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Podcast Heterotopia: www.rebeccahimmerich.de/heterotopia4
About
With her dark, folkloric electro-pop sound, Aylin Leclaire invites us on ourneys through other worlds and dimensions. The German-Turkish musician blends intricate beats with her virtuosic voice to tell emotionally charged stories where personal experiences intertwine with otherworldly poetry.
Her live performances merge sophisticated stage design with high-concept artistic expression, creating total works of art that reflect her interdisciplinary practice. Her debut album, Sculptural Rituals, traces the deeply intimate and emotional cycles of artistic creation.
In 2025, she joined the music label 99rockets records, where she released the protest track „Quallen gegen Rechts“– an electro-driven, queer-feminist anthem against fascism.
Alongside upcoming side projects like the jellyfish-inspired collaboration Terz und Tentakel with Verena Meis and the Jellyfish Institute Düsseldorf, a new solo EP is already on the horizon.
In her interdisciplinary works, Leclaire constructs narratives that examine power structures and human interaction. She uses a wide range of materials and media to explore the political, emotional, and spatial dimensions of existence.
A holistic approach is a constant in her practice. Sound and music often play a central role, drawing audiences fully into the worlds, stories, and situations she creates. Her work doesn’t just focus on the interaction within the piece or between the work and the viewer — it also emerges from collaboration. Working with other artists, she fosters exchange between different methods and perspectives, turning process into a shared space of creation.
Aylin Leclaire enjoys provoking thought — always with a sense of humour — challenging both participants and audiences while making them an active part of her work.
In 2019, she graduated from the Düsseldorf Art Academy as a master student of Martin Gostner. She also studied at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam, in the Master of Voice program.
She currently lives and works in Düsseldorf
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Mentor in the “Pop Über” program by Szeniale (Art and Culture in Urban Space Association)Kunst und Kultur im urbanen Raum)
| Eduction | |
| 2024 | Jury-member „Tiny Adaptions“ - NRW Landesbüro Darstellende Künste |
| Seit 2021 | Member of the Atelier Beirat |
| 2021 – 2022 | Board member, Künstlerverein Malkasten |
| 2016 – 2017 | Master of Voice, Sandberg Instituut |
| 2016 | Master student, letter Prof. Martin Gostner (Meisterschülerbrief) |
| 2013 – 2016 | AStA member/ AStA Chairman, Senat member (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf) |
| 2012 – 2019 | Studies Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Freie Kunst) |
| Scholarship and Awards | |
| 2024 | Pop-Kultur Nachwuchs |
| Tiny Residency – NRW Landesbüro Darstellende Künste | |
| 2022 -2024 | Funding of concerts CoZe Musik Kulturamt Düsseldorf |
| 2022 | 360° Stipendium Kulturamt Düsseldorf Projekt kollaboration mit dem Qualleninstitut Düsseldorf |
| Arbeitsstipendium – Stiftung Kunstfonds | |
| Förderung des Baus eines Tonstudios – Kulturamt Düsseldorf | |
| Auf geht’s scholarship – Neustart Kultur | |
| 2021 | Modul C – Neustart Kultur Sculptural Rituals – Konzerte und Live Streams |
| Gema Stipendium – Neustart Kultur | |
| Auf geht’s scholarship – Neustart Kultur | |
| Atelierstipendium, Kunstsalon Köln | |
| 2020 | Auf geht’s scholarship – Neustart Kultur |
| 2019 | Akademie scholarship, Freunde und Förderer der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 2016 | Scholarship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
| Exhibitions and Events | |
| 2025 | Composer and musical director for the stage production „Merlin or the Wasteland“ at Theater Krefeld |
| ArtArtist – Exhibition, Düsseldorf | |
| 2024 | Composing and live performance for the dance production „Les Femmes“ at the City Museum of Düsseldorf |
| Composer and performer for the theatre production Risktakers in Marburg | |
| Futurismus – Netphen 2034, Listeningsession/Hörspiel mit Anne Decker und der Qulturwerkstatt Netphen | |
| 2023 | „Everybody wants to be Puck“ Shakepeare Festival Neuss, Komposition der Musik und Live Performance |
| Radio live session – CamGlen Radio (Glasgow), Resonance FM (London) | |
| UK Tour – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Halifax, Bristol, Reading, London, Horsham, Hastings | |
| „Terz und Tentakel“ musikalische Quallen Performance, in Kollaboration mit Verena Meis und dem Quallen Institut Düsseldorf, zur Eröffnung der AR-Biennale, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf | |
| 2022 | Album Release „Sculptural Rituals“, Konzert Performance bei „CoZe Musik“ |
| Konzert Performance zum 75. Jubiläum der Partnerschaft zwischen Düsseldorf und Reading – in der Reading Townhall, England / Konzert in der „Biscuit factory“ – Reading, England | |
| „Spaceships of Ezekiel“ (Skulptur) – Gruppenausstellung „Zero Gravity“, ES365, Düsseldorf | |
| Konzertperformance im „Ratinger Hof“ Support von „Future Jesus and the Electric Lucifer“ / Konzert zur Ausstellungseröffnung „Zero Gravity“ im „ES365“ / Konzert im Kunstpalast zur Ausstellung „Die Grosse“ | |
| Konzertperformance zum Künstlerfest, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf | |
| „Meister-Dialoge – Helga Meister trifft Aylin Leclaire“, artist talk, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf | |
| Versteckspiel mit Emanuel Musikkomposition und Musikperformance im Theaterstück von Nelly Sachs Künstlerkeller, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf | |
| 2021 | werden / becoming From Michelangelo to the Future Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum / Innsbruck |
| Changes, Musiktheater | |
| Art Festival K*WERK it: SHOW-OFF Zakk, Düsseldorf | |
| TOUCHE-MOI! Tropez Tropez im Sommerbad Humboldthain, Berlin | |
| 2020 | Soundlesung – Performance |
| Künstlerinnenfest – Culture Loop Kollaboration mit Verena Meis Künstlerverein Malkasten, Frauenkulturbüro, Düsseldorf | |
| Autists and Aliens (Installation/Performance) in order of appearance K21, Düsseldorf | |
| 2019 | Akademia – eine Oper Malkasten Park/ Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf |
| No.7, Vulva, Das kleine Format (Skulptur) Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf | |
| Skulpturen, Die Grosse Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf | |