Bio

Can was born in Istanbul on September 21, 1987. In 2004, while he was studying chemistry at university, he became interested in visual arts. He began training himself in the different practices of visual arts, especially cinema and photography. After completing his degree, Can settled in Paris and began to Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne. In 2010, he had his master degree in photography at Spéos and began to work professionally as a visual artist. In 2011, he started a cinema degree at Le Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français. His work during this time included photography and video works for the fashion and arts website “La Couture” and professionally photographing Paris Fashion Week. At the same time that he was working as a photographer for various clients, he also exhibited his own photography and short film productions. In 2013 he had his first solo exhibition in Paris and participated in several other group exhibitions. In 2014, he took some phD courses in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Additionally, he started master of philosophy in 2020 (Yıldız Technical University). His first book ‘Düşler ve Hiçlik’ published in 2020. He continues to exhibit his artworks in solo and group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.