Deniz Kirkali
Curator
Biography
Deniz Kirkali is an independent curator and writer based between Istanbul and London. She holds a PhD in Advanced Practices and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a co-founder of topsoil, a transnational curatorial and research collective, and Garp Sessions, a summer residency programme in Babakale, Turkey. Recent curatorial projects include Whether it’s a desert or not is irrelevant (Imalat-hane, Bursa), Sweet Garden of Vanishing Desires (Arton, Istanbul) and Reciprocity Muscles (Cala, Berlin). She was assistant curator of the 10th BACA Award Exhibition at Bonnefantenmuseum, the Pavilion of Turkey at the 58th Venice Biennale, and BAHAR, the Istanbul offsite project of Sharjah Biennial 13, and served as managing editor of the YAZ Publication Series for Sharjah Biennial 16. (Source: 421 Arts Campus)