İris Ergül is an Istanbul-based artist and researcher working across disciplines through sculpture, installation, video, performance, collage, drawing, and text. Her work explores relationships between human and more-than-human worlds through embodied, material, and collaborative forms of inquiry.

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İris received her BA in Sculpture from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and completed her MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute as a Fulbright Scholar. She is currently pursuing her Proficiency in Art (practice-based PhD) at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

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Between 2018 and 2023, she taught Contemporary Art Theory at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She has also taught AP Art History and AP Studio Art, mentoring students preparing portfolios for international art and design schools.

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Her work has been presented in museums, independent art spaces, site-specific public art programmes—including the Contemporary Art Programme of Cappadox—and selected international sculpture symposia.

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She is a founding member of HemCereyan, a site-specific, process-oriented, and performative research collective. Alongside her individual practice, she develops transdisciplinary projects, public programs, and collaborative research in local and international contexts—usually with her dog, Leyla, at her side.