Collective Çukurcuma (www.collectivecukurcuma.com) curatorial collective based in Istanbul, San Francisco and London was founded in Istanbul in 2015 by curators Naz Cuguoğlu and Mine Kaplangı, and was joined by Serhat Cacekli in 2017. Their experiments mainly focus on collaborative thinking and writing through reading group meetings, international collaborative exhibitions, curatorial and editorial projects, and public programmes. The collective organize these projects highlighting the potential of transdisciplinary collaborations within contemporary art, and making use of process-based rather than outcome-based research with an intuitive approach. 

Naz Cuguoğlu is a curator and art writer, based in San Francisco Bay Area and Istanbul. She is the co-founder of “Collective Çukurcuma,” experimenting with collaborative thinking processes through its reading group meetings and international collaborative exhibitions. She held various positions at Kadist, The Wattis Institute, de Young Museum, SFMOMA Public Knowledge, Zilberman Gallery, Maumau Art Residency, and Mixer. Her writings have been featured in SFMOMA Open Space, Art Asia Pacific, Hyperallergic, Art South Africa, M-est.org, and elsewhere.

Mine Kaplangı is the co-founder of Collective Çukurcuma, based in London. She has worked as an artist representative and curator at BLOK art space contemporary art space, Istanbul between 2014-18. She has been selected as the third curator of British Council Collection’s Museum Without Walls online project and curated the digital exhibition titled ‘Dancing with Witches’ which opened to visitors on January 2019. She received her bachelor degree in Philosophy at Istanbul University and Certificate MA Programme in Philosophy of Arts & Aesthetics at Bologna University/ DAMS Faculty. She is also working as a freelance editor for Artfridge.