Cihangir Gümüstürkmen

Born in the Turkish city of Izmir in 1964, Cihangir Gümüstürkmen has lived in Berlin (Germany) since 1977. He creates works in various fields, such as painting, sculpture, ceramics, collage and video. Cihangir is also a performance artist.
The art works of the artist Cihangir Gümüştürkmen, born in Izmir, resident of Berlin since 1977, consist of a variety of different works from paintings and sculptures to photo, video and performance pieces. Whether in his vibrantly coloured collages, reminiscent of Pop Art, his traditional mirror images , or in his latest works, hyperrealist oil-paintings, Gümüştürkmen expresses himself freely across all artistic periods and disciplines. Not only as an artist, but also as a performer Cihangir Gümüştürkmen maneuvers elegantly between the cultures that have impacted his life. Using motifs Gümüştürkmen combines memories of his childhood and cultural background with his life today. This creates enthralling and surreal imagery, that breaks multiple conventions, posing critical questions. Cihangir Gümüştürkmen plays with traditional ways of seeing things and calls, for example, current gender norms into question. Central to all of his works is a permanent and often ironic self-re...

Group exhibitions (excerpt):
2025 – AUS_DRUCK – PRIMARTS – Project space for art & culture | Berlin
2023 – DRESS ME UP | ARTLABBERLIN
2023 – Kunstherbst in Doberlug-Kirchhain & Werenzhain 2023 – Offene Höfe No.1 | Doberlug-Kirchain
2023 – ANDY WARHOL IN ME / POP ART | HAZE Galery Berlin
2022 – Sommerausstellung Kettingen, Galerie Heike Arndt, Kettingen | Dänemark
2021 – Zeki Müren – Das ausgestellte Leben (Kurator: Gürsoy Doğtaș Lovaas Projects | München
2021 – Fresh Legs 2021| Galerie Heike Arndt | Berlin
2021 – New Arrivals | ZAK | Berlin
2020 – Mögliche Werke – Possible Projects | Projektraum Blech | Halle
2020 – EFFIS HAUS | Doberlug-Kirchhain
2019 – de_Mud | x-ponart Galerie | Hamburg
– PLONGE AVEC MOI | Hommage á Alice im Wunderland | Barbiche | Berlin
2018 – ART ABOUT ART | BUNKERHILL Galerie | Hamburg
La Splendeur Divine | Barbiche | Berlin


Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Wolken | Hotel Lindenufer | Berlin
2025 Anything Goes III | Galerie Soldo | Wien
2024 IMAMBAYILDI – Zagreus Projekt | Berlin
2023 Kunst im Raum – Freund GmbH | Berlin
2022 Galerie Salon 36 | Berlin
2019 zwei drei vier | Galerie Historischer Keller| Berlin-Spandau
2013 Anything Goes | Galerie im Tempelhof Museum & Haus am Kleistpark |Berlin
2001 PUMPS2000...