Emre Baykal worked as Associate Director (1995–2000) and Director (2000–2005) of the Istanbul Biennial and as Exhibitions Director at Santra Istanbul (2005–2008). He was appointed as the curator of the Turkish Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Baykal, who joined Arter’s team as Exhibitions Director and Curator in 2008 and served as Chief Curator between 2016–2023, has assumed the position of Director at Arter as of January 2024.
He curated the exhibitions Şakir Gökçebağ (As It Seems, 2024), Sarkis (ENDLESS, 2023–2024), Elina Brotherus (Large de Vue, 2023), In Its Own Shadow (with Gizem Uslu Tümer, 2023–2024),ThisPlay (2022–2023), Füsun Onur: Opus II – Fantasia (2021–2022), Precaution (2021–2022), Ayşe Erkmen (Whitish, 2019–2020), What Time Is It? (with Eda Berkmen; 2019–2020), Ali Kazma (timemaker, 2015), Füsun Onur (Through the Looking Glass, 2014), Volkan Aslan (Don’t Forget to Remember, 2013), Envy, Enmity, Embarrasement (2013), Mona Hatoum (You Are Still Here, 2012), Deniz Gül (5 Person Bufet, 2011), Second Exhibition (2010–2011), Tactics of Invisibility (with Daniela Zyman; 2010–2011) as part of Arter’s exhibition programme and contributed to various publications.