about
İklim Doğan (*TR, 1994) is an artist, architect and researcher based in Vienna. Her work delves into historiography and historical materialism; juxtaposing different disciplines and discourses across mediums such as fabric, text, video, installation, and film.

İklim has an academic background in Art, Architecture and Philosophy, having studied under Dorit Margreiter, Marina Gržinić, Angelika Schnell and amid.cero9 (Christina Díaz Moreno & Efrén García Grinda). In January 2024 she graduated with distinction from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna – Institute for Art and Architecture. Her master’s thesis ruins talking back was awarded the ‘Academy Prize’ for the best graduation thesis of the year. 

She has exhibited at venues such as das weisse haus, Wienmuseum MUSA Startgalerie, Kunsthalle Wien Skulpturenplatz, Weltmuseum Wien, Kunsthaus Muerz, Palais Liechtenstein, Exhibit Galerie and Parallel Vienna; collaborated in performances at Werk-X and Brut Wien. 

Alongside her individual practice, she is an experienced exhibition architect, having worked with institutions such as hdgö, Weltmuseum Wien and Wienmuseum. Additionally, as a skilled camerawoman, editor, and colorist she collaborates with other artists. 

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Awards
2024 Preis der Akademie, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2022 Transdisciplinary Trauma Studies, CEU Summer School, Study Grant

Exhibitions, Screenings, Performances
2024 Rollenspiele, exhibition curated by Judith Augustinovic, das weisse haus
2024 Deewan*, exhibition curated by Ayan Rezaei, Kunstraum Memphis, Linz
2024 Art and Exchange in the Diaspora, exhibition curated by Ann Verein, Exhibit Eschenbachgasse
2023 Parallel Vienna, with Art and Media | Video Class
2022 Nehmen Sie Platz! Die Parkbank als soziale Skulptur, curated by Alina Strmljan and Vincent Elias Weisl, Wien Museum MUSA
2022 Dance for the Future, multimedia performance collaboration with Mzamo Nondlwana and Bassano Bonelli Bassano, ImageTanz, Brut Nord Wien
2022 Unfolding, Group installation, KUBUS EXPORT
2022 and then /aɪ/ flipped the photograph, collaboration with Judith Kronberger, curated by Stephanie Damianitsch, Foyer of the Gemäldegalerie of Academy of Fine Arts
2021 Thicket of Times, Thicket of Ideas, exhibition curated by Stephanie Damianitsch, Exhibit Galerie
2020 Stories of Traumatic Past, exhibition curated by Marina Gržinić, Christina Jauernik, and Sophie Uitz, Weltmuseum Wien
2020 Die Akademie schläft nicht, curated by Stephanie Damianitsch, Palais Liechtenstein Wien
2019 Bitte seien Sie achtsam, andere brauchen Ihren Karlsplatz vielleicht notwendinger, solo installation as part of 3-day program, Kunsthalle Wien Skulpturenplatz
2019 Happy Birthday Karl Marx! Collection with a View #4, AzW in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Architekturzentrum Wien
2015 Der Raum nach dem Raum, exhibition curated by Theresia Frass-Knierzinger and Nikola Winkler, Kunsthaus Muerz

Lectures and Talks
2024 Art and Exchange in Diaspora Part 1, organized by Ann Verein, Soho Studios, Artist Lecture
2022 Dirndlbrand: Reclaiming the Dirndl, broadcast by Christa Reitermayr, Lale Rodgarkia-Dara, Ulli Weish, Radio Orange, Guest Speaker
2022 Re-Activating Critical Thinking in the Midst of Necropolitical Realities: For Radical Change, moderated by Marina Gržinić, and Jovita Pristovšek, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Book Release Presentation
2020 Performative Digital Lab: Building New Vocabularies of Resistance, symposium organized by Marina Gržinić, Filmmuseum Wien, Artist Lecture
2019 Schwarzmarkt für nützliches Wissen Nr:21 Das Rote Wien, curated by Romana Bund, Mobile Academy Berlin in Collaboration with Wiener Festwochen, Rathaus Wien, Red Vienna Expert
2018 Vienna Rossa: The Magic Mountain of Austro-Marxism (Part 1), organized by Monika Platzer and Angelika Schnell, Architekturzentrum Wien, Solo Reading
2018 Graduierten Colloquium Bauhaus Dessau, organized by Stephan Pinkau and Angelika Schnell, Bauhaus Dessau DE, Research Presentation

Publications
2024 Rollenspiele, edited by Judith Augustinovič and Birgit Schulz. Vienna: Schlebrügge.Editor Publishing, Exhibition Book
2022 Amidst the Strings of Necropolicies: Capital, Labour and Migration in Post-ideological Era. In “Re-Activating Critical Thinking in the Midst of Necropolitical Realities: For Radical Change”, edited by Marina Gržinić, and Jovita Pristovšek, p. 100-120. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, Book chapter
2019 Sztuka I Dokumentacja Nr.20, p. 294-303. Art magazine publised by Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, PL, Art Magazine and Exhibition Book
2019 blank publication, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Photo Series

Workshops
2022-2023 Gegen den Strich Sticken! Nr:1-4, embroidery workshops organized by Alina Strmljan and Anna Jungmayr at Bezirksmuseum Liesing
2021 Relais de la Mémoire, documentary film workshop with highschool students, organized by Emelin Kocagöz and Sieglind Gabriel at GRG1 Stubenbastei
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