Kerem Ozan Bayraktar examines material transformations, accumulations, and interactions between natural and artificial forms through mixed media installations, digital techniques, and field research.
He participated in several art & research programs, including Fellowship for Situated Practice (basis voor actuele kunst, 2022, the Netherlands) and the Berlin Senate Residency Program (Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, 2021, Germany). His work has recently been featured in the Tokyo Biennale (2023, Japan), Non-/Human Assemblages (2021, South Korea), Sentient Matter (2021, D21, Germany), Timeless Curiosities (2024, Istanbul Modern, Turkey).
Bayraktar received his MFA and DFA degrees from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting deparment. He is currently a faculty member at Sabancı University. His recent publications include Marmara (2023), Spirits on the Ground (2021) and Dünyaların Haritaları [Maps of Worlds] (2021). Bayraktar lives in Istanbul and is represented by Sanatorium.