IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK
Işıl Eğrikavuk holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and a Ph.D. in communication from Istanbul Bilgi University. Işıl has worked at the Berlin University of Arts (UdK) since 2017 and was the co-winner of Turkey’s Full Art Prize in 2012. She founded the other garden, a research space that focuses on ecology, diversity, inclusivity and radical care in the UdK.
Işıl has participated in numerous international exhibitions and residencies and has published widely. Recent exhibitions and venues include Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, La Casa Encendida, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography (2022), and the 11th Istanbul Biennial.
Işıl joined global dis:connect as an artist fellow.
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Işıl’s past research has been on community art practices and creating new forms of interconnectedness among different communities in the context of the arts. At global dis:connect, Işıl will focus on community practices from a beyond-human perspective and will focus on artistic research as a process-based method for alternative knowledge production.
Have a look at Işıl’s research poster about her project and find out more about the workshop Işıl organzied during her fellowship.