Visual Artist, Musician

Nijmegen, Netherlands

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Space in Sound, Hubert, Nijmegen, Netherlands — AIR; curated by Herman van den Muijsenberg, 2026

Art After Dark, TezDev, Cannes, France — ARCHITYPES; collaboration with Kristen Roos, 2026

Música Visual #3, Convent de Sant Agustí,  Barcelona, Spain — Bok; collaboration with Kristen Roos, 2026

Night Lights Denver, Daniels & Fisher Tower, Denver, USA — 10 Steps; curated by Braw Haus, 2026

Silicon Circus, Goffertstadion, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Live AV; collaboration with Prisma Collective, 2026

SPARK, Schlachter 151, Berlin, Germany — LOST MACHINE MANUAL; curated by The Lighthouse, 2025

DEMO LA, Marriott LA Live, Los Angeles, USA — Monolithic Machines; curated by DEMO&LACMA, 2025

New Retinas, ARTLAB Siroco, Madrid, Spain — seed_124107; curated by Tales Tommasini, 2025

Kunstnacht, NYMA, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Loominance; curated by Schemerlicht Festival, 2025

Spaces to Speak, Places to Play, Expo Bart, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Pool; collaboration with Maureen Jonker & nobuka, 2025

ABS Digital Art Prize, Palácio de Tancos, Lisbon, Portugal — nullMachines; collaboration with Loïc Schwaller, 2025

SACRED CODE, Noise Media_Art, Istanbul, Turkey — floors & ceilings; collaboration with Loïc Schwaller, 2025

ARCHITYPES, objkt.one, Online — collaboration with Kristen Roos, 2025

Punto y Raya,  Sofia, Bulgaria — Bok; collaboration with Kristen Roos, 2025

RGB MTL, Clash Studios, Montreal, Canada — Selected works; curated by Kiszkiloszki, 2025

DEMO NL, Public Screens, Netherlands — Monolithic Machines, nullMachines, 2025

Nur Now, Kazan, Tatarstan — Machineloops; curated by Rashid Osmanov, 2025

Uitnacht, Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem, Netherlands — Machineloops, 2025

Outpost #1, De Basis, Nijmegen, Netherlands — Live AV; collaboration with Dead Symbols, nobuka & Kollee, 2025

Tamagotchi, Nguyen Wahed Gallery, New York, USA — VISTA; collaboration with Loïc Schwaller, 2024

Floyd Bennettt Field! Public Arts Festival, New York, USA — Machineloops; curated by Peter Burr, 2024

Spectra, Lume Studios, New York, United States — Encryption Facility, 2024

Kinomural, Wrocław, Poland — Machineloops; curated by Piotr and Bartek Bartos, 2024

Ribela Festival, Sarria, Spain — Earth; curated by Sutan, 2024

Omotesando Interactivité, Gallery Lapin et Halot, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan — Machineloops; curated by f.l.i.p., 2024

VideoListening #1, Nagaoka Institute of Design, Nagaoka, Japan  — Machineloops; curated by Synichi Yamamoto, 2024

Neo Shibuya's 30 Seconds Museum, Miyashita Park, Tokyo, Japan, 2024

Nur Now, Kazan, Tatarstan — Machineloops; curated by Rashid Osmanov, 2024

Tamagotchi, Non-Fungible Conference, Lisbon, Portugal — VISTA; curated by Mimi Nguyen, 2024

The Collab Room II, Here&Now, Online — Psychetron; collaboration with Spøgelsesmaskinen, 2024

RGB MTL, Clash Studios, Montreal, Canada — Selected works; curated by Matau, 2024

C3 Dev Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Factory of Nothing, 2024

Film My Design, Cairo, Egypt — Machineloops; curated by DEMO Festival, 2024

Nur Festival, Kazan, Tatarstan — Encryption Facility; curated by Rashid Osmanov, 2024

Hyperconnection, School of Digital Arts, Manchester, United Kingdom — Monolithic Machines; curated by Mimi Nguyen, 2023

New Society, NFT Factory, Paris, France — Un/boxing; curated by Braw Haus, 2023

TEZ ART MTL, Clash Studios, Montreal, Canada — Selected works; curated by Xer0x, 2023

Digital Nostalgia, NFT Show Europe, City Of Arts And Sciences, Valencia, Spain — The Screen; curated by Sutan, 2023

Bideotikan, Bilbao, Spain — Machineloops; curated by Mikel Lauki, 2023

Éclairage Public #7, Le 109, Nice, France — Selected works; curated by Galerie Diapo, 2023

MET AMS, Westergas, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Machineloops, 2023

Refraction, Black Box, Denver, USA  — pattern4pattern; curated by Dina Chang, 2023

Digital Nostalgia, Accomparts, Online — Strata; curated by Brendan Tadler, 2023

Ancient Futures, Istanbul Archeology Museum, Istanbul, Turkey — The Unnecessary Machine(s); curated by Lalin Akalan, 2022

Grounded Festival,  Fort bij't Hemeltje, Utrecht, Netherlands — Bits & Beams; collaboration with Roel Weerdenburg, 2022

NFT Show Europe, City Of Arts And Sciences, Valencia, Spain — Selected works; curated by futr art, 2022

NFT.İST: ÖTE, CoBAC, Istanbul, Turkey — Selected works, 2022

DEMO Festival, Multiple locations, Netherlands — Machineloops, 2022

Dream Launch, NFT Playground, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Selected works, 2022

The Collab Room, Here&Now, Online — The Monument; collaboration with Kristen Roos, 2022

What Hot Sh!t, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany — Ambitious Factory of Pointless Reconstruction, 2021

Tunnelvision, Grounded Festival, Fort bij't Hemeltje, Utrecht, Netherlands — Selected works, 2021

Rotterdam Verlicht, AHOY, Rotterdam, Netherlands — sqrlps, 2021

Andermaal, Tivolivredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands — Live performance with Dirge Seçil Kuran, 2021

Get Minimal, Zardoz Club, Online  — Selected works, 2021

Engage, Re-nd-er-ed, Online — sqrlps, 2021

Crystal World VR, Escape010101, Online — sqrlps, 2021

Culture Shock, De Voorkamer, Utrecht, Netherlands,  — Live performance with Satyakam Mohkamsing, 2021

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, 2020

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 Studies, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 2003–2007