workshops on:
“Theatre Criticism” in 2014 as part of the 19th Theatre Festival
“Visibility” in 2010 as part of Görünürlük Projesi
“Performance” in 2010 as part of Istanbul Performans Günleri

2006—2007 
Project Management & Artistic Collaboration
:mentalKLINIK
Co-developed “Frozen 45” performative exhibition by :mentalKLINIK and coordinated its exhibition at MUDAM, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, 
Conducted artistic research and coordinated international relations for the artist duo

2005—2006 
Program Assistant
 Istanbul Bilgi University, Graduate Program in Architectural Design

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS / SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

31/08—08/09/2023 
Participant
3rd International Clown Residency, Gözde Atalay, Agios Lavrentios, Greece

03—06/2023  
Participant
Hikaye Anlatıcısının Saf Bakışı, Seiba Storytelling, Nazlı Çevik Azazi, İstanbul

05—09/04/2023  
Participant
Me is the Other Michael Chekhov Module 4, Kumbaracı50, İstanbul

2022 
 Recipient (as Tiyatro Hemhâl)
Gülriz Sururi - Engin Cezzar Tiyatro Teşvik Ödülü award given by IKSV

2020
 Invited Speaker

Performative Spectatorship, Oxymoron Aesthetic of :mentalKLINIK, Taking a Third Position, *2020 in Turkey, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat

07/2021 Invited residency participant
Garp Sessions: Daring Auralities, Babakale, Turkey

04/2021Lecture Seminar 
Digitallab

12/2020  
 Invited Speaker
Performative Spectatorship, Oxymoron Aesthetic of :mentalKLINIK, Taking a Third Position

11/2020 
Workshop conductor
The Editor’s Point of View, 24th Istanbul Theatre Festival

01/2020 Speaker 
 Performance in Turkey, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat

06—10/04/2019Participant

Making Contact: Living Images (Body-Imagination-Emotion) Michael Chekhov Module 1, Kumbaracı50, İstanbul 

01— 02/2019 Participant

Playful Action from Stanislavski to Lecoq, BeReZe Gösteri Evi, İstanbul 


PUBLICATIONS

2020 
Author Performans Sanatı ve Performatif Belgelemeye Dair, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Sanat Dünyamız, Sayı: 174 Ocak Şubat 2020

2020 
Author
Performatif Belgelemeye Dair, Dikmen Gürün’e yazılar, Doğan Kitap

2019 Author
Mapping Turkey 2019, commissioned report on theatre in Turkey, based on 2011 mapping by Mark Levitas, by the Dutch 

2019 
Author
Performing in a Landscape of Forgetting, published in Theatre Research International, Volume 44, no.3, pp 311-313, October 2019.

2018/2019 
Participant
Roundtable: Mediated Meaning, Judith Seng’s cooperative sand castles, Viktor Bedö, Ayse Draz, Jana Scholze, Judith Seng, Diane Sunar, Vera Sacchetti (moderator), a roundtable discussion about Judith Seng’s exhibition ACTING THINGS VII – School of Fluid Measures as part of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennale – A School of Schools, published in Disegno #21, The Quarterly Journal of Design, Winter 2018/2019

2017
Co-author
Yirmi: 1989’dan Bugüne İstanbul Tiyatro Festivali published by IKSV celebrating the 20 years of the Istanbul Theatre Festival, 2017

2012 
Editor
mentalKLINIK’s exhibition book That’s Fucking Awesome published by GALERIST, 2012 


MEMBERSHIP & JURIES

2022—Present AICA (The International Association of Art Critics) Turkey

2021—Present
Fringe Istanbul Selection Committee member

2021—2022 
Istanbul Biennial Production and Research Programme, Advisory Board Member

2015—Present  
TEB (Türkiye Tiyatro Eleştirmenler Birliği / Turkish Theatre Critics Association)

2017—Present  
Eurodram (European Network for Drama in Translation)

2013—2015 
Afife Jale Theatre Awards Jury Member
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