Biography
Born in Istanbul in 1982, she completed her undergraduate studies in Sociology at Marmara University (2001–2006). After graduation, she worked as a customer relations manager in various advertising agencies (2008–2009) and later as the Communication Coordinator at the acclaimed design studio Autoban Architecture (2010–2012). In 2012, she resigned from her position, retook the university entrance exams, and was admitted to the Painting Department at Marmara University. During her studies, she worked with Asst. Prof. Bülent Åžangar, Asst. Prof. Zafer MintaÅŸ, and Prof. Tayfun ErdoÄŸmuÅŸ.
In 2016, through the Erasmus Exchange Program, Bozkurt continued her education in Florence, Italy, at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she studied under Prof. Bisi. After returning to Istanbul, she graduated from the Painting Department with high honours. In 2021, she completed her master’s thesis titled "The Relationship of Audio–Narrative with Image: 'Intervals'" at Marmara University Fine Arts Institute.
For over ten years, she has participated in numerous exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects both nationally and internationally. She has taught visual arts in diverse educational contexts, ranging from universities to adult education programs.
Living in Istanbul once and for all, she completed her Ph.D. in visual arts education at the Marmara University Institute of Educational Sciences in December 2025, with her dissertation titled ‘The Relationship Between Collage and Image in Today’s Art Education: A Conceptual Application.’ She continues her artistic production together with two other artists at their shared studio, Scalene, located in Istanbul/IMÇ, where they also organize various art events. Since 2018, she and her partner have additionally been producing commissioned paintings and mural design projects under the name Bozartduo.
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Prizes & nominations
2023 First Prize "Young Look Contemporary Art Awards", Topkapi University Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Istanbul
2018 Third Prize in Graduation Project, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2018 First Best Degree Achievement Prize, Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul
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Residency
2025 August – Maison Magi Art Residency, Datça, TR
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​Artist's Statement
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My artistic practice is structured around power relations, mechanisms of oppression, boundaries, healing, adjustment - distortion. Occasionally referencing art history, my work explores the relationship between lacking and mutation, flow and resistance, component and whole, the one that complement and the other that distrup. Each artwork's material and form takes its final shape according to the subject matter of the project, where my inspiration comes from the traces of my memory, my mental state and from the happenings that occur around me.
My work is driven by the attempt of curing myself and my environment and includes different techniques such as oil painting, photograph, video, performance, installation and print. I perform a meditative approach with an urge for repair and create an independent area. Sometimes, my actions intend to assemble the fragments and some other time they search for new meanings over the irregularity seen on a systematic sequence. Every project's research process brings along with it a new starting point for the next body of work.