Yeşim Akdeniz

Yeşim Akdeniz (b. 1978, İzmir) studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, after her family relocated to Germany in 1996. Following her graduation, she was accepted at De Ateliers, Amsterdam, where she studied from 2002 to 2004.

Yeşim Akdeniz was awarded the Buning Brongers Prize in 2004 and the Peter Mertes Stipendium in 2005. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Kunstverein Frankfurt; Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf; Kunstverein Bielefeld; MAK Museum, Vienna; Kunsthal Mechelen; Guggenheim Gallery, Los Angeles, and Pakt Foundation, Amsterdam, among others.

The artist currently lives and works between Brussels and Düsseldorf.