Born in Diyarbakır in 1987, İhsan Oturmak graduated from the Marmara University Department of Art and Crafts for Teacher Education in 2012. In his works Oturmak deals with issues such as militarism, education, punishment, reform and revolution. In order to further investigate these concepts, he has been collecting and documenting materials from village schools, mosques and prisons in various regions since 2011. He held his first personal exhibition in 2015 in Karavil Contemporary, London. Oturmak has been awarded prizes in competitions organized by the Rotary Club, Akbank Sanat and Art Revolution Taipei.