Doğancan Yılmaz

Basic Design and Visual Thinking, Drawing for Digital Media, Curatorial Studies, Contemporary Art and Urban, Spatial Theory and Interdisciplinary Arts Research

Doğancan Yılmaz is an Istanbul-based artist whose practice explores the intersections of design, architecture, and art within historical, political, and social contexts. With a background in sculpture, Yılmaz’s academic and artistic journey has evolved into a practice that critically explores the relationships between art and the urban environment. At the core of his work lies a deep interest in how art interacts with, and questions, spa tial, social, and identity structures. Since 2021, Yılmaz has also been the director of 400X118 and Non.Sight, independent project spaces.

Bachelor of Arts – Sculpture, Marmara University, 2017

Erasmus Exchange Programme – Academie Minerva, (Groningen, Netherlands), 2014-2015

Pedagocial Formation – Marmara University, 2019

Master of Arts – Design, Kadir Has University, 2023

PhD – Design, Technology, & Society Programme, Kadir Has University, 2024-Present

Instructor, Kadir Has University, Department of Architecture, 2024 – Present

Instructor, İstanbul Bilgi University, Visual Communication Design Department, 2023 – Present

Co-Founder & Curator, Non.Sight (Independent Art Initiative), 2021-Present

Yılmaz, D. (2023). Minimalist Legacies in Contemporary Art (MA Thesis, Kadir Has University

Yılmaz, D. (2023). ‘’Unbuilding the Built: Klara Liden at Kunstwerke’’, Kaput Magazine 

Stray Eye, I.M.Ç. Istanbul, Türkiye, 2023

Kompleks, 400x118, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2023

Stray Eye 2, Non.Sight, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2023

Gilded, Window Project Installation, Irmak Canevi, 400x118, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2023

Return to Sender, Antonia Rodrian & Simon Bongard, Non.Sight, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2024

Water Dragon, Eda Şarman, Non.Sight, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2025

Field Notes, Student Exhibition, Non.Sight, Istanbul, Türkiye, 2025