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Deniz Ozuygur (b. 1986, Istanbul) is a Turkish-American artist working primarily with fuse beads. A former copywriter, she uses text and humor to expose the cultural scripts we live by. Her work in this exhibition, Mommy, can I build my house on your grave?, transcribes a question her four-year-old asked at bedtime. Raised in New York City and based in Istanbul, she draws on her bicultural experience to examine the politics of everyday life.
Recent exhibitions include her first solo exhibition, Happy Brideday (Büyükdere35, Istanbul, 2025), the AKBANK 43rd Contemporary Artist Award Exhibition (Istanbul, 2025), and NADA's online exhibition As It Unfolds (2025). She holds a BFA from New York University.