
Savvas Christodoulides
Wooden Flower, 2011
Wood, cardboard,glass
180 x 205 x 25
Material Culture,Contemporary Art,Sculptural Aesthetics, Architecture, Modernities,Poetry,Domestic issues,Folk Tales,Politics
April-Sept 2012: MAK Schnidler Scholarship, Architect in Residence at MAK Center For Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA.
22 Μαρτίου -17 Μαΐου: «Ουτοπία», Συλλογή Νίκου Χρ. Παττίχη (επιμ. Έλενα Πάρπα, Μαρία Στάθη) Ίδρυμα Ευαγόρα και Καθλην Λανίτη, Λεμεσός
17 feb.2012 Presentation- N. #3 / Le catalogue immobilier « Dystopique »
La revue MADE IN CHINA , Paris.
Frieze.com, Kostis Velonis
by Matthew Rana
www.frieze.com/shows/review/kostis-velonis/
1 December 2011, 7pm:
"Metod" lecture at the Signal, Malmo
25 Nov. 2011–19Feb2012
The Promise of Happiness
Signal Center for Contemporary Art
(Solo) Malmö, Sweden,
Oct-December 2011 Artist in Residence at IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants)
http://www.konstnarsnamnden.se
12/10/2011 - 30/11/2011, “Little wooden seats and the woman of his dreams”, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. www.emst.gr
15 October, 22nd Biennial MSGA Symposium, October 13-16.Panel : Junta Aesthetics, New York University, NYC , http://mgsa.org/
18 September-18 Dec 2011, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, "A Rock And a Hard Place", State Museum of Contemporary Art (Cur. by Paolo Colombo, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Marina Fokidis, Archit: Andreas Angelidakis) Thessaloniki. www.thessalonikibiennale.gr
3 September – 27 Nov. 2011 “Melanchotopia”, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center, (Cur. by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Anne-Claire Schmitz) Rotterdam. www.wdw.nl
18 Sept-October “Building the Stage”, Omikron Gallery (Solo), Nicosia, Cyprus. www.omikrongallery.com
«Διχασμός και συλλογικότητα», Συνέντευξη στην Ελπίδα Καραμπά. Κριτική και τέχνη #4, Το έργο της επιμέλειας. http://issuu.com/designbyfront/docs/aica
9 June-12 Aug, “Dirty Humanism”, Faggionato Fine Art Gallery (Cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou) London.
“An Elusive Object of Art", Dana Charkasi Gallery (cur.by Iara Boubnova) Vienna (12 May -18th June)
13-14 June «Farewell» Kunsthalle Athena (cur. by T. Bazaka and M. Fokidis).
Lifo Magazine, Οι Αθηναίοι: Συνέντευξη στη Μερόπη Κοκκίνη, αρ.251, www.lifo.gr/mag/features/2675
Congress "The Modern in 20th c. thinking and the Arts", Benaki Museum 14/05/2011 - 15/05/2011 www.benaki.gr
Art Forum Magazine, Barry Schwabsky on Kostis Velonis, Reviews, April 2011.
Common View: Contemporary Art at the National Theatre, March 23- April 16, Ziller Building .
"Mon cabanon est meilleur que celui de Le Corbusier", Vers L.C. Contre, University of Thessaly-Futura, 2011.
Politics and History: Reclaiming Greek Identity" by Stephanie Bailey, Aesthetica Magazine, Issue 38, Dec-Jan.2011 www.aestheticamagazine.com/index.htm
“The Certainty of our Death Turns Everything Around” An interview -Thanos Stathopoulos , Kaput Magazine, n.09 www.kaput.gr/en/09/the-certainty-of-our-death-turns-everything-around/
Visual Dialogues: Democracy and Politeia”, Onassis Cultural Centre, November 15 - end of December
13/01/2011 - 10/03/2011 SEM-Art Gallery, Monaco.
“Marx in Arcadia” A.D Gallery, 15 November – 15 January 2011 , www.adgallery.gr
Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, “Recontextualising Revolution : Yang Fudong and kostis Velonis at the National Museum of Contemporary Art" by Stephanie Bailey, Nov-Dec 2010, vol.9, n. 6.www.yishu-online.com/browse-articles/?425
“The Marathon Marathon project”, Acropolis Museum (Cur.Hans Ulrich Obrist and co-cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou) Deste Foundation 31 October
“Bring your own beamer”, Kunsthalle Athena, (Cur.Angelo Plessas), 23 October
"Politics of Art", National Museum of Contemporary Art
(Cur.Anna Kafetsi) 13/10/2010- 30/1/2011
www.emst.gr/EN/exhibitions/emst_exhibitions/main.aspx?ID=171
07 - 10 October, Art Forum Berlin,Dana Charkasi Gallery
“Solus Locus”, Benaki Museum (Cur.Sozita Goudouna) 23/09/2010 - 10/10/2010
Dana Charkasi Gallery, "Pastoral Dreams in the Days of Bankruptcy" (solo) , Vienna
21.09.- 30.10.2010
Radio bubble, Τεχνηέντως #14, Συζήτηση με τον Αυγουστίνο Ζενάκο. http://radiobubble.gr/el/audio/7651/14
Art Pulse Magazine, «Between Direct Democracy and Socialist Politics” by Daphne Vitali, Summer 2010 σ.38-41 www.artpulsemagazine.com/between-direct-democracy-and-socialist-politics-an-interview-with-kostis-velonis
2010 Art forum.com, “Kostis Velonis, National Museum of Contemporary Art” by Chris Bors, www.artforum.com/archive/id=26116
Creamier. Contemporary Art in Culture: 10 Curators (Chus Martinez), 100 Contemporary Artists, 10 Sources, Phaidon Press, London, 2010 www.phaidon.co.uk/store/art/creamier-9780714856834/
"How one Can Think Freely in the Shadow of a Temple" Pop Up Catalogue by Kunstverein in Hamburg, Editor :F.Waldvogel, Graphic Design: Christoph Steineggerl, Interkool. Hamburg, 2010 www.kunstverein.de/englisch/publications/catalogues/2010-kostisvelonis.php
Ελευθεροτυπία, «Η αριστερά πρόσφερε ονειρώξεις σωτηρίας» Συνέντευξη στη Φωτεινή Μπάρκα, Σάββατο 26 Ιουνίου 2010. www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=177025
11 May-September "Loneliness on Common Ground: How Can Society Do What Each Person Dreams", (Solo) National Museum of Contemporary Art (Cur.Daphne Vitali) Athens, www.emst.gr/EN/exhibitions/emst_exhibitions/main.aspx?ID=156 with a bilingual catalogue which features texts by Miltos Frangopoulos, Chus Martinez, Daphne Vitali and Florian Waldvogel.
Solo Exhibitions (2004-2011)
2011 «The promise of Happiness“ Signal Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo Sweden
2011 “Bulding the Stage” Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2010 "Loneliness on Common Ground: How Can Society Do What Each Person Dreams", National Museum of Contemporary Art (cur.Daphne Vitali), Athens
2010, "Pastoral Dreams in the Days of Bankruptcy", Dana Charkasi Gallery, Vienna
2010 “Marx in Arcadia”, Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens
009: Kunstverein in Hamburg "How one can think freely in the shadow of a temple"-cur.Florian Waldwogel-Hamburg
2008 Monitor Gallery, ”Craft Boy", Rome 2007
Z.Athanassiadou Gallery, “the folklore of the universe”, Salonica 2007 BQ Gallery, European Kunsthalle, “...was einmal über heute gesagt werden wird: KölnShow2 ”, (Cur.Nicolaus Schafhausen, Florian Waldvogel), Cologne 2005 “Blind Date” Kamm Gallery, (with Katharina Jahnke), Berlin The Breeder Gallery,(with Katharina Jahnke), Athens 2004 “Bauhaus is not our House”, The Breeder Gallery
Group Exhibitions (04-12)
2011 “Melanchotopia”, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center (cur. by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Anne-Claire Schmitz),Rotterdam.
2011 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, (Cur. by Paolo Colombo, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Marina Fokidis) Thessaloniki
2011 “Dirty Humanism”, Faggionato Fine Art Gallery, (Cur. by N.Argiropoulou) London.
2011 “An Elusive Object of Art",Dana Charkasi Gallery (cur. Iara Boubnova) Vienna
2010 “The Marathon Marathon project” , Acropolis Museum (cur.Hans Urlich Obrist, Nadjia Argyropoulou) , Athens
2010 "Politics of Art", National Museum of Contemporary Art
(Cur.Anna Kafetsi), Athens
2009 2nd Biennial Athens, “The World Question Center” (cur.By Chus Martinez), 2009 Palazzo Rospigliosi “Mediterranean” (cur. Elena Lydia Scipioni) Rome, Naughtiness-Beltsios Collection (cur. by Roula Palanta) Margaris foundation2009 Vlassis Caniaris. In Contrapunto. Institute for contemporary art and thought with MIET (cur. Els Hanappe) National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Athens , “Tower–tower- Alexiou collection”, Naxos, 2008 Brussels Biennial 1 for Contemporary Ar