ELIF CIFTCIOGLU
I was born in 1983 in Istanbul. After graduating from the Faculty of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design at Sabancı University, I gained experience in stage design by working as an art director and assistant art director at Anima Istanbul. Then I went to Australia to do my master's degree at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne; I received my Production Design diploma in Performing Arts. I have participated in various personal and group exhibitions with my artworks in Turkey and abroad. Between 2013-2017, I worked on visual communication designs and graphic designs of exhibitions and museums. I continue to express my thoughts through visual arts in different mediums including paintings, videoart, new media in all forms…
I create extra ordinary worlds using geometric lines and forms in repetitive actions. I generally focus on sociopolitical and environmental issues with different techniques according to the content I am working on. I am interested in traditional arts in all mediums and find ways to modernize and see the traditional in a futuristic way.
Exhibitions
2004, Young Talents and Their Masters, Painting and Drawing Exhibition, TUYAP 14th. Istanbul Art Fair, attended with dry pastel painting, 100x200cm, Istanbul
2004, Following My Dreams, Painting Exhibition, Fass ART Gallery, Sabancı University,attended with dry pastel painting, 100x200cm, Istanbul
2012, Barış Manço Kültür Merkezi, İkametgah Kadıköy Exhibition,nattended with ink drawing, 50x70cm, Istanbul
2013, Cow Illustration Festival, attended with three digital illustrations, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
2016, Halka Art Project, Arası Exhibition, attended with digital artwork prints, Istanbul
2018, Sanat Gezgini Kuruçeşme, solo exhibition, exhibited digital artworks and glass works, Istanbul
2019, LaVisione Art Gallery, Soul Breeze Exhbition, attended with digital artwork print, 50x70cm, Istanbul
2019, Open House, Colours of Art Exhibition, attended as an art performer and with digital artwork prints, Bodrum
2023, Rome International Art Fair, with ‘Red Wings’, fine art print, 100x50cm
Published Works-Book Projects
2009, article on theatre play 'i exist' played in Adelaide Fringe Festival
2016, Contemporaray Art of Excellence, Volume II, digital artwork prints
2018, Digital Artworks of Elif Ciftcioglu, artist book including the artworks of self 2011-2018
2020, Bant Mag, online platform, artist's digital artworks
2024, Underground Art & Design, UAAD.art, interview about Living, Botanic & Eco-Ocean Series
AWARDS
2009, International Postgraduate Coursework Award, VCA, Melbourne
2015, History and Cultural Heritage Unity’s Jury Special Award for
Seljuk Civilization Museum (worked as Visual Communication Designer in Tetrazon)
2021, Honorable Mention, Postane (NGO) art contest, Istanbul
