Pinar Yolacan, photo Alec Holst.
Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1981, Yolacan studied Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, and Fine Art Media at Chelsea School of Art before graduating from The Cooper Union with a BFA in 2004. Yolacan has exhibited around the globe, including at CCA, The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria; Yapi Kredi Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey; Photography NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; the J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; Bass Museum of Art, Miami; MOMA PS1, New York and The Saatchi Gallery, London. She is represented in The Saatchi Collection, London, The Zabludowicz Collection, London, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Kiasma, Helsinki and the International Center of Photography, New York. She lives and works in New York City.