About The Artist

Muge Karamanci was born in 1989 and lived most of her life in Istanbul, Turkey. She started university in Boston in 2006 and graduated Northeastern University with a dual major in communications and cinema in 2011. She has written, directed, produced and acted in her own short films. All five shorts were made between the years 2009-2011. Two of these movies are on her website and their names are: "Where's the Referee" and "Love: Unmasked". She incorporates her poetry into these films. She has two Turkish poetry books published; the first one was published in 2005 (Translated as: “Is this World Ours?”) and the second one in 2009 (Translated as: “Give me my Name”). She has completed the Post Bacc. program at the School of Museum of Fine Arts in 2013. She now lives in New York City where she is a contributing photographer for Citizen Brooklyn. Website: www.mugekaramanci.com