Biography
Gulbin Ozdamar Akarcay, received B.A. and M.Sc. in Journalism from Anadolu University in Turkey. Her B.A. graduation project titled “Faces of Prisoners” was exhibited in IFSAK İstanbul Photography Days in 2002. She studied in The Academy of Performing Arts, Film and TV School (FAMU), Department of Still Photography in Prague for a year in 2006. She was one of the curators of Intimate Revolt exhibition, which was funded with a grant from FAMU, the Cultural Ministry of Lithuania and Czech Republic in 2007-2008. This exhibition took place in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovenia and Turkey consisting 10 photographers from 10 countries. She opened “Faces of Prisoners”, “Narodni Divadlo”, “Children of Maticni” as her personal exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions “66-II”, “Spirit Of Prague”, “Six Czech School Photography”, ”History Of Photography Is History Of Miserableness”, “Living Woman Self-Portrait”, “It Seems As If Anything I Feel”.
She was selected World Press Photo (WPPH) Seminar organized in Turkey in 2002-2004. Her photo-story “Children of Maticni” was published in WPPH Magazine and at the book titled Photojournale Connections Across A Human Planet. She established Living Woman Photography Group, which advocates for women and children who are victims of violence. She published articles in some edited books, journals and magazines. She is an Associated Professor at the Faculty of Art and Design, Osmangazi University in Eskisehir/Turkey. She hold a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Ethnography at University of Toronto Scarborough in 2016-2017. Her research that is supported by TUBITAK focuses on aspects of cross-cultural marriage for members of the Turkish diaspora in Toronto.