Pinar Yoldas is a cross-disciplinary artist and researcher who lives and works between Durham, New County, USA, and Berlin. Pinar’s research explores the collaborative potential between art and biological sciences. Her solo shows include AlterEvolution, Ekavart, Istanbul (2013) and An Ecosystem of Excess, Ernst Schering Project Space, Berlin (2014). Her group shows include ThingWorld, NAMOC National Art Museum of Beijing (2014), the Transmediale Festival, Berlin (2014), and Noah’s Ark, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund (2014). Pinar is based at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, where she is pursuing a PhD at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Media Arts and Sciences. After studying architecture at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, and further studies at Bilgi University, Istanbul, she received her MSc from Istanbul Technical University, and her MA at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her book An Ecosystem of Excess was published by ArgoBooks in 2014.