ADNAN YILDIZ (b.1979) is an Istanbul based curator. He studied Psychology (BA / Bo!aziçi Uni., Istanbul), and Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design (MFA / Sabancı Uni., Istanbul). Yıldız has been doing a residency (2006-08) at Curatorlab / Konstfack (research based curatorial residency program) traveling around Stockholm, Paris, Berlin, and Istanbul. He is granted by S.I. (Swedish Institute) and he also
collaborated with IASPIS.

He is the co-editor of Muhtelif, Istanbul based contemporary art publication and a member of the curatorial collective, “Good Gangsters” who produced www.bigfamilybuiness.net lately. He also co-curated “Nightcomers”, the mobile video selection for the night program of 10th Istanbul Biennial.