caner teker, was born in 1994 in Duisburg-Marxloh and works as a survivor, choreographer and artist in Düsseldorf and Berlin. caner teker studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and at the SNDO - School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam. In 2020, caner teker received the Förderpreis für Bildende Künste der Stadt Düsseldorf and was a Guest Fellow at PACT Zollverein. The work ›KIRKPINAR‹ was purchased for the collection of the Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, and was awarded the ars viva prize in 2024. caner teker's performances deal with the parasitic, transformative and autobiographical creation of worlds. Through the manipulation of space, time and body, images are created that encompass personal experiences beyond queerness and post-migrant identity. The pieces have been shown at Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, HAU - Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, Gessnerallee Zurich, Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Atonal Festival Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin and Tanzquartier Wien, among others.