Ekrem Yalçındağ

Reinterpreting traditional motifs in a contemporary language and known for his works based on the repetition of geometric and floral patterns, Ekrem Yalçındağ employs a style that emphasizes craftsmanship, creating visual illusions between art and design. In his works, he transforms floral and geometric motifs—rooted in traditional Turkish and Islamic art—into three-dimensional forms through heavy paint texture. Using these motifs as "letters", he fills the canvas surface in a rhythmic and symmetrical arrangement.

(b. 1964, Adıyaman) After graduating from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Fine Arts, he studied under the renowned artist Hermann Nitsch at the Frankfurt Städelschule between 1994 and 1999. A fellow at Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems in 2001 and an artist-in-residence at Villa Waldberta in Munich in 2003, the artist's works are included in major public and private collections, such as Istanbul Modern, Stuttgart Kunstmuseum, the European Patent Office in The Hague, and the Goetz Collection in Munich. Having held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Turkey and abroad, Yalçındağ lives and works in Istanbul and Germany.