EZGI BÖTTGER

Born in Istanbul
Lives  in Stuttgart

CV

2021- 2023
Postgraduate Studies of Fine Arts (Meisterschüler), Advisors: Christian Jankowski & Valerie Hammerbacher

2022- 2023
Lectureship at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Department of Art

2013- 2019
Graduate Studies of Fine Arts, State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany

2002- 2004
Cinema and Media, Academy Istanbul, Turkey

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Residencies & Grants

2022- 2023
Mathilde Plank Institute Lecturship funding program, Stuttgart, Germany

2021
Miss Kunst Top 20
Audience award 1st place, ArtBox100 – Dialog, Zurich, Switzerland

2016
Residency at Culture Academy Tarabya, Istanbul, Turkey
Nomination for art award of Art Assosiation Radolfzell, Bodensee, Germany

2015
Artist Residency at St. Moritz Art Academy with Allison Sommers, Switzerland

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Biennales

2018
ACADEMIAE Youth Art Biennale, Fort Franzensfeste, South Tirol, Italy

2017
15th Istanbul Biennale, Collectiv Çukurcuma House of Wisdom, Horst & Maria,Turkey
Sinopale 6. International Sinop Bienale, Transposition- Aktarım, Sinop, Turkey

2016
Manifesta 11, International Biennale at Artbox Thalwil, Zurich, Switzerland

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Exhibitions

2023
Prolog, AKKU Raum, Stuttgart, Germany
STRICTLY COMMERCIAL, Broken Gallery, Suttgart, Germany
Info-Screen Gleismediale, screening in public space, Stuttgart, Germany

2022
Neubesetzung, Kunstverein Neuhausen, Germany
Das Sprudel-Filmfest, Stuttgart, Germany

2021
Vis à vis, Kulturtage Thalwil 2021, train station Thalwil, Zurich, Switzerland
Studio Bosperus, with Christian Jankowski / Horst & Maria, Art space Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
ArtBox100 – Dialog, train station Thalwil, Zurich, Switzerland

2020
Against The Wall, screening intervention in public space, Bartelsstrasse, Hamburg, Germany
Mass Mail Art Shooter, Kunstsalon Kasteel Daalenbroeck, Netherlands
Po-Mo 2, Selçuklu University, Konya, Turkey
Vision Mail Art, California, USA
Love in the Time of Extinction, Post Museum Bras Basah, Singapore

2019
Könnte aber doch, WKV, Stuttgart, Germany
Diplom, Kunstbezirk Gustav Siegle Haus, Stuttgart, Germany
Tryouts VII, 32.Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Gustav Siegle Haus, Stuttgart, Germany

2018
Info-Screen Gleismediale, screening in public space, Stuttgart, Germany
ACADEMIAE Youth Art Biennale, Fort Franzensfeste, South Tirol, Italy
Reading ‘‘Maria&Horst_ Die Perfekte Bewohner’’ Walther König Store, Stuttgart, Germany

2017
Präsenz, Kritik, Utopie at WKV, Stuttgart, Germany
Horst & Maria, Collectiv Çukurcuma House of Wisdom, 15th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
Horst & Maria, Sinopale 6. International Sinop Bienale, Sinop ,Turkey
Only the jungle knows, IFA Gallery Stuttgart, Germany

2016
Manifestina Goes Palermo ,Palermo Gallery Stuttgart, Germany
Exhibition Junge Kunst Fokus 2.0 at Kunstverein Radolfzell, Bodensee, Germany
Exhibition Manifestina at ArtBox Thalwil, Perron 4 + 6 Zurich, Switzerland
Group Project initiated by Maurizio Cattelan Manifestina at Manifesta 11 Zürich, Switzerland

2014
2041 Endlosschleife,WKV Stuttgart, Germany
Zur Tisch, Kulturniederlassung Südwest, Stuttgart, Germany

Nichts für Elisabeth, Schloss Weikersheim,Germany

2013
Das Antlitz, WKV Stuttgart, Germany

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BIO

Ezgi Böttger is born in 1983 Istanbul. After she studied cinema and media at Academy Istanbul in Turkey, she
moved to Germany.

She is graduated from State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Department of Sculpture in 2018 and she holds
a postgraduate degree in Fine Art from the State Academy of Fine Art Stuttgart with Christian Jankowski &
Valerie Hammerbacher in 2023. Her works have shown in various Bienalle such as Istanbul Bienalle, Sinopale,
ACADEMIAE Youth Art Biennale.

She was recipient of a scholarship 2015 in Saint Moritz Academy in Switzerland and 2017 at Culture academy Tarabya inIstanbul, Turkey. She was nominated for an art award in 2016 at Radolfzell, Bodensee Germany and in 2018 she received one for her work ‘Thus spoke the animal‘ and have been exhibited at the Stuttgarter Info
Screens.

In 2021 she was in Top 20 in art contest Miss Kunst at Bad Wonders in Gemany and In the Dialog exhibition
competition held within the scope of Culture days Thalwil held in Zürich, it was placed in the top three in the
Jury voting and in the last public vote, she won the first place with her work ‘Thus spoke the animal’. Ezgi Böttger lives and works in Istanbul, Stuttgart and Berlin.

Statement

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My work focuses on the ways in which the individual relates to concepts such as: identity, society, gender, culture, memory, language, perception and desire.

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In this context, I define my art as the field of visual thought that is shaped by the process. I use a variety of mediums, such as photography, performance, print, collage, sculpture, installation, sound video and painting to explore the aforementioned concepts.

These times are often defined as hyper-reality, where lies and the truth are entwined and difficult to tell apart. I
look for the truth and its various indicators, actions, meanings. Being a foreigner, I see myself as an observer and experimenter and this connection makes the process important and valuable. As observing and experiencing are the core of my creative development, my work always combines a socio-political concern with my own expe riences and adventures. The associations I have created allow me to create my next project by determining my practice. As i am observing the concrete world, i create an abstract idea, then transform the idea into a concrete expression

2022 -2023 Lectureship at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Department of Art

2013 -2019 State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart Class of Andreas Opiolka, 
Class of Rainer Ganahl, Class of Christian Jankowski

2002- 2004 Studied at Academy Istanbul Cinema and Media

Residencies & Grants

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2021 Miss Kunst Top 20​

2021 Audience award 1st place ‘‘ArtBox100 – Dialog’’ Zurich, Switzerland

2016 Residency at Culture Academy Tarabya, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Nomination for art award of Art Assosiation Radolfzell, Bodensee, Germany

2015 Artist Residency at St. Moritz Art Academy with Allison Sommers, Switzerland