Umut Yalım

Umut Yalım, born in Istanbul in 1984, attended Saint Benoit French High School. He earned his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Chelsea College of the Arts and completed his master's degree in Book Arts at Camberwell College of Art & Design in London. Currently based in Istanbul, he continues his work and operates the Galeri Bu art gallery in Galata. Describing himself as an anti-artist and anti-poet, Umut Yalım has participated in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs both domestically and internationally, in addition to organizing solo exhibitions. His works were featured at the 9th Florence Biennale in 2013. Yalım is also the author of a novel, as well as poetry and anti-poetry books.