Orkan Telhan

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Orkan Telhan (born 1976 in Oberhausen, West Germany) is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and researcher. Telhan is Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Emerging Design Practices in the School of Design[1] at The University of Pennsylvania.

Telhan holds a PhD in Design and Computation[2] from MIT's Department of Architecture. He was part of the Sociable Media Group[3] at the MIT Media Laboratory and a researcher at the MIT Design Laboratory.[4] He studied Media Arts[5] at the State University of New York at Buffalo and theories of media and representation, visual studies and Graphic Design[6] at Bilkent University.

His individual and collaborative work has been exhibited internationally in venues including the Istanbul Biennial (2013[7]), Istanbul Design Biennial (2012,[8] 2016[9]), Milano Design Week,[10] Vienna Design Week,[11] the Armory Show 2015 Special Projects,[12] Ars Electronica,[13] ISEA, LABoral, ArchiLab, Architectural Association, The Architectural League of New York, MIT Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit,[14] and the New Museum of Contemporary Art,[15] New York.

In 2016, Telhan's design monograph "Designature: The Nature of Signatures in Art and Design[16]" was published from Revolver Publishing, Berlin.

Telhan is also co-founder and Chief Design and Technology Officer of Biorealize Inc., a biotech company specialized in making next generation tools to make it easier to design with biology.

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  2. ^ "Overview | MIT Architecture". architecture.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  3. ^ "Group Overview ‹ Sociable Media". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  4. ^ "MIT Design Lab". MIT Design Lab. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. ^ "Department of Media Study". arts-sciences.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  6. ^ "About Us". www.art.bilkent.edu.tr. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  7. ^ "13th Istanbul biennial". 13b.iksv.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  8. ^ "Istanbul Design Biennial". Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  9. ^ "3rd Istanbul Design Biennial – Are We Human?". Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  10. ^ "Puma and MIT Design Lab envision a future of self-adapting, performance-enhancing sportswear". Dezeen. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  11. ^ ""Possible Tomorrows" Exhibition at Vienna Design Week – https://www.biofaction.com/". Retrieved 2018-12-24. External link in |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Edge Of Arabia - Contemporary art and creative movements from the Arab World". edgeofarabia.com. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  13. ^ "PRIX ARS". prix2017.aec.at. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  14. ^ "People's Biennial". Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  15. ^ "Adhocracy". www.newmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  16. ^ "Designature: The Nature Of Signatures In Art And Design - Idea Books". www.ideabooks.nl. Retrieved 2018-12-24.

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