About
Nezihe Karakaya first bachelor is from Mustafa Kemal University Fine Arts Education Department in 2011. She continued her education in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory, Contemporary Dance programme.
In 2015, she was guest student at Rotterdam Codarts Dance Academy in Netherlands.
In 2018, she completed her master degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Institute of Fine Arts ,Basic Art and Design programme.
The artist, who worked on creating visual notation, wrote her thesis under the name of "Visuality and Music in the Context of Paul Klee's Polyphony Work". The work focuses on visualising sound, designing an interdisciplinary language about the interaction of atonnal music and abstract painting. The subject influenced by her synesthetic perception noticed by Musicologist Prof. Rokus de Groot from the University of Amsterdam during her education and research at Codarts.
Her paintings, installation and video works have been exhibited in platforms such as Redbull Creative, Hahnemuehle GmBH, Vienna Essl Museum, IMOGA, BangArt Innovation Prix.
Her last short film “Debris City” screened on 40.Kasseler Documentary Festival in 2023. Her short dance film “Nezi and Mavpa” have been selected for screening at the Stockholm Dance Museum in 2020, dance film “Accomodation” in Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, 45th International Dance Congress in 2016 , “Navigation of the Planets” in Ankara Goethe Institute, Ankara CerModern Museum in 2015, CinemaDansAnkara dance film festival, DanskameraIstanbul film festival.
Her last short film “Debris City” screened on 40.Kasseler Documentary Festival in 2023. Her short dance film “Nezi and Mavpa” have been selected for screening at the Stockholm Dance Museum in 2020, dance film “Accomodation” in Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, 45th International Dance Congress in 2016 , “Navigation of the Planets” in Ankara Goethe Institute, Ankara CerModern Museum in 2015, CinemaDansAnkara dance film festival, DanskameraIstanbul film festival.
The artist defended and completed her PhD on July 2025, at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. This thesis is rewarded as type C project by the Scientific Research Projects (BAP) Coordination Office of Mimar Sinan FAU between April 2024- April 2025.
Her thesis title is “Method determination in Transforming a Choreographic Piece into Visual Work through “Improvisational Technologies” with the aim of developing phsico-visual metadology.
Short Films
Events
DokFest online will be until 26 November. Nezihe Karakaya's Debris City short film will be screened and will make premiere on 40.Kasseler Dokfest. The film is about destroying earthquake on South Turkey which focuses artist's hometown Antakya.
