BIO
Ekin Çifter graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Interior Architecture in Istanbul. During her undergraduate education, she studied Comics and Illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. She is currently obtaining a post-graduate degree at IUAV University of Venice in the field of Visual Arts. She was part of the curatorial and creative team of /not.a/ between the years 2023-2025, an editorial project born in Venice. She is the co-curator and co-director of the ongoing trans-disciplinary project KerâpiTV. Her artistic research and practice focuses on memory-telling, exploring the interrelational, collective, manipulative and sensorial values surrounding memory and storytelling.
CV
B.1996, Antalya/TR
Based in Venice/IT
Curatorial Projects
2025-Ongoing, Co-Curator and Co-Director of KerâpiTV
↳ 2026, Group Exhibition, Studio de Zolder, Rotterdam/NL
↳ 2026, International Broadcast: Studio de Zolder, Rotterdam/NL & Atölye 700, Istanbul/TR & El Fradeo Quebrado, Venice/IT & Ciaoroma, Rome/IT
↳ 2025, Screening, Solstizio d’inverno in Bragora, Venice/IT
↳ 2025, Group Exhibition, La Vetrina, Curated by Nàca.studio, Venice/IT
↳ 2025, "Müşlerin Hatırına" Theology Program Rehearsal, Workshop and performance directed by Sude İnce, In collaboration with çakSTÜDYO, Istanbul/TR
2023-2025, Co-Curator and Co-Editor of /not.a/
↳ 2024, numero zero, Terzospazio, Zolforosso, Venice/IT
Texts & Publications
2024, komikaze #23, Curated by Ivana Armanini
2022, Exhibition text for "ufufu: a dozen of gloomy inners", In collaboration with Harumi Nakashima & Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto
Group Exhibitions
2025, Come Suona Il Cerchio, Pase Platform, Venice/IT
2024, Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Erfurt, Curated by Anke Becker, Erfurt/DE
2024, Anonymous Drawings, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Curated by Anke Becker, Berlin/DE
2024, A Letter From a Friend, Bacio, Curated by Bacio Collective, Bern/CH
2024, I was looking for a roommate, but I didn't even have a home, S.a.L.E. Docks, Venice/IT
2024, Performer for the Venetian Blind Art Project, In collaboration with European Cultural Commission and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Curated by Cameron Bishop and David Cross, Venice/IT
2024, New:Now, CerModern, Curated by Atilla Güllü, Ankara/TR
2023, Alchimia:Trasformazione, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa - Sala del Camino, Curated by Antoni Muntadas, Venice/IT
2023, What Must Be, Is SPUMA - Space for the Arts, Curated by Joseph Kosuth, Venice/IT
2022, Museo Immaginario Personale, Ca Tron, Curated by Antoni Muntadas and Alessandra Messali, Venice/IT
2020, Mixer Editions 2021, Mixer Arts, Istanbul/TR
2018, Introspection All Women Pop-up Show, The PLSRDM, Chicago/US
Festivals
2024, Nusca Festival, Associazione Culturale AWAI, Venice/IT
2023, SPRINT, Spazio Maiocchi, Milano/IT
Education
2022-Ongoing, Università Iuav di Venezia, Visual Arts and Fashion (MA)
2017-2018, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Comics & Illustration (Erasmus+)
2014-2019, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Interior Architecture (BA)
Additional Education Programmes
2022, "Developing Curatorial Concepts: Research & Creative Ideation", Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Lecturer: Lauren Reid
