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Lily of the valley is a visual artist and researcher. Her practice is influenced by water, feminist science fiction
and soil to build potential future narratives. Working across installation, performance, and photography,
she develops immersive environments that explore the connections between belief, protection, survival and collective imaginaries.
Her work has been presented in international exhibitions, including The Milk of Dreams, Venice Biennale (2022);
The Seventh Continent, Istanbul Bienniale (2019); and Why Not Ask Again?, Shanghai Bienniale (2016).
In the Netherlands, her work was shown in Tenminste Houdbaar Tot at Museum Arnhem (2022).
Recent solo exhibitions include Anatolian Goddess(es) (2025) at Working Title Gallery and Posterity Hill (2022)
at Wilfried Lentz Gallery.
Her work can be found in Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Museum Arnhem, UMC Amsterdam, Abn Amro Bank and Rabobank collections.
Between 2013 and 2014, she was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten and
a fellow researcher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2022/23.
She remains a community member of the ecofeminist collective 4Siblings and continues
the feminist science fiction literature platform @feministcifi in 2020.
Born in Istanbul in 1985, her studio is currently based in Amsterdam.
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♲ Working Title GalleryIt is called a Weeping Willow, not because the willow weeps, it's for you to weep under its dome.
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☽ Creation Myths and Other Beginnings, 4 September - 29 November 2026
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THE MILK OF DREAMS, 59th VENICE BIENNALE, 2022
The Adventures of Umay Ixa Kayakizi, 2022, documentation courtesy of 59th Venice Biennale

The Adventures of Umay Ixa Kayakizi, 2022, documentation courtesy of 59th Venice Biennale

The Adventures of Umay Ixa Kayakizi, 2022, documentation courtesy of 59th Venice Biennale

The Adventures of Umay Ixa Kayakizi, 2022, documentation courtesy of 59th Venice Biennale

The Adventures of Umay Ixa Kayakizi, 2022, documentation courtesy of 59th Venice Biennale
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Curated by Manon Braat, on view until 30th January 2023
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◉ The Adventures of Umay Ixa Kayakizi, commissioned by Other Futures Festival, 2021 until 12 November
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The Seventh Continent

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11th Shanghai Biennale, 2016▽
Rijksakademie 2013 - 2014▽

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