Namasté My name is Umut || Hope; human, son, uncle + designer, artist, lecturer, dreamer, coder, astrologer, blogger, architectural and street photographer + Aries, Indigo Child, INTJ, Projector and a warrior of light.
(Fellow 'visual thinkers/learners' please refer to this page for the image only version)
I was born and raised in Ankara/TURKEY. I studied Computer Technology + Information Systems (Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY). During my sophomore year I did an exchange year at Carlow Institute of Technology (Carlow, IRELAND) where I had my first experience living abroad. After college I decided to combine my computer skills with my creativity and got my M.F.A in Design + Technology (Parsons The New School for Design, NYC, USA). After spending one more year in NYC freelancing, I got hired by Congaz Media Company as a Motion Graphics / VFX Artist and moved to Düsseldorf, GERMANY. In October 2012, I moved to -one of the best cities in the world- Berlin where I spent 2 years colloborating with different designers and artists. After 6 years abroad, I moved back to Turkey and worked for Bilsar A.S and Vision Lab, Digital Media and Performance Agency. Currently, I reside in Istanbul and work as a freelance Art Director + visiting lecturer at various universities teaching Visual Communication Design courses while getting my Ph.D. in Science Technology studies at the department of Design, Technology and Society at Özyeğin University. My dissertation is on Construction of Exptertise in the case of Astrology in Turkey.
If you want to check out some of my commercial/agency work I've done, you can visit here.
The goal of my personal digital art work is to invoke thoughtful critical response from the audience and reveal different perspectives of ideas and experience. I enjoy working with variety of medium including computer graphics, code, video, motion graphics, digital photography, installation and dance. Inspired by people-watching, metaphysics, the authenticity of perception, music and architecture, I enjoy concept creation, art & creative direction, cross-platform story telling and creating visual experiences.
If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, proposals or just want to have a deep meaningful conversation, please feel free to say hi!
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Istanbul, TURKEY
umutozover @ gmail.com