Barış Göktürk lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA. After graduating from Galatasaray High School and The New School in New York, Göktürk completed his master's degree in painting at Hunter College and sculpture at Columbia University.
He currently teaches at The New School and Columbia University. Recent museum projects and exhibitions include the Jewish Museum in New York, the Frost Museum in Miami, SECCA in Winston-Salem, and Pera Museum in Istanbul. He has also produced commissioned works for Columbia University's Butler Library and the Public Art Fund in New York. His solo exhibition Public Secret was exhibited at Helena Anrather Gallery in New York in fall 2020. Göktürk has exhibited his works in the United States and internationally in Germany, Spain, France, China, Korea, Croatia, Turkey and Puerto Rico. His works has been featured in ArtForum, The BOMB Magazine, and The Brooklyn Rail. Göktürk was an ApexArt member in Seoul, a visiting artist at YADDO, and a participant at SOMA Mexico and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He currently runs an Arts Program for the Neurology department at Johns Hopkins University. Göktürk is the founding of Junte, a culture and arts project in Puerto Rico.
He currently teaches at The New School and Columbia University. Recent museum projects and exhibitions include the Jewish Museum in New York, the Frost Museum in Miami, SECCA in Winston-Salem, and Pera Museum in Istanbul. He has also produced commissioned works for Columbia University's Butler Library and the Public Art Fund in New York. His solo exhibition Public Secret was exhibited at Helena Anrather Gallery in New York in fall 2020. Göktürk has exhibited his works in the United States and internationally in Germany, Spain, France, China, Korea, Croatia, Turkey and Puerto Rico. His works has been featured in ArtForum, The BOMB Magazine, and The Brooklyn Rail. Göktürk was an ApexArt member in Seoul, a visiting artist at YADDO, and a participant at SOMA Mexico and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He currently runs an Arts Program for the Neurology department at Johns Hopkins University. Göktürk is the founding of Junte, a culture and arts project in Puerto Rico.