About

About

Aylin Leclaire works at the intersection of sculpture, film, installation, and music. Her practice fuses space, sound, and performative elements into dense, immersive experiential environments.

At the core of her work is an artistic investigation of social structures, power dynamics, and forms of collective perception — sensorial, multilayered, and often edged with speculative sharpness. Leclaire creates pieces that are physically present yet conceptually resonant, lingering beyond the moment of encounter.

She lives and works in Düsseldorf.

CV

Mentor in the “Pop Über” program by Szeniale (Art and Culture in Urban Space Association)Kunst und Kultur im urbanen Raum)

Profile & Awards

– Master student of Prof. Martin Gostner, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
– Master of Voice, Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam
– Working Grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds (2022–2023)
– Academy Prize of the Friends and Supporters of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
– Scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (2016–2019)
– Jury Member, NRW Landesbüro Darstellende Künste
– Teaching position at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Selected Exhibitions & Projects

- 2025 – Chronotopic Recordings, film/installation, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
– 2022 – Spaceships of Ezekiel, exhibition Zero Gravity, ES365, Düsseldorf
– 2021 – Becoming – Werden, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
– 2021 – Ways of Living, Chapter 4: Cotidiano – The Crown Letter, BienalSur, Montevideo (Uruguay)
– 2020 – Autists and Aliens, Installation/Performance, K21, Düsseldorf
– 2019 – Akademia – an Opera, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
– 2019 – Die Grosse NRW, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
– Solo exhibitions and projects, among others at K21 Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
– Realisation of large-scale interdisciplinary installations and film-based works