Melanie Türkyilmaz was born in Geneva in 1989. After completing her Baccalaureate Linguistics studies in Lugano, she took a course in Project Creation at GrisArt International School of Photography in Barcelona. She has participated in the following group exhibitions: 2014 - Biennale di Venezia, "Grafting Architecture" / 2015, Sony World Photography Awards: top 50 "and" Commended Photographer "in the Edition category