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Artist Bio:

Boga is a multidisciplinary artist based in the UK and Turkey. He completed an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2016, following his bachelors degree at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Communication and Journalism. Boga has won awards including The Red Mansion Art Prize, which took him to China, where he created a piece of work entitled ‘There He is Without a Proper Diagnosis’ relating to his different cultural experiences. Boga has worked with international artists such as Otobong Nkanga and Irena Haiduk, and has performed in Documenta14 in Kassel, Germany. In 2018 he was awarded as ‘Highly Commended Artist’ at the Ashurt Emerging Artist Prize and was awarded a fellowship at RAW Material Company in Dakar, Senegal. In 2019 he took part in a residency (ThirdBase) in Lisbon where he created a series of textile works called ‘The landscape of Perpetual Flags’. In 2021 he won Bilsart’s video art competition, which led to a solo show as well as his artworks becoming part of Odunpazarı Modern Museum in Eskişehir, where he also had a group show in 2021.