Artist statement & CV

Volkan Dinçer (b.1997, TR) is a multidisciplinary media artist. He studies at Kunst Universitat Linz, Department of Interface Cultures and Sculptural Conceptions & Ceramic. He completed his bachelor degree on painting at Marmara University. He lives and continues his artistic production and research in Linz, Austria.

 

His works focus on inter-system relations and ecological problems within a research field that spans a wide range, from thermodynamics to cultural materialism. Following these interests, his master’s research focuses on understanding the organization ways of living and non-living systems based on cybernetics and information theories. He often uses natural elements in his works—stone, water, biological organisms—as well as low-level electronics, bringing them together in a conceptual harmony that tells stories about ecological relations and processes in a nonverbal way.

 

His works has been exhibited internationally, some of them are Ars Electronica Festival, Linz(AT)2025, Cairotronica, Cairo(EG)2025, Pixelpoint media art festival, Nova Gorica(SI)2023, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Museum Ludwig ,Cologne, Main Station(DE)2021, Contemporary Istanbul(TR)2021.

 

Exhibitions

Publications

2025 — PopuPress, issue 2: “Mash.” Potato Publishing, Linz, Austria. “Mashed Facts,” p. 42.

 

2023 — The Arse. Arse Elektronika festival zine, Linz, Austria. “Circuitous Bodies,” p. 14.

 

2021 — As Yet Untitled, issue 1. Interim Arts, London, UK.

 

Exhibition and Festival Catalogues

 

2026 — Fremdwesen. kollektiv querfeldein. “Thanking Reed.”

 

2026 — Ars Electronica 2026: Negotiating Humanity—Future Begins. Hatje Cantz, Berlin, Germany. “Listening to Calcified,” p. 109. ISBN 978-3-7757-6427-8.

 

2025 — BestOff 2025. Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, Austria. “Mouse,” pp. 35–36.

 

2025 — Ars Electronica 2025: PANIC—yes/no. Hatje Cantz, Berlin, Germany. “Difference: Anatomy of Stone,” p. 128. ISBN 978-3-7757-6083-6.

 

2023 — Pixxelpoint: Life on the Grid. Kulturni dom Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia. “@theorchid_beauty,” p. 23. ISBN 978-961-6783-32-3.

 

2023 — BestOFF 2023: Outside In. Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, Austria. “Artificial Cloud,” p. 17.

 

2023 — Ars Electronica 2023: Who Owns the Truth?. Hatje Cantz, Berlin, Germany. “@theorchid_beauty,” p. 195. ISBN 978-3-7757-5602-0.