Eda Aslan

Eda Aslan (b. 1993, Istanbul) is a Turkish artist whose installation and research practice explores memory, domesticity, and overlooked narratives within collective history. Working with archives, testimonies, and fragile spatial residues, she examines lost or unrecorded histories at the intersection of personal and public memory. Aslan studied sculpture at Marmara University and later pursued Time-based Media at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HfBK). Most recently, her work has been recognized with prestigious awards, including the Max-Pechstein Prize (2025) and the Karl Ditze Prize (2025). She is also the recipient of the Working Grant (Arbeitsstipendium) for Fine Arts (2026) from the Ministry of Culture and Media Hamburg. Aslan’s individual and collective projects, have been supported by various grants such as the Hamburg Projektförderung für Bildende Kunst (2023), Zeit-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius Kunststipendium (2022), SALT Research Funds (2018). Her works have been exhibited on diverse platforms, including Franconia Jewish Museum, DEPO Istanbul, Kunsthaus Hamburg, IASPIS, 4th Mardin Biennial, and Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof. Aslan lives and works in Hamburg.