Faculty

Profile

Baris Gokturk  holds an MFA in sculpture from Columbia University and an MFA in painting from Hunter College where he taught for seven years. He currently teaches at Pace University and Parsons School of Design and runs an art program for Johns Hopkins University’s neurology department. He was recently an ApexArt fellow in Seoul, artist-in-residence at YADDO, and a participant in SOMA Mexico as well as Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent museum exhibitions include Pera Museum in Istanbul and SECCA in Winston-Salem, NC. He recently completed a mural for Columbia University’s Butler Library and a commission by the Public Art Fund as part of Art on the Grid. He is currently an artist in residence at ISCP, working on upcoming projects in New York, Venice, and Eskisehir, Turkey. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn.

Degrees Held

MFA in Sculpture Columbia University

MFA in Painting Hunter College

BFA in Fine Arts and Animation Parsons School of Design

Awards And Honors

Grants, Residencies and Awards

2021    ISCP Residency, New York
2021    Foundation for Contemporary Arts Center Emergency Grant, New York
2021    SAHA Production Grant, Istanbul
2021    Catherine Doctorow Prize, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (nominated))
2019    LMCC Arts Center Residency, New York
2019    YADDO Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York
2019    Columbia University Dean’s Travel Grant (x2), New York
2018    SOMA Summer, Mexico City, Mexico
2018    The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York
2017    NARS Foundation, New York
2015    Seoul Museum of Art-NANJI Residency, Seoul, Korea
2013    Apex Art Outbound Residency, New York
2013    Seoul Art Space-GEUMCHEON, Seoul, Korea
2010     Tony Smith Award, Hunter College, New York
2008    Graf Travel Grant, Hunter College, New York

 

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