Atif Akin (born in 1979, Bandırma, Turkey) is an artist and designer living in New York City. Akin studied engineering and design at

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

in Ankara, Turkey. Over the past ten years, he has been teaching in Istanbul, Europe, and the US. Since 2011, he has been Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Akin’s work examines science, nature, mobility, and politics through contemporary media. His work is listed in the Younger Than Jesus art directory project of the New Museum. In 2009, Akin co-curated a large-scale exhibition in

SantralIstanbul The SantralIstanbul ( tr, Santralİstanbul), opened in 2007, is an arts and cultural complex located at the upper end of Golden Horn in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. The center, consisting of an energy museum, an amphitheater, concer ...

called Uncharted: User Frames in Media Arts, and edited an accompanying book. Akin was the recipient of the 2015

apexart Apexart is a non-profit art space located in Manhattan, New York, that focuses on challenging the gallery system and democratizing the process by which art is curated and exhibited. The organization was founded by Steven Rand in 1994. Exhibit ...

Franchise Program award in New York, and the organizer of the zine project and exhibition, Apricots from Damascus, co-produced and hosted by

SALT (institution) SALT is a Turkish contemporary art institution. It was started by Vasif Kortun and Garanti Bank in 2011, and has exhibition and workshop spaces in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. It combines the previous activities of the Garanti Gallery, the Ot ...

in Istanbul. In 2016, he participated in the Greenlight Project hosted by

Francesca von Habsburg Baroness Francesca von Thyssen-Bornemisza (born 7 June 1958), formerly Francesca von Habsburg-Lothringen, is an art collector. By birth, she is a member of the House of Thyssen-Bornemisza. She is also the former wife of Karl von Habsburg, curre ...

’s TBA21, alongside Olafur Eliasson.

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* http://atifakin.info/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Akin, Atif Turkish designers 1979 births Living people People from Bandırma Middle East Technical University alumni