Elif Erkan
About
Born in 1985, Ankara, Turkey.
Lives and works in Los Angeles, Berlin and Istanbul
EDUCATION
2016 MFA Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, USA
2013 HfBK Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Meisterschülerin Willem de Rooij
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Where You They Form, The Pill, IST, TR
2018 What is it that possesses me? Weiss Berlin, Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
2016 Park View, Los Angeles, USA
Lotus Eaters, Galerie Weiss, in collaboration with Villa Aurora, Berlin, Germany
2015 Standards for Living, Maison des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Konzentration der Kräfte, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2014 M.E. - I like your backpack, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium (two-person with Megan Marrin) German Engineering, Mixer ArtLab, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Warm Comfort, Opelvillen Schleuse, Rüsselsheim, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 What Remains Is What The Poets Found, PS120, Berlin
Work Loves Me,
Lanserhaus, Appiano sulla strada della vino, Italy
2016 Home, Night Club, Avondale, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2015 Infamous Lives, Oracle, Berlin, Germany
The Social Register, Park View,Los Angeles, USA A Possible Collection, Honolulu, Zurich, Switzerland Career Woman, Holz Kohle Koks, Berlin,Germany
Villa Aurora Revisited, organized by Park View, Galerie Balice Hertling, New York, USA
Cookie Gate, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
Caught in the Act, Kriya 3000, New York, USA
My, My a Body does get around, Wilfried Lentz Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Lemon Leaves, Villa Aurora, Los Angeles, USA 2013 Soft
Wear, Sandy Brown Gallery, Berlin
Say my name say my name, Städelschule Graduation Show, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main
Spatial Arrangements/Acting Objects, Lotte Stuttgart, Germany
Home Stories, KfW Stiftung in cooperation with Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main 2012 Just, in the framework of Parliament der Dinge, Leonhardi Kulturprojekte e.V. Frankfurt am Main
BCC # 10 - The GAP, Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt am Main 2011 Corso Aperto, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
Pereusel, NoMad Project Display Kunstverein Frankfurt am Main
Superposition, Beige Cube, Frankfurt am Main
Presentations Winterschool Middle East, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2010 Ginger and the Hood, Meran, Italy
2011 NoMad: Helen Demisch, Elif Erkan and Christa Naher, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankurt, Germany
PRIZES AND GRANTS
2020 Hessiche Kulturstiftung, Paris Studio Residency
2016 Villa Aurora Berlin Fellow 2015 DAAD Travel Grant USA
2015 DAAD Travel Grant, USA
2014 Fulbright Grant
2013 SAHA Grant for Artistic Production
2013 Stylepark Prize, Rundgang Städelschule
RESIDENCIES
2014 WIELS Residency Program, Brussels, Belgium
2011 Dream Seminar II with Susan Hiller, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
Winterschool Middle East, Kuwait City, Kuwait
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Art Forum
2015 Horst, Aaron, “Review: ‘The Social Register’ at Park View,” Contemporary Art Review LA, September 30 “Villa Aurora Revisited at Balice Hertling,” Contemporary Art Daily, August 16
Linnert, Nicolas, “Critic’s Pick: ‘Villa Aurora Revisited,’” Artforum.com, August 7
“Elif Erkan: ‘Konzentration der Kräfte’ at Portikus, Frankfurt,” Mousse online, January 10
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Home Stories, KfW Stiftung in cooperation with Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main
2013 Catalogue for BCC # 10 - The GAP, published by Phillip Zach
2011 Wolves and Peasants 38% Notes 38% No Title 19% Dreamers 4%, Mousse Publishing, published for the 17thAdvanced Course in Visual Arts of Fondazione Antonio Ratti
