Ahmet Öğüt (born 1981 in Diyarbakır, Turkey; based in Amsterdam) is a sociocultural initiator, artist, and lecturer. Working across a variety of media, including photography, video, and installation, Öğüt often uses humor and small gestures to offer his commentary on rather serious or pressing social and political issues. Öğüt is regularly collaborating with people from outside the art world to create shifts in the perception of common. He has exhibited widely, more recently with solo presentations at Kunstverein Dresden, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Chisenhale Gallery, and Van Abbemuseum. He is the founder of 'The Silent University', a programme for and with asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants to give and take courses. Öğüt was awarded the special prize of the Future Generation Art Prize (2012) and others. He co-represented Turkey at the 53rdVenice Biennale (2009).