Res. Asst. HAYAL İNCEDOĞAN

Hayal İncedoğan, an artist and academic born in İzmir, completed her undergraduate and master’s studies in the Department of Painting at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts, followed by a proficiency in art (equivalent to a doctoral degree) in the Department of Art and Design. She began her professional career in 2003 within the framework of the Turkish–Greek Civic Dialogue Project, a European Union–funded initiative, participating in an international festival. In 2005, she was included in the Contemporary Art Collection of the Elgiz Museum—one of Türkiye’s first private museums—as part of an international collection exhibition bringing together Turkish and German contemporary artists. In the same year, within the scope of the European Union Culture 2000 Programme, she produced a work referencing the ceramic collection of the Pera Museum for the international project Gemini Muse Project: Young Artists in European Museums, where it was exhibited alongside the collection.

In 2007, she was awarded a scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York through a nationwide competition in Türkiye. With the support of the Turkish American Association, Mac Art Gallery, and the Moon and Stars Project, she presented her first exhibition in the field of new media in New York. In 2010, she received the Achievement Award at the 30th Contemporary Artists Exhibition organized by Akbank Sanat. In the same year, her works were featured in the international collection exhibition titled The Last 60 Years of Contemporary Turkish Art, first exhibited at the Osthaus Museum in Germany, and subsequently shown at the Mönchehaus Museum Goslar and in Pécs as part of the 2010 European Capital of Culture programme, and later at the Modern Hungarian Gallery in Hungary. This series of events was documented in a publication edited by Tayfun Belgin, director of the Osthaus Museum.

In 2014, İncedoğan was recognized among the “40 Artists Under 40 to Watch in Contemporary Turkish Art.” Her solo exhibitions—including The Wild is Wind (2012, Operation Room Art Gallery, Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital), Lilac Wine Vol. I (2014, Art On İstanbul), The Sound of Infinite  (2015, Pera Palace Hotel), In the Shade of Time (2019, Anna Laudel İstanbul), and The Century of Loneliness Vol. I (2023, Anna Laudel Düsseldorf)—have attracted significant attention in both the Turkish and international contemporary art scenes. To date, her works have been exhibited in various museums and institutions across countries including the United States, Germany, Australia, Finland, Spain, Hungary, and the United Arab Emirates. Her works are included in numerous institutional and private collections, such as the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs Collection, the Istanbul Modern Art Museum Collection, the Elgiz Museum Contemporary Art Collection, the Vehbi Koç Foundation Art Collection, and the Papko Contemporary Art Collection. She continues her artistic practice through projects both in Türkiye and internationally.