Alma Bektas is an artist working across disciplines within the medium of floral design. In her work she likes to manipulate natural and mix it with human-made art in the form of floral design and botanical installations to exhibition, artistic direction, scenography, set and costume design.
Alma’s approach to designing floral objects is influenced by her unique personal style and her extensive experience in directing and expressing floral installations.
Her works emphasize the strength and ability of flowers to thrive in harsh conditions rather than focusing solely on beauty and grace. Her favorite flowers are the ones with a distinct prickly touch, which grow spiny leaves that keep them from being eaten by wildlife.
She designs flower installations for clients in fashion, luxury and culture industry and her personal artwork is displayed in art institutions, galleries, and museums.
As a costume and stage designer, she already has three theater productions behind her.
She is currently based in Vienna.
SHOWS+COMMISSIONS
2024 BRANCHING VEINS Floral Installation, Group Show, Museum of Wooden Urban Architecture, Villnius, Lithuania
2024 GRANE Floral Sculpture, The Window and the Couch, West Space Vienna, Austria
2024 OPIUM by Katharina Kummer Stage Design, Young Spectator´s Theater Leipzig, Germany
2024 FLORA HERSELF Floral sculpture, (CON)TEMPORARY FASHION SHOWCASE, Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
2024 METABOLISM Floral Sculpture, Galerie KRAS Vienna, Austria
2024 GORE GARDEN Floral Sculpture, Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden
2024 ELEVATE FESTIVAL Floral Sculpture, Orpheum Graz, Austria
2023 THE FEST Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien
2023 SHOWROOM Floral Installation, Austrian Fashion Association, Paris
2023 WATER LILY GROWING; MILES OF A SHALLOW Floral installation, Group show Wasserturm, Wien ,
2023 NEIGHBOURS Floral Installation Group show, WEST Space, Vienna
2023 NAILGASM Floral Installation, Ausstellung Austrian Fashion Association, Vienna
2023 ELEVATE FESTIVAL OPENING” Floral Installation, Orpheum, Graz
2022 ImPulsTANZ Vienna International Dance Festival, Floral Design
2022 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK ”FOKUS: Ornament” Vertical Distel, floral Installation
2022 EXPERIENCE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE Totem floral sculpture, Group show, Room D, MUSEUMSQUARTIER, Vienna
2021 UNDER ARCHED CEILINGS Floral Installation, Group show, Sala Terrena Heiligenkreuzerhof Wien
2021 UNDER THE MUSHROOMS Video Installation, Kunst Haus Wien
2021 ON A DAILY BASIS Floral Installation, Group show, Das Werk, Vienna
THEATER
2024 “OPIUM oder: Ich habe Hunger, Ich möchste Gott essen”, Theater der Jungen Welt, Leipzig, stage and costume props
2023 “DAS HEIDI” Theater o.N. Berlin, stage and costume design
2023 “WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN LADY DI DIED” Werk X am Petersplatz, stage and costume design
SELECTED CLIENTS / COLABORATORS / PUBLICATIONS
CINCIN
VIENNA DESIGN WEEK
MAK MUSEUM
IMPULSTANZ
AUSTRIAN FASHION ASSOCIATION
ANOUK STORE
REGIA MAG
CHRISTINA SEEWALD
VIS A VIS
ZEIT MAGAZINE
DIE PRESSE
RADO
SUMPF
ZALANDO
SLINA STORE
ELEVATE FESTIVAL
DSCENE
REGIAMAG
JENNIFER MILLEDER
RONDO
PRESS