Gurkan Maruf Mihci is Assistant Professor and Co-Coordinator of Foundation Studies 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
2019
Wicked Local Cambridge: Light vs Dark at Gallery 263
2017
ArtUnLimited: Moving Atelier
Panaroma KHAS: Dogu Ekspresi
2016
TRT Yeni Medya: Yeni Medya ve Tasarim
HECE: Dijital Kültür: Ses Peyzaji
Zero Istanbul: Greenpeace Sergisi
Panorama KHAS: Egitici Robot Oyuncaklar
Acik Radyo-Acik Mimarlik: Derinkuyu Yeralti Sehri
Creative Disturbance: Anahtar Sözcükler: Ses ve Şehir
2015
Akbank Sanat: Aksanat Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition
Artful Living: Aksanat Gunumuz Sanatcilari Odulu
Radikal: Aksanat Gunumuz Sanatcilari Odulu
2014
Landescape Art Press: Interview
Panaroma KHAS: Egitici Mobil Uygulamalarda Tasarim
2012
Sabah: Oda ve Adam
Haber Turk: Oda ve Adam
Milliyet: Oda ve Adam
2011
Streaming Festival: Interview
SoundLAB: Interview