Arzu Ozkal Telhan's practice can be grouped under the interpretation of body and its relationship to the environment. She makes attempts to emancipate the body from social and cultural norms and suggest ways to distance one from the limits imposed on the society by totalitarian establishments.

Ozkal Telhan is a Turkish born media artist and designer. She received her MFA from the Department of Visual Studies at University at Buffalo, SUNY and BFA in graphic design from Bilkent University.

Currently, she is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Oberlin College, where she teaches, organizes events, and contributes to curriculum development in the Media Arts Department. She has also taught at The New England Institute of Art, University at Buffalo and Canisius College.

Her work has shown recently at MIT Visual Arts Program, 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Istanbul Independent Film Festival, among other venues.