Tunay Önder
Tunay Önder is an author, curator, and artist. Her work focuses on emancipation struggles in the context of a migration society, at the intersection of text, performance, installation, and discourse. Önder studied sociology, political science, and ethnology at Bosporus University in Istanbul and Heidelberg University, where she earned her master’s degree. She has curated projects at Münchner Kammerspielen, the Wiesbaden Biennale, the FAVORITEN Festival in Dortmund, and the Munich City Museum. In 2018, she was nominated for the Fine Arts Advancement Award from the City of Munich. In 2022, she attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa on a fellowship from the Max Kade Foundation. Her documentary theatre piece Offene Wunde about the attack at the Olympia Shopping Centre, co-written with Christine Umpfenbach, premiered at the Munich People’s Theatre in April 2025. She is currently a board member of the FLORIDA arts space in Munich, and she works for the Munich Department of Culture in the field of Public History – Memory in the Public Space. In addition to her two books migrantenstadl (with Imad Mustafa) and Urteile (edited together with Christine Umpfenbach and Azar Mortazavi), her texts have appeared in anthologies and public spaces, have been brought to the stage, and taken the form of installations and performances.
Tunay Önder is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from October 2025 to January 2026.
Tunay Önder is an author, curator, and artist. Her work focuses on emancipation struggles in the context of a migration society, at the intersection of text, performance, installation, and discourse. Önder studied sociology, political science, and ethnology at Bosporus University in Istanbul and Heidelberg University, where she earned her master’s degree. She has curated projects at Münchner Kammerspielen, the Wiesbaden Biennale, the FAVORITEN Festival in Dortmund, and the Munich City Museum. In 2018, she was nominated for the Fine Arts Advancement Award from the City of Munich. In 2022, she attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa on a fellowship from the Max Kade Foundation. Her documentary theatre piece Offene Wunde about the attack at the Olympia Shopping Centre, co-written with Christine Umpfenbach, premiered at the Munich People’s Theatre in April 2025. She is currently a board member of the FLORIDA arts space in Munich, and she works for the Munich Department of Culture in the field of Public History – Memory in the Public Space. In addition to her two books migrantenstadl (with Imad Mustafa) and Urteile (edited together with Christine Umpfenbach and Azar Mortazavi), her texts have appeared in anthologies and public spaces, have been brought to the stage, and taken the form of installations and performances.
Tunay Önder is in residence at the Tarabya Cultural Academy from October 2025 to January 2026.