Ozan Atalan, born in Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1985, is a visual artist and Assistant Teaching Professor of Graphic Arts at Florida International University. He holds undergraduate degrees from Anadolu University's Faculty of Law (2007) and Dokuz Eylul University's Faculty of Fine Arts Sculpture Department (2013). He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts as a Fulbright scholar (2016) and his Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yasar University's Graduate School, Faculty of Art and Design (2024). Ozan has taught sculpture courses at Syracuse University (2015-2016) and art&design courses at the Visual Communication Departments of Izmir University of Economics (2016-2023) and Yasar University (2024). His transmedia, interdisciplinary, and research-based work, primarily focused on video installations, explores the intersection of social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, and philosophy with natural sciences like biology, quantum physics, and ecology. His works address the coevolution of human and nonhuman forms, incorporating eco-queer performativity from a critical posthumanities perspective, and have been exhibited at prominent national and international venues, including the 16th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Montpellier Contemporain, Pera Museum, and Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst.
