UPCOMING:

Kunstnacht, De Lindenberg, Nijmegen, Netherlands — IDLE; commissioned by Kunstnacht — 19.09.2026

Reclaiming Our Futures, De Lindenberg, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Digital Waste — 26—27.09.2026

2026:

RGBMTL, Clash Studios & MUTEK, Montréal, Canada — Selected works; Exhibiting artist & curator

Space in Sound, Hubert, Nijmegen, Netherlands — AIR; curated by Herman van den Muijsenberg

Art After Dark, TezDev, Cannes, France — ARCHITYPES; collaboration with Kristen Roos

Synth-tember, New Alliance Gallery, Massachusets, USA — 04515; collaboration with Sky Goodman

Música Visual #3, Convent de Sant Agustí,  Barcelona, Spain — Bok; collaboration with Kristen Roos

Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, Denver, USA — 10 Steps; curated by Braw Haus

Support Your Locals, Expo Bart, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Seeds; curated by Kasper van Moll

NFC x Art on Tezos, Lisbon, Portugal — Motherboard Complex; selected by Andreas Rau

Silicon Circus, Goffertstadion, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Live AV; collaboration with Prisma Collective

2025:

SPARK, Schlachter 151, Berlin, Germany — LOST MACHINE MANUAL; curated by The Lighthouse

DEMO LA, Marriott LA Live, Los Angeles, USA — Monolithic Machines; curated by DEMO&LACMA

New Retinas, ARTLAB Siroco, Madrid, Spain — seed_124107; curated by Tales Tommasini

Kunstnacht, NYMA, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Loominance; curated by Schemerlicht Festival

Spaces to Speak, Places to Play, Expo Bart, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Pool; collaboration with Maureen Jonker & nobuka

ABS Digital Art Prize, Palácio de Tancos, Lisbon, Portugal — nullMachines; collaboration with Loïc Schwaller

SACRED CODE, Noise Media_Art, Istanbul, Turkey — floors & ceilings; collaboration with Loïc Schwaller

ARCHITYPES, objkt.one, Online — Curated by Kika Nicolela, collaboration with Kristen Roos

Punto y Raya,  Sofia, Bulgaria — Bok; collaboration with Kristen Roos

RGBMTL, Clash Studios, Montreal, Canada — Selected works; curated by Kiszkiloszki

DEMO NL, Public Screens, Netherlands — Monolithic Machines, nullMachines

Nur Now, Kazan, Tatarstan — Machineloops; curated by Rashid Osmanov

Uitnacht, Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem, Netherlands — Machineloops

Outpost #1, De Basis, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Live AV; collaboration with Dead Symbols, nobuka & Kollee

2024:

Tamagotchi, Nguyen Wahed Gallery, New York, USA — VISTA; collaboration with Loïc Schwaller

Floyd Bennettt Field! Public Arts Festival, New York, USA — Machineloops; curated by Peter Burr

Spectra, Lume Studios, New York, United States — Encryption Facility

Kinomural, Wrocław, Poland — Machineloops; curated by Piotr and Bartek Bartos

VideoListening #1, Nagaoka Institute of Design, Nagaoka, Japan — Machineloops; curated by Synichi Yamamoto

Omotesando Interactivité, Gallery Lapin et Halot, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan — Machineloops; curated by f.l.i.p.

Neo Shibuya's 30 Seconds Museum, Miyashita Park, Tokyo, Japan — Machineloops

Ribela Festival, Sarria, Spain — Earth; curated by Sutan

Nur Now, Kazan, Tatarstan — Machineloops; curated by Rashid Osmanov

Tamagotchi, Non-Fungible Conference, Lisbon, Portugal — VISTA; curated by Mimi Nguyen

The Collab Room II, Here&Now, Online — Psychetron; collaboration with Rune Brink

RGBMTL, Clash Studios, Montreal, Canada — Selected works; curated by Matau

C3 Dev Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Factory of Nothing

Film My Design, Cairo, Egypt — Machineloops; curated by DEMO Festival

Nur Festival, Kazan, Tatarstan — Encryption Facility; curated by Rashid Osmanov

2023:

Hyperconnection, School of Digital Arts, Manchester, United Kingdom — Monolithic Machines; curated by Mimi Nguyen

New Society, NFT Factory, Paris, France — Un/boxing; curated by Braw Haus

TEZ ART MTL, Clash Studios, Montreal, Canada — Selected works; curated by Xer0x

Digital Nostalgia, NFT Show Europe, City Of Arts And Sciences, Valencia, Spain — The Screen; curated by Sutan

Bideotikan, Bilbao, Spain — Machineloops; curated by Mikel Lauki

Éclairage Public #7, Le 109, Nice, France — Selected works; curated by Galerie Diapo

MET AMS, Westergas, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Machineloops

Refraction, Black Box, Denver, USA  — pattern4pattern; curated by Dina Chang

Digital Nostalgia, Accomparts, Online — Strata; curated by Brendan Tadler

2022:

Ancient Futures, Istanbul Archeology Museum, Istanbul, Turkey — The Unnecessary Machine(s); curated by Lalin Akalan

Grounded Festival,  Fort bij't Hemeltje, Utrecht, Netherlands — Bits & Beams; collaboration with Roel Weerdenburg

NFT Show Europe, City Of Arts And Sciences, Valencia, Spain — Selected works; curated by futr art

NFT.İST: ÖTE, CoBAC, Istanbul, Turkey — Selected works

DEMO Festival, Multiple locations, Netherlands — Machineloops

Dream Launch, NFT Playground, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Selected works

The Collab Room, Here&Now, Online — The Monument; collaboration with Kristen Roos

2021:

What Hot Sh!t, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany — Ambitious Factory of Pointless Reconstruction

Tunnelvision, Grounded Festival, Fort bij't Hemeltje, Utrecht, Netherlands — Selected works

Rotterdam Verlicht, AHOY, Rotterdam, Netherlands — sqrlps

Andermaal, Tivolivredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands — Live performance with Dirge Seçil Kuran

Get Minimal, Zardoz Club, Online — Selected works

Engage, Re-nd-er-ed, Online — sqrlps

Crystal World VR, Escape010101, Online — sqrlps

Culture Shock, De Voorkamer, Utrecht, Netherlands — Live performance with Satyakam Mohkamsing

2010—2020:

HIJS Lights, Afrikaanderwijk, Rotterdam, Netherlands — sqrlps, 2020

Hyena Noise Festival, Villa K, The Hague, Netherlands — Live performance, 2019

Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia — siwz, 2017

New Zealand International Film Festival, Auckland, New Zealand — siwz, 2017

Punto y Raya Festival, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany — siwz, 2016

Ses Duvarı/Sound Wall, Karga, Istanbul, Turkey — Rhythmic Structure of Ethic Minorities in Turkey, 2015

Rebodying, Santralistanbul Energy Museum, Turkey — Collaboration with Armando Menicacci & Bodig Collective, 2010

Druskomanija, Menų spaustuvė, Vilnius, Lithuania — Live performance with IBULOrk, 2010

IBULOrk, Santralistanbul Energy Museum, Istanbul, Turkey — Site-specific live performance with IBULOrk, 2010

ISCMS, Eminonu Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey — Site-specific installation and performance, 2010

New Music/Yeni Muzik 5, alt., Istanbul, Turkey — Live performance with IBULOrk, 2010

IBULOrk, Live electronics, Tamirane, Istanbul, Turkey — Sound art performance with IBULOrk, 2010

Journey of Sound/Sesin Yolculugu 4, ITU MIAM, Istanbul, Turkey — Live performance with IBULOrk, 2010

IBULOrk, Live electronics, Peyote, Istanbul, Turkey — Sound art performance with IBULOrk, 2010

Introduction to Music Visuals, De Basis, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2026

Exploring the Roots of Screen-based Arts, City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain, 2023

Sustainable NFT, Sónar Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022

Artist Talk, NFT Playground, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022

Artist Talk, NFT.İST: ÖTE, CoBAC, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022

Video Games as Interactive Art, Plato College of Higher Education, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013 

Architypes: In Conversation with Kristen Roos and Kerim Safa, Kika Nicolela, objkt.one, 2025

The Art of Doing Nothing: The Concept and Creation of nullMachines, Mimi Nguyen, verse, 2024

MoMI x Tezos Community Curation, Xer0x, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, 2024

nullMachines, Creative Applications, 2024

New Society, New Society Media, Paris, 2023

Monolithic Machines: In Conversation with Kerim Safa, Mimi Nguyen, verse, 2023

Retro loops: Exploring the seamless pixel animations of digital artist Kerim Safa, Manu Sharma, STIR, 2022

Artist Q&A, The Tickle, 2022

Diyalog, Onur Çoban, Mercado, 2022

Q&A with “Digital Waste” Artist Kerim Safa, UC Berkeley CLTC, 2021

Interview, GatherArt, 2021

Emerging Artist of the Year Nomination, ABS Digital Art Award, Geneva, Switzerland, 2025

Community Curation Nomination, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, 2024

Best Electronic Music Composition, Yamaha All-Stars Music Award, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010

Full Music Scholarship, Bilgi University, Istanbul Turkey, 2007–2011

BA Composition and Music Technology, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007–2011 

Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 2003–2007