Cihan Çakmak

Cihan Çakmak, born 1993 in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany, is a photographer and visual artist who lives and works in Leipzig and Lisbon.

She studied photography at the university of applied arts and science Dortmund (2013-2017) graduated with a bachelor, studied a semester abroad in Lisbon at IADE (16/17) and afterwards started studying photography with focus on arts at the academy of fine arts Leipzig, graduated with a diploma and received the Rössing price for her work. She is now Meisterschülerin, which is a postgraduate, of Prof. Tina Bara at the same institution. For her studies she received a scolarship from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. She was often invited to artist- and socially political talks.

In 2020 she received the Paula Modersohn-Becker newcomer art price and exhibited at Worpsweder Museen. She participated in several groupshows among them in Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Kunsthaus Dresden, Museum Morsbroich, DG Kunstraum and many more. She also participated in double shows at basis e.V. Frankfurt and Galerie Stephanie Kelly Dresden. Her first soloshow was in 2022 at Kunsthalle Erfurt.

Artworks

When we leave

By Cihan Çakmak

WHEN WE LEAVE
125 x 90 cm
Created in 2019
C-Print
Edition 3+1AP
Acquired in July 2023

Em Fraktal

By Cihan Çakmak

50 x 65 cm
Created in 2021
Fineart baryta Papier
Edition 5+1AP
Acquired July 2023

By Cihan Çakmak

European Month Of Photography (EMOP) - Arendt Award
Rethinking Identity
Arendt House - May to September 2023