Kutay Tufekci lives and works in New York. He received his BFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago (2023) and MFA degree at School of Visual Arts (2025). He’s a previous resident of SVA Summer Residency through the Turkish American Society Scholarship in 2022. His work has been previously exhibited at Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY; Artzone Project, Istanbul, Turkiye; and Kaio Space, Honolulu, HI.