Gözde İlkin (b. 1981, Kütahya) uses painting and stitching to create works on repurposed domestic fabrics. Solo shows include The Eye of the Earth, The Mouth of the Ground (2022); Entrusted Ground, artSümer, Istanbul (2022); The Trap, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo (2016); Stained Estate, Françoise Heitsch Gallery, Munich (2015); and Please Clear the Dance Floor, artSümer, Istanbul (2010). Her work has been shown at the Autostrada Biennale (2023); Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur, Switzerland (2022); as part of Rooted Beings, Wellcome Collection, London (2022), 12th Survival Kit Festival, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga (2021); UnNatural History, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry (2021); and as part of the 13th Gwangju Biennial (2021); The 15th Istanbul Biennale (2017); at Istanbul Modern Museum (2019) and at Arter, Istanbul (2015). She lives and works in Istanbul.
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Biography and portrait courtesy of Gypsum Gallery (Cairo).
Photo courtesy by Unlimited Publications and Elif Kahveci