Current Position
Assistant Professor Department of Visual Communication Design
Istanbul Okan University
Istanbul, Turkey, 2023 – Present
Education
Proficiency in Art (Painting)
Marmara University, Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, 2007–2012 Thesis: Richard Long’s Ambivalent Tendency to Nature in His Art Works → View Thesis (YÖK National Thesis Center)
MFA in Painting
Marmara University, Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, 2002–2004 Thesis: Joseph Beuys and His Art as a Biophilic → View Thesis (YÖK National Thesis Center)
BFA in Plastic Arts
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Plastic Arts, 1998–2002
Publications
Book Chapters
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2023). Beuys and Shamanism. In M. Graf (Ed.), 100 Yıl Beuys. Akbank Sanat (e-book). → View e-book
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2022). Land Art and Its Contemporaries. In M. Erdem Kaya (Ed.), Peyzajı Açmak. YEM Yayın (ISBN 978-625-7008-51-8).
Conference Proceedings
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2016). Expanding Field of Environmental Artworks on Everyday Life: New York City Case Study. 5th International Contemporary Arts Conference, Istanbul. (E-book, ISBN 978-605-9207-30-0).
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2016). The Impact of Co-Working of Automotive Industry and Environmental Art as an Innovative Approach to Environmental Pollution. AVTECH 16, IV. International Automotive and Vehicle Technologies Conference, Istanbul. (E-book, ISBN 978-605-9207-41-6).
Kara Sarıoğlu, D., Koyunoğlu E., Özcan A. B., (2015). Kentsel mekânda yer alan sanat yapıtının mekânın algısal sınırına etkileri: İstiklal Caddesi–Taksim Meydanı örneği [The effects of urban artworks on the perceptual boundaries of space: The case of İstiklal Street–Taksim Square]. In 9. Uluslararası Sinan Sempozyumu “Sınırla-ma” Bildiri Kitabı (pp. 295–302). Trakya University, Edirne. (E-book, in Turkish).
Uzun, A., Kara Sarıoğlu, D., & Özcan, A. B. (2014). Üretimi tamamlanmış taş ocakları planlaması, mekân algısı ve çevresel sanat yaklaşımları [Planning of exhausted quarries: Spatial perception and environmental art approaches]. In Ulusal Mermer ve Taş Ocakları Onarım Teknikleri Sempozyumu Bildirileri (E-book, in Turkish).
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2011). Environmental Artist Richard Long’s Ambivalent Attitude to Nature. The Sixth Annual Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Milwaukee, USA (full paper, oral presentation).
Conferences & Talks
Invited Talks
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2021). Beuys ve Doğa [Beuys and Nature]. Beuys 100 Year Talks, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey. (Moderated by Graf M.).
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2016). Invited speaker, Peyzajda Mürürü Zamanlar [The passage of time in landscape] panel. 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial (IKSV), Studio-X Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, September 29 2016
Panel Moderation
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2025). Moderator, Art in Public Space workshop, Session III: Making Space for Inclusivity, YUNT: The Space of Art and Interaction (16 June 2025)
Kara Sarıoğlu, D. (2020). Moderator, Art and Health talk with Füge Demirok, FMV Işık University (25 Dec 2020)
Selected Courses Taught
- Ecological Approaches in Art and Design (Undergraduate)
- Environmental and Public Space Art (Undergraduate)
- Environment and Art (Graduate)
- Experimental Art Studio (Graduate & Undergraduate)
- Concept Development Practices I–II (Undergraduate)
- Basic Design Studio I–II (Undergraduate)
- Painting / Printmaking Studio (Graduate)
CV
A detailed CV including research activities, teaching, supervision, publications, and leadership roles is available for download.