Ozlem Akin is a doll artist and filmmaker from Turkey, based in Prague, Czech Republic. She finished her film studies in Istanbul with her award winning first puppet animation film „gemeinschaft" and moved to Zlin, Czech Republic to study traditional animation.

She started making dolls during her animation studies, developing similar techniques she uses for making stop motion puppets. For her dolls, she is working mainly with polymer clay, but keeps exploring new materials and techniques.

As well as making dolls and films, she's also teaching doll / puppet making and animation in various workshops.

You can find her on her blogs, instagram, facebook and vimeo accounts linked in the contact section.