Alpay Efe.
Oberhausen, Germany, 1987.
Artist in Residence 2019.
Invited by The Plant and PaintGuide for the Project1606 residency .
Alpay Efe orchestrates the juxtaposition and intersection of abstraction and realism, producing subjects that feel like they are suspended in an abstract space: shifting in and out of focus, dissolving, popping in and out of existence.
Extending beyond what is represented into the ephemera of moods, feelings and atmospheres, Efe purposefully leaves it up to the viewer to create narratives, allowing for the experience and perception of his work to be uniquely intimate and private to each individual.
EDUCATION
2006 - 2012 Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
„Again, but with feeling“ at Gallery kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2015
„Resolve“ at Gallery kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2014
„subject / object / inside out “ at Von Fraunberg Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
"work in progress", Villa Van Delden, Ahaus, Germany
2013
„Illusions of Reality“ at Gallery kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2011
„Legends“ at Gallery kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
FAIRS
2018
art KARLSRUHE with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
2017
art KARLSRUHE with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
Kunst Zürich with Von Fraunberg Gallery
2016
art KARLSRUHE with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
Art Fair Cologne with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
Kunst Zürich with Von Fraunberg Gallery
2015
art KARLSRUHE with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
Art Fair Cologne with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
Kunst Zürich with Von Fraunberg Gallery
2014
art KARLSRUHE with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
Art Fair Cologne with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
2013
Art Fair Cologne with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
2012
Art Fair Cologne with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
2011
Art Fair Cologne with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
2010
Korea International Art Fair with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Seoul, Korea
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
”The Moleskine Project” Spoke Art, New York City
”BODIES⁵”, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
"Unnatural Histories", Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2017
"The 27th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
"Little Utopias", Talon Gallery, Portland, USA
"All in...", Von Fraunberg Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
"Christmas Group Exhibition", Gallery Oxholm, Kopenhagen, Denmark
"Variance", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
"Du liebes Tier" at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2016
"The 26th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
"Flux: Anomie Belle", Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Edge of Realism", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
"Contemporary Figuration", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
„Summer Journey“ at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
"Zeitgeist", Galerie Nolte, Münster, Germany
2015
Index at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
„Summer Journey“ at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
"Into Summer" Von Fraunberg Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014
Index at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
„Summer Journey“ at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2013
SUMMER-JOURNEY at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte
2012
„Scriptorum“ at Gallery Goltz, Essen, Germany
„Summer Journey“ at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2011
Contemporary Art Ruhr with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
Index 11 „painting is the new video“ at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
2010
„Highlights zur Kulturhauptstadt“ at Gallery kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
Contemporary Art Ruhr with kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
Index 10 „listen to your eyes“ at kunst-raum schulte-goltz+noelte, Essen, Germany
