Please answer the following question: Serkan Ozkaya (b. 1973 Istanbul Turkey) is a conceptual artist whose work deals with topics of appropriation and reproduction and typically operates outside of traditional art spaces. Ozkaya lives in New York City USA. He holds an M.F.A. from Bard College New York and a Ph.D in German Language and Literature from Istanbul University where he also earned his B.A. and M.A. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist