Pinar Köksal

Pinar Koksal was born in Turkey in 1988. She is based in Cardiff, UK. She got her visual communication design degree from AHBV University, Faculty of Fine Arts. Her work is inspired by her inquiries on the functioning of the universe, the connection of humans with the universe, their position in the universe and life cycles based on endless repetition. Photography, which she uses as a material in her art production, sometimes appears before her as the most concrete example of personal memory and sometimes opens different doors for her with the random formations as a result of her experimental interventions on analogue films.

Her works are displayed in exhibitions ‘Young Fresh Different 11’, Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul (2022); ‘Nightswimming’, Evliyagil Museum, Ankara (2021); ‘Mamut Art Project’, Yapı Kredi Bomonti Ada, Istanbul (2020) and ‘Habitat’, Ka Atelier, Ankara (2019). She has an artist book titled ‘Pale Blue Dot’ which was produced collectively and exhibited at Mamut Art Project (2020). As a member of Faz Collective, Pinar Koksal was one of the curators of the photosets ‘Photozine #3’ and ‘Photozine #4’ which were produced in collaboration with Fail Books and Faz Collective in 2021. She also took part in ‘Photozine #4’ photoset with the ‘Return to the Womb’ series.