Utku dedetaS

Utku dedetaS

artıst - lecturer - desıgner based in ıstanbul

artıst - lecturer - desıgner

based in ıstanbul

Utku Dedetaş

Portrait of Utku Dedetaş painting

Utku Dedetas is an artist, lecturer, and designer;

working through fragile mechanics of memory, gathered narratives, and the act of remembering.

Focusing on his personal memoris, everyday social encounters, and the collisions of gathered narratives, Dedetaş’s practice seeks to make the hidden intersections of our personal realities visible. His art explores the fragile mechanics of memory. The act of remembering is never a perfect scene, but a glitched assembly of scattered components. By investigating how these reconstructions often diverge from reality, he examines the reimagined moments we piece together to live as a whole, building bridges between collective history and personal experience.

Utku Dedetas is an artist, lecturer, and designer; working through fragile mechanics of memory, gathered narratives, and the act of remembering.

Focusing on his personal memoris, everyday social encounters, and the collisions of gathered narratives, Dedetaş’s practice seeks to make the hidden intersections of our personal realities visible. His art explores the fragile mechanics of memory. The act of remembering is never a perfect scene, but a glitched assembly of scattered components. By investigating how these reconstructions often diverge from reality, he examines the reimagined moments we piece together to live as a whole, building bridges between collective history and personal experience.

Utku Dedetas is an artist, lecturer, and designer; working through fragile mechanics of memory, gathered narratives, and the act of remembering.

Focusing on his personal memoris, everyday social encounters, and the collisions of gathered narratives, Dedetaş’s practice seeks to make the hidden intersections of our personal realities visible. His art explores the fragile mechanics of memory. The act of remembering is never a perfect scene, but a glitched assembly of scattered components. By investigating how these reconstructions often diverge from reality, he examines the reimagined moments we piece together to live as a whole, building bridges between collective history and personal experience.

Education

MFA — Basic Art and Design / Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

BS — Industrial Design / Bilgi University

Active academic work

Lecturer / Bilgi University Architecture Faculty Industrial Design Department

Lecturer / Bilgi University Architecture Faculty Industrial Design Department

Exhibitions & Events

2026

2026

Rome NewMedia Week, Rome IT

Rome NewMedia Week, Rome IT

2026

2026

Akaretler Art Weeks (Art Project), Istanbul TR

Akaretler Art Weeks (Art Project), Istanbul TR

2025

2025

Bilgi ID Design Insights Lectures (Seminar), Istanbul TR

Bilgi ID Design Insights Lectures (Seminar), Istanbul TR

2023

2023

All Cats Are Beautiful, New York USA

All Cats Are Beautiful, New York USA

2020

2020

Absent Present: Na/Mevcut, Istanbul TR

Absent Present: Na/Mevcut, Istanbul TR

2019

2019

Design Week Turkey, Istanbul TR

Design Week Turkey, Istanbul TR

2019

2019

Space and Pedestal / Kazandibi Installation, Istanbul TR

Space and Pedestal / Kazandibi Installation, Istanbul TR

2019

2019

Design Week Turkey, Istanbul TR

Design Week Turkey, Istanbul TR

News and Updates

2026

Akaretler Art Weeks // July 2026

Akaretler Art Weeks exhibition photo
Akaretler Art Weeks exhibition photo

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Akaretler Art Weeks exhibition photo

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