Irmak Canevi (1971) received his BA in painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, and his MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design, also in painting. His process has its origin in an ongoing activity: the rigorous redecoration of his studio. Content in passage is suspended and entrapped to make still-lives, which then become souvenirs from a singular time and place. He grows worlds that are places of conflict, transformation, and refuge for experimentation and play. He plays and play makes work. As of late Irmak has been making sculptures. He has been artist-in-resident at the Vermont Studio Center (2011) and more recently at PLOP in London (2019), and Trelex in Switzerland (2022). Irmak is also the founder of the TekTrope Artist Residency in Istanbul. His work has been shown internationally in exhibitions, including Western Exhibitions, Chicago; Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence; Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle; 111 Front Street Galleries, New York; Yaya, 400x118, Sanatorium, Versus, Kairos, Krank, Mixer, 5533, Apartment Project, Istanbul; and Ka Atölye, Ankara. He lives and works in Istanbul.