Biography
Ali Zülfikar was born in Milelis, Turkey in (1970)1971. He studied at Firat University in Elazig with the well-known Turkish painter, Prof. Memduh Kuzay. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany, and has been a member of the collecting society Bild-Kunst in Bonn since 2018.
The House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany Foundation acquired the work "Greta" by the artist Ali Zülfikar for the museum.
In 2020, 2021 and 2022 he received three grants from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and a studio funded by the city of Cologne.
Ali Zülfikar's art works are admired by numerous art connoisseurs worldwide. So far, these have been shown in around 200 international solo and group exhibitions and museums.
In 2018, Zülfikar got into trouble in the Stadthalle in Linz/Rhein with a critical work showing Turkish President Erdogan. At that time, the Turkish Consul General Sibel Müderrisoglu intervened, and the city of Linz initially caved in too. Only when the mayor received assessments from the Foreign Office and the police, was the artist finally allowed to exhibit his work.
Ali Zülfikar was nominated "Artist of the Year" by the Turkish Ministry of Culture in 2017, the artist says he refuses to accept the award.
