Elif Saydam

Exhibitions
Soft Hardware
September 16 to October 31, 2026

RAUS (solo)
February 14 to March 15, 2025

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

Half Life
October 20 to November 18, 2023

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


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

NADA New York
May 2 to 5, 2024

Art Toronto
October 26 to 29, 2023

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

Art Toronto
October 27 to 30, 2022

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

NADA Miami
December 1 to 5, 2020

Glory, 2026, installation view, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE. Photo credit: Dirk Tacke. Courtesy of Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle.

Glory, 2026, installation view, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE. Photo credit: Dirk Tacke. Courtesy of Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle.

Glory, 2026, installation view, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE. Photo credit: Dirk Tacke. Courtesy of Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle.

Glory, 2026, installation view, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE. Photo credit: Dirk Tacke. Courtesy of Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle.

Hospitality, 2025, installation view, 18th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR. Photo credit: Sahir Uğur Eren

Hospitality, 2025, installation view, 18th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR. Photo credit: Sahir Uğur Eren 

Hospitality, 2025, installation view, 18th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR. Photo credit: Sahir Uğur Eren

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

Love Poem (Censored), 2025, Acrylic on plastic convex security mirror, 18.5 x 18.5 in. (46.99 x 46.99 cm)

Love Poem (Censored), detail view, 2025.

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.

Privacy (Forget it), 2025, Acrylic on plastic convex security mirror, 18.8 x 18.5 in. (47.75 x 46.99 cm)

Art Basel, 2025, installation view, presented by Franz Kaka. Photo credit: GraySC

Art Basel, 2025, installation view, presented by Franz Kaka. Photo credit: GraySC

Mejnun Finds Relief, 2024, Japanese tinted silver leaf, 22 and 23 karat gold leaf, oil and cold wax medium on found toilet stall doors (c. 1920s, Manhattan, 60 x 27.5 x 2 inches (152.40 x 69.85 x 5.08 cm)



Mejnun Finds Relief, detail view, 2024.

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), detail view, 2025.

RAUS, 2025, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation

Marginalized!, 2025, Oil on linen and cotton, handwoven by the artist, 6 x 15 in. (15.24 x 38.10 cm)



Marginalized!, detail view, 2025.

RAUS, 2025, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation

RAUS, 2025, installation view, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation

Zusatzblatt, 2025, Oil, acrylic medium and PLU stickers on linen, 8½ x 11 in.
(21.59 x 27.94 cm)

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)



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



Closed for good, 2023, Laminated inkjet prints, plastic, zinc-coated rings
93¾ x 47¼ x 1⅝ in. (238.00 x 120.00 x 4.00 cm)



Open Forever, detail view, 2023.



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation



Eviction Notice, 2023-4, installation view, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, CA. Photo credit: LFdocumentation



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)



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)



Liste Art Fair Basel, 2023, presented by Franz Kaka. Photo credit: GraySC



(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)



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)



NADA New York, 2022, installation view, presented by Franz Kaka.



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)



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