Yağız Özgen (1987, Istanbul) graduated from Painting Department of Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree. In the same year, he started his master’s degree and graduated in 2012 with the dissertation entitled “New Technology and the Aesthetics of Digital Representation: Chris Cunningham”. The artist completed his Proficiency in Art (PhD) program at Marmara University Painting Department where he currently continues to teach theoretical courses at this university.
Özgen held four solo exhibitions entitled C://Still_Life, Spectrum, Metadata, Instructions, Astronomy Picture of the Day ve Boyacı (Painter). He has also participated in the following group exhibitions: Systems/Visibility, aRb, Hypologie and 28th Contemporary Artists Exhibition. He took part in the artist residency programmes of Borusan Contemporary in 2011 and 2013 and of Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf in 2018.
Since 2011 the artist has been participating in the Conceptual Art Events of the Definition of Art Group, and continues his works in the field of art and theoretical studies in Istanbul.