Deniz Ozuygur (b. Istanbul) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work reimagines everyday and domestic objects as reflections on gender, identity, and labor. Her practice spans sculpture, photography, video, and ceramics, often incorporating word play and unconventional materials.
Having grown up in New York City after moving from Istanbul, Deniz’s practice is shaped by the experience of navigating cultural intersections. Her Ana-dolu series reworks the labor-intensive process of making Turkish dumplings as a commentary on domestic work and gendered expectations, while her text-based melty bead works transform candid questions from her children into reflections on motherhood, artistic identity, and inherited narratives. Across her diverse body of work, she employs irony to interrogate systems of value and care, bridging personal history with broader cultural critique.
Deniz received her BFA from New York University, where she was awarded the Jack Goodman Scholarship for Art & Technology. She has exhibited internationally in Istanbul, New York, Miami, Venice, Lisbon, Dubai, and Warsaw, and recently participated in the 43rd Contemporary Artists Exhibition at Akbank Sanat. Her first solo exhibition, Happy Brideday, opens at Büyükdere35 in Istanbul in September 2025.