Murat Yıldız (1984, Istanbul) studied Combined Arts at Yıldız Technical University and completed his master’s degree in Fine Arts at St. Joost School of Art & Design in the Netherlands. Yıldız’s artistic experimentation revolves around how people and objects shape one another, both consciously and unconsciously. He founded Dream News which is a publication that seeks to shape the time we live in, and gives the news of the future of today’s dreams, through research, interviews, and workshops. He is part of HAH Kolektif, an Istanbul based artist collective. He participated in artist research programs in 2016 and 2019 at Lähde!, Artist in Community program, KulttuuriKauppila in Finland and Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder in Holland in 2019, Platform Living Room Artist Residency
in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2023. He also exhibited his works in group exhibitions in the Netherlands and Turkey. His first solo show Water is Sandpaper, You are My Eye took place at Öktem Aykut in 2022. His latest series Flower and Leaves was exhibited as a solo presentation at Liste Art Fair Basel. Yıldız lives and works in Istanbul.