Nurhan Gokturk Art

Nurhan Gokturk is an artist and urban designer. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Gokturk immigrated to New York City at the age of three. Raised in Queens and Brooklyn and educated in the public school system, he went on to receive a Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute and a master's degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His projects have been featured at the Venice Biennale, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dox Centre for Contemporary Art (Prague), International Architectural Biennial of Buenos Aires, Aqua Art Fair (Miami), GLOBAL Design (London), the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 40th Anniversary Show, LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island, the New Institute in Rotterdam, the Onsite Gallery in Toronto and the Inaugural Bywater Biennial. His work has also been exhibited in Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Detroit, London, Toronto, Vienna, as well as, across France, Germany and the United States. He has been featured in Metropolis Magazine, Gambit's Top 40 under 40, was interviewed on NPR and awarded the Architizer A+ Award. Nurhan coordinated the first major Habitat for Humanity Buckminster Fuller Design Science Exhibition in Istanbul.