Zeynep Öz is a curator and writer. She curated the Pavilion of Turkey, 58th Venice Biennale, and the BACA exhibition of Marwan Rechmaoui’s work at the Bonnefantenmuseum, which travelled to Sharjah Art Foundation (both 2019). She was an interlocutor for Sharjah Biennial 13 (SB13) and curator of the off-site SB13 project Bahar, Istanbul (2017), as well as co-curator of Aichi Triennale 3 (2016). Öz was co-founder of Spot Projects, Istanbul, and director of the Spot Production Fund (2011–2017), during which time she curated the series ‘Produce (I, II, III)’, commissioning over 30 projects. She also commissioned Abou Farid’s War, TBA21 on st_age (2021); the film programme Greatest Common Factor, SALT, Istanbul (2016); Plastic Veins, Home Works VI, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut (2013); and Selling Snails in the Muslim Neighborhood, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster (2013). From 2015 to 2020, Öz taught at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, and served on the curricular and selection committees of the Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan.