Elif Celik

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in Ulm

in

1997

2016–2022 State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart

2019 Marmara University, Istanbul

2022–2023 State Academy of Art, Karlsruhe

2024 State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart - Weißenhof Programme

2025–2026 State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart - Teaching post – Mathilde Planck Teaching Fellowship

Born and raised in Ulm, the artist Elif Çelik’s paintings explore in depth questions of personal identity and life amidst diverse cultural influences. In her works, she uses motifs from everyday life as well as deliberate symbolism to question the way we view images and people. Through her painting, she creates new forms of representation and encourages us to gently break down and reorganise deeply ingrained social perspectives and patterns of perception. In doing so, she uses art as a medium to make her own experiences tangible and to foster critical reflection on belonging and coexistence.

Upcoming exhibitions 2026: Villa Merkel, Esslingen; Kunstverein Biberach; 24th Ulm Triennial

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2026 – openhalle, Berlin

; 2025 – ‘POLYPHONIC HOT AIR’ – Current, Stuttgart; Anahita Razmi performance

2025 - Mis(s)treated – Kunsthalle Bremen

2024 – WHITE NOISE X WHITE CUBE – WKV+White Noise Stuttgart solo

2024 – Stuttgart’s Report Card: First-Class Racism – Stadtpalais Stuttgart

2024 - Muslim Futures - ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin

2023 - foresight prevents blindness - Künstlerhaus Ulm, duo

2023 - HART2HART - Forumkunst Rottweil

2023 - hump - LKIF Gallery, Seoul, solo

2022 - Ausarten – Lothringer13 Munich

2022 – Life is different – Ruoff Foundation Nürtingen duo

2022 – This Time is Different – Kunstbezirk Stuttgart

2022 - A LITTLE LOVE, A LITTLE HATE - Spoiler Berlin solo

2022 - becoming alman - Oyoun Berlin + perform europe residency

2022 - potentially vulnerable - Kunstraum53 Hildesheim

2021 - ERROR ART FESTIVAL – Dinslaken

2021 - HORROR VACUI – Kunstbezirk Stuttgart

2017 - Diversitas Animae – Städtische Galerie im Turm, Donaueschingen