100+2: ANATOLIA’S CULTURAL HERITAGE
Art Direction | 2025
100+2: Anatolia’s Cultural Heritage is a large-scale temporary exhibition series developed and organized by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye.
Bringing together museums and collections from across the country, the series focuses particularly on presenting cultural objects that had never previously been exhibited to the public.
As the Art Director, I developed the project’s visual identity, including its logo, poster system, and overarching communication language, ensuring visual consistency across the entire series.
For the major exhibitions, I designed the full range of visual and interpretive materials, including information panels, narrative design, infographics, image manipulations, and object labels. I also produced AI-generated short films for selected exhibitions, helping communicate historical and cultural content in a more engaging and accessible way.
Client : General Directorate of Culture Heritage and Museums
Interior Design and Exhibition Installations: Hakan Aktaş
Art Director: Alper Yıldırım
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
Created as the main promotional film for 100+2: Anatolia’s Cultural Heritage, the video translates the exhibition series’ visual identity into a concise narrative. Combining cultural artefacts, archival textures, typography and motion graphics, it presents Anatolia’s multilayered heritage as a living continuum while highlighting objects brought before the public for the first time.
The film extends the graphic language of the exhibitions into motion, establishing a coherent and engaging introduction to the series. The video was displayed on social media and at the exhibitions in the museums.
POSTERS
The poster series combines a consistent visual identity with a flexible design system.
For the general exhibitions, I created a neutral template that could accommodate a wide range of historical objects and content. For selected exhibitions, I developed bespoke posters tailored to their individual themes and collections.
EXHIBITION DESIGN
FROM NATURE TO ART: WOOD
The Museum of Etnography | 19 February - 25 April 2025
From Nature to Art: Wood brings together 181 exceptional examples of Ottoman woodcraft dating from the 16th to the late 19th century.
Drawn from the Ankara Ethnography Museum and major collections in Istanbul, Bursa and Edirne, the exhibition explores the artistic relationship between nature, material and craftsmanship; 102 of the works are presented to the public for the first time.
Promotional video of the exhibition for social media and documentation of the exhibition series installations.
Director of photography and editor: İlhan Kaya
BEING A CHILD IN EVERY AGE
Samsun Museum | 23 April - 19 September 2025
Being a Child in Every Age, presented at Samsun Museum, traces the experience of childhood from antiquity to the present through toys, games and everyday objects. Opened for National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on 23 April, the exhibition invites children and families to explore how play, learning and social life have evolved across different periods.
THE STORY OF SPORT IN ANATOLIA
Antalya Necropolis Museum | 19 May - 10 November 2025
The Story of Sport in Anatolia traces the development of sporting culture from the ancient world to the Ottoman period. Featuring around 75 objects drawn from 28 museums, the exhibition explores athletics, combat sports, equestrian traditions, archery, equipment, festivals and awards, revealing how practices such as Olympic contests, wrestling, chariot racing and javelin throwing evolved while maintaining a lasting cultural continuity.
NICOMEDIA’S SILENT WITNESSES
Kocaeli Archeology Museum | 18 May - 31 July 2025
Nicomedia’s Silent Witnesses presents the Çukurbağ reliefs, discovered following the 1999 earthquake and later preserved through archaeological excavations in İzmit. Featuring imperial symbols, mythological scenes and architectural fragments carved in marble, the exhibition reveals the artistic splendour and cultural memory of Nicomedia, which served as a capital of the Roman Empire before Constantinople.
AnaDolu: Mothers Who Gave Life to the Land and Left Their Mark On Time
Etnography Museum | 11 May- 15 July
Anatolia: Mothers Who Gave Life to the Land and Left Their Mark on Time explores motherhood and women’s cultural legacy across Anatolian history, from the Neolithic period to the Ottoman era and early Republic. Bringing together 138 artefacts—including idols, tablets, clothing, jewellery and domestic objects—the exhibition traces women’s roles in family life, production and belief; 63 of the works were displayed publicly for the first time.
KARAZ: AN ANCIENT CULTURE IN EASTERN ANATOLIA
Erzurum Museum | 15 August - 17 November
Karaz: An Ancient Culture in Eastern Anatolia explores the 5,500-year history of Karaz culture through 159 artefacts brought together from eight provinces. Featuring pottery, hearths, stone moulds and metal objects—122 exhibited for the first time—the exhibition was dedicated to archaeologist Hamit Zübeyr Koşay, whose excavations in Erzurum first revealed the culture in 1942.
The short video made with Leonardo AI is a narration of Karaz civilization and its inhabitants. It is a storytelling of cultural, agricultural, architectural and daily life of the citizens living in Erzurum area. The artefacts seen in the video are illustrated with the exact references from the exhibition.