Selection of WORK/ PROJECTS/ EXHIBITIONS
DIE AUSSPRACHE (AT)
film
Co-Writer/ Co-Director for a short film by Funda Rosenland (Berlin) Post-Production
2025
DEEP SOUTH
photography, research
I travelled through America’s South from 2015 - 2022. A first series was exhibited in Panama City, Florida in 2022.
2015 - ongoing
ISTANBUL
photography
Exhibited in various cities in Germany 2017 - 2021
Published in BenimIstanbul, Edition Esefeld & Traub 2017
Awards: International Tokio Foto Award Editorial, Gold Winner
2017 - 2021
KREATIV-WERKSTATT
theater
Creative self expression work with girls & young women who went through hardships & trauma in their lives.
Play- & poetry writing, acting- & performance work, group talks in weekly gatherings.
Performances in Stuttgart (u.a. Kulturwerk Ost)
Rosa/ eva Stuttgart e.V., Stuttgart Germany
2015 - 2019
STILL BREATHING
film
Filmed with refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Macedonia.
Crime and Punishment - Justice for all International Film Festival, Golden Scale Short Film Competition Finalist, Istanbul, Turkey
More information —> here
2018
STORIES OF HOPE
curation
Vom Ankommen, exhibition & panel discussion, Syrian refugees speak about their experiences, Lindenmuseum Stuttgart
Stories of Hope, exhibition & readings, Syrian refugees speak about their experiences, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
2017
CONTEMPORARIES
photography
Interview & portrait series
A portrait series about inspirational German artists
2013 - 2014
Ort, Identität, Transformation, Fakultät für Architektur und Stadtplanung, solo show, Universität Stuttgart, Germany 2012
The Rehearsal, text & photography contribution, Künstlerische Leitung Sebastian Klemm, Gallery Arcadia Missa, London UK 2012
WORLD CHAMPION ÖZLEM ŞAHIN
photography
Press portraits for Boxer Özlem Şahin & documentary work
2011 - 2012
Brachflaechen - Terrenos en desuso with Julio Paredes (Columbia), photography contribution, Literaturhaus Stuttgart Germany 2011
Geschichten aus dem Veielbrunnen Viertel, photography contribution, Stadtarchiv Stuttgart 2011
Merhaba Stuttgart – 50 Jahre deutsch-türkisches Anwerbeabkommen,, photography contribution, Lindenmuseum Stuttgart 2011
STUTTGART STRASSENFOTOGRAFIE
photography
A loveletter to Stuttgart
exhibition:
Stuttgart Straßenfotografie, solo show, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Germany 2011
SILENCE TALKS
film
A poetic short film about my brother Cenk
2011
graphic design, art direction, mural art
Member of 2wei/ A collaboration between Stuttgart based independant artists with a gallery & store in Stuttgart-Ost.
Fields of work: graphic design, photography, video production, art direction, screenprinting, vintage clothes sales, mural art. Clients: u.a. BMW Museum München, Molotow, Steelcase.
Awards: Red Dot Design Award 2012/ Best Interior Design (collaborational work)
2006 - 2013
BIRD’S EYE VIEW I + II
photography
Karlskaserne, group show, Stuttgart, Germany
2008
© 2025 Cana Yılmaz
GEDENKTAFEL / MEMORIAL PLAQUE
design
Gewinnerentwurf & Umsetzung/ Gedenktafel in Bronze
Ausschreibung der Stadt Duisburg für die Entstehung einer Gedenktafel für die Opfer des Brandanschlags vom 26.August 1984 in Duisburg.
Mehr Information —> hier
2023