Elif Erkan
Elif Erkan (Ankara, Turkey, 1985) lives and works in Vienna. She holds an MFA from Otis College or Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA (2016) and HfBK Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Recent solo show include: Where you they form, The Pill (Istanbul, 2020), What is that possesses me, Weiss Berlin (Berlin, 2018), Ex Oriente Lux, Park View (Los Angeles, 2016); Lotus Eaters, Weiss Berlin (Berlin, 2016); Standards for Living, Maison des Arts, (Brussels, 2015), Konzentration der Kräfte, Portikus, (Frankfurt, 2015).
She took part in several group shows worldwide including: Biennale Sculpture Garden, curated by Devrim Bayar (Geneve, 2022) Desilusionarium V, Night Gallery (Los Angeles, 2021), What Remains Is What The Poets Found, PS120 (Berlin, 2018); Work Loves
Me, Lanserhaus, Appiano sulla strada della vino (Italy, 2018), LA Should Die Vor Glück, Just Married (Alhambra/Los Angeles, 2017); The New Normal, Ashkal Alwan (Beirut, 2017); Paroxysm of Union, Kunsthalle Freeport Union (Athens, 2017); The New Normal, Supa Salon (Istanbul, 2017); We remember it for you wholesale, CTA Building, Sydney (Australia, 2017); Cum-Ex, Kunsthalle Freeport Union (Berlin, 2017); We remember it for you wholesale, Part II, Minerva (Sydney, 2017); Home, Night Club (Chicago, Illinois, USA 2016); Capital. Debt, Territory, Utopia, Hamburger Bahnhof, (Berlin, 2016); Gut Instinct, The Gluckman Museum (Cork, IR, 2016); The Social Register, Park View (Los Angeles, 2015);
A Possible Collection, Honolulu (Zurich, 2015), Career Woman, Holz Kohle Koks (Berlin, 2015), Villa Aurora Revisited, organized by Park View, Balice Hertling (New York, 2015); Cookie Gate, Ellis King (Dublin, 2015); Caught in the Act, Kriya 3000 (New York, 2015); My, My a Body does get around, Wilfried Lentz Gallery (Rotterdam, 2015); Lemon Leaves, Villa Aurora (Los Angeles, 2015).
She is the recipient of numerous grants including: Hessiche Kulturstiftung (2020), Paris Studio Residency (2016) Villa Aurora Berlin Fellow (2015). Relevant residencies include: La cité internationale des arts (Paris, 2010/2021); Eau et Gaz, Appiano sulla strada del vino (Italy, 2018); Villa Aurora Berlin Fellowship (Berlin, 2016); WIELS Residency Program (Brussels, 2014).
Elif Erkan (Ankara, Turkey, 1985) lives and works in Vienna. She holds an MFA from Otis College or Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA (2016) and HfBK Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Recent solo show include: Where you they form, The Pill (Istanbul, 2020), What is that possesses me, Weiss Berlin (Berlin, 2018), Ex Oriente Lux, Park View (Los Angeles, 2016); Lotus Eaters, Weiss Berlin (Berlin, 2016); Standards for Living, Maison des Arts, (Brussels, 2015), Konzentration der Kräfte, Portikus, (Frankfurt, 2015).
She took part in several group shows worldwide including: Biennale Sculpture Garden, curated by Devrim Bayar (Geneve, 2022) Desilusionarium V, Night Gallery (Los Angeles, 2021), What Remains Is What The Poets Found, PS120 (Berlin, 2018); Work Loves
Me, Lanserhaus, Appiano sulla strada della vino (Italy, 2018), LA Should Die Vor Glück, Just Married (Alhambra/Los Angeles, 2017); The New Normal, Ashkal Alwan (Beirut, 2017); Paroxysm of Union, Kunsthalle Freeport Union (Athens, 2017); The New Normal, Supa Salon (Istanbul, 2017); We remember it for you wholesale, CTA Building, Sydney (Australia, 2017); Cum-Ex, Kunsthalle Freeport Union (Berlin, 2017); We remember it for you wholesale, Part II, Minerva (Sydney, 2017); Home, Night Club (Chicago, Illinois, USA 2016); Capital. Debt, Territory, Utopia, Hamburger Bahnhof, (Berlin, 2016); Gut Instinct, The Gluckman Museum (Cork, IR, 2016); The Social Register, Park View (Los Angeles, 2015);
A Possible Collection, Honolulu (Zurich, 2015), Career Woman, Holz Kohle Koks (Berlin, 2015), Villa Aurora Revisited, organized by Park View, Balice Hertling (New York, 2015); Cookie Gate, Ellis King (Dublin, 2015); Caught in the Act, Kriya 3000 (New York, 2015); My, My a Body does get around, Wilfried Lentz Gallery (Rotterdam, 2015); Lemon Leaves, Villa Aurora (Los Angeles, 2015).
She is the recipient of numerous grants including: Hessiche Kulturstiftung (2020), Paris Studio Residency (2016) Villa Aurora Berlin Fellow (2015). Relevant residencies include: La cité internationale des arts (Paris, 2010/2021); Eau et Gaz, Appiano sulla strada del vino (Italy, 2018); Villa Aurora Berlin Fellowship (Berlin, 2016); WIELS Residency Program (Brussels, 2014).

- Elif Erkan, Bells From Afar, 2020Tin, paraffin, vaseline, mineral oil, glass, 25x25 cm
- Elif Erkan, Fluke, 2018Tin, 27x11x4 cm
- Elif Erkan, Good Luck, 2018Tin, 24x9x6 cm
- Elif Erkan, Midas Touch, 2018Tin, 28x12x4 cm
- Elif Erkan, Lucky Strike, 2018Tin, 23x10x6 cm
- Elif Erkan, Mothers Shell, 2018Tin, 21x16x18 cm
- Elif Erkan, What Is It That Possesses Me #2Tin, 25x20x13 cm
- Elif Erkan, What Is It That Possesses Me #1, 2017Tin, 25x24x16 cm
- Elif Erkan, Vermillion, 2018Tin, 20x16x19 cm
- Elif Erkan, Tangled Up, 2018Tin, 20x16x25 cm
- Elif Erkan, What Is It That Possesses Me #3Tin, 20x11x10 cm
- Elif Erkan, What Is It That Possesses Me #4Tin, 21x16x18 cm
- Elif Erkan, ; 2018Hand dyed sheep’s wool, textile interfacing, 130x190 cm
- Elif Erkan, Does Loves Love Me?, 2018Hand dyed sheep’s wool, textile interfacing, 130x185 cm
- Elif Erkan, Does Money Love Me?, 2018Hand dyed sheep’s wool, textile interfacing, 130x190 cm
- Elif Erkan, Does Somebody Love Me?, 2018Hand dyed sheep’s wool, textile interfacing, 130x185 cm
- Elif Erkan, Does Work Love Me?, 2018Hand dyed sheep’s wool, textile interfacing, 130x185 cm

- Elif Erkan


Renata Fabbri is delighted to announce that the artist has been chosen to create a project for the Croatian pavilion at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale, to take place April 20 to November 24, 2024.

- Vlatka Horvat
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Opening Sept 14
Until 12/11/2023
Curated by Kristina Bonjeković Stojković

- Vlatka Horvat,
- Tim Etchells,
- Sophie Ko
Artissima
2nd – 5th November 2023
Oval | Torino
Main Section
Hall Orange | Booth 12

- Giovanni Kronenberg
Curated by Vincenzo de Bellis and Alessandro Rabottini