Moni Salim Özgilik graduated from the Painting Department at Hacettepe University in 1990. Working with various media including painting, performance and site-specific installation, the artist contributed to various group exhibitions in Ankara and Istanbul between 1987-1990. After moving to New York in 1992, he attended City College of New York and completed a Master’s Degree in Art History and Museum Studies. This archive includes documents, photographs, exhibition invitations, posters and press clippings related to the artist’s practice from the late 1980s to mid-1990s.