Cihan Çakmak, when we leave, 2024 (2018 − ongoing), FineArt Print auf Aludibond, gerahmt, 75 x 100 cm, courtesy the artist © Cihan Çakmak

"I make art because I have to. I shouldn't make art. My mother says. The men in the art world say. The art world says. But I do. I see."   − Cihan Çakmak
 

The Museum Morsbroich is delighted to present the first solo museum show by emerging artist Cihan Çakmak (born 1993, lives and works in Berlin and Lisbon). In her work, Cihan Çakmak, who grew up near Worpswede as the daughter of Kurdish immigrants from Turkey, addresses current issues of origin, identity, intergenerational trauma, and feminist self-assertion.
In addition to photographs, video, and sound works, the exhibition includes also Cihan Çakmak's drawings, which offer a glimpse into the intimate and momentary inner world of an I —a searching, fragile, and at the same time angry yet self-determined I; an I that stands for many in this world, that does not hide but makes visible.
 

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, supported by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung under its support prize “Catalogues for Young Artists”.

Curated by Thekla Zell

Opening: Sunday, July 12, 2026, 12 noon

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