ÇIĞDEM AKY

Çiğdem Aky (b. 1989, Munich) studied painting and graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, graduating in 2013, before continuing her studies in painting and graphic design at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, where she graduated in 2016. She subsequently studied for a postgraduate degree under Prof. Helmut Dorner from 2016 to 2017. Solo exhibitions include Santosha, Dirimart Pera, Istanbul (2026); Capturing the Day, Dirimart Pera, Istanbul (2023); Rhytmus, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt (2022), Im Schatten der Baume, Kunstmuseum Reutlingen Galerie, Reutlingen (2022); Eine Pusteblume im Wind, Evelyn Drewes, Hamburg (2022); Auf Wolke Sieben, Kunststiftung BW, Stuttgart (2021); Ein blauer Himmel, MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen (2020); Step by Step, Super+ Centercourt Galerie, Munich (2020); CIGDEM AKY, Zweisieben, Karlsruhe (2018); Einzelausstellung, Galerie Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt (2017); Das Flechtwerk der Farbe, Studio Rose, Schondorf (2015) and Kolorit, Geschwisterraum, Karlsruhe (2015). Selected group exhibitions include All In, Evelyn Drewes Galerie, Hamburg (2025); Wasserstoff, Memu Essing, Essing (2024); On Air, Schloss Düneck Moorrege, Moorrege (2023); Malerei und Objekt, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne (2022); Dirimart Presents VIII, Dirimart, Izmir (2021). Aky’s works are included in significant collections such as Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim an der Brenz; Bauverein AG, Darmstadt; and Regierungsprasidium, Karlsruhe. Çiğdem Aky lives and works in Düsseldorf.