SERHAT KIR (1983) lives and works in between Ordu and İstanbul. 

After completing his undergraduate studies majoring in Photography at Kocaeli University Fine Arts Faculty in 2012, he started his graduate studies at the Department of Photography of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Institute of Fine Arts. He started to work on the concept of space during his undergraduate education, and afterwards started to get involved in philosophical and sociological approaches to emphasize his studies. He focuses on the relationship between objects, spaces and portraiture. In his works, there are references to his personal stories and experiences, and describes his works as a semi-documentary and semi-fictional design process.
His works have been exhibited at Moon and Stars Young Photographers Award Exhibition, İstanbul (2012); FotoIstanbul Besiktaş International Festival of Photography (2014); Gallery Synthesis, Bulgaria (2015); İstanbul Photobook Festival (2016); BursaPhotoFest (2016); Elgiz Museum, İstanbul (2018); Aspect Balkan Photography Festival, Thessaloniki (2018); Taşbaşı Art Space, Ordu (2021); 212 Photography Festival, İstanbul (2022); Mamut Art 11. Edition, İstanbul (2024) and Art On Istanbul (2024).

His work has been shortlisted for Belfast Photo Festival (2022) and nominated for Prix Pictet (2025).
He has attended several workshops such as ‘Resource Utopia / Utopia as Source’, Goethe Institut Istanbul, Pavlov’s Dog Gallery Berlin & NOKS Independent Art Space, İstanbul (2018); Photobook Masterclass by Frederic Lezmi & Marcus Schaden, FUAM, İstanbul (2016); ‘Isolation and Belonging’ by Martina Hoogland Ivanow, GAPO & SALT, İstanbul (2015) and ‘Transforming Archival Materials into Artworks’ by Ipek Duben, SALT, İstanbul (2015).

He is an affiliate of PLATFORM by GAPO.

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