Elif Saydam

Exhibitions
RAUS (solo)
February 14 - March 15, 2025

The Shape of a City
January 9 - February 8, 2025

Half Life
October 20 - November 18, 2023

La belle dame sans merci (solo)
January 11 - February 2, 2019


Fairs
Art Basel (solo)
June 19 - 22, 2025

NADA New York
May 2 - 5, 2024

Art Toronto
October 26 - 29, 2023

Liste Art Fair Basel (solo)
June 12 - 18, 2023

Art Toronto
October 27 - 30, 2022

NADA New York (solo)
May 5 - 8, 2022

NADA Miami
December 1 - 5, 2020

List Projects 32: Elif Saydam, 2025, installation view, The List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US

List Projects 32: Elif Saydam, 2025, installation view, The List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US

List Projects 32: Elif Saydam, 2025, installation view, The List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US

List Projects 32: Elif Saydam, 2025, installation view, The List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US

List Projects 32: Elif Saydam, 2025, installation view, The List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, US

Art Basel, 2025, installation view, presented by Franz Kaka

Art Basel, 2025, installation view, presented by Franz Kaka

Lovers (II), 2025, hard-wired exit sign, UV print 7.25 x 11.75 x 1.75 in (18.415 x 29.845 x 4.445 cm)

Lovers (II), 2025, detail view, hard-wired exit sign, UV print 7.25 x 11.75 x 1.75 in (18.415 x 29.845 x 4.445 cm)

RAUS, 2025, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA

RAUS, 2025, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA

Hospitality, 2024, installation view, Audain Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA

Hospitality, 2024, installation view, Audain Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA

Hospitality, 2024, installation view, Audain Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA

Hospitality, 2024, installation view, Audain Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA

Old Money, 2024, Modelling paste, plastic spoon, 23 karat gold leaf and oil on linen, 11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)



Myopia (I), 2024, Oil on linen, 11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA



Getting the Slip, Hurling a Brick, 2023, Inkjet transfer, spray paint, oil pastel and oil on wax-resist dyed, machine-stitched canvas and linen. 4 panels. 66.125 x 93.75 in (167.95 x 238.125 cm)



Fill him up, 2023, collage, oil, and resin on gessoed kitchen sponge, 3.5 x 3.25 x 1.25 in (8.89 x 8.255 x 3.175 cm)



(Nostalgia) for the breaktime , 2023, 23 karat gold, inkjet transfer oil on linen and dishcloth, 16.5 x 23.6 in (41.91 x 59.944 cm)



After (THE RENT IS TOO HIGH), 2023, 23 karat gold, inkjet transfer and oil on canvas, 11.75 x 8.25 in (29.845 x 20.955 cm)



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