Thz artist caner teker
Image: Nina Lacin

caner teker

Residency guest 23/24

caner teker is a survivor, choreographer and artist. caner's performances involve the parasitic, transformative and autobiographical worldmaking. through the manipulation of space, time and body, images emerge that contain personal experiences beyond queerness and post-migrant identity. caner studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and at SNDO – School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam. teker's performances have been shown at Gessnerallee Zurich, Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf and HAU – Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin. In 2022, teker was a danceWEB scholarship holder at ImPuls Tanz in Vienna and performed at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theater, Tanzquartier Wien and Radikal Jung at Munich's Volkstheater. The work KIRKPINAR was purchased for the collection of Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, and awarded the ars viva prize 2024.