Turkey, 1976. Lives in New York and Istanbul

Burak Arikan holds a Master of Arts in Visual Communications Design from the Istanbul Bilgi University (2004), and a Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He takes the obvious social, economic, and political issues as input and runs them through an abstract machinery, which generates network maps and algorithmic interfaces, results in performances, and procreates predictions to render inherent power relationships visible, thus discussable. His software, prints, installations, and performances have been featured in numerous exhibitions at museums and galleries internationally. He is the founder of the Graph Commons platform, dedicated to provide “network intelligence” for everyone.