About
Installation Artist, Computational Designer, Educator
Bio
Mehmet Berk Bostancı is a designer, artist, maker and teacher. His diverse body of work spans and merges various disciplines such as installation art, computational design and graphic design.
Bostancı earned his undergraduate degree from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Faculty of Architecture, before pursuing further studies at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), where he graduated from the Advanced Interaction Master’s Program. Bostancı’s academic and professional journey has been greatly influenced by his focus on the intersection of design, technology, and human communication.
Following his studies, he proceeded to teach in several institutions and universities, with lectures focusing on computational design, digital fabrication, creative coding and physical computing. He incorporated his technical expertise into his art, creating artworks exploring interactive and generative fields. He produced installations featured in exhibitions, biennales and festivals in countries across the globe such as Spain, Australia, Estonia and Turkey. Also, he participated in establishing Turkey’s first skateboard manufacturer Getto Fabrika, where he took on the role of lead designer and digital fabrication consultant. He currently remains dedicated to research, design, create and teach creative technologies and design.
Exhibitions
- Timeless Curiosities / 14 Februrary – 6 August 2024
@ Istanbul Modern / Istanbul - Rotasyon / 30 September – 23 October 2022
@ Daragac / Izmir - Bana Yalan Söylediler / 11 Febrıary – 28 March 2022
@ Atlas Pavillion / Izmir - BangPrix ’19 / 14 – 29 June 2019
@ Studio-X / Istanbul - Sonar+D ’19 / 9 March 2019
@ Zorlu PSM / Istanbul - Digilogue Summit – Future Tellers ’18 / 5-6 November 2018
@ Zorlu PSM / Istanbul - Vivid Sydney Light Walk ’18 / 25 May – 16 June 2018
@ Royal Botanic Gardens / Sydney - Auto-màtic / 29 June – 2 September 2018
@ Centre d’Art Santa Mònica / Barcelona - Tenerife Design Week ’18 / 16 – 27 March 2018
@ Museo de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz / Tenerife - Llum Barcelona Light Festival ’18 / 17 February 2018
@ Torre Glòries / Barcelona - Tallinn Architecture Biennale ’17 / 13 September – 27 October 2017
@ Museum Of Estonian Architecture / Tallinn - Living (in) Future Cities / 28 June – 30 July 2017
@ MUHBA Oliva Artés / Barcelona - Scripts – A Chronicle of Incidents / 19 April – 28 May 2017
@ La Casa Elizalde / Barcelona - Machinic Protocols / 19 December 2016
@ Nodo Architecture / Barcelona
Workshops
- Grasshopper for Beginners 2.0 / 6-7 May 2023
@ ParametricArchitecture - Grasshopper for Beginners 1.0 / 11-12 March 2023
@ ParametricArchitecture - Rhino for Beginners 2.0 / 19-25 February 2023
@ ParametricArchitecture - Rhino for Beginners 1.0 / 28-29 January 2023
@ ParametricArchitecture - Seeing The Unseen: Data Collection And Visualization for Healthy Urban Environments / 1- 13 July 2019
@ IAAC Global Summer School ’19 – Kadir Has University / Istanbul - Creative Coding: Processing Workshop / 29 June 2019
@ BangPrix – Studio-X / Istanbul - Creative Coding Workshop / 18 May 2019
@ Redbull Basement Festival – Bogazici University / Istanbul - Intro To Audiovisual Interactions / 27 April 2019
@ Babylon Soundgarden Festival – BomontiAda / Istanbul - Beyond The 4th Wall / 5 – 6 November 2018
@ Digilogue Open Space – Zorlu PSM / Istanbul
Selected Press
- Hayat Sanat @ TRT 2 – Interview / July 2019 (Watch Clip)
- Hürriyet – BangPrix ’19 / June 2019
- Artful Living – BangPrix ’19 / June 2019
- PlotMag – Auto-màtic / September 2018
- El Pais – Auto-màtic / August 2018
- Metalocus – Auto-màtic / July 2018
- Dxi Magazine – Auto-màtic / July 2018
- ArchDaily – Scripts – A Chronicle of Incidents / June 2017
- arquiRED – Scripts – A Chronicle of Incidents / April 2017