Yusuf Murat Şen
About
Born in 1968 in Şırnak, Yusuf Murat Şen received his Undergraduate degree from Marmara University, and afterwards attended the Masters Program in the Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts Photography Department, as well as receiving his Proficiency in Art. Şen became a Lecturer in 2002, and a Professor in 2009.
Besides being a lecturer in the Photography Department since 1991, Şen served as the Head of Photography Department in the Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts University between the years of 2007 - 2013. In addition to his teaching duties, Şen continues to serve as the Director of FUAM ( Photography Research and Application Center ) which he also is one of the founding members, as well as the director of the ‘Istanbul Photobook Festival’, organised in Istanbul for the first time in Turkey.
With his work internationally exhibited in Austria, Sweden, Greece and Bosnia & Herzigova, for years Yusuf Murat Şen explored the antique methods of photography, its contemporary connotations, and photography archiving. Mainly focusing on the interchangeable cultural and sociologic tensions of Turkey, the monopolized system of politics, and urbanization, the artist contributes to the Turkish art scene with works that carry the qualities of documentary photography.
Şen currently lives and works in İstanbul, organizing photobook workshops, exhibitions, seminars, artist talks, and consulting projects as well as participating in judging panels.
