BIOGRAPHY

Muzaffer Malkoç was born and raised in Istanbul, where he still lives and works. His long-standing practice as a figurative painter has gradually expanded into photography, conceptual installation, digital media and writing, yet painting has always remained at its centre.

He completed his MA in Turkish and Islamic Art History at Marmara University, with a thesis on the morphological and symbolic transmission of the sacred architectural forms of Central Asia. This grounding in how traditional forms change over time laid the foundation for his later work on the image.

Alongside his painting, he spent many years as a creative director in advertising. His experience of the image's power to persuade and steer informs the questions of visibility and representation in his recent work.

In recent years he has focused on the human face, identity, memory and representation. The Biyometrik series examines the distance between the face that can be measured and the person who carries it. PersonA, an interactive installation built on the idea of a shared face that keeps changing with each encounter, was shown at the Istanbul Digital Arts Festival at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) in 2025. His work has also been exhibited at Beşiktaş Modern, the Imperial Mint (Darphane-i Âmire) at Topkapı Palace and the Istanbul State Fine Arts Gallery.

He is a lecturer at Istanbul Medipol University and is pursuing a PhD in Media and Communication Studies. His research covers visual culture, aesthetics, image theory and the sociology of communication.