Queer Banking for Everybody, 2022, Collage, varnish and oil paint on primed kitchen sponge, 2.7 x 4.3 x 0.8 in (7 x 11 x 2 cm)



Abstraction (I), 2022, Collage, varnish and oil paint on primed kitchen sponge, 4.3 x 2.7 x 1.2 in (11 x 7 x 3 cm)



Sleeplessness with Bob aka Death Sonata, 2019-2022, 23k gold, copper, inkjet transfer dye and oil on hand-stitched canvas and linen, 78.75 x 90.5 in (200 x 230 cm)



Late night shop, 2022, 23k gold, chocolate wrapper, graphite, inkjet print and oil on linen, 46.9 x 33.1 x 1.6 in (119 x 84 x 4 cm)



Night store, 2022, Pure silver, chocolate wrappers, graphite, inkjet print and oil on linen, 46.9 x 33.1 x 1.6 in (119 x 84 x 4 cm)



Zu spät (VI), 2022, 23k gold, inkjet print and oil on canvas, 11.8 x 8.3 x .8 in (30 x 21 x 2 cm)



Selling out, 2022, 23k gold, inkjet print and oil on canvas, 11.8 x 8.3 x .8 in (30 x 21 x 2 cm)



...Schläft sich durch, 2021, exhibition view, Kunstverin Harburger Banhof, Hamburg, DE



The Drone I and II, 2021, Nazar charms, wild oats, raffia, silk, eyelets, inkjet transfers and squid ink on jute, steel frames, 98.4 x 67 in (250 x 170 cm) 



The Producer I and II, 2021, Farfalle pasta, 24 karat gold, copper, orange slices, beads, sequins, embroidery, eyelets, inkjet transfers, oil on denim, steel frames, 98.4 x 67 in (250 x 170 cm)



Blue Saloon, 2021, Custom printed carpet, 265.7 x 96.7 in (675 x 500 cm)



Lose Ended, 2021, exhibition view, Kunsthalle Bern, SE



Lose Ended, 2021, exhibition view, Kunsthalle Bern, SE



Work jacket c. future, 2020, Melange, Cologne, DE 




Work trousers c. future, 2020, Melange, Cologne, DE



Daily stretch, 2019, Stadium, Berlin, DE



what me worry, 2019, exhibition view, Stadium, Berlin, DE



See you in the darkness, brother
, 2019, Inkjet transfer, fresh cut flowers, aluminum grommets on dyed canvas, mounted on poplar board



la belle dame sans merci, 2019, Laminated inkjet prints on acetate, steel rings



Collaborative novel by Vera Palme and Elif Saydam for Broken Dimanche Press, 2018



Elif Saydam
b. Calgary, CA
Lives and works in Berlin, DE

Education
2016    Meisterschülerin, Class Monika Baer/Amy Sillman, Städelschule Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künst, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2009    Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Fibre Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, CA

Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2024    Kunsthal Thy, Thy, DK
2024    Audain Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
2024    Gallery Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE 
2023    Eviction Notice, Oakville Galleries, Gairloch Gardens, Toronto, CA
2022    Cleaning up the neighbourhood, All Stars, Lausanne, CH
2022    F*rgiveness, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, DE
2021    ...schläft sich durch, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, DE
2021    Shane (with Beth Collar), Zarinbal Khoshbahkt, Cologne, DE
2020    Everybody’s Fool, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
2020    Gut feeling, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, DE
2020    glücksfall (with Leonie Nagel), The Tail, Brussels, BE
2020    Selfing, Melange, Cologne, DE
2019    What me worry,  Stadium, Berlin, DE
2019    La belle dame sans merci, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2018    Colt Jonner's Desecration of Descent (with Vera Palme), Berlin Art Week, DE
2017    No R.E.M., Ashley, Berlin, DE
2016    Matador, Kunstverein Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg, DE

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023    die Wissen, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, DE
2023    Half Life, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA (organized by Elif Saydam)
2023    die Wissen, Taxispalais, Innsbruck, AT
2023    Doch alle eine Insel?, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, DE
2023    POTSBLITZPAINTING, Potsdamer Str. 103, Berline, DE
2022    ENTER_NATURE, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, DE
2022    Playing with Bones, La Traverse, Marseille, FR
2022    Zoom Schönen Knie II, Doom Spa, Berlin, DE
2022    Dogtooth, Helena Anrather, New York, US
2021    Lose Enden, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
2021    CASA UOVO, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, DE
2021    Von der schenkenden Tugend, Zarinbal Khoshbahkt, Cologne, DE
2021    Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, DE
2020    Luxury and Glamour. The Wilfulness of the Superfluous, Landes-Stiftung Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Bonn, DE
2020    Perhaps A window? stadium, Berlin, DE
2020    Reality, Tropez, Berlin, DE
2020    Kartoffelmuseum, Stallmuseum, Berlin-Brandenburg, DE
2020    Times in Crisis, Klosterruine, Berlin 2019 Network Error, INOX, Copenhagen, DK
2019    Made in Balmoral, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, DE
2019    Horizontalisierung 2030, Winterfeldtstr 41, Berlin, DE
2019    Real Books (Extraordinary Tales), Jan Kaps, Cologne, DE
2018    Still Life, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
2018    Emic etic, Between Bridges, Berlin, DE
2017    Young Positions, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
2017    Pressing your face in wet grass, privateOFFSPACE, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2016    Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Nürnberg Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg, DE
2016    Marianne-Defet-Malerei-Stipendium, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, DE
2016    Croissant, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2016    31 Women, Philipp Pflug Contemporary, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2015    Random Rules, Black Flagg, Aschaffenberg, DE
2015    Let me see you see me, AtelierFrankfurt, RAY Photography Festival, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014    This Area is Under 23 Hour Video and Audio Surveillance, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, CA
2013    Effects of a Room, G Gallery, Toronto, CA

Performances & Readings
2023    Lecture/workshop, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK (forthcoming)
2023    Lecture, California State University, California, US
2022    Sparta-X-Elif Saydam, Lecture, Sparta Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2022    Two Cents, Reading, Hopscotch, Berlin, DE
2022    F*RGIVENESS, Lecture, Berlin Art Institute, DE
2021    Chomp. Spit. Bite, Online lecture/performance, Academy of Fine Arts, Nürnberg, DE
2021    The House Always Wins, Online lecture, Städelschule, Frankkfurt Am Main, DE
2021    ...schläfen sich durch, Südlese Festival Hamburg, DE
2020    Empathy When, Broken Dimanche Podcast Series, Berlin, DE
2020    Selfing, Cashmere Radio, Berlin, DE
2019    Von Fleisch und Zucker, Montez Press Radio, Hamburg, DE
2019    Desecration of Descent (with Vera Palme and Stefan Müller), Cologne Art Book Fair, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
2019    DOD for die Marmory Show IV (with Vera Palme), Deborah Schamoni, Munich, DE
2019    Pure Fyction Mausoleum, Johan, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2019    Karaoke Kongress, Babes Bar, Berlin, DE
2018    Desecration of Descent: Marathon Reading and Flesh Roast, Büro BDP, Berlin, DE
2018    Damp Down, Skeppsta hyutta for Gnesta Konstrunda, Gnesta, SE
2018    Die Welt und das Schwimmbad, Tropez Tropez, Berlin, DE
2018    Pure Fyction, an Un-trodyction, Ashley, Berlin, DE
2018    Telephone: Act II, Miss St's Hieroglphyic Suffering, KunstWerke, Berlin, DE
2018    Cool Ranch Honky Tonk (with Alex Turgeon), Babes Bar, Berlin, DE
2017    Builder and Demon (with Rosa Aiello), éclair, Berlin, DE
2017    Eröffnungspanel: Performance im Informationszeitalter (with Erika Landström), Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
2017    Produktion: MADE IN GERMANY DREI, IMPURE Fiction presents ... der Kaukasische  Kreidekreis von Brecht, Kestnergesellschaft, Sprengel Museum,    Kunstverein Hannover, DE
2017    Friday the 13th Full Moon in Cancer presents tears, Cave 3000, Berlin, DE
2016    The Grand Balcony: La Biennale de Montréal, IMPURE Fiction presents. . . Le Misanthrope 1666, Société des arts technologiques, Montréal, CA
2016    Major Canis Minor, Kunstverein Nürnberg Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg, DE
2016    Pure Fiction: Belly of the Whale, Johan, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2015    Romeo und Juliet, Lichthalle Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2015    The Floor is Fine (with George Rippon), Fische Frank, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2015    Imbiss on Island Time, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014    Dysfiction I, Lichthalle Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014    PATINA OVERHANG, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, CA

Publications
2022    Elif Saydam: TWO CENTS, artist monograph, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, Mousse Publishing, IT
2020    Interjection Calendar, Montez Press, London, UK
2020    Luxus & Glamour: vom Eigensinn des Überflussigen, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bonn, DE
2020    Interjection Calendar, Montez Press, London, UK
2019    Colt Jonner's Desecration of Descent, Broken Dimanche Press, Berlin, DE
2019    PF The Bastard, PureFiction, Cologne, DE
2018    Pure Fyction, Städelschule, Pure Fiction, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2017    Produktion. Made in Germany Drei.
2017    Pyre Fiction.  Städelschule, Pure Fiction, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2016    The Grand Balcony: BNL MTL. La Biennale de Montréal, CA
2016    Eye to Eye, The Capilano Review, Vancouver, CA
2016    Dysfyction III, Städelschule, Pure Fiction, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2015    Pure Fyction Pamphlet Series, Städelschule, Pure Fiction, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2015    Dysfyction II, Städelschule, Pure Fiction, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014    Dysfyction I, Städelschule, Pure Fiction, Frankfurt am Main, DE

Bibliography
2023    Maxi Wallenhorst, ‘The Anatomist, The Poet’, Texte Zur Kunst, March
2022    Mitch Speed, ‘Nothing Lasts Forever Until it Does’, Camera Austria, issue 159
2022    Nina Prader, ‘Elif Saydam’, Berlin Art Link, July
2022    Elena Meilicke, ‘Grief and Resilience’, Texte Zur Kunst, June
2021    Jens Althoff, ‘... schläft sich durch’, Artforum, September
2021    Miriam Bettin, ‘Every ticket wins: hyperpositivity in the work of Elif Saydam’, Conceptual Fine Arts, 14 June
2021    Sonja Maria Borstner, ‘Elif Saydam: Ein Blick hinter die Geschichten des öffentlichen Raums,’ Berliner Zeitung, 18 April
2020    Harry Burke, ‘Elif Saydam’, Canadian Art, Winter issue
2020    ‘Elif Saydam, Artists (Kotti)’, Artam Magazine, November issue
2020    Sonja-Maria Borstner, ‘Critic's Guide, Elif Saydam at Tanya Leighton’, Frieze.com
2020    Olivia Giovetti, ‘Gallery Weekend Berlin's Must-See Shows, Elif Saydam at Tanya Leighton’, Artsy.com
2020    Kristian Vistrup Madsen, ‘Working Nine to Five Five Five: Elif Saydam’, Mousse Magazine, issue 71
2020    Ophelia Lai, ‘Elif Saydam’, Art Asia Pacific, issue 117
2019    Stanton Taylor, ‘Critic’s Pick, Elif Saydam at Stadium’, Artforum.com
2019    Stephanie Ling, ‘Elif Saydam at Franz Kaka’, Flash Art International, #325
2016    Rosa Aiello, Vera Palme, Mark von Schlegell and Simone Neuenschwander, Matador, Kunstverein Nürnberg/Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg

Residencies
2019    Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur
2017    Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin, DE
2012    Banff Centre Spring Thematic: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL STOP PLEASE ALLOW FEATURES ASSUME EXPRESSION INDICATIVE OF AMUSEMENT JOY PLEASURE BENEVOLENCE STOP, Banff Centre for the Arts, CA
2012    Samband Islenskra Myndlistarmanna/Association of Icelandic Artists. Reykjavik, IS

Awards & Grants
2023    Hessiches Kulturstiftung, Atelier Stipendium New York, US 
2022    Canada Council for the Arts
2021    Kunstfonds NEUSTART Kultur, Germany, DE
2021    Canada Council for the Arts
2021    Singular Plurality: Canada in Germany, Frankfurt Book Fair
2020    Kunstfonds Neustart Kultur, Kunstfonds Bonn
2020    Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020    Singular Plurality: Canada in Germany
2019    Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2019    Singular Plurality: Canada in Germany
2018    Sobey Award Longlist, National Gallery of Canada
2018    RFSU Ottarfonden, Skeppsta hyutta, Gnesta, SE
2018    Production grant, Canadian Embassy in Germany
2017    Production grant, Canadian Embassy in Germany
2016    Marianne-Defet-Malerei-Stipendium, Da Vinci Pinselfabrik / Kunstverein Nürnberg Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg, DE
2016    Production grant, Canadian Embassy in Germany
2016    Linklaters LLP Prize for Painting, Städelschule Rundgang
2012    Professional Development Award, British Columbia Arts Council
2009    The Betty Goodwin Award in Studio Arts, Concordia University, Prix du centre des arts et des fibres du Québec, Concordia University/Diagonale Centre des arts et des fibres du Québec

Collections
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Artothek
Public Collection of Contemporary Art of the Republic of German
RBC Corporate Art Collection