Haluk Akakçe (b. Ankara, Turkey, 1970) trained in architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara, then graduated with an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Important solo presentations include The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2002); Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2003); Tate Britain, London (2004); Museum Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City (2005); and Sky Is The Limit in Las Vegas, NV (2006), a commission by Creative Time which was projected onto the largest video screen in the world. Significant group exhibitions include Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2001), Bienal de Saõ Paulo, Saõ Paulo (2002); The Royal Academy, London (2004); and British Art Show 6 (touring to various locations in the UK, 2006). He lives and works in Istanbul and New York, NY.
