Müge Yildiz

Müge Yildiz is a Turkish artist-filmmaker and researcher currently based in Finland. She received a Finnish Cultural Foundation Grant to pursue her doctoral research at Aalto University, Department of Art and Media. She was also awarded the Finland Scholarship to study Visual Cultures, Curating, and Contemporary Art (ViCCA) at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Espoo, where she completed her MA degree. Earlier in her academic journey, she studied Cinema and Philosophy at Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Turkey, and further enriched her education through cinema courses as an Erasmus exchange student at Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle in France.

Her practice merges experimental filmmaking with hybrid analogue-digital techniques, focusing on eco-analog filmmaking and bio-based motion picture film. She collaborates with microorganisms, employing both scientific and artistic methods to create dynamic visual compositions. Her work has been showcased at international festivals and institutions including the BFI London Film Festival, Images Festival, and Anthology Film Archives. She has participated in the Oberhausen Film Seminar and the Istanbul Biennial’s Research Program, and has been awarded several prestigious grants such as the SAHA Sustainability Fund and the ReFocus Fund. Her recent project Non/Living was supported by the SaDe Artist Fund, and her Celluloid Film project was featured in the Future Materials Bank, an initiative of the Jan van Eyck Academie.

 

Image: Filmic Symbiosis. Photo: Niko Tampio.