Fatma Çiftçi’s works takes its inspiration from the intersection of her personal experience and the reality which is all around her. With irony and humour she puts together a very personal reading of social imagery by manipulating memory and the present: she gathers images and objects found by chance on her way and makes use of them in photography, video works, performance or drawing. She also gained experience to transform traditional handcrafts that she was familiar since her childhood into a new production process.
Fatma Çiftçi is an İstanbul based artist. Çiftçi had solo shows at Spike Island (Bristol-UK), Masa Project (İstanbul-Turkey) and Goyang Art Studio (Seoul-Korea). Group shows include In the Topography of the Irregular Mind, Roumelie Han (İstanbul-Turkey), Şebeke, Center d’art, Maison Des Arts (Cajarc-France), Freekick-9th International İstanbul Bienial, Hospitality Zone (İstanbul- Turkey), Affording an Opportunity, K2 Art Centre (İzmir, Turkey).Residency programs and workshops include PiST/// Research and Production Residency: PIRPIR (İstanbul-Turkey), MAISONS DAURA, International Artists Residences, Maison Des Arts Georges Pompidou (Cajarc- France), Spike Island-Platform Garanti CAC Production Residency (Bristol-UK), and Asian Artists Fellowship Program, Goyang Art Studio (Seoul-Korea).
Selected Exhibitions
* = Solo Exhibitions
| 2019 | Happening Now, ArtWeeks Akaretler (artnivo.com), İstanbul, Turkey |
| 2018 | Sit, Stand, Walk, Tuna Office (artnivo.com), İstanbul, Turkey |
| Future of Travel / The Journey of The Artwork, NOKS Art Space (collaborating with Corridor Project Space), İstanbul, Turkey | |
| 2017 | In Reverse (is a collaborative exhibition with Aikaterini Gegisian), DEPO (Warehouse), İstanbul, Turkey* |
| 2016 | Her Havuzun Dibi Aynı, Çetin Emeç Art Galery, İzmir, Turkey |
| 2015 | Stay With Me im Rahmen des Ausstellungsprojektes “Im inneren der Stadt” des Studienzentrums für Künstlerpublikationen des Museums Weserburg, Bremen, Germany |
| Residence Exhibiton, EIB Gallery Space, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | |
| Stay With Me, DEPO (Warehouse), İstanbul, Turkey | |
| 2014 | Stay With Me, Apartment Project-Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| 2012 | In the Topography of the Irregular Mind, Roumelie Han B Blok, İstanbul, Turkey |
| 2010 | Sebeke, Center d’art, Maison Des Arts, Cajarc, France |
| Freefall, Apartment Project, İstanbul, Turkey | |
| Recoprical Visit, KIBLA Multimedijki Center – Maribor-Slovenia | |
| Deadpan Exchange V, Cultural Center CK, Skopje, Macedonia | |
| 2009 | In a Moment of Abstraction, Masa Project, İstanbul, Turkey* |
| Show Room, Spike Island, Bristol, UK* | |
| Recoprical Visit, DEPO (Warehouse), İstanbul Turkey | |
| 2008 | Falling F16, YAMA, İstanbul, Turkey* |
| 2007 | Mom’s Livingroom, Goyang Art Studio Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea* |
| 2006 | Asia Art Now, Alternatif Space Loop, Seoul, Kore 2007 Asia Art Now, Arario Beijing, Beijing, China |
| 2005 | Freekick-9th International Istanbul Bienial, Hospitality Zone, İstanbul,Turkey |
| Affording an Opportunity, K2 Art Centre, İzmir, Turkey | |
| 2004 | The 23rd Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Aksanat, İstanbul, Turkey |
| The 23rd Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, DSM, Diyarbakır, Turkey | |
| Multicultural Identity: Cultural Heritage, Art, Image, Ankara, Turkey | |
| Multicultural Identity: Cultural Heritage, Art, Image, Eskişehir, Turkey |
Screenings & Festivals
| 2016 | Short & Sweet, 33rd Kassel Documentry Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany |
| Fireflies in the Night Take Wing, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Athens, Greece |
Recidencies
| 2015 |
EIB Artists’ Development Programme: Art & Education Residency mentored by Derran Almond, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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| 2013 2012 |
PiST/// Research and Production Residency: PIRPIR, İstanbul, Turkey |
| 2010 | MAISONS DAURA, International Artists Residences, Maison Des Arts Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France |
| 2008 | Spike Island-Platform Garanti CAC Production Residency, Bristol, UK |
| 2007 2006 |
Asian Artists Fellowship Program, Goyang Art Studio, Seoul, Korea |
Workshops & Lectures
| 2017 | Video Art Workshop & Lecture, German High School, İstanbul, Turkey |
| 2014 | Crystal Bodies, Amber’14 Art and Technology Festival, İstanbul, Turkey |
| 2009 | International Art and Ecology Program, Woodbridge, UK |
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Recoprical Visit, Warehouse, İstanbul / Turkey, Batumi & Tbilisi / Georgia, Yerevan / Armenia, Baku / Azerbaijan, Tehran / Iran, Van / Turkey
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Awards
| 2015 |
Artist’s International Development Fund: Fatma Çiftçi and Aikaterini Gegisian are funded by Arts Council England and British Council to produce a video art project.
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