About derya ozparlak

  Derya Ozparlak is a Toronto-based Canadian multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, stop-motion animation, installation, puppet & set design, and projection mapping. Her practice combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary storytelling, exploring themes of identity, cultural diversity, environmental issues, and social structures through sculpture and moving image.

Her stop-motion animations and projection mapping projects have been officially selected and screened at international film festivals, museums, and cultural institutions, including the FIFA World Cup Projection Mapping Project (OCAD University, Toronto), Aga Khan Museum, Luminato Festival, SehSüchte International Student Film Festival (Germany), Stop e-Motion Days (Venice, Italy), Montreal Independent Film Festival, FAB Festival of Animation (Berlin), OCAD University Animation Festival, Sweden Film Festival, SWIFF Student World Impact Film Festival (USA), Rural Film Fest (Spain), Steve Aronson International Film Festival (Costa Rica), Animated Expressions Expo (France), Alliance Française Toronto, and DemocracyXChange (Toronto Metropolitan University).

Her sculptures have been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries, art fairs, sculpture parks, and public exhibitions, including the Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM), Oeno Gallery, Ignite Gallery Toronto, Proje 4L Elgiz Museum, Contemporary Istanbul, the Chicago SOFA Art + Design Fair, The Artist Project Toronto, In Situ Mississauga, Art Base Project Istanbul, and exhibitions in New York, Chicago, and Istanbul. Her works are held in museum, corporate, public, and private collections.

Ozparlak has received awards and recognition in Canada, the United States, India, Spain, Sweden, Germany, and Turkey. She holds a BFA in Sculpture from Anadolu University and a second BFA in Experimental Animation from OCAD University. She lives and works in Toronto.