Talks & Programs
2024
Awardee, Curatorial Research Fellowship, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, U.S.A.
Moderator, Public Forum “Thinking Like an Island” with Yuan Goang-Ming, Abby Chen, Hera Chan, Birde Tang, followed by live performance “Go Tell It to The Mountain” by Ali Yass & Joud Al-Tamimi, Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2024, Italy
Speaker, Fact and Fables: Asian and Asian Diasporic Voices, with Koon Wai Bong, Nicole Pun, Elif Uras, Wu Chi-Tsung, moderated by Chloe Chow, Art Basel Hong Kong Exchange Circle, Hong Kong
Moderator, Into View: New Voices, New Stories Opening Celebration with Cathy Lu, Younhee Paik, Stephanie Syjuco, TT Takemoto, and Rupy C. Tut, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Moderator, Into View: Monthly Reading Group, with Padma Dorje Maitland, Vivian L. Huang, Rupy C. Tut, Jason Michael Wyman, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Moderator, Reshaping Narratives: Asian and Asian American Voices with Heesoo Kwon, Việt Lê, Rupy C. Tut, FOG Design+Art Fair 2024, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Moderator, What Worlds We Build with TT Takemoto, Golbanou Moghaddas, Nyame Brown, Fiona Ball, YBCA, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Honorary Auction Advisory Group Member, Kala Art Institute, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Advisor, CCA's Graduate Programs in Fine Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Nominator, 2024 SECA Art Award, SFMOMA, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Nominator, 2024 Joan Mitchell Fellowship, U.S.A.
Juror, 2025 Creative Capital Award Cycle, Visual Arts grant application, U.S.A.
2023
Speaker, The Art of Representation: Elevating Asian Voices Through Curated Spaces, organized by The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP), U.S.A.
Speaker, A Lightning Stroke: The Poetic Vision of Etel Adnan, Season 3 of ICA Miami's Podcast, Miami, U.S.A.
Juror, Introductions 2023, Root Division, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Juror, Bernice Bing Open Call, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Juror, Southeast Review, Florida State University, U.S.A.
Curatorial Tour, Lara Ögel: The Starry Heavens Above Me and Within Me, Galerist, Istanbul, Turkey
Moderator, “Warrior” Season Three Screening & Panel Discussion, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2022
Nominator, 2022 SECA Art Award, SFMOMA, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Nominator, Prince Claus Impact Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenter, “The Art World’s Tainted Love for “Discovering” Artists: The Case of Etel Adnan” at Etel Adnan, a Memorial Tribute — The Poetry Center, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Lecturer, Global Perspectives in Contemporary Art, as part of Sholeh Asgary’s class in the Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Critic, Senior seminar class of Ivan Iannoli, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Participant, Annual Conference 2022, CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art, Palma, Italy
2021
Juror, Sondheim Artscape Prize, U.S.A
Presenter, “Learning from Plants and Aliens: Speculative & Interdependent Curating” at Conference: Curating the Image of the People,” Fotogalleriet Oslo and Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen, Norway
Juror, ArtConnect
Speaker, What is SWANA? | SWANA in the BAY AREA Panel (with Roula Seikaly, Dena Al-Adeeb, Targol Mesbah, L.E. Brown), Zamin Project x Aggregate Space Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Speaker, Bay Area-Based Curators in Conversation (with Juana Berrío, Sam Vernon, and Leila Weefur), Slash-Art x 8-bridges, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Speaker, Presentation on curatorial and editorial practice, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Workshop Facilitator, Writing Artist Statements, Children’s Art Carnival, Harlem, U.S.A.
Workshop Facilitator, Presenting & Talking About Your Work, Children’s Art Carnival, Harlem, U.S.A.
Speaker, Notes on Collaborative Thinking Practices: San Francisco & Istanbul, Istanbul Aydın University, Turkey
Speaker, 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭, organized by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, OnCurating Journal, Zurich, and Independent Curators International, New York, with Jade Barget, Marco Giordano, Elena Mazzi, Renaud Proch, Dorothee Richter, Camille Regli, & Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Turin, Italy
Moderator, After-Hope Reading Group by Collective Cukurcuma, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2020
Bitter Medicine Conversations: Open Laboratory, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
—The conversation available online on YouTube here in Turkish, was edited for clarity and published in English here.
Open Letter Project, Something Between by Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Speaker, Online-Book Launch: Beyond Limits by Daniel Stubenvoll, Basis Frankfurt, Germany
Workshop Facilitator, Speculative Workshop #9: What Can Art Writing Learn from Speculative Fiction?, Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, Sweden
Presenting Collective Çukurcuma, After-Hope working groups, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Curatorial Residency, The Just A List, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Interview with Beatriz Cortez, The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Presenting on Etel Adnan’s oeuvre, Curatorial Research Bureau, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2019
Workshop Facilitator, Writing Artist Statements, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, U.S.A.
Consultant, Joan Mitchell Center, One-on-one Consultations Series, New Orleans, U.S.A.
Speaker, Talk on the FLOW OUT exhibition, with Mine Kaplangi, Funa Ye, Istanbul Queer Art Collective, Bilsart, Istanbul, Turkey
Lecturer, On the relationship between gentrification and art in Istanbul, as part of Mariella Poli’s class “Locality and Global Discourses,” California College of the Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Presenting House of Wisdom, as part of Steve Dickison’s class “Seeing in Common,” California College of the Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Co-organizer, Communities and Institutions: A Conversation, with Deena Chalabi, Daniela Lieja Quintanar, Lian Ladia, and Megan Steinman, Curatorial Research Bureau, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Curatorial workshop, HKW, The Whole Life Academy, Dresden, Germany
Interview with Rosha Yaghmai, The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, U.S.A.
2018
Lecturer, On library as a curatorial space, as part of Steve Dickison’s class “Seeing the Unseen,” California College of the Arts, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Consultant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, One-on-one Consultations Series, U.S.A.
Jury member in the selection commitee of Young Fresh Different, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Moderator, Video screening and Q&A for the exhibition "Ghosts", with Bahar Yürükoğlu, Müge Yıldız, Begüm Yamanlar, Lara Kamhi, İyi Saatte Olsunlar, Join+Idea, Istanbul, Turkey
Curatorial tour and moderator for the exhibition "Ghosts", with Mine Kaplangı, Serhat Cacekli, Ilgın Seymen, Eda Aslan, Pınar Marul, Join+Idea, Istanbul, Turkey
Speaker, Independent Art Spaces, Base Talks, with Das Art Project, Space Debris, Rem Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
Curatorial tour and book launch, for the exhibition "Restless Monuments", with Antonio Cosentino, Lara Ogel, Guido Casaretto, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2017
Curatorial tour and panel moderator, for the exhibition "House of Wisdom", with Ali Kazma, Walid Siti, Lauren Alexander (of Foundland), Framer Framed, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Speaker, Learning from Bayt-al Hikma (House of Wisdom), FLAT art book fair, Torino, Italy
Moderator, Book Launch and Conversation for After Alexandria, the Flood, SALT, Istanbul, Turkey
Speaker, Presenting House of Wisdom Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA
Moderator, Skype Conversations for Asymmetric Kin exhibition, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey
Lecturer, Curatorial Workshop for University Students, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
Curatorial workshop, ICI New Orleans, U.S.A.
Curatorial workshop, TATE Intensive, London, UK
2016
Speaker, Presenting Asymmetric Kin exhibition, Curb Event Center, Nashville, USA
Moderator, Book Launch and Conversation for Between Places, SALT, Istanbul, Turkey
Moderator, Discussion for IdentityLab Sessions with Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, Ferhat Özgür, Lisa Torell, Can Sungu, Liv Strand, Galata Greek Primary School, Istanbul, Turkey
Speaker, “Exchanging Notes” seminar moderated by Liv Strand, Norrköping Art Museum, Norrköping, Sweden
Moderator, “Resistance in Contemporary Art Practices”, with Extrastruggle, Culture of Resistance, Hasan Özgür Top, ATÖLYE, Istanbul, Turkey
Moderator, “Collecting Art on Budget II”, with Melis Terzioğlu, Selen Sarıoğlu, Soho House, Istanbul, Turkey
Curatorial workshop, Salzburg Summer School, Austria
2015
Moderator, “ALICE”, with Fatih Özgüven, Selim Eyüboğlu, Timuçin Oran, Studio KEIN, Istanbul, Turkey
Speaker, Presented Collective Çukurcuma, “Out of the Museum”, Urban Series Vol 2, Hungarian Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Moderator, “Window Talks: Performance Art”, with Burçak Konukman, Çağlar Yiğitoğulları, Eser Selen, Istanbul Queer Art Collective, maumau, Istanbul, Turkey
Writer-in-residence, CeRRCa Art Residence Program, Lllorenç del Penedes, Spain