Övül Ö. Durmusoglu is a curator and writer working in the intersection
of contemporary art, politics, critical and gender theory and popular
culture. She was guest curator for the MMAG Foundation in Amman; curator for steirischer herbst festival in Graz; curator/director for YAMA public screen
in Istanbul; curatorial advisor for Gülsün Karamustafa’s ‘Chronographia’ at
Hamburger Bahnhof, artistic director for the festival Sofia Contemporary
2013 titled as ‘Near, Closer, Together: Exercises for a Common Ground’.
She curated programs within 10th, 13th and 14th Istanbul Biennials;
coordinated and organized different programs and events at Maybe
Education and Public Programs for dOCUMENTA (13). Durmusoglu
was a guest professor for curatorial theory and praxis in Nuremberg Fine
Arts Academy and continues to teach as a visiting lecturer in Muthesius
Kunsthochschule in Kiel. With her writing she contributes to different
publications, online platforms and magazines such as Texte zur Kunst and
Frieze.