# about

> Biography and CV of Ece Eldek, visual artist and poet based in Berlin and Istanbul: education, solo exhibitions, biennials, books, prizes and residencies.

- URL: https://eceeldek.com/about/
- Updated: 2026-07-24

Ece Eldek is a visual artist and poet based in Berlin, working across video, performance, installation, and text. She co-founded TOZ Artist Run Space and HER HÂL Collective in Istanbul, initiatives focusing on nomadism, human rights, and gender equality. Since 2020, she has been a co-founder and editor of Moero, an online art and poetry magazine amplifying womxn’s voices.

Her work has been widely exhibited internationally, including at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Hošek Contemporary, CCA Berlin, ZK/U Berlin, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, SALT Istanbul, and the Piccadilly International Art Museum in Seoul. Her recent solo exhibition, _An Address That Is Waiting_, was presented at Hošek Contemporary in Berlin in 2026. She has participated in several biennials, including the 1st Commagene Biennial (2022), and the 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019).

She is the recipient of the Hošek Contemporary Prize (2026), the Gwaertler Grant (2025), and the Berlin Senate Residency Grant (2024). Between 2022 and 2024, she participated in The Alternative Art School fellowship, with sessions led by Raqs Media Collective, Nato Thompson, Sasha Stiles, and Dmitry Vilensky, supported by TAAS and SAHA Association. Her writing and visual works have appeared in numerous publications, alongside her poetry books _mânâ_, _ma ma ma_, and _Ayık Kayık_.





**Education **
**2005 – 2009 **Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphic Art and Design, Istanbul






**Selected Exhibitions & Performances**



**2026** Solo Exhibition, “An Address That is Waiting”, Hošek Contemporary, Berlin
**2025** “Festival of Future Nows”, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
**2025** “Plant Stories”, ZK/U Berlin
**2025** Displayed Words, Book launch, Reading performance, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin / CCA Berlin
**2024** Solo Exhibition, “Pa ta ta”, Studio 139 – Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, 2024, Berlin
**2023** “Impromptu Display” with Çıplak Ayaklar Kumpanyası, SALT Galata, Istanbul, TR
**2022** “The 4th Independants Korea 2022”, Piccadilly International Art Museum, Séoul, South Korea
**2022** “Coulisse”, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul, TR
**2021** “Tempo Incognito”, DEPO, Istanbul, TR
**2021** “Finding a Cure in Istanbul”, Yaklaşım Tüneli/Karşı Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, TR
**2021** “Ak-Sayanlar”, X-ist Galeri, Istanbul, TR
**2020** “Hassas Müdahale”, Kıraathane İstanbul Edebiyat Evi, İstanbul, TR
**2019** “This Is A Story of Dreams Mixed with Reality”, TAB Gallery, Istanbul, TR
**2018** “5 o’clock tea”, Pera Museum by the Consulate General of Sweden, Istanbul, TR
**2018** “Animals’ Side”, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul, TR
**2018** “Face Amnesia – PORSOPAGNOSİA”, Bayan Yanı Gallery, Istanbul, TR
**2017** “fragmentedfragmentfragments”, Pi artworks Gallery, Istanbul, TR
**2017** “Dark Utopia”, ARTIST 2017, TUYAP, Istanbul, TR
**2017** “MENTOR”, Gallery Çankaya, Ankara, TR
**2017** “A Room of Our Own”, Ark Kültür, Istanbul, TR
**2016** “TRANS FORM FAULT”, Aff Galerie Berlin, DEU
**2016** “Ol An”, Toz Artist Run Space, Istanbul, TR






**Biennials**
**2022** with Oda Projesi – Anne(x), 17th Istanbul Biennial, TR
**2022** “An Imaginary Civiliazition”, 1sth Commagene Biennial, TR
**2019** “The Seventh Continent / Digestion Programme”, 16th Istanbul Biennial, TR






**Prizes and Fellowships
****2026 **Hošek Contemporary Prize 2026, Berlin**
2025 **Recipient of the Gwaetler Grant 2025, Gwaetler Foundation, CH**
2024 **the Senate Department for Culture and Europe’s stipend, Istanbul-Berlin Artist Residency Program, cooperation between the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) and the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin as well as DEPO in Istanbul, Berlin Germany**
2024 **TAAS Fellowship, Alternative Art School (Sessions with Raqs Media Collective)**
2023 **TAAS Fellowship, Alternative Art School (Sessions with Dmitry Vilensky of Chto Delat)**
2022 **SAHA Association Fellowship, Alternative Art School
(Sessions with Nato Thompson, and Sasha Stiles)**
2008 **“War Victims”, Good 50×70, IT / 2nd prize worldwide






**Nonprofit Art Organizations**
**2020 – …** Co-Founder, “Moero”, Periodical, Istanbul, TR
**2017 – 2019** Co-Founder, “HER HÂL Collective”, Art Initiative, Istanbul, TR (hosted by SALT cultural institution)
**2015 – 2017** Co-Founder, “TOZ Artist Run Space”, Art Initiative, Istanbul, TR (supported by SAHA Association)






**Solo Books**
**2023** “mânâ”, book, poetry, Nod Publications / Nod Yayınları
**2019** “ma ma ma”, chapbook, poetry, TR
**2014** “Sober Boat / Ayık Kayık”, book, poetry, TR






**Selected Books / Publications**
**2020 – 2025** “Moero”, periodical, poetry & article, TR
**2023** “Başka Kayda Rastlanmadı”, e-publication, Salt
**2023** “Oraya Kendimi Koydum”, book, documentary poetry, Everest Publications / Everest Yayınları (along with 11 other poets), TR
**2022** “Journal of the Nazım Hikmet Poetry Festival”, periodical, poetry,
co-sponsored by the Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
**2022** “Kafkaokur”, periodical, poetry, TR
**2021 – 2022** “Cin Ayşe”, periodical, poetry
**2021** “Fictive”, periodical, poetry, worldwide
**2015 – 2018** “şerhh” periodical, cover illustrations, TR
**2015 – 2018** “şerhh” periodical, poetry, TR
**2017** “Diri Ozanlar Derneği” periodical, poetry, TR
**2015 – 2016** “Post” periodical, poetry, TR
**2014** “GARD” periodical, poetry, TR
**2014** “Natama 7”, periodical, illustration, TR
**2013** “UNTITLED” periodical, poetry, TR



**Jury**
**2021** 3rd Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival
(with Chris Meigh-Andrews, Kathy Smith, Gürcan Keltek, Florencia Incarbone)



**Teaching**
**2019 – 2020 **Lecturer, Graphic Design Department, Course on Typography, Istanbul Bilgi University



**Art Director (Theatre) **
**2022 **(full season) “7 Jealous Fools”, English play, at the Museum of Gazhane, Istanbul, TR