Elif Erkan

Elif Erkan (Ankara, Turchia, 1985) vive e lavora a Vienna. Ha conseguito il Master in Belle Arti presso l’Otis College of Art and Design di Los Angeles nel 2016 e la laurea presso la Städelschule di Francoforte sul Meno, Germania nel 2013.

Tra le mostre personali recenti: Where you they form, The Pill (Istanbul, 2020); What is that possesses me, Weiss Berlin (Berlino, 2018); Ex Oriente Lux, Park View (Los Angeles, 2016); Lotus Eaters, Weiss Berlin (Berlino, 2016); Standards for Living, Maison des Arts, (Bruxelles, 2015); Konzentration der Kräfte, Portikus, (Francoforte, 2015).

Ha partecipato a varie mostre collettive, tra le quali: Biennale Sculpture Garden, a cura di Devrim Bayar (Ginevra, 2022); Desilusionarium V, Night Gallery (Los Angeles, 2021); What Remains Is What The Poets Found, PS120 (Berlino, 2018); Work Loves Me, Lanserhaus, Appiano sulla strada del vino (Italia, 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 (Atene, 2017); The New Normal, Supa Salon (Istanbul, 2017); We remember it for you wholesale, CTA Building, Sydney (Australia, 2017); Cum-Ex, Kunsthalle Freeport Union (Berlino, 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, (Berlino, 2016); Gut Instinct, The Gluckman Museum (Cork, Irlanda, 2016); The Social Register, Park View (Los Angeles, 2015); A Possible Collection, Honolulu (Zurigo, 2015); Career Woman, Holz Kohle Koks (Berlino, 2015); Villa Aurora Revisited, organizzata da Park View, Balice Hertling (New York, 2015); Cookie Gate, Ellis King (Dublino, 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).

Tra le sovvenzioni ricevute: Hessiche Kulturstiftung (2020); Paris Studio Residency (2016); Villa Aurora Berlin Fellow (2015). Ha partecipato a diverse residenze: La cité internationale des arts (Parigi, 2020/2021); Eau et Gaz, Appiano sulla strada del vino (Italia, 2018); Villa Aurora Berlin Fellowship (Berlino, 2016); WIELS Residency Program (Bruxelles, 2014).