EDUCATION
2012 – PhD in Art, Design, and Architecture
Bilkent University, Graduate School of Economics and
Social Sciences, Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2005 – MFA in Graphic Design
Bilkent University, Institute of Fine Arts,
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2004 – EMMA ISCA (European Media Master of Arts) in
Image Synthesis and Computer Animation
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Media and Technology, Hilversum, NL.
2003 – Certificate of Italian Language
Institute of Italian Culture (Istituto Italiano di Cultura), Ankara, TR.
2000 – BFA in Graphic Design
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture
Graphic Design Department, Ankara, TR.
1996 – Diploma, TED Ankara College, Ankara, TR.
WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2018-Present
Vice-chair (with Julide Akşiyote Görür),
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
September 2020-Present
MFA in Media and Design Program Co-director/Coordinator
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
December 2016-Present
Lecturer,
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
September 2012-November 2016
Instructor,
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
January 2012–May 2014
Guest Instructor,
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, MFA Program, Ankara, TR.
2013 April
Co-Founder (with Assist. Prof. Dr. Ersan Ocak),
New Media Open Lab, Bilkent University, Ankara, TR.
(a non-profit research and project-based lab focusing mainly on storytelling
in New Media that encourages interdisciplinary productions/services)
Sep. 2012-Present
Content Manager,
Bilkent – COMD Website // Social Media Accounts
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2010-2012
Visual Media Consultant,
TTGV, Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
Cyberpark, Bilkent, Ankara, TR.
January 2007-June 2010
Part-Time Instructor,
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic and Design, Ankara, TR.
September 2002-June 2010
Teaching Assistant,
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
DETAILS:
2019-Present
Course Coordinator, Lecturer,
Graduate Studio (GRA 501) (MFA in Media and Design Program)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
2014-Present
Course Coordinator,
Introduction to Art and Culture I-II (FA 171 & FA 172)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2017 Summer-Present
Course Coordinator, Lecturer,
Principles of Visual Communication Design (COMD 212)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
2012-Present
Instructor (2012-2016), Lecturer (2016-present)
Introduction to Visual Communication Design I & II (COMD 101 & COMD 102)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
2020
Lecturer,
Media and Design Studio I (COMD 281)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Communication and Design, Ankara, TR.
2012-Present
Instructor (2012-2016), Lecturer (2016-present)
Introduction to Art and Culture II (FA172)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2012-Present
Instructor (2012-2016), Lecturer (2016-present)
Introduction to Art and Culture I (FA171)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
April 2013
Co-Founder (with Assist. Prof. Dr. Ersan Ocak),
New Media Open Lab, Bilkent University, Ankara, TR.
(a non-profit research and project based lab focusing mainly on storytelling in
New Media that encourages interdisciplinary productions/services)
2014 Fall
Co-Instructor,
Image, Time, Sound, and Motion I (GRA 517)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, MFA Program, Ankara, TR.
2012-2014
Guest Instructor,
Image, Time, Sound, and Motion I-II (GRA 517 & GRA 518)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, MFA Program, Ankara, TR.
2007-2010
Co-Instructor,
Basic Design I-II (FA 101-102)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2010 Spring
Instructor,
Psychology of Advertisement (GRA 344)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2008 Summer
Instructor,
Introduction to Art and Culture II (FA 172)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2008 Spring
Instructor,
Introduction to Art and Culture I (FA171)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2008 Fall
Instructor,
Technical Drawing and Lettering I (FA 131)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2007 Spring
Instructor,
Psychology of Advertisement (GRA 344)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2007 Spring-2007 Summer
Instructor,
Introduction to Art and Culture I (FA171)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Fine Arts, Ankara, TR.
2004-2007
Teaching Assistant,
Graphic Design III-IV (GRA 301-302)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2005-2007
Teaching Assistant,
Packaging I-II (GRA 333-334)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2004-2010
Teaching Assistant,
Summer Practice I-II (GRA 290-390)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2003-2004
International Graduate Students Representative,
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht,
Faculteit Kunst, Media, en Technologie, Hilversum, NL
(Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Media and Technology, Hilversum, NL.)
2002-2003
Teaching Assistant,
Graphic Design III-IV (GRA 301-302)
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture
Department of Graphic Design, Ankara, TR.
2001-present
Freelance Graphic Designer, Ankara, TR.
2000-2001
Art Director and Graphic Designer, PARAF Tanıtım Co. Inc., Ankara, TR.
SUMMER TRAINEES
June 1999
Graphic Designer, LOWE ADAM Co. Inc., Istanbul, TR.
June 1998
Graphic Designer, MEPA Medya Pazarlama, Istanbul, TR.
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Şenova Tunalı, F. (2020). Utilizing “Table” as a Design Element in a research-based Curatorial and Scenographic Practice. In B. Şenova (Ed.), CrossSections Processing Artistic and Curatorial Research (Edition Angewandte, pp. 204-205). Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110716566-067
2019
Şenova Tunalı, F. (2019). Interface: The Actual Story. In D. Moser & S. Dun (Eds.), A Digital Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back (pp. 109–117). Leiden: Brill. (Republished from A Digital Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back, edited by Denis Moser & Susan Dun, 2014, Inter-Disciplinary Press.) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848883055_011
2014
Şenova Tunalı, F. (2014) Interface: The Actual Story. In D. Moser & S. Dun (Eds.), A Digital Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back (pp. 109–117). Oxford, United Kingdom: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
2012 June
Şenova Tunalı, F., (2012) Glint: Audiovisual Glitches. Leonardo, 45(3), pp. 296-297, MIT Press, Cambridge.
2011
Şenova Tunalı, F., (2011). Analysing Run Lola Run: Mixed, Interactive-Like but Limited, Complex, Chaotic and Unstable, thus Technically Perfect.
In A. Treske, U. Önen, B. Büyüm & I. A. Değim. (Eds.), Image, Time and Motion, New Media Critique from Turkey, Ankara (2003 – 2010) (pp. 48-55). Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures.
EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, AND REFEREEINGS
May 2022
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür, Maria H. Brzozowska, and Fulten Larlar),
“COMD EYE 2022” End of Year Show,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
26 May 2022.
May 2022
Co-Curator (with Fulten Larlar, Maria H. Brzozowska),
“VCP” Graduation Project Presentations, Exhibition and Screenings,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
16-17 May 2022.
May 2022
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür, Maria H. Brzozowska),
“VCD” First-Year Exhibition,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
9-11 May 2022.
November 2021
“Pitch Perfect” (with Boran Aksoy, Fulten Larlar),
Workshop on Pitching,
Department of Graphic Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
November 2021
Workshop leader with Levent Y. İnce, Maria Brzozowska, and Fulten Larlar,
“Photography and Videography Workshop” for COMD 281 students,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
October 2021
“Thesis Writing Seminar”,
Seminar given to MFA students
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
August 2021
Curator,
“Dissonance” GRA 501 Graduate Studio Online Exhibition,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
August 2021
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür),
“COMD EYE 2021” End of Year Show,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
Dec. 2020 – Present
PASO XX Student Films and Digital Media Festival
Organizing Committee Member & Design Team Leader
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
August 2020
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür),
“COMD EYE 2020” End of Year Exhibition,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
April 2020
Referee,
Galatasaray University Journal of Communication, İstanbul, TR
22 March – 05 April 2020
February 2020
“Pitch Perfect” (with Boran Aksoy, Fulten Larlar),
Workshop on Pitching,
TED University, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara, TR,
February 14, 2020.
January 2020
“Process-oriented Artistic Research” (Presenter: Funda Şenova Tunalı, PhD),
GEECT (The European Grouping of Film and Television Schools,
the regional association of CILECT-International Association of Film and Television Schools), Thematic Meeting, What is the role of research in Film and Media Schools?
Stockholm University of the Arts, Stockholm, SE,
January 22, 2020.
December 2019
“Pitch Perfect” (with Boran Aksoy, Fulten Larlar),
Workshop on Pitching,
Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Communication, Gaziantep, TR,
December 10, 2019.
November 2019
Typography Workshop,
TED University, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara, TR,
November 27, 2019.
May 2019
“Luminal A”
Convex
Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Group Art Exhibition
Çankaya Municipality, Contemporary Arts Center,
Eren Eyüpoğlu Gallery (Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi), Ankara, TR,
May 09 – 21, 2019.
May 2018
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür),
“COMD End of Year Exhibition”,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
May 24, 2018 – June 11, 2018.
May 2018
“Pitch Perfect″, Pitching Workshop (with Fulten Larlar, Boran Aksoy),
Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
April 2018
“Pitch Perfect″, Pitching Workshop (with Fulten Larlar, Boran Aksoy),
Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
May 2017
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür),
“COMD End of Year Exhibition”,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
May 25, 2017 – June 05, 2017.
April 2017
“Contexture V.2”, Group Art Exhibition.
CerModern, Hub Gallery, Ankara, TR,
April 4, 2017 – April 28, 2017.
December 2016
Seminar given to MFA students,
“CAMMEKAN”,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
December 19, 2016.
December 2016
Interactive Installation, (dir. Assist. Prof. Andreas Treske)
“CAMMEKAN”,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
December 19, 2016 – December 21, 2016.
November 2016
“Floating Ink″, Workshop.
Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
October 2016
“Sergi/Exhibition 0005″, Group Art Exhibition.
Ankara Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Galerisi, Mustafa Ayaz Müzesi, Ankara, TR,
October 19, 2016 – October 31, 2016.
May 2016
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür),
“COMD End of Year Exhibition”,
CerModern, Hub Gallery, Ankara, TR,
May 13, 2016 – May 26, 2016.
May 2015
Co-Curator (with Jülide Akşiyote Görür),
COMD End of Year Show, “COMD Welcomes Summer”,
Bilkent University, Ankara, TR,
May 29, 2015 – June 12, 2015.
September 2015
Design Thinking Expert & Design Consultant
“BMFI, Bilkent Media Future Initiative 2015”,
Transmedia Workshop leaded by Egbert Van Wyngaarden
Bilkent University, FADA, Ankara, TR., September 16, 2015 – September 20, 2015.
March 2014
“Görsel Baskı/Duysal Özgürlük”, Group Art Exhibition.
Bitabu Sanat Galerisi ve Atölyesi, Ankara, TR. January 22, 2014 – March 22, 2014.
January-February 2014
Reviewer/ Jury member for the SIGGRAPH 2014 Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH.
January 20, 2014-February 17, 2014.
December 2013
“Overlapped”, Graphic Design Group Exhibition.
Bilkent FADA Exhibition Hall, Ankara, TR., December 26, 2013 – January 6, 2014.
May 2013
“Interface: The Actual Story”,
8th Global Conference, Cybercultures, Exploring Critical Issues, Prague, Czech Republic, May 15-17 2013.
November 2012
“Defining the Digital: The Association between Visual and Aural Languages in Contemporary Culture”,
ATMM 2012 – Audio Technologies for Music and Media Conference, Ankara, Turkey, November 1-2 2012.
October-December 2012
“Glint: Audiovisual Glitches”, Group exhibition, İKSV 1st Istanbul Design Biennial – Academy Program,
‘Imperfection’, 13 October – 12 December 2012, Istanbul Technical University, Taşkışla, Istanbul, Turkey.
June 2012
“37.5”, Bilkent Gra Alumni Exhibition, Group Exhibition,
Cer Modern, Ankara.
May 2006
“COMD2006” Joint Exhibition,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara.
May 2006
“Digital Pin” Joint Exhibition,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara.
December 2005
“Open Systems Reproduced” Joint Exhibition,
Department of Communication and Design,
Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara.
January-March 2005
“Tele-City” Nomad-TV.Network 01, Joint Exhibition,
Collaboration between Nomad and Siemens Sanat. Siemens Sanat, İstanbul.
February 2004
“Poster, Medium, or the Message? (Language of New Media)”
Presentation regarding the content of the Supportive Studies Course at HKU,
EMMA ISCA, Faculty of Art, Media and Technology, Hilversum, NL.
January 2004
“Project Market” (Expo) Joint Exhibition HKU,
EMMA ISCA, Faculty of Art, Media and Technology, Hilversum, NL
May 2003
“Cammekan” New Media Installation (as a group project with
Özgür Özakın, Önder Sevimli, Umut Şumnu, and V. Şafak Uysal),
Department of Graphic Design, Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara.
May 2000
“GRA2000” Joint Exhibition
Department of Graphic Design, Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara.
June 1999
“Dingoʼs” 3rd Year Exhibition,
Department of Graphic Design, Bilkent University Main Campus, Ankara.
Şenova Tunalı, 41999 March-April “Contradictions” Joint Graphic Design Exhibition,
The Turco-British Association Art Gallery, Ankara.
April-May 1998
“Young Designerʼs Exhibition” The British Council, Ankara
HONORS AND AWARDS RECEIVED
2005-2012 – Merit Scholarship received at Bilkent University during the Ph.D. program
2003-2004 Fall – Grant (4000 Euro) from the Faculty Board (%36 of the tuition fee)
EMMA ISCA, Utrecht School of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Media and Technology, NL
2002-2005 – Merit Scholarship received at Bilkent University during MFA
1999-2000 Spring – High Honor at Bilkent University
1998-1999 Spring – High Honor at Bilkent University
1998-1999 Fall – High Honor at Bilkent University
1998-2000 – Merit Scholarship received at Bilkent University during BFA
1997-1998 Spring – High Honor at Bilkent University
1997-1998 Fall – Honor at Bilkent University
LANGUAGES
Turkish (Native Language), English (Fluent), Italian (Intermediate)
COMPUTER LITERACY
Keen on Mac and PC platforms, on image and video processing, web production, modeling, animation, and text editing software such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Maxon Cinema 4D, Microsoft Office, iWorks.