Su Basbugu

Arts Manager

British Council, Turkey

 

Su Basbugu is an Arts Manager at the British Council in Turkey. She conceived of and delivered the online exhibition project Museum Without Walls (2016) aimed at showcasing the British Council Collection in a fully accessible virtual space. The platform, which hosts different curatorial approach in each edition, is designed specifically to be accessible from every desktop or mobile device in the world and it was customised to serve a comfortable exhibition experience for people with disabilities.

Her professional practice focuses on devising long-term impactful and inclusive international arts projects with diversity and engagement standing in their core and she is personally passionate about digital innovation and its implications in cultural life and creative industries.

Su also worked with Bilgi University as a Research Assistant, Istanbul Museum of Modern Arts as an Assistant Curator of Photography and Mixer Art Gallery as a Consultant. She has an MFA from the Visual Communication Design Department of Istanbul Bilgi University.