Genesis Kahveci

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Contact
genesis.kahveci@gmail.com
@miufrio (instagram)

Artist Bio
Genesis Kahveci (*1998) studied Fine Art at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig under Tina Bara and is currently a postgraduate student there under Anna Ehrenstein; prior to this, she studied Communication Design in Stuttgart. In her work, she explores identity formation, power structures and the tensions between shame and self-empowerment. Her practice uses performative strategies as a means of testing boundaries and reflects on how social norms, personal experiences and the media shape identity.

Artist Statement
My artistic practice is shaped by an exploration of issues related to identity formation, power structures, and the tension between shame and self-empowerment. I view identity as a dynamic process shaped by external influences, social norms, and personal experiences. The staging of my work thus becomes a tool for testing boundaries, overcoming shame, and exploring new ways of self-perception. Like all of us, I am a product of everything that came before me and a co-creator of what is to come. Those who have shaped me so far have left traces that are difficult to erase and impossible to deny. The media I have consumed have significantly shaped my identity as a queer, migrant person.

2025 — ongoing

2021 — 2025

2017 — 2021

2025

2024 — ongoing

2026

2025

2024

2021

2020

2026

2025

2023

2023/
2022/
2021/
2020

EDUCATION

Meisterschüler:innen program,
Fine Arts / Photography,
Class of Anna Ehrenstein,
Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig.

Diploma
Fine Arts / Photography,
Class of Tina Bara,
Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig.

Pre-Diploma,
Communication design,
Class of Patrick Thomas
State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Artistic assistance,

Art Education,

Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst,

Leipzig

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Burg Galerie
The Gallery as a Stage,
Halle (Saale).

Berlin.
Gallery KUB

where I end and you begin,
Leipzig.

Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz

VERTEBRALE,
Berlin.

Atelier West,

Fake Warmth,
Stuttgart.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Evening Academy HGB,

Teaching.

Gaze Photoaward,

Runner Up.

Der Greif,

Guest Room,
„Messy“

Podcast Interview,
Die Motive.

Publication