Melike Koçak (b. 1997) is an artist based in Istanbul, Turkey. Through long-term lens-based projects, she meditates upon the existence of natural elements within human-made systems and their surreal manifestations within photographic space and time. In 2020 she became an alumnus of the Canon Student Development Program. She has selected to participate in the Image Threads Mentorship Program to work with Dylan Hausthor in 2021. She has named in ARTPIL's 30 Woman Photographer Under 30 2022 Selection. Recently, she received a scholarship in Design & Artistic Research MA Programme from Kadir Has University. Melike Koçak holds a BA in philosophy and  also runs Fabrika Zine, a platform for emerging Turkish photographers since 2015.


EXHIBITIONS

2022
ARTPIL, 30 Under 30
Change of Plans, Mixer Gallery
Bana Yalan Söylediler , İzmir Expo
2020
Homoeostasis , Galeri 5
2019
F. , Hayy Open Space
Mamut Art Project



ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMMES

2019
‘‘Little Things’’ Artist Residency, Pasaj


SCHOLARSHIPS

2020
Canon Student Development Programme,
Visa Pour L’Image Festival


TV SHOWS

2022
TRT 2, Bir Kare Bir Anlam


PUBLICATIONS

2022
OGGUSTO, Artist Interview
2019
Art Spectacle Asia