Naz Cuguoğlu is a curator and art writer, based in San Francisco and Istanbul. Currently, she works as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Programs at the Asian Art Museum. She held positions at KADIST, Wattis Institute, de Young Museum, SFMOMA Public Knowledge, among others. She is the co-founder of Collective Çukurcuma, experimenting with collaborative thinking processes through its reading group meetings and international collaborative exhibitions. She was as an artist advisor for Joan Mitchell Foundation, and a juror for Sondheim Artscape Prize 2021. Her writings were featured in SFMOMA Open Space, Art Asia Pacific, Hyperallergic, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, and elsewhere. She received her BA in Psychology and MA in Social Psychology from Koç University, and another MA from California College of the Arts’ Curatorial Practice program.
She curated exhibitions and programs internationally, at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Walters Art Museum, the Wattis Institute, 15th Istanbul Biennial Public Program, Framer Framed, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig, Red Bull Art Around Istanbul, Asian Art Museum, among others. She co-edited three books: After Alexandria, the Flood (Umur: 2015), Between Places (Verkstad Konsthall: 2016), and The Word for World is Forest (The Wattis Institute: 2020), and presented at institutions including TATE, Fotogalleriet Oslo, Rhode Island School of Design, Joan Mitchell Foundation, SALT, Norköpping Art Museum, and Contemporary Art Center New Orleans.
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