Murat Kahya is a Turkish artist born in Ankara in 1989. After dropping out of his engineering program at İzmir 9 Eylül University, he pursued his passion for photography and enrolled in the photography department at the same institution in 2009, where he graduated with the highest honors.
Throughout his educational journey, Kahya participated in several art projects such as the Mamut Art project and group exhibitions held at the Pera Museum. He received recognition for his works and won the Young Photographer Award of the Turkish American Association in 2015 for his New Americana exhibition, which was later exhibited at Base Istanbul.
Kahya's move to Istanbul in 2015 opened new opportunities for him, and his works were displayed in several group exhibitions, including the Istanbul Design Biennial, Troy: The Land of Dreams, and the Darağaç collective. In his recent project-based works, Kahya incorporates new tools into the production phase, moving beyond the two-dimensional form of photography and creating intimate and personal spaces for his audience.
Kahya is currently continuing his graduate studies in Mimar Sinan University's Photography Department while working on his ongoing "Along the river" project, which centers around the Kızılırmak River, initiated in 2019. He resides in Istanbul, where he works as an independent photographer, exploring the transformative power of time and change through his work.
