Gözde Ju
Born in Adana/Turkey in 1992.
Following her graduation from a Fine Arts High School in 2009, Gözde Ju started studying in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Anadolu University. She graduated from the Printmaking and Painting departments (double major). In 2018, she obtained her master's degree with the thesis on “Spatial Searches in Contemporary Printmaking Art”. Her master thesis focused on the evaluation of Printmaking in the context of space and contemporary art. Furthermore, she completed the course period of the Proficiency of Art Program (PhD).
The artist took part in various exhibitions in different countries. She continues to work at her studio in Frankfurt am Main,
Germany.
Solo / Duo Shows
2025 “Under the Same Sky” Solo Show, Candyland , SAHA Foundation Stockholm, SE
2025 “Unsere Herzen Werden Schnell Wachsen” Solo Show, ArbeitKreis68 , Wasserburg am Inn, DE
2024 “Pride,Wisdom and Garden ” Solo Show, 1ShanthiRoad Gallery /Goethe Institute, Bangalore, IN
2024 “ Tu,Tu,Tu!” Duo Show, Project Raum- Basis e.V, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2024 “Uprooted” Solo Show, Altán Klamovka Gallery, Prague, CZ,
2024 “Life Among Us” Solo Show, Kunstverein EULENGASSE e.V, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2024 “Sakın” Duo Show, PASAJ @ Barın Han, Istanbul, TR
2023 “Yüzünde Bir Ev-A Home On the Face” Solo Show, Eldem Art Space-FIRIN, Eskisehir, TR
2023 “What Tangled Threads We Spin” Duo Show, Bok Galerie, Offenbach, DE
Selected Group Shows / Art Fairs / Biennials
2025 “Si No, El Invierno” , Ilgaz Yildiz Gallery Madrid, ES
2025 “Revealing What is the Partly Sensed”Three Seas Art Fest,Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art,Gallery,Krakow,PL
2025 Textile Art Bienial 2025, Alanya, TR
2025 “New Now” curated by Attila Güllü, CerModern, Ankara, TR
2024 212 Photography Istanbul - International Photography Festival, Istanbul, TR
2024 Supermarket Art Fair “On the Urgency of Dreaming” Curated by Cristiana Tejo, Stockholm, SE
2024 “Crossroads” Art On Istanbul Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2023 Museu Textile “Natural Impressions” Curated by Rodrigo Franzao, New Orleans, USA
2023 The Platform Project International Art Fair 2023, Presented by Eulengasse, Athens, GR
2023 The Museum of Škofja Loka, Bien Textile Art Biennial 2023, Kranj, SI
2023 “Enable”, Presented by Eulengasse, Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm, SE
2023 “Reconsider”, Municipal Gallery of Gjilan, Gjilan, XK
2023 “Home Coming” Group Show, Kairos Gallery, Embassy of Ireland, Istanbul, TR
2023 “An und Ab Wesenheit”, Atelierfrankfurt e.V - Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, DE
2022 “They Belong To Me” Bureau D`Art Et De Recherche, Roubaix, France
2022 The Platform Project International Art Fair “Stranger To”, Athens, GR
2022 “Here We Are” Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, DE
2021 The Platform Project International Art Fair 21 - Presented by Eulengasse, Athens,GR
2021 “Hut ab-Kopf An- Beuys 100” Feuilleton Frankfurt-Eulengasse, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2021 “Die Arbeitswelt und Industrialisierung Anatoliens” Kunsthaus Schwarzer Adler, Stühlingen DE
2020 6th Contemporary Art Project Competition for Youth, Tarik Zafer Tunaya Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul, TR
2019 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Art Exchange Week, Nanjing, CN
2019 5th Contemporary Art Project Competition for Youth, CerModern Museum, Ankara, TR
2018 Anadolu University Department of Printmaking,School of Art Changzhou University, Changzhou, CN
2017 Arbeitswelt und Undustrialisierung Anatoliens, LVR Museum, Solingen, DE
2017 Arbeitswelt und Undustrialisierung Anatoliens, Porzellanikon Museum, Selb, DE
2016 Artists For Nature, Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2016 From Today To Tomorrow, CerModern Museum, Ankara, TR
2016 Exhibition of 73th State of Paintings and Sculptures Competition, Trabzon, TR
2016 V. International Printmaking Competition, Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul, TR
2014 Anadolu University Department of Printmaking,School of Art Changzhou University, Changzhou, CN
Projects and Residencies
2025 Artists Residency - Three Seas Art Festival - University of the National Education Commission, Krakow (Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie) cooperation with Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2024 BangaloResidency / Goethe Institute, 1Shanti Road Studio/Gallery, Basis e.V, Bangalore, India
2024 PASAJ Istanbul @Barin Han / Small Things Residency Program, Istanbul, Turkiye
2023 SIS Artist Residency Program, Ordu, Turkiye
2018 Learning Through the Arts Inside and Outside of the School System in Turkiye and Germany- Co- Production Workshop: In collabration IKSV- Istanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfi, Deutsch-Turkische Jugenbrücke, BAG Siel un Theater BKJ, Nesin Art Village, Kürator; Isin Önol
2016 Artists for Nature - Designed with the partnership of The Nature Conservation Center (DKM), Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA), EU Civil Society Dialogue Program. Artist for Nature is a Artist Residency Project, artists from England and Turkiye gathered and produce together which was followed by exhibition in Turkiye and England
2016 ART in Village - Project was supported within scope of European Commission and Turkish National Agency ( Ministry of European Union) develops projects to realize disappearing handcrafts in small settlement areas with participants from Turkey and Greece
Grants and Awards
2025 SAHA Foundation, Production - Exhibition Grant, Solo Show at CANDYLAND, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 Stadt Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Artist Residency Support Grant, Bangalore, India
2023 Kreativ- Transfer , Travel and Presentation Grant , Athens, Greece