Özlem Sarıyıldız

Özlem Sarıyıldız, a documentary filmmaker and a visual artist, holds a BA in Industrial Design and an MS in Media and Cultural Studies from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Before beginning her PhD in Graphic Design at Bilkent University, Turkey, she was a research assistant at University McGill in Montréal, funded by the Jeanne Sauvé scholarship. Using primarily audio-visual materials and focussing on gender, displacement, and the commons, her work uncovers the mechanisms underlying power dynamics and aligns with the determined voices seeking to reshape the course of history.