1964 born in Gölbaşı, Türkiye
Lives and works in Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany, and Istanbul, Türkiye
Education
1999 Academy of Fine Arts, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
1989 Academy of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Dance with Hands, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Feels Like Home. Again, Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Natures, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
New Paintings, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye
2023 Natures, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ekrem Yalcindag – Seeing The World Anew, Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien, Wien, Austria
2022 Ekrem Yalcindag – Natures, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Ekrem Yalcindag, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2021 Ornament und Unendlichkeit, Former Jesuitenkirche, Memmingen, Germany
2020 Infinity, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2018 Colored Blacks, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2016 About Color, Nature, Ornaments, and Other Things, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim, Germany
Construction of Elements, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 Vichy Paintings, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye
Bilder, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
Finding Turquoise, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
2013 Ekrem Yalcindag, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
2012 Impressions from the Streets, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Impressions from the Streets, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 Impressions from the Streets, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
Impressions from the Streets, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye
2008 Red Kirmizi Rot – Wandmalerei und neue Bilder, Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Feels like Home – Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
2006 Bilder 1995-2006, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
2003 Bilder, Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt Munich, Feldafing, Germany
Empfang aus Anlass des Stipendiums der Landeshauptstadt München, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
2002 Natural Identity, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
2000 Neue Bilder, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
1997 Bilder, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
Public Collections
Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
Opel Villen, Rüsselsheim, Germany
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Türkiye
Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Türkiye
Finanz Ministerium, Wiesbaden, Germany
Kultur Ministerium, Mainz, Germany
Central Bank Turkey, Ankara, Türkiye
Collection Goetz, Munich, Germany
Olbricht Collection, Berlin, Germany
Münchener Rück Insurance, Munich, Germany
Signal Iduna, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Germany
Allianz Insurance, Munich, Germany
Ergo Insurance, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mobiliar Insurance, Bern, Switzerland
Zurich Insurance, Zurich, Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Works of the Collection – Mobiliar Group, Franz Gertsch Museum, Bern, Switzerland
2021 Nature Morte, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye
2016 My abstract world, me – Olbricht collection, Berlin, Germany
Artists in their Time, Museum Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Türkiye
Anakara-Mainland, Museum Evilyagil, Ankara, Türkiye
Color me Blind, MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen, Memmingen, Germany
2014 Die Aktualität des Ornaments, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany
There is a madness in my mind, Cer Modern, Ankara, Türkiye
2013 Hot Spot Istanbul, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Fahrhabe – oder die Mythen des Alltags, Mobiliar, Bern, Switzerland
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 Beyond the Surface, KAI 10 Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Contemporary Art from Turkey, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Istanbul Appraisal, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Battle, Power and Faith, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and Özil Collection, Istanbul, Türkiye
2010 From Traditional to Contemporary, Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Türkiye
Istanbul. Collection Huma Kabakci: 60 Jahre türkische Kunst zwischen Tradition und Provokation, Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Istanbul. Collection Huma Kabakci: 60 Jahre türkische Kunst zwischen Tradition und Provokation, Mönchhaus Museum, Goslar, Germany
Balmoral Blend, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
Kozmik Latte. A selection from the Borusan Collection, Borusan Music House, Istanbul, Türkiye
+ Infinity, a Selection from the Ebru Özdemir Collection, Cer Modern, Ankara, Türkiye
2009 Slow Paintings, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Das Universum des Hermann Nitsch – Vorbilder. Zeitgenossen. Lehre, Künstlerhaus Wien, Wien, Austria
2007 Ornament. Pattern, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Türkiye
2005 In München entdeckt, Rathaus Galerie, Munich, Germany
2004 Elegant-Underground. 5 / Frankfurt, Raumpool Frankensteinhof, Frankfurt, Germany
2003 Ornament. Schönheit und Verbrechen, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Ornament oder die Lust am Verbrechen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Luitpoldlounge im Luitpoldblock, Munich, Germany
2002 Magische Expeditionen, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2001 Stipendiaten von Schloß Balmoral, Museum bei der Kaiserpfalz, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany
2000 Junge türkische Künstler, Türkisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany
1998 Zusammenhänge II, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
17.7.1956 Stuttgart - 3.3.1970 Seattle, USA, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
1997 Downtown, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany
1995 Jürgen-Ponto-Stiftung, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany