Doruk Kumkumoğlu
Istanbul Bilgi University
Visual Communication Design Program (BA)
Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL
Photography (MA)
Independent Designer / Photographer
2016 - Present
Lecturer - Kadir Has Univeristy
2021 - Present
dorukkumkumoglu(at)gmail.com
doruk.kumkumoglu(at)khas.edu.tr
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Born in 1994, Doruk Kumkumoğlu is a Visual Artist / Designer living and working in Istanbul. He works with printed and physical mediums, mainly revolving around concepts of perception, illusory representations, and the viewer - image relationship. Recently, his work is focused more on exploring photography / photographic image and its relationship between a variety of different mediums, in turn creating alternative approaches to photography in the context of its function and conceptual possibilities.
Exhibitions
Tavern x Shopi go Art (Pop up Exhibition VI) / Tavern
2023, Istanbul
Tavern x Shopi go Art (Pop up Exhibition) / Tavern
2022, Istanbul
Ambidextrous Group Show III - Happening / Ambidexter Gallery
2021, Istanbul
Ambidexter Gallery / Contemporary Istanbul
2021, Istanbul
Wu Yalıkavak x Shopi go Art (Pop up Exhibition) / Wu Yalıkavak
2021, Bodrum
Tokyo Photographic Research / (PLACE) by method
2019, Tokyo
Guardare l’Utopia / Casa Corti
2019, Italy
Crash / Biennale dell’Immagine di Chiasso
2019, Italy
Faz.1 / Roland Space
2019, Istanbul
ECAL Open Days / ECAL
2019, Lausanne
Fail Books x Fabrika Zine / Poşe
2018, Istanbul
ECAL Open Days / ECAL
2018, Lausanne
Mirage Club / 24 Beaubourg (Parisphoto)
2018, Paris
Illusionoscope / GAIA Gallery
2017, Istanbul
The Incident of Art / The Art of Incident / Akbank Sanat
2016, Istanbul
Reset / SantralIstanbul
2016, Istanbul
Der Grief A Process 2.0 / Krakow Photomonth
2016, Krakow
Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition / Akbank Sanat
2016, Istanbul
Funzilla Rome Photozine Festival / Microprisma
2016, Rome
Project 02 / Santralistanbul
2016, Istanbul
Project 01 / Santralistanbul
2015, Istanbul