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
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 Project, 09.2021 - 05.2022
Artist Residency Program Coordinator, Martch Studio, 01.2020-05.2022
Gallery Assistant, Martch Art Project, 09.2020 – 09.2021
Gallery Intern, Mixer Arts, 02.2020 – 09.2020
Artist Assistant, Istanbul Theatre Festival, 11.2019 – 12.2019
Intern, IDEA Architecture, 07.2016 - 09.2016
Ekin Çifter