Born in a small town in Bulgaria, Serkan Mercan started a new life by immigrating to Turkey at a time when he was just born. The artist, who has been living in İzmir for nearly 20 years, continues his education and work here. While continuing his education at Ege University, Department of Advertising, he studied for about 6 months in the Netherlands with the Erasmus program and then graduated from the Department of Advertising in 2016. After working in various visual design works in the advertising industry for about two years, he entered the Photography Master’s program at Dokuz Eylül University Fine Arts Institute in order to improve himself in the art of photography and completed his education with his thesis titled ” The Ostranenie Phenomenon in the Context of Contemporary Art and New Media”. He is currently working as a UI/UX Designer. In addition, he continues to contribute to the culture and art projects in Izmir in terms of design.