Serkan Taycan is an artist and academic with a background in engineering and documentary photography.

He holds a BA in Civil Engineering from YTU, Istanbul, and completed his MA in Visual Arts at Sabancı University, Istanbul, and Photography at Aalto University, Helsinki. Currently, he's a contract instructor and Ph.D. candidate at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University.

In his research-based artistic practice, Taycan explores ecological and urban transformations from a spatial and socio-political perspective. He employs various mediums such as photography, video, mapping, and walking to address these issues.

In his academic research, he examines issues of urban transformation and infrastructure, and activist practices that creatively defend the right to the city, particularly focusing on Istanbul. In his doctoral project, he is investigating the Between Two Seas walking route, a counterproposal and alternative to the major infrastructure project, Kanal Istanbul, proposed to be built in Istanbul’s western periphery.

Taycan's work has been exhibited in prominent museums globally, such as MAXXI Rome, MuCEM Marseille, Malmö Museum, SALT Istanbul, Pera Museum, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, and Sakıp Sabancı Museum. He's also participated in international contemporary exhibitions including the Venice Architectural Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Helsinki Photography Biennial, Mardin Biennial, Sinop Biennial, Cappadox, and Thessaloniki Photography Biennale. In 2017, he published an experimental photography book, "Agora #04: Taksim."

He has participated in artist residencies at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (2015) and the Delfina Foundation in London (2016). Between 2016 and 2018, he taught courses on visual arts and urban culture as a part-time faculty member at Bilgi University, Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, and Carleton University in Ottawa. Taycan has also delivered lectures, seminars, and workshops at various institutions, including the Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavík, the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, and Leeds Arts University.