EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, 2022
Pratt Institute, New York, USA
Master of Architecture, 2015
Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Virginia Tech, Washington- Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia, USA (Fall 2013)
Bachelor of Architecture, 2012
Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Mukogawa Women’s University, Hyogo, Japan (Summer 2010)
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2025 ProjectArt Teaching Artist Residency, NY, USA
The Bronx Museum AIM Fellowship, NY, USA
2024 Pratt > Forward, NY, USA
2023 Cope NYC Artist in Residence Program, NY, USA
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominee, NY, USA, 2023, 2025
Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts Studio Program Membership, NY, USA, 2022-ongoing
Pratt Circle Award, NY, USA, 2022
Pratt Outstanding Merit Award, NY, USA, 2022
Stutzman Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Special Recognition, NY, USA, 2022
Graduate Student Engagement Fund, Pratt Institute, NY, USA, 2022
Graduate Student Engagement Fund, Pratt Institute, NY, USA, 2021
Pratt Institute Merit Scholarship Award, NY, USA, 2020
Virginia Tech WAAC Consortium Scholarship, Virginia, USA, 2013
Graduate Studies Scholarship & Research Assistantship, Board of Higher Education of Turkey, 2012
Kyunsung University International Summer Program Scholarship, Busan, South Korea, 2011
DAAD Scholarship, Exchange Program with RWTH Aachen, Germany, 2011
Mukogawa Women’s University Scholarship, Architecture Exchange Program, Hyogo, Japan, 2010
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
ProjectArt Residency Exhibition, All Street Gallery, NY, USA (Upcoming)
诗学 Poetics 시학, Pfizer Building, NY, USA
The Seventh AIM Biennial: Forms of Connection, Curated by Patrick Rowe & Nell Klugman, The Bronx Museum, NY, USA
2025
RBTXCO X EFA Result by Chance, The Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts, NY, USA
Cross-Cultural Room Exchange Project, New York-Taiwan, Chinese American Arts Council- Gallery 456, NY, USA
Lineage and Latitude, Curated by Vida Sabbaghi, The IW Gallery, NY, USA
Body As A Conduit, Curated by Rose Malenfant, Textile Arts Center, NY, USA
The Reality Principle, Curated by Deric Carner & Ysabel Pinyol Blasi, Monira Foundation, NY, USA
2024
Ends Well, Curated by Jacob Rhodes, Mother In Law Gallery, NY, USA
Buy What You Love, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Storage Art Gallery, NY, USA
Artist in Residence at the WTC, Curated by Clayton Calvert and Parker Calvert, Focus Art Fair, NY, USA
Frosted, Two-person exhibition, RAINRAIN Gallery, NY, USA
2023
To Know The Earth Through Roots, Online Group Exhibition, Field Projects, fieldprojectsgallery.com
Interwoven Souls: United in Loneliness, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, NY, USA
Arcane 17, Curated by Elliott De Cesare, Kurt Seligmann Center, NY, USA
Art Fundraiser for Turkey-Syria Earthquake Relief, Auction on Artsy - Art Display at NYC Culture Club, NY, USA
ActionReaction, Curated by Marie Anine Møller, Long Island City Artists, NY, USA
After The End, Online Group Show, Curated by Catherine Taft, New Art Dealers Alliance, www.newartdealers.org
Anamnesis, Garment District Alliance, NY, USA
Canyon, RuptureXIBIT, London, UK
2022
EFA Open Studios Exhibition, Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts, NY, USA
The Letter H, Curated by Alexandra Unthank and Deric Carner, Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts, NY, USA
Pratt Fine Arts and Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pfizer Building, NY, USA
Water Holds Memory Pfizer Building, NY, USA
2021
Maya, Bo-Drum Art Gallery, Bodrum, Turkey
The Manifold of Thresholds, Solo Exhibition, Pfizer Building, NY, USA
Pratt Institute Open Studios Exhibition, Online Group Exhibition, curated by Rebecca Morgan, NY, USA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Colleen Dalusong (2026), Standouts at the Seventh AIM Biennial, Impulse Magazine, impulsemagazine.com
İHA (2026), Turkish Architects’ Works Go On Display In New York, Hurriyet Daily News, hurriyetdailynews.com
İHA (2026), Türk Mimarın Eserleri New York’ta Sergileniyor, MSN News, msn.com
Jonas Bronck (2026), The Seventh AIM Biennial, Forms of Connection, The Bronx Daily, bronx.com
Taylor Bielecki (2025), Lineage and Latitude- Divergent Views Sparking Newfound Conversations at IW Gallery, Art Spiel artspiel.org
Nina Seidel & Carolina Castilho (2024), Accessing Our Unconsciousness and Memories through Water with Nazli Efe, Suboart Magazine (Nr. 30: October Issue)
Ana Bradley, (2024), Shifting Forms: On A Sotheby’s Exhibition, ONLYCHILD Magazine, onlychildmag.com
Noah Tavlin, (2023), ActionReaction Brings Molybdomancy to Queens, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, whitehotmagazine.com
Nina Mdivani, (2023), Interview With Curator and Community Activist Vida Sabbaghi, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, whitehotmagazine.com
Art Never Ends (2022), Artist In The World Online Photo Archive, artistintheworld.com
Curl Julia, (2022), Art's Conventional Signifiers Are No Longer Useful, Hyperallergic Online Magazine, hyperallergic.com
Efe Nazli. Eyuce Ozen (2019) Circle As A Power Symbol in Architecture. ARCHTHEO '19 International Theory and History of Architecture Conference.
Published paper in the proceedings book (Edition number: 978-605-81019-8-2)
Wotisart? Magazine (Issue 26: May 19)
Efe Nazli, Circle In Architecture, 2015, tez.yok.gov.tr
WORKSHOPS & ART PROJECTS
2026
Into The Depths Performative Workshop, The Bronx Museum, NY, USA
Teaching Artist, Ripple & Rip: Marbling Collage Workshop II, Powerhouse Arts, NY, USA
2025
Teaching Artist, Ripple & Rip: Marbling Collage Workshop I, Powerhouse Arts, NY, USA
Into The Depths Performative Workshop, Textile Arts Center, NY, USA
2023
Into The Depths Performative Workshop, Long Island City Artists, NY, USA
Lagoon, Little Flower Children and Family Services in New York, NY, USA
2021
Luminous and Liminal, Public Art Installation, Pfizer Building, NY, USA
2016
Teaching Artist, Textile Block Printing Workshop, Atolye Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
LECTURES, PANELS & ARTIST TALKS
2026
Moderator, AIM Convening: Paths & Practices- AIM Alumni In Conversation, Diana Al-Hadid, Gyun Hur & Wooming Kim, The Bronx Museum, NY, USA
2025
Pratt MFA Symposium Alumni Talk, Pratt Institute Master of Fine Arts Program, NY, USA
Visiting Artist, COPE NYC Artist In Residence Alumni Presentation, Pratt Institute, NY, USA
2024
Panelist, Summer Lecture Series, Pratt PreCollege Program, NY, USA
Guest Lecturer, Design Semiotics, Virginia Tech School of Design, VA, USA
2023
Visiting Artist, Professional Practices, Pratt Institute Master of Fine Arts Program, NY, USA
Visiting Artist, Project In The Public Realm, Pratt Institute Master of Fine Arts Program, NY, USA
2022
Visiting Critic, Basic Design Jury, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
2021
Visiting Critic, Design Studies Jury, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
2019
Presentation on Circle as A Power Symbol In Architecture, ARCHTHEO'19 International Theory and History of Architecture Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
Visiting Critic, Design Studies Jury, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Lecture, Miniature Painting, Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Communication
2018
Visiting Critic, Basic Design Jury, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025- Present
Art Instructor, Pratt Institute K-12 Center, NY, USA
Art Instructor, ProjectArt, Brooklyn Public Library, NY, USA
2023- 2024
Lead Project Assistant, Studio Jean Shin, NY, USA
2022-2023
Studio Assistant, Petah Coyne Artworks, NJ, USA
2020-2022
Studio Assistant & Graduate Student Assistant, Pratt Institute, NY, USA
2014-2015
Studio Assistant, Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu Studio, Istanbul, Turkey
2012-2014
Research Assistant, Bahcesehir University Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul, Turkey