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Boards and team

The boards and team who run the biennial, shape its curatorial and educational frame and evaluate applications. Selection criteria and procedures are set out in the call rules in the Participate section.
Visitors walking towards the entrance of the biennial venue
Photo: Biennial Archive

Executive Board

  • Devrim Erbil

    Painter, State Artist, curator

  • Gazi Selçuk

    Founding Director of the Biennial

  • İsmail Acar

    Painter

  • Kader Akçay

    Educator

Advisory Board

  • Beral Madra

    Art critic, curator

  • Sevda Bekman

    Faculty member, Boğaziçi University

  • Fikret Toksöz

    EU programmes adviser, former district governor

  • Faruk Ekinci

    Businessman, DASİFED board member

  • Maria Sezer

    Artist / art educator

Art Board

  • Kader Akçay

    Chair of the Art Board

  • Zeynep Öztürk

    Academic, artist, curator

  • İsmail Acar

    Painter

  • Fırat Arapoğlu

    Art historian, curator

  • Metin Özülkü

    Musician

  • Aysun Öz

    Journalist, arts and culture programme maker

  • Melis Babadağ

    Actor, painter

  • Nurdan Likos

    Painter, educator

  • Özgür Zoral

    Composer, educator

Biennial Team

  • Gazi Selçuk

    Director

  • Devrim Erbil

    Painter, State Artist, curator

  • Ahval Ateş

    Assistant Curator

  • Kader Akçay

    Chair of the Art Board

  • Silver Gözütok

    Assistant Curator

  • Gizem Pamukçu

    Sponsorship

  • Aslıgül Karaçak

    Corporate communications

  • Gül Batmanoğlu

    Design Coordinator

  • Nur Bardakçı

    Biennial Coordinator

  • Kutlu Aras

    Biennial CTO

  • Mehmet Ali Ergun

    Press Adviser

  • Elisa Sassera

    International Relations

  • Bengü Örnek

    Human Resources Specialist

  • İzem Erbıyık

    Brand and Corporate Communications

  • Ela Gül Akat

    Brand and Corporate Communications

  • Fatma Yalçın

    Volunteer Coordinator

  • Kahraman Halis Çelik

    International Relations

  • Ayşe Musal Çıpa

    Corporate Communications Coordinator

  • Ecem Naz Çakır

    Assistant Curator

  • Gülce Baki

    Graphic Design Specialist

  • Cansın Aşkın Çelik

    Social Media Specialist

Selection Committee

  • Adem Özsöz

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Alev Cınbarcı

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Arzu Özen Gülen

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Aygül Doğan Ayan

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Aylin Erenkaya Aydın

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Ayşegül Karabulut

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Delal Kazıcı

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Esra Banu Zorba Tuncer

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Esra Yurttut

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Esra Çelikkanat

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Gonca Akan

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Gözde Tito

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Gülhan Zafer

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Melis Babadağ

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Metin Özülkü

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Mihriban Sezer

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Nur Bardakçı

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Nurcan Kurt

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Nurdan Likos

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Nilüfer Karakoç

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Niyazi Selçuk

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Pınar Halıcı

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Selvihan Özel Özcan

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Sibel Talas

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Tuba Burdurlu

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Yasemin Güzel

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Özgür Boral

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Özlem Akbal Doğan

    Member of the Selection Committee

  • Ümit Dizdar

    Member of the Selection Committee