Pınar Öğrenci was born in Van, Turkey, in 1973 and lives in Berlin. Öğrenci’s work has been exhibited at documenta fifteen Kassel, MAXXI Museum, Rome, 12th Gwangju Biennial, 6th Athens Biennial, the Istanbul off-site project of Sharjah Biennial13, Kunsthalle Bremen, SALT Galata İstanbul and others. She had solo exhibitions at Frac Bretagne Rennes, Berlinische Galerie, Hundertwasser Museum Kunst Haus Wien, Tensta Konsthall Stockholm, Depo İstanbul. She was awarded the Villa Romana Prize 2022. 2024/25 exhibitions include Disobedience Archive at Venice Biennale, Biennale Matter Art Prague, Harvard Art Museum and Museum of Arts and Crafts Hamburg.