About

Gurkan Maruf Mihci is Assistant Professor at IUPUI Herron School of Art and Design and pursues his PhD at Istanbul Institute of Design. He has his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design (Bilkent University) and, Master of Arts in Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design (Sabanci University) with the concentration in Audio Visual Noise and Glitch. He has also Central European University Graduate Certificate in Culture and Politics and Maker Teacher Certificate in Robotics and 3D Printing. He is a board member of World Listening Project and member of World Forum for Acoustic Ecology and AIGA.

He exhibited his collective and individual audiovisual art and media works in festivals and exhibitions such as; Gallery 263; Boston, USA, Distopya Sound Art Festival; Istanbul, Turkey, Radio Zero Festival; Porto, Portugal, Monsters International; Montreal, Canada, Animatu Digital Animation Festival; Portugal, Conde Duque; Madrid, Spain, Mestre Film Fest; Venice, Italy, FILE – Electronic Language Festival; Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0090; Antwerp-Mechelen, Belgium, Greenpeace Artist onBoard Residency Program; Turkey, AkSanat Contemporary Artist Competition; Turkey, 10th Istanbul Biennale; Istanbul, Turkey, Apartment Project; Berlin, Germany, Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival.

contact: gmihci@gmail.com

Press

2021

Indiana University Research Impact

Herron professor investigates gameplay to encourage student creativity

Herron School of Art and Design Biennial Faculty Exhibition

2019

AIGA Indy Interview

Wicked Local Cambridge: Light vs Dark at Gallery 263

Dystopie Sound Art Festival- Sanatatak

2017

ArtUnLimited: Moving Atelier