Cappadocia Biennial 2026 Official Selection Announced

94 artists from 13 countries have gained the opportunity to exhibit their work in the heart of the world, Cappadocia, with a total of 97 artworks.

A total of 94 artists from 13 countries — the United States, Germany, Argentina, Palestine, France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Iran, Italy, Japan, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Taiwan, and Türkiye — will present 97 artworks in Cappadocia, at the heart of the world.

During the Cappadocia Biennial OPEN CALL period, which began on December 17, 2025, and concluded on January 31, 2026, a total of 1,038 applications were submitted from 48 countries.

Among these submissions, 565 applications that met the biennial’s conceptual framework and technical requirements were presented to the Selection Board for evaluation.

During the second-stage selection process conducted by the Selection Board, 261 applications advanced to the third stage.

In the first phase of the third-stage selection process carried out by the Curatorial Committee, 133 artworks were shortlisted for the final stage.

In the final stage, following artwork–site matching, the final biennial selection consisting of 97 artworks was formed and submitted to the Biennial Committee.

The Biennial Committee* decided that all 97 artworks selected by the Selection Board and the Curatorial Committee will be exhibited during the first edition of the Cappadocia Biennial.

We would like to once again express our sincere gratitude to the members of the Selection Board, the committee members, our advisors, and the support team who assisted throughout this meticulous process, as well as to the 1,038 artists from 48 countries who showed great interest and submitted their applications during the Cappadocia Biennial OPEN CALL period.

Cappadocia Biennial 2026 Participating Artists

Aaron Edgardo Nachtailer

Ahmet Polat

Aleyna Kartal

Ali Can Kocayiğit

Ali Yayla

Analía Zalazar

Anıl Önen

Aslı Tekin

Ataman Girişken

Attilla Dur

Aya Kikkawa

Aylin Eskinazi

Ayşe Ceren Solmaz

Batınay Ünsür

Begüm Değirmenci

Begüm Macan

Bekir Ormancı

Bengisu Muazzez Kurtuluş

Berivan Aslan

Berna Kılıçoğlu

Bestami Eği

Betül Aytepe Serinsu

Bora Özkan

Boutheyna Bouslama

Cansu Dinç

Cem Aydoğan

Ceyda Göksal

Chuyun Meng

Çağla Köseoğlu

Deniz Bayav

Depo Flamenco

Dilek Öcalan

Doğa Başaran

Ebru Sağlam

Ece Akay

Emirhan Kurtuluş

Ersin Berk

Ezgi Aysever Korkmaz

Fatih Diren

Fatma İlknur Yıldırım

Fazilet Aşçı Pehlivan

Ferzan Aktaş

Fırat Bingöl

Gamze Emirdağı

Gökay Gedik

Gökçen Mete Yazgan

Gözde Betülay Yorulmaz

Günay Bakırcılar

Gürkan Maruf Mıhçı

Hakkı Can Özkan

Hasan Çulu

Hatice Üstündağ

Hazal Zeynep Altunal

Hojjat Zeinali

İhsan Berke Saraçoğlu

İrem Arı

İrem Koç

İrem Nur Taşkın Avcı

Kaoru Shibuta

Kayahan Kaya

Kübra Cenk Uslu

Maşallah Sincar

Mehmet Başer

Mehmet Öğüt

Mehmet Sinan Tarakcıoğlu

Naci Tepedelen

Nil Tuğçe Külahcıoğlu

Nur Saba Arat

Nurgül Acıbal

Nurgül Gökçen

Nurhayat Varol

Nuri Çorbacıoğlu

Orçun Beslen

Ozan Alp Hiçyılmaz

Özge Kahraman

Özkan Gökçen

Rana Irmak Aksoy

Rayka Simoni

Sena Sarıca

Sena Soykök

Serkan Bozkurt

Sidar Alışık

Simon Whetham

Simone Bosco

Sude Irmak Hekimoğlu (WildX)

Şemsi Barış Terzi

Şeyda Nalçakan

Toprak Sencer (WildX)

Tuncay İnce

Yasak Helva

Yunus Emre Coşkun

Yusef Audeh

Zeliha Karakoca

Zeynep Aydın

* Including the members of the performance groups, the total number of participating artists is 102.

** The Biennial Committee reserves the right to remove any artwork from the biennial selection without providing justification if it is deemed no longer aligned with the short-, medium-, or long-term objectives of the biennial. In such cases, the artist will be informed without delay.

1-📷 Listening Stone | Aaron Edgardo Nachtailer - Neuquen, Argentina | Cappadocia Biennial 2026

2-📷 REbirth | Simone Bosco - Casalborgone, Italy | Cappadocia Biennial 2026

3-📷 Sonic Futurity | Kaoru Shibuta - Sanuki, Japan | Cappadocia Biennial 2026