Board of Directors Episode 30: Onur Karaoğlu

Onur Hamilton Karaoğlu is an artist working across performance, moving image, installation, and theater. His practice investigates erased histories, queer grief, and the relationship between memory, place, and archival absence.

Karaoğlu’s work has been presented internationally since 2010 by institutions and festivals including Wiener Festwochen, Volksbühne Berlin, Dancing on the Edge, Sharjah Biennial, Protocinema.

Karaoğlu holds a BA in Sociology from Boğaziçi University and an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University in New York. He is a recipient of the 2025-26 Weltoffenes Berlin Fellowship supported by the Berlin Senate and nGbK. He previously served as the director of Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence, co-founded the independent performance platform KÖŞE, and has taught performance at Boğaziçi University and Koç University.