Serkan Özkaya

Serkan Özkaya (b. 1973) is renowned for his conceptual artworks encompassing sculpture, installation, video, and digital applications.

Among Özkaya’s recent endeavors are "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" a room transformed into a self-portrait on a mirror dome; "ni4ni", an immersive installation that transforms a human-sized mirror sphere into an eyeball using reflections; "We Will Wait", a recreation of Marcel Duchamp’s "Étant donnés" installed in Duchamp’s New York studio, doubling as a camera obscura; "An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in New York", which erases the division between inside and outside by covering walls with projections of the exterior scene; "Mirage", featuring the shadow of a passenger airplane traversing the room every four minutes. "David (inspired by Michelangelo)" is a gold-plated replica, twice the size of the original, displayed prominently on Main Street in Louisville.

Özkaya has authored and edited twelve publications, including "PUBLIC ATTENDANT A to Z" (Public, 2017), "Double" (Lars Muller, 2013), "The Rise and Fall and Rise of David” (21c Museum and Yapı Kredi, 2011), and "Today Could Be a Day of Historical Importance" (artwithoutwalls, 2010).

Özkaya has given talks, taken part in panel discussions, and conducted workshops at numerous academic and artistic institutions, including: the Malmo Art Academy, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, London University Goldsmiths College, Bilkent University, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Dulcinea Art Gallery, BeganeGrond (BAK), Charlottenborg Museum, the University of Gothenburg's Valand School of Fine Arts, The Drawing Center, Helsinki Art Academy, Columbia University, Brown University, Civitella Ranieri among others.