• ONLINE : 04.03.26 and 29.04.26. Max 3 artists / 30 minutes each / date. Artists are encouraged to share their portfolio with the curator by sending it at least 1 week before their meeting at ateliers@aapl.lu  ; 

• IN PERSON at AAPL : 02.04.26 and 03.06.26. Max 3 artists / 40 minutes each / date. Project rooms at AAPL will be available for artists, who do not have a studio at Verlorenkost. Artists are encouraged to share their portfolio with the curator by sending it at least 1 week before their meeting at ateliers@aapl.lu . 

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Yasemin Elçi (b. Istanbul) is a curator and journalist based in Luxembourg. She received her BA from Dartmouth College (USA) and her high school diploma from Robert College (Turkey). She worked as a teaching assistant in photography classes at Dartmouth College (USA) and Aalto University (Finland). 

She was the Director of Leica Gallery & Academy Istanbul between 2016-2019 where she curated exhibitions of renowned names including Thomas Hoepker, Horst P. Horst, Bruno Barbey, Werner Bischof as well as contemporary photographers from Iran, Germany, Finland and Turkey. She worked as the Director of Gallery x-ist (Istanbul) between 2009-2016, representing contemporary artists and exhibiting them in international art fairs including Art Basel Hong Kong, Arco Madrid, Vienna Art Fair,Art Dubai, Art Stage Singapore, Shanghai Art Fair, Unseen Amsterdam and Photo London. 

Based in Luxembourg since 2020, Elçi has focused in recent years on curatorial projects addressing gender equality and environmental consciousness. Her recent curatorial work includes: “Taming Nature” (2021) at Valerius Gallery, “A Room of One’s Own” (2023) at neimenster, “Earth Is Not Flat But Soon Will Be” at neimenster (2024), and “Climate Elders,” presented in collaboration with 1in6by2030, (Museu de Arte Sacra, Belém, Brazil, 2025-2026) coinciding with COP30 – UN Climate conference. 

She is a nominator for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award since 2021 and she was in the jury of CineEast Film Festival Luxembourg in 2020. 

Elçi is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Turkey. She has written 200+ articles in English and Turkish for various publications including The Luxembourg Times, Artsy, Harper’s Bazaar, Art Unlimited. She hosted a radio show on the art scene in Luxembourg in 2020-2021 promoting contemporary art and photography in the region. She gave talks in London, Paris and Istanbul on collecting art, the photography market, art writing and navigating in the art world as an artist. 

She advises private art collectors, art foundations, and artist residency programs, collaborates with museums and galleries on exhibitions and workshops. 

 

https://yaseminelci.com/about/