Tuğçe Kaprol Üler (b. 1994) holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Özyeğin University, Istanbul, and a Master's degree in Arts and Cultural Management from Yeditepe University, Istanbul. In her master's thesis, she examined the transformation of the global art market after 2000 and the dynamics of the Turkish art economy. She has worked in contemporary art galleries, specializing in sales management and artist representation, gaining professional experience at the intersection of artists, galleries, collectors, and cultural institutions.
Currently based in Zurich, she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Roland Meyer and Prof. Dr. Judith Siegmund, her doctoral project, Navigating Artistic Autonomy in the Contemporary Art Market, examines how artistic autonomy is negotiated in relation to the economic structures of the contemporary art market. Her research focuses on the art market, cultural economics, artistic autonomy, and philosophical aesthetics.