I am a contemporary Turkish American visual artist and urban designer based in New Orleans. My practice spans drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, and interdisciplinary projects that explore history, collective memory, architecture, and the material landscape.

My work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Aqua Art Fair Miami, Art on Paper NYC, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, and the Onsite Gallery in Toronto. My work and career have been featured in Metropolis Magazine, Gambit's Top 40 Under 40, and on NPR. I have received the Architizer A+ Award and was honored with Best of Show at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2026.

I was selected as the official poster artist for the 2026 Crescent City Classic and currently serve as the Collectors Club Artist for the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, where I previously held leadership roles as a member of the Board of Trustees and Program Chair. I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Arts Council of New Orleans as Development Chair. I was the Printmaking Artist-in-Residence at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, where I am now a member of the faculty.

I am a founding member of Camp Street Studios and The Parlour Gallery, two artist-run spaces dedicated to supporting artists and fostering creative exchange in New Orleans. I was formerly a member of the Front Artist Collective. Earlier in my career, I coordinated the first major Habitat for Humanity Buckminster Fuller Design Science Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey. I also worked as a senior designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Kohn Pedersen Fox in New York City. I hold a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute.

Describe your art in three words. Instant, Immediate and Identifiable.

Describe yourself in one word. Curious.

What do you love the most about creating art in New Orleans? What particular part of your immediate environment, in your neighborhood specifically influences your work? Drawing extraordinary events in everyday affairs.

Describe your creative process. Are there any rituals or rites of passage you exercise before you begin a new piece? Breath. Breath. Breath.

Where do you draw inspiration? Anywhere I can.

Who are your artistic influences or gurus? Most of the people around me.

In New Orleans, art and music go hand in hand. What type of music, band or song lyric best describes your work? Lil Wayne singing "Let the good times roll" to the trumpet of Jeremy Davenport on the corner of Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue.

Where can we find you when you are not creating art? At Camp Street Studios or drinking coffee near my house in the Bywater.

What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year? Anytime I can see the Sun the Moon or the Stars. LOL.

What is something people don’t know about you? A fun fact. As a teenager, I played roller hockey for Queen of Angels in New York.

All works listed online are available to be viewed at Where Y’Art Gallery by appointment.

My Studio in the Bywater

The Venice Biennale

The Contemporary Arts Center

Jazz and Heritage Festival

Camp Street Studios and Parlour Gallery

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