Kanat Akar (b. 1991) is a visual artist, lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey.

Using photography and electronic media in his practice as a communication tool for the visual investigation of the human experience, he aims to tell effective stories about people in a politically and socially loaded environment that we are living in.

He earned an MFA degree from Maryland Institute College of Art, Photographic and Electronic Media department, in 2018, and a bachelor’s degree from Bilkent University department of Economics. He was the recipient of a residency at VisArts (Rockville, Maryland) until recently. His work has been on show at Washington DC, and Istanbul, and a number of groups shows in Hungary, Italy and the United States.