Çiğdem Aky (b. 1989, Munich) studied painting and graphic design at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München from 2009 to 2013. She later completed her studies at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe in 2016, earning a Master's degree between 2016–2017 from Prof. Helmut Dorner’s atelier. Aky’s solo exhibitions include Capturing the Day, Dirimart Pera, Istanbul (2023); Rhytmus, Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main (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 am Main (2017); Das Flechtwerk der Farbe, Studio Rose, Schondorf am Ammersee (2015) and Kolorit, Geschwisterraum, Karlsruhe (2015). Aky’s 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 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Bauverein AG in Darmstadt, and Regierungsprasidium in Karlsruhe. Çiğdem Aky lives and works in Düsseldorf.
