Gizem Karakaş (b. 1987), Istanbul based artist and art consultant

After finishing her bachelors degree in the Plastic Arts Department at École des Arts de la Sorbonne in 2009, Gizem Karakaş completed a masters degree in the Art and New Media Department at the same university in 2011. The artist has participated in group exhibitions at many art institutions including the Pera Museum, Akbank Sanat, santralistanbul, Centre Pompidou, and the Kasa Gallery.  Her solo exhibitions include “Your Last Chance to Visit the Studio!” (Galerist Studio, 2015) and “We are Not Innocent” (Depo Istanbul, 2019). (2019). Collective production and collaborations are another axis in Karakaş’s practice.  She has been working with HAH and Hayırlı Evlat collectives since 2017. She has also been collaborating with Etem Şahin as Medyartiz collective on interactive performances since 2011.

In addition to her artistic production, from 2012 to 2017 she simultaneously worked as an artist liaison and visual communication specialist at Galerist, one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Turkey and as editorial coordinator at Art Unlimited, a bimonthly contemporary art magazine.  She has been an art advisor at Galeri 5 since 2015, and she has worked since 2017 as a Cultural Events Coordinator for the Istanbul Private Saint-Joseph French High School.