Selma Gültoprak

vita

*1983 in Gummersbach / Germany

Lives and works in Cologne and abroad.

2012 Diploma at Stefanie Stallschus, Phil Collins, Johannes Wohnseifer / Germany

2007-2012 Undergraduate level, Academy of Media Arts (KHM), Cologne / Germany

2005-2007 Assistant in design-technology, Richard-Riemerschmidt college, Cologne / Germany 

Awards & Scholarships

2024 Research grant for visual arts from the City of Cologne / Germany

2023 Special funding program 2023, Stiftung Kunstfonds / Germany

2022 Grant and artist residency `Studio Galata`, Kunststiftung NRW, Istanbul / Turkey

2022 Special fund of the Kunststiftung NRW / Germany

2021 Alternate in Category Fine Arts, The MAK Schindler Scholarship Program at the Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles / MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program

2020 Special funding program 20/21, Stiftung Kunstfonds / Germany

2020 Special fund of the Kunststiftung NRW / Germany

2020 Research grant for visual arts from the City of Cologne / Germany

2018 Friedrich-Vordemberge grant for fine arts, Cologne / Germany

2018 National one-year working bursary, Stiftung Kunstfonds / Germany

2018 Art in architecture competition KUKODUS (Kunstkommission Düsseldorf) / Germany

2018 Publication grant for the catalogue St.Open, Kunststiftung NRW / Germany 

2018 Studio Grant, Salzamt Linz, Die KUNSTSAMMLUNG of the Province of Upper Austria 

2017 Grant and artist residency `Studio Galata`, Culture Office of the City Cologne, Istanbul / Turkey

2016 Project-Grant for St.Open in 2017, Culture Office of the City Cologne / Germany

2016 Project-Grant for St.Open in 2017, SK Stiftung Kultur/ Germany

2016 Working bursary abroad for China, Kunststiftung NRW / Germany / China

2016 Artist residency, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai / China

2015-2017 Studio Grant, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne / Germany

2015 Artist in residence, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen foundation / Germany

2014 Zonta Cologne Art Award / Germany

2014 Artist in residence, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen foundation / Germany

2013 Advancement Award for Female Artists from the Academy of Media Arts / Germany

UPCOMING and CURRENT SHOWS

2024 FORÊT [SCEPTIQUE], at the bavarian forest/ Germany

2024 porous repair , Petershof, Cologne / Germany

2024 Die Verhältnisse zum Tanzen bringen/ 50 Jahre Kemnade International, Kunstmuseum Bochum / Germany

Exhibitions, Performances & Projects (selection)

2024 Säulen, Rinde am Rhein, Düsseldorf / Germany

2023 Öpücük (Der Kuss), IDYLL, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2023 Kunst am Bau. Perspektiven aus NRW., Baukultur NRW at Architektenkammer.NRW, Düsseldorf / Germany

2023 Eine Tankfüllung entfernt…, Alte Tankstelle Deutz, Cologne / Germany

2023 Skulpturengarten 2023: playground & nature, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, Aachen / Germany

2022-2023 Terminal, Terminal, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2022 CHAMBERS, FLⒶT$, Brussels/ Belgium

2022 Strike a Pose, K21, Düsseldorf / Germany

2022 a-book-a-buy, Shopkeepers: Frohnapfel, Lorenz, Peschel, kjubh, Cologne / Germany

2022 Kunst und Bau, Baukultur Nordrhein-Westfalen / Germany

2021 Jahresgaben 2021, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne / Germany

2021 NAK benefit auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen / Germany

2021 and their eyes became sharper, MARTINETZ Gallery, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2021 Earth Is Blue, part 3 of 3, art in architecture KUKODUS, realisation at the Goethe-Gymnasium Düsseldorf / Germany, Solo

2021 vom spiel der körper im licht – Ein Skulpturenpark für das Kunsthaus, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, Aachen / Germany

2020 All the extinct fires, NAK/ Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen / Germany

2020 Earth Is Blue, part 1&2 of 3, art in architecture KUKODUS, realisation at the Goethe-Gymnasium Düsseldorf / Germany, Solo

2020 Draft exhibition for art in architecture for Federal Ministry Mauerstraße 27/29, Berlin / Germany

2019 `Let`s not..`, MARTINETZ Gallery, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2018 EVERYTHING AND THE OPPOSITE, TOO., artothek, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2018 Like a museum, Kunsthaus NRW (North Rhine Westphalia) Kornelimünster, Aachen / Germany

2017 Jahresgaben 2017, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne / Germany

2017 Aware of Another, Matjö BBK, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2017 30 Years of Federal Garden Exhibition Düsseldorf / Germany

2017 Awakening in Istanbul, Werft 5, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne / Germany

2017 St.Open, public art project (bus shelters) in public parks of Cologne / Germany, Solo / Duo

2016 Open Studios, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai / China

2016 Open Studios, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne / Germany

2016 NAK benefit auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen / Germany

2016 KINETIC CIRCLE, Antichambre, Düsseldorf / Germany

2015 Under New Management, kjubh, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2015 Skulptur 2015, Museum for Sculpture Glaskasten Marl, Marl / Germany

2015 NAK benefit auktion, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen / Germany

2015 TomBola 2015, kjubh Kunstverein e.V, Cologne / Germany

2015 Geradeaus und hinten durch, dann links, Freie Künsträume-Art Fair 2015, Cologne / Germany

2015 Nationalpark Harz, Sankt Andreasberg / Germany

2015 kjubh editions, COFA-Contemporary (Cologne Fine Art), Cologne / Germany

2014 NAK benefit auction, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen / Germany

2014 embodied break I, Jubilee exhibition Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation / Germany

2014 platformed, ZONTA COLOGNE ART AWARD, FUHRWERKSWAAGE Kunstraum, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2014 Unprepared Garden, new talents - biennale, Cologne / Germany

2013 Fünf Minuten oder so., GOLD + BETON, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2013 Futterkrippenbert, Mystique, Kulturanker e.V., Magdeburg / Germany

2012 Muschelbrüder, with Thomas Garvie KARAT, Cologne / Germany, Duo

2012 elevensixtyfour (transformed), with Thomas Garvie, Carlama Exhibition Space, Skenderija, Sarajevo / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Duo

2012 DEAR GARAGE, exhibition-series in garages, degree dissertation at Academy of Media Arts (KHM), www.dear-garage.com, Cologne / Germany, Solo

2011 THEORY ON A BORDER- Old Portrait, KHM annual exhibition, Cologne / Germany

2011 THEORY ON A ROPE I/ II/ III, JUNG ART - Kunstschau, Berlin / Germany

2010 Kein schöner Land. Silent hedges., Art Cologne, ART CAMPUS, Cologne / Germany

2010 THEORY ON A ROPE I/ II/ III, KHM annual exhibition, Cologne / Germany

2010 Gute Tarnung, schnelle Düsen, schlechter Walzer, [returnable] Intervenzioni sul Campo, Sardinia / Italy

2010 THROBBING STREETS- AUTONOME, Ohrenschmaus Festival, Cologne / Germany

2009 Puppetframing, Performance, Tian‘anmen-square,Bejing, 3-canal-loop, KHM Jahresausstellung, Cologne / Germany / China

2009 Daydream@Dunkelzelt, Sound-Installation, Moers Festival, Moers / Germany

2009 compone, Kunst Praxis, KHM/ Hochschule für Musik , Cologne / Germany

Talks

2022 Artist Talk: Selma Gültoprak – On-site, lecture series Artistic Practice, invited by Mirjam Thomann, Department of Art and Music

Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne / Germany

2021 Artist Talk: Selma Gültoprak & Melanie Weidemüller, Galerie Martinetz, Cologne / Germany

2020 Temporary Gallery, Cologne / Germany

2020 THE PUBLIC MATTERS, LWL-Museum for art and culture, talk and video, Münster / Germany

2018 Scholl Stiftung Vol. I: Between us - among us, What is art in public space today?, Cologne / Germany

2015 Cologne`s godparents of culture, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Cologne / Germany

2014 ZONTA COLOGNE ART AWARD, artist talk, Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne / Germany

Public Collections

2023 Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia

2021 Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia

2021 artothek – Raum für junge Kunst

2020 City of Cologne Art Possession (Stadtkölnischer Kunstbesitz)

2020 State capital Düsseldorf

2018 Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia

2016 Swatch Art Peace Hotel Collection

2015 City of Cologne Art Possession (Stadtkölnischer Kunstbesitz)

Teaching

2023/24 Department of Art and Music, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne / Germany

2022 Department of Art and Music, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne / Germany

2021 Peter Behrens School of Arts, Hochschule Düsseldorf / Germany