Continuing his artistic practice across Adana and London, the artist, Mustafa Boga first graduated from Harran University's Radio-TV Broadcasting department. Later, in 2009, he graduated from Istanbul University's Department of Journalism and successfully completed his first Master's Degree in Cinematography and Post-Production at Greenwich University, London. Following 5 years of experience in film production companies, he pursued his passion for the arts, culminating in the completion of his second Master's Degree in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins between 2014 and 2016.
Mustafa's work is deeply rooted in memory, heritage and the emotional landscape that shapes the human experience. Mustafa has won a number of international awards including The Red Mansion Art Prize and the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize; his work has been included in the collections of the Arter Collection, Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM) and he presented his art performance project at Documenta14.
Education
2014-2016: Central Saint Martins, MA Fine Art, London
2009-2010: Greenwich University, MA Cinematography and Post Production, London
2003-2009: Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication, Journalism, Istanbul/Turkey
2000-2002: Harran University, Vocational Collage of Higher Education, Radio&TV Broadcasting, Urfa/Turkey
Solo Shows
2024 - Displaced Memories, Gulden Bostancı Gallery, Antalya, Turkey
2023 - Looking for the warm spot in a swimming pool, Kun Art Space, Adana, Turkey
2022 - All the things I don't want t hear from a politician, Martch Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 - Wild Flowers, Seven9three Gallery, London, UK
2021 - Because ours could be the beginning of a beautiful fairy tale dreamed of for years, Bilsart, İstanbul, Turkey
2021 - The Foundation Ceremony/Temel Atma Töreni, are Projects, Antalya, Turkey
2020 - There He Is Without A Proper Diagnosis, LOA Gallery, London, UK
2019 - The Landscape of Perpetual Flags, Casa dell’Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 - Army Time Memoir, Curated by Roshanak Khakban, The Emerging Artists Gallery, London, UK
2017 - There He Is Without A Proper Diagnosis, Peckham Pelican, London, UK
Duo Shows
2018 - When it is not Spontaneous, Collaboration with Kolbrún Inga Söring, Sagacity, Brussels, Belgium
2017 - Story Provided If Wanted, with Kolbrún Inga Söring - Listastofan Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 - Red Never Apologies For Being Red - with Kolbrun Inga Soring – SIOUSIOU Studios, Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Shows
2025 – Blossom Time, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2024 - NAE Open, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2024 - Old Walls, New Art, UKNA, Derby, UK
2024 - Collectors – Artists, Ferda Art Platform, İstanbul, Turkey
2024 - Artweeks Akaretler with Kun Art Space, İstanbul, Turkey
2024 - Art Show: Galleries United with Martch Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 - Pretty Doom with qap.digital at Ugly Duck, London, UK
2023 - Contemporary Istanbul with Martch Art Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 - From another world, Gazhane Museum, İstanbul, Turkey
2023 - Slow down, Touch and Feel, Turkish Textile Biennial, İzmir, Turkey
2023 - It doesn't matter until it does, Martch Art Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
2023 - Lucid Dreams, Art Exchange, Essex, UK
2023 - I wish I was there, Gri Space, Ayvalık, Turkey
2022 - Just One Bite, Giswil Performance Festival, Giswil, Switzerland
2022 - Contemporary Istanbul with Martch Art Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 - Make Art for Peace, Glazed Galery-Fisekhane, Istanbul, Turkey
2022 - Otherness for Senkron Exhibition at Martch Art Projects, İstanbul, Turkey
2022 - Artweeks Akaretler with Martch Art Projects, İstanbul, Turkey
2022 - Leicester City Take Over, Attenborough Art Centre, Leicester, UK
2021 - Don't Look Back, Deep is the Past, Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir, Turkey
2021 - Contemporary Istanbul with Martch Art Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 - London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK
2021 - Pek Yakında/Coming Soon for Senkron Exhibition at are Projects, Antalya, Turkey
2021 - Screening of Blowing your Cover or something like that, Performance Art Bergen, Norway
2021 - Screening of Blowing your Cover or something like that, Terrarista TV, Frankfurt, Germany
2020 - Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias Curated by Abdullah Qureshi, Helsinki, Finland
2020 - Breathing Out of School curated by RAW Academie, Bétonsalon, Paris, France
2020 - Life, Interrupted Curated by Tugba Tirpan, SEAS Gallery, Brighton, UK
2020 - Turkish Delight Symposium, Performative Talk Curated by Queer Art Projects, London, UK
2020 - Isolation Mastered, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK
2020 - State of Existence Curated by Tugba Tirpan, SEAS Gallery, Brighton, UK
2020 - Wild Wild Æst, Organised by Æther, The Hague, Netherlands
2020 - Opencreek Show night, Museum Angewandte Kunst. Frankfurt, Germany
2019 - Performance, Testimony, Performance Reihi Neu-Oerliken, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 - State of Existance, Well Space Community, London, UK
2019 - A Field to Getting Lost, Anesis Cinema, Aegina, Greece.
2019 - Bodies in Alliance / Bodies in Defiance, Monitor/Rotor2, Göteborg, Sweden
2019 - Performance, Testimony, Space (BYOP), London, UK
2019 - ThirdBase Art Residency end show, Lisbon, Portugal
2019 - Silkworms (Photo Performance) ArtAnkara Art Fair, Ankara, Turkey
2018 - Germination, Part Courts, Raw Material Company, Dakar, Senegal
2018 - Performance Curated by Elizabeth Coleman-Link, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany
2018 - Missing Element, Hosted by Agora Art Circle, Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Art Lacuna, London, UK
2018 - Every me / Her Bir Ben, Martch Art Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 - Ashurt Emerging Artist Prize Shortlist Exhibition, The Emerging Artists Gallery, London, UK
2018 - Performance, SUPERMARKET Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 - Sawt (2a): Qala 0.8900 @Satellite, Dubai, UAE
2018 - Performance, ArtAnkara Art Fair, Ankara, Turkey
2018 - River In An Ocean, Lahore Biennale, Lahore, Pakistan
2018 - Transcending species, Transcending gender, Transcending nations, Deptford Cinema, London, UK
2017 - To Play, Curated by Pathfinders, Hosted by Sagacity, Brussels, Belgium
2017 - Every Me / Ben Tanıdık Bir Yabancı, London, UK
2017 - The Intimacy of Banality, KEX Studios, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017 - AiR Competition - Summer Group Show, The Muse at 269 - Gallery / Studio, London, UK
2017 - Process Space Art Festival, Russe, Bulgaria
2017 - Platform Projects, Independent Art Fair, Athens
2017 - Antennae, Lubomirow/Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
2017 - Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Made In Arts, London
2017 - Red Mansion Foundation Art Prize Exhibition, Kendrew Barn, Oxford, UK
2016 – Hiding In Plain Sight, Mori&Stein Gallery, London, UK
2016 – Act of Searching Closely, ASC Gallery, London, UK
2016 - No Way Out, Red Gate Studios, Beijing, China
2016 - SHE, Exploring The Construct of Femininity, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, London, UK
2016 - #32 Annual Open, CGP Gallery, London, UK
2016 - SELF/CONTROL, Co-Thinking About Future, Punctum Gallery, London, UK
2016 – DO, UNDO, REDO, Degree Show-Central Saint Martins, The Crossing, London, UK
2016 - Part of Us, Auction and Exhibition, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Fellowships and Funds
2020 - Participant of Deconstruction: Art and Ecology curated by Art Elsewhere and Are, London, UK
2020 - Freelands Foundation Emergency Fund, a-n The Artists Information Company, London, UK
2018 - Academy Session 5 GERMINATION run by Otobong Nkanga at RAW Material Company, Dakar, Senegal
2017 - Scholarship for the project called ‘Story provided if wanted’ Listastofan Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Institution Collections
Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir,Turkey
Bilsart, Istanbul, Turkey
Arter, Istanbul, Turkey
Awards
2021 - Winner of project fund open call, Bilsart, İstanbul, Turkey
2018 - Awarded for The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize as ‘Highly Commended Artist’, London, UK
2017 - Shortlisted for AiR Competition Studio Award, The Muse at 269 - Gallery / Studio, London, UK
2016 - Winner of Red Mansion Art Prize, UK/China
Residencies
2025- Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2023 - Wirksworth Art Festival Residency, Derby, England
2023 - Air Kvitbrakka, Berlevag, Norway
2022 - AIR Sandnes, Norway
2022 - Martch Arts Projects Residency, Ayvalık, Turkey
2021 - Viborg Kunsthal Riddergade, Viborg, Denmark
2019 - ThirdBase Art Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 - Montez Performance Residency, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany
2018 - Sagacity Residency, Brussels, Belgium (Collaboration with Kolbrún Inga Söring)
2018 - HighHouse Residency, Norfolk, UK (Collaboration with Kolbrún Inga Söring)
2017 - Artist In Residence, Process Space Art festival, Russe, Bulgaria
2017 - Studio Residency, Micro Nation: The Forth Culture Residency, SIOUSIOU Studios, Berlin, Germany