Atalay Yavuz was born in Sakarya, Türkiye, in 1988. He completed a BSc in pharmacology at Marmara University in İstanbul and went on to study art at the Universität der Künste, Berlin. Yavuz lives and works in New York.
Solo shows include: I could stay up all night and make mistakes, and none of them would count., Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna, 2022; “how to make the perfect creme brulee”, Rubin & Chapelle, New York, 2018; Atalay Yavuz, Protocinema, İstanbul, 2014, and SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, Marquise Dance Hall, İstanbul, 2014. Group shows include The Substance With Which The Future Is Made, Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai, 2025; After-Hours: People Who Work Here, David Zwirner, New York, 2024; TRUST, Copenhagen Art Festival, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2015.