ars viva 2024

Atiena R. Kilfa was born in Paris, France in 1990. She currently lives and works in Berlin. In 2022 she completed her studies in fine arts at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions at Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, CH (2019), Elvira, Frankfurt, DE (2021) and at Expo Chicago, Chicago, US (2022). She had solo exhibitions at the Cell Project Space, London, GB (2020), at the Liste Art Fair, Basel, CH (2021) and at the KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE (2022), which currently runs until May 28th On display at Camden Arts Centre, London, UK. Daniel Lie, born in 1988 in Sao Paulo, BR, is trans-nonbinary and lives and works in Berlin. In 2013, Lie completed a degree in fine arts and didactics at Sao Paulo University in Brazil. This was followed by the Darmasiswa Indonesian Scholarship, a one-year fellowship program for traditional Indonesian dance in 2019. Lie's work has been in group exhibitions at the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE (2021), the Berlin Atonal Festival, Berlin, DE (2021), at Sculpture Garden, Geneva Biennal, Geneva, CH (2022) and the Singapore Biennal, SG (2023). Lie's solo exhibitions have been on view at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE (2021), KfW Foundation, Frankfurt, DE (2022) and New Museum, New York, US (2022). caner teker was born in Duisburg in 1994, lives and works in Duesseldorf and Berlin. In 2019, teker completed his studies at the Duesseldorf Art Academy as a master student. This was followed by two years of postgraduate studies at the SNDO - School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. caner teker has had numerous performances, including: at tanzhaus nrw and Hau - Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, DE (2021), as part of the Berlin Atonal x Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, DE (2021), Tanzquartier Wien, AT (2022), Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin, DE ( 2022) and in the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, DE (2022). Teker, among others, received an award with the funding award for young artists in visual arts from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (2017) and the funding prize from the city of Duesseldorf (2020). Teker had scholarships and residencies from the Ministry of Art and Science, North Rhine-Westphalia (2020), the PACT Zollverein, Essen, DE (2022) and for 2023 from the Kunststiftung NRW and the Kunsthalle Bergen in Norway.