Department/College/UnitArts Division

TitlePhD candidate

AffiliationGraduate
Faculty

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationHumanities Division

Web Sitepersonal

Primary Office LocationCommunications Building

Mail StopFilm and Digital Media

Biography, Education and Training

Merve Ünsal is an artist who lives and works in Istanbul and Santa Cruz. She works on methods of tuning in, thinking through the media of radio transmission, sound, photography, video, performance, and site-specific installations. She has shown her work in a variety of contexts , most often through artist-driven initiatives in Beirut, Berlin, Cairo, Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Toronto. She has been supported by the Delfina Foundation (London), Praksis (Oslo), Fogo Island Arts, Art Metropole (Toronto), and University of Delaware (Lewes) to participate in artist residencies. Merve is the founding editor of the artist-centered platform m-est.org. She co-facilitated the Arter Research Programme, 2019-2021. She is a 5th year PhD candidate in Film and Digital Media.