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Biography

Ekin Çifter (b.1996, Antalya) graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Interior Architecture. During her undergraduate education, she has studied at the Department of 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 has participated in various group exhibitions such as “New:Now” at CerModern, “What Must Be, Is” curated by Joseph Kosuth at SPUMA and “Mixer Editions Portfolio 2021”. She is an active member of the curatorial and creative team of /not.a/, an editorial project born in 2023. Çifter lives in and continues her work from Venice. 

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Born in 1996, Antalya/Turkey

Based in Venice/Italy

ekincifter@gmail.com

Education

2022 - Ongoing, Università Iuav di Venezia, Visual Arts (MA)
2014 - 2019, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Interior Architecture (BA)

2017 - 2018, Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Comics & Illustration (Erasmus+)

Additional Education Programmes

2022, Node Center for Curatorial Studies

Developing Curatorial Concepts: Research & Creative Ideation

Texts & Publications

2024, komikaze webzine #66

2024, Numero zero, /not.a/

As part of editorial and creative team
2022, Museo Immaginario Personale
Laboratorio di Arti Visive directed by Antoni Muntadas, Università Iuav di Venezia
2022, Exhibition text, Harumi Nakashima // ufufu: a dozen of gloomy inners

In collaboration with Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto

Group Exhibitions & Festivals

2024 (upcoming), "Anonymous Drawings", Curated by Anke Becker, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin

2024, "I was looking for a roommate, but I didn't even have a home" MA Degree Show,

S.a.L.E. Docks, Venice

2024, Nusca Festival, Associazione Culturale AWAI, Venice

2024, "New:Now", CerModern, Ankara, Curated by Atilla Güllü

2023, "Alchimia:Trasformazione", Sala del Camino, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice

2023, "SPRINT", Spazio Maiocchi, Milano

2023, "What Must Be, Is", SPUMA - Space for the Arts, Venice, Curated by Joseph Kosuth

2020, "Mixer Editions 2021", Mixer Arts, Istanbul
2018, "Introspection", All Women Pop-up Show, The PLSRDM, Chicago

Workshops

2023, Summer Intensive Workshop, Università Iuav di Venezia, Directed by Lucia Veronesi

Performance

25.06.2024, Venetian Blind Art Project, Venice

Developed at Deakin University, Australia & Curated by Cameron Bishop and David Cross

Professional Experience

Curatorial Assistant & Project Manager, KAIROS Gallery, 08.2022 - 10.2022

Project Coordinator, Martch Art Project09.2021 - 05.2022

Artist Residency Program Coordinator, Martch Studio01.2020-05.2022

Gallery Assistant, Martch Art Project09.2020 – 09.2021

Gallery Intern, Mixer Arts02.2020 – 09.2020

Artist Assistant, Istanbul Theatre Festival11.2019 – 12.2019

Intern, IDEA Architecture07.2016 - 09.2016
 

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