The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with Intersections (Kesişimler), an exhibition on view at CerModern in Ankara from September 29 to October 7, 2026.
Founded in 1986 as one of Bilkent University’s first faculties, FADA comprises the Departments of Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Communication and Design, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, and Architecture. The exhibition brings together works from all six, spanning different generations, disciplines and creative practices.
Intersections features selected works by the faculty’s graduates and academics — among them Haluk Akakçe, Bedri Baykam, Engin Öncüoğlu, Meltem Şahin and Ardan Özmenoğlu — ranging from earlier periods to the present, alongside projects, publications, documents, archival materials and new works. Rather than presenting the faculty’s history as a single linear narrative, the exhibition follows creative trajectories that intersect, diverge and reconverge over time, and the intellectual, professional and personal relationships formed within the faculty that continue beyond graduation.
Dean of the Faculty Prof. Dr. Yasemin Afacan described the exhibition as a living dialogue between past and present:
“As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of our Faculty, we wanted to show that the artists, designers, architects, academics, and graduates who were trained and have worked within our Faculty continue to produce, grow, and forge new connections today. While bringing together works, projects, archival materials, and ongoing research from different periods, we also sought to make visible the shared educational environment, interdisciplinary interaction, and the bonds formed over the years behind these individual works.”
Intersections (Kesişimler) remains on view at CerModern until October 7.
For more information: https://fada.bilkent.edu.tr/FADA40Intersections/