“To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
With over 15 years at the confluence of art and science, Eylul Duranagac has firmly established herself as an esteemed figure in the new media arts landscape. As an award-winning creative director, her expertise bridges the gap between traditional forms of art and emerging technological mediums, exploring the profound potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in artistic expressions.
Presently an esteemed faculty member at Yıldız Technical University's Faculty of Art and Design, she provides academic insights into the delicate balance of art, science, and technology. Her primary endeavor revolves around the nexus of these disciplines, aiming to redefine the relationship between science, art, and technology. By integrating data and algorithms, she crafts new media masterpieces that range from the micro to the macro scale. Her work embodies themes as vast as the universe, the intricacies of art history, and the nuances of subjects like physics, math, and nature.
Her exhibitions have spanned the globe, from the hallowed halls of MoMA and Ars Electronica to revered institutions like NASA, CERN, and the Taipei Digital Art Center. Esteemed publications including WIRED, Global Times, and Art China have recognized her contributions.
Ouchhh studio, under Eylul's leadership, boasts an impressive portfolio of 52 public art projects across all continents, gracing cities from Tokyo to Barcelona, Seattle to Berlin, and more, leaving indelible marks on numerous festivals and institutions.
Her accolades include the prestigious Young Guns 18 from The One Club in New York — an award that has acknowledged luminaries such as Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh.
Eylul's educational journey has been both expansive and profound. She secured a double major B.A. from Istanbul Bilgi University, followed by a Masters in Interactive Media Design from Yıldız Technical University. Currently, she is furthering her academic pursuits with a Ph.D. in Art and Design at Yıldız Technical University. Beyond her formal education, she specialized in machine learning under the mentorship of AI luminary, Andrew Ng, of Stanford University
Her passion is unmistakable as she continues to innovate, particularly in employing GAN models for meaningful storytelling. Eylul has also been a notable presence in design symposiums, including OFFF Barcelona 2019, Digital Design Days OFFF Milano 2018, and The-Future/DUBLIN 2017, to name a few.
︎ eylulduranagac@gmail.com
ACADEMICS
2022- now
Lecturer_Yıldız Technical University
-Faculty of Art and Design - (GRA3230) New Media and Communication
Technologies
-Faculty of Art and Design - (GRA3190) Visual Perception
EDUCATION
2023-
Yıldız Technical University
PhD/ Art and Design
2021-2023
Yıldız Technical University
MFA /Interactive Media Design
2020 -2021/High Degree
Stanford University/Coursera
Machine Learning Online
Instructor
Andrew Ng (https://www.andrewng.org/)
2008 – 2011
Istanbul Bilgi University
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
/Film & Television
/Visual Communication Design
Instructor/Advisor
Prof. Dr. Feride Çiçekoğlu
2005-2008 /High Honors
Private Istanbul Beykent High School
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
2023- SSS Journal, ‘’ Yeni Medya Sanatının Kamusal Alanda Uygulanması‘’ (The Implementation of New Media Art in the Public Sphere) , https://sssjournal.com/?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=&key=67858
2023- SSS Journal, ‘’Yüksek Rönesans: Derin Polarize Alanlar- Sanat Ve Bilimin Kesişimi’’ (High Renaissance: Deep Polarized Fields - Intersection Of Art And Science) https://sssjournal.com/?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=&key=67865
JURY
Creativepool Annual Awards- Animaton Jury for 2020
The Frame Awards- The Design Of Spatial Experiences Jury for 2019
The ADC Annual Awards -Experiential Design Jury for 2018.
SPEAKER
OFFF BARCELONA 2019
Digital Design Days OFFF Milano 2018
KARMAN WEEK July 7-9 2020
The-Future/DUBLIN 2017
IX Conference/MONTRAL 2015
AWARDS
2022_ Annual 2022 Award_ ‘’Next Gen Talent of the Year’’_ Gold, London
2020_ Young Gun Award (YG 18) Art Directors Club, New York
2020_The AV Experience Award _DATA GATE_ category for Best In-Person Experience
2020_The AV Experience Award _DATA GATE_ category for Best Dynamic Art Experience
2019_ Red Dot Design Award_ Poetic Ai_Best of Best
2019_ Red Dot Design Award_ Say Superstrings_Best of Best
2019_Muse Creative Awards USA_Poetic Ai_Experimental_Immersive Category
2019_Muse Creative Awards USA_Data_Gate_Experimental_Immersive Category.
2019_ADC Awards ( The Art Directors Club )New York_Poetic Ai_Environmental Design / Exhibition Design - Single
2019- 11th IDA Design Awards_Poetic Ai_Silver Awards-Design exhibit,Pavillions and exhibitions.
2019-11th IDA Design Awards_ Girard-Perregaux-Silver Award _Multimedia Animations
2019-ACE of M.I.C.E. Awards_ Saysuperstrings-Best of Technology
2018- The Stevies Awards(Internatıonal business awards)_League of Legends _Consumer Event-Gold
2018- The Stevies Awards(Internatıonal business awards)_eague of Legends_Best Event-Silver
2018- The Stevies Awards(Internatıonal business awards)_League of Legends_Best Brand Experience _Silver
2017-German Design Award- AVA_V2 / Particle Physics_Scientific_Installation-Excellent Communication Design
2017- Codawards in the commercial category with ''AVA V2 Particle Physics Scientific Installation''
2017- Red Dot Design Award- AVA_V2 / Particle Physics_Scientific_Installation-Communication Design Category
2017- Red Dot Design Award- TedxCern Main Title/ Animation Design Category
2017- 10th Annual IDA Awards (The International Design Awards)- Oled TV Cinematic Experience in Multi media -Animation category- Bronze - Los Angeles
2017- 10th Annual IDA Awards (The International Design Awards)- AVA V2 Particle Physics Scientific Installation in Multi media -Animation category- Silver -Los angeles
2017- 10th Annual IDA Awards (The International Design Awards)- AVA V2 Particle Physics Scientific Installation in animation category- Honorable Mention- Los Angeles
2017- 10th Annual IDA Awards (The International Design Awards) - Homeomorphism in animation category - Honarable Mention - Los Angeles
2017- ADC Awards ( The Art Directors Club )- AVA V2 Particle Physics Scientific Installation in Museums / Gallery Installation category- Silver Cube -New York
2017-ADC Awards 2017 ( The Art Directors Club )- TEDxCERN Main Titles in Title Sequences category- Merit Cube- New York
2017- Arzu Kaprol- Mercedes Fashion Week- Digital Couture- ACE OF M.I.C.E Awards-- Best Event - TR
2017- Vodafone Digital Transformation- Digital Symphony- ACE OF M.I.C.E Awards- Best Event Production- TR
2017- ''Homeomorphism''- 文化庁メディア芸術祭 ｜ Japan Media Arts Festival- Jury official selection- Japan
2017- ''AVA_V2 / Particle Physics_Scientific_Installation''-The Aesthetica Art Prize- United Kingdom
2016- ''Dare to Dream_VODAFONE''- Crystal Apple Awards -Media/ Special Event - TR
2016- ''Dare to Dream_VODAFONE''- Crystal Apple Awards- Interactive Event/Outdoor Marketing - TR
2016- ''Dare to Dream_VODAFONE''- Felis Awards-Use Of New Technology -TR
2016- ''Dare to Dream_VODAFONE''- Felis Awards- Success Award -TR
2016-' 'CONNECT-PUBLIC DATA SCULPTURE''- City University of Hong Kong’s School of Creative Media and International Commerce Centre-Honorable Mention. -HongKong
2016 - ACE of M.I.C.E. Awards - Revolution of Topography CAPPADOCIA_A/V Performance- Best Event Production- TR
2015- ''Homeomorphism'' Ars Prix Electronica - Honorable mention - Austria
2015- ''Homeomorphism''- Vimeo Staff Pick- New York
2015- ''Museum of Energy Mechanical Surface A/V Performance''- Vimeo Staff Pick - New York
SELECTED PUBLICATION & TV PROGRAMS
2018-Red Dot Award: Communication Design EditionInternational Yearbook Communication Design
2018-Marketing TR
2018-WIRED
2018-NBC Washington Web
2018-NBC Washington
2018-ABC 7 News - WJLA
2018-Washington City Paper
2018-CNN TURK
2018-CNN TURK
2018-ORB MAG
2017- AI Artificial Intelligence Book- Ars Electronica 2017
2017- Campaign TR May issue
2017- XOXO The Mag May issue
2017- ''Ouchhh &AVA_V2 project'' - The Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology book
2017- NTV Channel Program-Nonspaces Exhibition
2017- TRT World- Nonspaces Exhibition
2016- CNN International Network Channel HLN,‘‘Digital Symphony and Digital Couture‘‘,-Morning Express with Robin Meade for New York Fashion Week.
2016-Marketing Turkey-November issue
2016-Campaign TR – December issue
2016- XOXO The Mag
2016- CODAWORX-Technology+Art III issue- Homeomorphism Art Piece
2016- CODAWORX-The Human Form+Art III issue- Oled Cinematic Experience
2016- CODAWORX-The Light as Art IV issue- AVA_V2_Scientific Installation
2016-Hurriyet Daily News- Hyper/ine-Akbanksanat
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2020-‘’MOTHER EARTH_Climate Change_Data Sculpture Installation’’- ArtScience Museum,Singapore
2020-‘’AI DATAMONOLITH Sculpture’’-Istanbul The Lights Fest-İstanbul
2020-‘’OCEAN DATA Immersive Experience Public Art’’- Les Bassins de Lumières
2020-‘’AI DATAMONOLITH Sculpture’’-Taipei Digital Art Center
2020-‘’AI DATAMONOLITH Sculpture’’-Oxford Street,London
2020-“Data Eye of Wanjing” Permanent Public Art-BeijingCHina
2020-“AI DATAMONOLITH” installation-Nuit Blanche Taipei 2020
2020- AI DATAMONOLITH-Shibuya,tokyo
2020-DATAMONOLITH_AI Architectural Data Sculpture Installation,Times Square
2020-DATAMONOLITH_AI Architectural Data Sculpture Installation - LLUMBCN-Barcelona
2019-‘’SAY_SUPERSTRINGS“-Sonar Barcelona,Spain
2019-HARMONIC AI_World's Biggest Ai Jazz Consciousness Installation-ART ON MART-Chicago
2019-DATA GATE _ World’s First AI Astronomical Research Data Architectural Sculpture Public Art-Wave of Tomorrow,Jakarta,Indonesia.
2019-DATAMONOLITH AI Architectural Data Sculpture Installation -Intersect Festival , Las Vegas.
2019-DATAMONOLITH AI Architectural Data Sculpture Installation-Mori Museum,Tokyo
2019- ‘’DATANOVA’’ _ NewYork _ DataSculpture_Public Art-Newyork
2019-‘’GitHubXOuchhh_DATACOSMOS’’ installation-Gıthub event
2019-‘’ DATANOVA _ Public Art _ Metacity -Tokyo
2019-‘’Data Gate’’ Public art,Nanjing china
2019-‘’COSMIC AI _ OUCHHH _ Asia Premier Solo Exhibition ‘’-Nanjing China
2018-‘’DATAF/UX_New Data Sculpture_Public Art_MOHAI’’,Seattle
2018-‘’SAY_SUPERSTRINGS“-Ars Electornoca,Linz
2018-‘’Poetic Ai’’-Burning man Fest,USA
2018-‘’AVA V2_White night Fest ,Melbourne
2018- '' Poetic Ai Exhibition''- Atelier Des Lumieres-Paris
2018- ''Neuroscientific Installation” -File Festival -São Paulo, Brazil
2018- ''POETIC AI” -Solo Exhibition at Atelier des Lumières -Paris
2018- ''Parallel Universe''- Solo Retrospective Exhibition-Artechouse-Washington D.C
2018- AVA V2-White Night Melbourne
2017- ARCHITECTURAL _ AI PERFORMANCE- Bolshoi Theatre -Circle of Light
2017- World's biggest architectural AI Performance- iMapp Bucharest
2017- IOTA AI Performance - Ars Electronica-Deep Space 8k
2017- ''Orion Code based A/V Light Installation Performance'' - Mira Digital Arts Festival
2017- ''Homeomorphism'' - Mira Digital Arts Festival
2017- ''Saccade'' Led Surface of Fiesp Building -San Paulo-Brazil
2017- ''Homeomorphism''- Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science -Miami
2017- ''Homeomorphism''- Brno Observatory and Planetarium
2017- ''IOTA'' Data Performance- Sonar Festival
2017- ''Homeomorphism'' 文化庁メディア芸術祭 ｜ Japan Media Arts Festival
2017- '' AVA_V2'' - York Art Gallery- UK
2016-''Iota'' -Akbanksanat- NONSPACES/YOKYERLER exhibition curated by Ceren & Irmak Arkman
2016- ''AVA V2'' - TEDxCERN-“ripples of curiosity”- CERN/Geneva
2016- ''Homeomorphism''- National Space Center- United Kingdom
2016- ''Digital Couture/Arzu Kaprol'' -Mercedes Fashion Week-Istanbul
2016- ‘‘Digital Symphony and Digital Couture‘‘, CNN International Network Channel HLN,Morning Express with Robin Meade for New York Fashion Week.
2016-’’Connect’’ Data Sculpture , City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong.
2016-’’ Homeomorphism’’, IMERSA Immersive Research, Science & Arts, Colorado,United States
2016-’’ Homeomorphism’’, DENVER Museum of Nature & Science, Colorado,United States
2016-’’ Homeomorphism’’, Immersive Festival,Madrid, Spain.
2016-’’ Homeomorphism’’, CODAworx, Wisconsin,United States
2016- ‘‘Sphinx’’, Audio Visual Public Art Piece, Roma, Italy.
2015- ''Hyper/ine", Monochrome Exhibition, Akbanksanat, Istanbul TR
2015- ''O'' , Europalia | International Arts Festival, Brussels,Belgium
2015- '' ASYMPTOTE'', Kernel Messina, Sicily, Italy
2015- " POLYHX", Signal Festival, Prague, Czech
2015- '' AVA'', Alter Paname, France, Paris
2015- '' Homeomorphism'', CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland
2015- '' Homeomorphism'', IX Immersion . Experience Symposium, Montreal, Canada
2015- ''Homeomorphism'', Elektra Montreal
2015- '' Solenoid'', IX Immersion . Experience Symposium, Montreal, Canada.
2015- ''Solenoid'', Elektra Montreal
2014- ''ROOM'', Contemporary Istanbul ,Istanbul
2014- ''Homeomorphism'', Currents New Media Festival, New Mexico/USA
2014- ''Homeomorphism'', IAIA | Institute of American Indian Arts, New Mexico/USA
2014- ''Museum of Energy Mechanical Surface A/V Performance'', santralistanbul 100th Anniversary, Istanbul
2014- '' Cygnus'', International Brand Conference, Istanbul
2013- ''Mentalis Structuram'',Kernel Festival,Italy
2013 - YAP Istanbul Modern & MoMA PS1, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 - YAP Istanbul Modern & MoMA PS1, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NewYork, United States
2011 - "Track 08", ÇSM, santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
SELECTED PRESS & BIBLIOGRAPHY_
WIRED
WIRED
Bigumigu
CNN TURK
designboom
TEDXCERN
STASH MEDIA
CODAworx
CODAworx
Thecreatorsproject
Fubiz
Fubiz
Thecreatorsproject
Thecreatorsproject
Thecreatorsproject
Cartoon Brew
Catsuka
ELEKTRA
Thisistopa
Archpaper
UFUNK
Highlike
Lumen
Laughingsquid
Videobloob
Artctualite
Quartier Des Spectacles
Bigumigu
Culturepop
Bigumigu
Fastcodesign
Prorockmag
Siliconrepublic
Kinetic
Ars Electronica
Artfuzlliving
Akbanksanat
Hurriyet
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