Ozlem H. Mutaf Buyukarman has her undergraduate degree from Marmara University, Faculty Of Fine Arts Graphic Arts Department (2001), and her graduate degree from San Francisco State University, College of Creative Arts Design and Industry Department (2003). She graduated with Outstanding Graduate Award from SFSU. After she returned back to Istanbul she worked as an Art Director in several advertising agencies. She also worked as freelance project based designer. She had her PHD from Marmara University Graphic Arts in 2011. She has been teaching Graphic Design Project classes at Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Graphic Design Department since 2011 as an Assistant Professor.
2014 -2015 Exhibitions:
- The Mark On The Wall Exhibition related to The 25th Annual Virginia Woolf and Her Female Contemporaries Conference, Greenly Art Gallery, Bloomsburg University USA , 4 – 30 June, 2015
- 3rd International Izmir Biennial, 4-11 May 2015, Izmir
- LICC, London International Creative Competition 2014, Shortlisted
- IAF, International Art Festival New York 2014, 17-31 January 2015 at MoRA, NJ, USA – Jury’s Choice Award Winner
- 72. Ministry of Culture, Painting & Sculpture Competition, Turkey, December 2014 – Finalist (6 – 13 May 2015 Ministry of Culture, Painting & Sculpture Gallery, Kulturpark, Alsancak, Izmir)
- 4th Annual Open International Art Competition and Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Gallery, USA, November 2014 - Special Merit Award
- IAF, International Art Festival 2014, Highline Loft Gallery, New York, USA, 8 - 11 October 2014 - Finalist
- Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea , New York, USA, 3 October – 4 November 2014
- Art Kudos, 10th International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition, USA, 25 August 2014 – 25 August 2015 - Finalist
- All Women Art Competition, Painting & Other Category, Light Space & Time Gallery, USA, April 2014 - Honorable Mention