Işıl Eğrikavuk studied Western literature at Boğaziçi University (Istanbul) then completed her MFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in Performance Art with Koç Foundation scholarship. She taught art and media at Istanbul Bilgi University between 2009-2017. She currently lives in Berlin and is part of the faculty at Universität der Künste (UdK), Media Department.
Eğrikavuk is the 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 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.
Selected exhibitions and performances:
Pluto's Kitchen, Block Universe, London (2017), Every Kind of Myth is Written With Care, Propaganda in 21st Century, Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich (2017), Time to Sing a New Song, YAMA, İstanbul (2016), Art of Disagreement, Salt Galata&Ulus, İstanbul& Ankara (2016-2015), Infamous Library, Solo Exhibition, Rampa Gallery, İstanbul (2014), 11th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (2013), Reverse Corner, Solo exhibition, Egeran Gallery, Istanbul (2013), Change Will Be Terrific, Salt Istanbul (2012), Home Istanbul, Sao Paolo (2012), ISEA-10, Ruhr-Germany (2010), 11th Istanbul Biennial (2009), Endgame, South Korea (2009), The Interview, Solo exhibition, Boots Space St. Louis, USA (2008).
