Levent Çalıkoğlu is a writer and curator. He is currently the Chief Curator at Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Turkey. Çalıkoğlu has degrees in art history and museum studies and is a lecturer at the Art Management Department, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul. He has written extensively and published both articles and books on Modern and Contemporary Turkish Art. Since 1998 he has curated exhibitions on a national and international scale for institutions and museums. Recent projects include Sarkis: Site and the New Works New Horizons at Istanbul Modern (2009). Previous exhibitions include: Istanbul: New Continent (2009), Seoul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul Modern Berlin (2009), Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Held Together with Water (2009), Istanbul Museum of Modern Art; Cihat Burak Retrospective (2008);, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Hybrid Narratives (2007), Akbank Cultural Centre, Istanbul; Twilight Notebook (2006) Yildiz Technical University Art Gallery, Istanbul; Strangers with Angelic Faces (2006) Space Studios, London and Akbank Cultural Centre, Istanbul. He is also an art consultant for Dr. Nejat F. Eczacibasi Foundation and the Akbank Cultural Centre.