Born in Istanbul in 1982, İrem Tok graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Painting Department in 2007. She participated in a number of artist residency programs: Villa Waldberta, Munich (2012); art.homes, Munich (2011); School Gate Project of Incheon Foundation for Art & Culture, South Korea (2010); Litmus Community Space Artist-in-residence program, South Korea (2009); Borusan Art Center, Istanbul (2008). Her first solo exhibition Fade Away was held at Outlet Gallery, Istanbul in 2011. Her second solo exhibition Against The Wind was held at pilot Gallery, Istanbul in 2013. Selected group exhibitions include Suspended Song, Co-Pilot İstanbul (2013); Signs Taken in Wonder, MAK Museum, Vienna (2013); Blur, Weltraum, Munich (2012); If the Nature is Heaven, the City is Hell, CERMODERN, Ankara (2011); Etats d’Ames, ENSBA, Paris (2010); Mind Models: the First Show, Borusan Music and Art Center, Istanbul (2010).