Kostis Velonis: Truckitecture

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Truckitecture

Forthcoming Shows and News

11 October 2017 : CITY PROJECT/ A PUPPET SUN / Kostis Velonis

Cur.by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos

Kaplanon 11, Kolonaki

NEON Foundation

http://neon.org.gr/en/event/opening-city-project-puppet-sun-kostis-velonis

7 - 9 September 2017, Liquid Antiquity : A New Fold, “Between Liquid Content and Solid Shape” Talk (Dir. by Brooke Holmes and Commissioned by the DESTE Foundation) Princeton Athens Center. http://www.postclassicisms.org/workshops/forthcoming-2/liquid-antiquity-a-new-fold/

July 19: A History of the Greek Present, “Under the Shade” Lecture

(Org. by Dimitrios Antoniou, Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Soo-Young Kim)

Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archeology

Javier Gonzalez Panizo, DOCUMENTA 14: entre Atenas y Kassel.Interrogantes sobre el presente. http://exit-express.com/documenta-14-entre-atenas-y-kassel-interrogantes-sobre-el-presente/ , july 19.

Timothy Francis Barry, DOCUMENTA 14 http://brooklynrail.org/2017/07/artseen/Documenta-14 ,July 14^th , 2017

4 -31 July: ‘A certain blue of the sea’ cur. by Sozita Goudouna, Ionian Parliament, Island of Corfu

June 18: Book Launch of MARATHON MARATHON, edited by Nadja Argyropoulou,

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Benaki Museum 18:30 http://deste.gr/book-presentation-marathon-marathon/

Κωστής Βελώνης, Πεινασμένος Pinocchio, το άγχος της εκμηδένισης και η επιθυμία για αδηφαγία στο σχεδιασμό http://popaganda.gr/pinasmenos-pinocchio/

10 June-17 September : “Antidoron”, Documenta 14 -EMST Collection/ Fridericianum, Kassel, cur. by Katerina Koskina, Stamatis Schizakis, Tina Pandi http://www.documenta14.de/de/news/13738/documenta-14-und-das-national-museum-of-contemporary-art-athens-emst-geben-ihre-zusammenarbeit-fuer-athen-und-kassel-bekannt http://www.emst.gr/en/shortnews-en/emst-documenta-14

28 May/ Talk : Kostis Velonis, “How Precariousness Contributes to our Sense of Dwelling”, Where are we now : Struggling Autonomies in Closing Times

Green Park, Athens 19.00

Κωστής Βελώνης, “Κάτω από τον αστερισμό του Malewicz”, Αυγή της Κυριακής , 14/5/17

http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.gr/2017/05/blog-post_44.html#more

NYTimes, “For One Athens Art Group, the City Is the Space” by Ginanne Brownell Mitic, 4 May https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/arts/for-one-athens-arts-group-the-city-is-the-space.html

2 Μαΐου : “Ο δρόμος προς την κυβόσχημη κατοίκηση : Η έννοια της διαμονής στο έργο του Kazimierz Malewicz”, διάλεξη στο Μάθημα Χώρος και Πολιτισμός -Διαμονές του Zήση Κοτιώνη/ μεταπτυχιακό μάθημα Θεωρίας (ΜΠΣ “Μεταβιομηχανικός Σχεδιασμός”) 12.00-2.00, Τμήμα Aρχιτεκτόνων, Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας.

Flash Art, More than Documenta /Athens by Zoe Cooper

http://www.flashartonline.com/2017/05/more-than-documenta-athens/

Frieze.com, Critic’s Guide: Athens by Maria Nicolacopoulou

https://frieze.com/article/critics-guide-athens-0

27 April 2017 : “Urgent Conversations: Athens-Antwerp” Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), Cur. Bart De Baere, Katerina Koskina, Antwerp http://www.muhka.be

April-August : Eco Art (Akamas Project), Cur.Thouli Misirloglou, Paphos/ European Capital of Culture 2017, Cyprus

31 March- 6 May, Perished Sun, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens

15 -18 March 2017: Art Dubai, Booth: C3

March-July : “Memory of Revolution”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Cur. John Bolis, Thessaloniki

http://www.greekstatemuseum.com/kmst/index.html

2- 5 March 2017: The Armory Show- Contemporary, Kalfayan Galleries, NYC

Τα Νέα της Τέχνης, “Η εικαστική και αρχιτεκτονική νεωτερικότητα ως μια πολιτική πράξη”, συνέντευξη στον Στρατή Πανταζή, νο 230 , Ιαν-Φεβ. 2017

“Argue Against the World of Idealized Systems”, a talk with Kostis Velonis

http://schloss-post.com/precision-german-craftsmanship/

19 Jan-5 March 2017 : “Precision German Craftsmanship” (Solo) Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart http://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/events/exhibition-openings-in-january-2017~no3837/

21.12. – 30.12.2016 “Instructions for Happiness”, cur. by Severin Dünser and Olympia Tzortzi, supported by The Federal Chancellery of Austria, Non Spaces and Kup, Lekka 23 – 25 & Perikleous 34, Athens

Dec.1-4 2016: Art Basel Miami Beach, Kalfayan Galleries (solo presentation)

https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach/exhibitors#9814 , Miami

15 Dec: “The Kids Want Communism”, MoBY Museums of Bat Yam, Cur. by Iliana Fokianaki, Vít Havránek, Oleksiy Radynski, Joshua Simon, Kuba Szreder and Vladimir Vidmar, Bat Yam, Israel http://moby.org.il/

30.11.2016 – 08.01.2017 “Genii loci, Ελληνική Τέχνη από το 1930 έως σήμερα-Genii Loci. Greek Art from 1930 to today”, Μουσειο Manege, Manege Central Exhibition Hall επιμ. Έ. Αγαθονίκου, Τ. Πανδή, Θ. Μάρκογλου, Σ. Μάκκας, Αγ. Πετρούπολη- St. Petersburg http://www.manege.spb.ru

29.11.16 -31.01.17 “Ενα σημείο στο Κέντρο”, Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη Λάρισας, επιμ. Αλέξιος Παπαζαχαρίας, Λάρισα

Oct-Dec 2016 Artist in residence - Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

http://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/stipendium/stipendiaten/kostis-velonis~pe3809/

31.10.16- 29.01.2017: “Κρίσιμοι διάλογοι: Αθήνα – Αμβέρσα”, Εθνικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης (ΕΜΣΤ), επιμ. Bart De Baere, Κατερίνα Κοσκινά , Αθήνα http://www.emst.gr

26 Oct. – 27 Nov. 2016: “Artistic Practices: Housing as social agreement”, Οngoing archive, cur. by Giorgos Papadatos & Sofia Dona, Greek Pavilion, Giardini, 15^th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. http://thisisaco-op.gr/en/

Κωστής Βελώνης, “Η χρήση του ανοικτού κώδικα. Γλυπτική και σχεδιασμός εκτάκτου ανάγκης”, Αυγή, 31 Ιουλ. http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.gr/2016/07/blog-post_26.html

28 June/ Talk : Kostis Velonis, “Ugly wooden eyes, why do you stare so?

The “Pinocchio Effect” and the Desire of Devouring in Design”

Performance Biennial :“No Future”

24 June – 4 July 2016 Athens & Cythera Island

Org. by Gigi Argyropoulou, Vassilis Noulas and Kostas Tzimoulis

https://performancebiennial.org

09.06.16 – 25.06.16. “CHEZ EUX: Unseen Collections”, cur. Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos Circuits and Currents Project Space of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens

31/5 Κωστής Βελώνης (Διάλεξη), “Σχεδιασμός γλυπτικής εκτάκτου ανάγκης”,The Soft Power Lectures Show, οργ. Προσωρινή Ακαδημία Τεχνών (Ελπίδα Καραμπά, Γλυκερία Σταθοπούλου, Δέσποινα Ζευκιλή, Σοφία Ντώνα, Πάνος Σκλαβενίτης, Κωνσταντίνος Χατζηνικολάου) στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος Actopolis του Ινστιτούτου Goethe.

13 May: Eco-Art Symposium, Kostis Velonis, “Sculpture and Rural Economy” in “Paths on Common Ground. Artists in Situ”. Paphos 2017, European Capital of Culture.

10 Μαίου - 11 Ιουν. 2016, “Modular Modules Mode”, επιμ. Αλεξιος Παπαζαχαριας Γκαλερι Ελευθερία Τσέλιου, Αθηνα

1 May : “Evidence of Absences”, Cur. by Elena Lydia Scipioni

MoRE Museum

http://www.moremuseum.org/omeka/items/browse?collection=52

http://www.moremuseum.org/omeka/

8 April : Kostis Velonis, “Vlassis Caniaris' practice of Collapse and its Relation to the British Sculptural Production of the 1950s-70s”Anglo-Hellenic Modernism Workshop, School of Advanced Study, Senate House, London. Org. by Angeliki Spiropoulou.

http://www.sas.ac.uk/support-research/public-events/2016/comparative-modernisms-anglo-hellenic-modernism-workshop

March 17- April 29, 2016 Kostis Velonis “Part Company” Casa Maauad, cur. by Andrea Torrenblanca, Mexico City http://www.casamaauad.com

Art Review, Kostis Velonis at Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, by Michelangelo Corsaro, March 2016issue http://artreview.com/previews/artreview_march_2016_temporary_contents_page//

11.01. – 29.03.16 Casa Maauad, Mexico City (Artist in Residence)

http://www.casamaauad.com

08.01.16 Talk: Hilde de Bruijn/ Kostis Velonis/ Yannis Isidorou

One day of lectures and Q&A in the framework of “Hilde Goes Ager” a curatorial research into the thinking and writing of the experimental artist Asger Jorn.

http://circuitsandcurrents.info http://www.hildegoesasger.org

Περιοδικό Γυναίκα, “Δομές στον Αέρα”, κειμ. Ράνια Γεωργιάδου, ν.18 , Ιαν.2016

Δάφνη Βιτάλη “Προς μια 'ανάβαση' στον αέρα

http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.mx/2016/01/blog-post_33.html

Jan 18 - Feb 10 : “Birth of Coexistence”, Hellenic American Union, cur. by Hara Piperidou, Athens http://www.hau.gr/?i=culture.en.current_forth_events.4555

26 Nov–16 Jan. 2016. Kostis Velonis “Mount the Air”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens

www.kalfayangalleries.com

10 Oct- 30 Jan. 2016 “Super Superstudio” PAC-Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, cur. by Andreas Angelidakis, Vittorio Pizzigoni, Valter Scelsi http:// www.pacmilano.it/

Κωστής Βελώνης, Η γλυπτική της αυτάρκειας και η εννοιολογική υπόσταση του Paganus

http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.gr/2015/12/paganus.html

Κωστής Βελώνης : Πως θα μπορούσε να σκεφτεί κανείς ελεύθερα στη σκιά μιας γκαλερί

Συνέντευξη στον Χρήστο Παρίδη, http://www.lifo.gr/articles/arts_articles/82560

Κωστής Βελώνης, Η απαξίωση της εικαστικής σκηνής και το άλλοθι της γενιάς του 30

http://www.athensvoice.gr/article/culture/τεχνη/η-απαξίωση-της-εικαστικής-σκηνής-και-το-άλλοθι-της-γενιάς-του-30

Ο Κωστής Βελώνης για την έκθεση του "Mount the Air", Συνεντεύξη στον Στρατή Πανταζή. www.culturenow.gr/43663/o-kwsths-velwnhs-gia-thn-ekthesh-toy-mount-the-air

6 Oct. -8 Nov. “Au nom de le Corbusier”, Maison Spiteris, cur. by Panayotis Tournikiotis, Fanis Kafantaris, org. by NTUA School of Architecture, Fondation Le Corbusier (FLC) http://lecorbusier.arch.ntua.gr

23 Oκτ. Ομιλία-συζήτηση, "H γλυπτική της αυτάρκειας και η υπαίθριο-ποίηση της πόλης", Μουσείο Λαϊκής Τέχνης και Παράδοσης "Αγγελική Χατζημιχάλη", ώρα 19:30

Kostis Velonis “The Good Samaritan” , Journal of Visual Culture, Themed Issue: Cut

(Ed. by Lanfranco Aceti) August 2015; 14 (2)

10-25 Οκτ. Rims and Frontiers /Παρυφές και Μεθόριοι, επιμ. Ευαγγελία Λεδάκη, The Symptom Projects, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών/ Delphi Archaeological Museum

http://www.thesymptomprojects.gr

24-28th Sept, Kostis Velonis, “Über- Marionette and the Fall of the Performer” at the Conference “Institutions, Politics, Performance”, org. by Gigi Argyropopoulou &Hypatia Vourloumis, Green Park, Athens https://institutionspoliticsperformance.wordpress.com

Κωστής Βελώνης, “Η χρήση του αρχείου στις εικαστικές πρακτικές ως πορνογραφία της οργάνωσης” http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.gr

“Sickness is rebellion”, text by Quirin Brunnmeier

http://www.gallerytalk.net/2015/07/sickness-is-rebellion.html

22 Σεπτ.-17 Οκτ. “Magic Carpet Ride”-San Francisco Bay Area Sculptors Meet Athenian Sculptors, Γκαλερί Εκφραση-Γιάννα Γραμματοπούλου

2015 17. July –13. Sept. This probably will not work – Stefan Burger, Federico Delfrati & Kostis Velonis, Lothringer13- Städtische Kunsthalle München (Cur. by Jörg Koopmann, Dana Weschke) Μunich http://www.lothringer13.com

Κωστής Βελώνης, Το εκθεσιακό πρότυπο του σουρεαλισμού στη σημερινή επιμελητική πρακτική. Για την έκθεση “Αμετρία”, Μουσείο Μπενάκη http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.gr/2015/07/blog-post_1.html#more

Kostis Velonis “Alfred Jarry and Asger Jorn: The Epicurean Influence as Social “Swerve” http://www.hildegoesasger.org

09.06 Κυριακή Κώστα - Το νερό της : Κρήνες και πηγές της Λευκωσίας. 8:00: Συζήτηση με τους Ευαγγελία Λεδάκη, Κωστή Βελώνη και Γιάννη Τουμαζή. Point Center for Contemporary Art, Λευκωσία. http://www.pointcentre.org

5-20 June: “The Traveler and his Shadow”, Marinos Vrachimis / Art Proposals, Λευκωσία

4-7 June : Art-Athina Contemporaries: 2015-1976, επιμ. Χριστόφορος Μαρίνος www.art-athina.gr/el/

6 Ιουνίου: S.O.M.A (Διάσπαρτο Ανοιχτό Μουσείο Αττικής) επιμ. Χαρίκλεια Χάρη, Κερατέα Αττικής

Visionary Poetry #5: “Brutal Facts About Working Conditions” by Kostis Velonis

http://el.ozonweb.com/art/visionary-poetry

Κωστής Βελώνης, Η γλυπτική της επιθυμίας http://avgi-anagnoseis.blogspot.gr/2015/05/blog-post_9.html#more

6-13 May : Tirana Open 1 (Dir: Arlinda Dudaj, Helidon Gjergji & Vladimir Myrtezai-Grosha), Tirana, www.tiranaopen.org/

[MOUNTAIN LIVE] Ο Κωστής Βελώνης διαβάζει ιστορίες του Gianni Rodari για την κόρη του Μάγια http://www.lifo.gr/team/u20456/57145

27/03 “Too Many Tribunes”, Series of Lectures-Performances, Faculty Lounge, Deree-The American College of Greece. Org. Sotirios Bahtsetzis. 15.00-16.00

24 /03/ “ Το Μουσείο ως λαβύρινθος και η υποβάθμιση του Υψηλού”. Ομιλία στο μάθημα “Museum matters, το μουσείο ως αρχείο, δοχείο και ηχείο”, οργ. Αγάπη Πρώιμου, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών.

03/ 13 – 04/ 30: Beauty is the Method, cur. Sotirios Bahtsetzis, ACG Art Gallery , DEREE – The American College of Greece

11/3.15 “Ακέφαλη γλυπτική και εθνική παρέκκλιση”, ομιλία στο κύκλο μαθημάτων “ Υπο-νεωτερικότητα ΙΙ, Φασματολογία και εκτροπές του Άμορφου”, Αμφιθέατρο ΤΑΜ. Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων Μηχανικών.

15 Jan - 06 Apr 2015: “Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 – 2015”, Whitechapel Gallery (Cur.by Iwona Blazwick, Magnus af Petersens) London

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org

24 Jan - 28 Feb. Dandilands, Troodos mountains, Cyprus

http://www.picknickworks.org/#!kostis-velonis/cxqe

21-23 Jan. Group 15': Marinos Vrachimis-Art proposals, Nicosia

9/1,12.00-14.00 “Οbjet trouvé: τα ευρήματα και η αρχαιολογία της επιφάνειας στη σύγχρονη καλλιτεχνική πρακτική”. Αμφιθέατρο Αργυριάδη, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο. Εισήγηση Ευαγγελία Λεδάκη

Frieze Magazine, Jennifer Higgie “ This is Not My Beautiful House” Nov. Issue 167.

http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/this-is-not-my-beautiful-house/

04/10 – 13/11/ 2014 : Η ελάχιστη δομή (επιμ.Αποστολης Αρτινος), Bios Ρομάντσο, Αθηνα

Art Forum Magazine, Stephanie Bailey on Nikos Markou and Kostis Velonis, September 2014

http://artforum.com/inprint/issue=201407&id=47964&section=athens

29.9 – 22.11.2014 : Trickster / The variable practice. Cur. by Alexandros Psychoulis, Kostis Velonis, a.antonopoulou.art gallery, Athens.

September 20 / 12:00 pm : Talk with Marcelo Cidade and Kostis Velonis. Modulario, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City.

http://museotamayo.org/programa/ciclo/el-teatro-del-mundo-conversaciones

16 /10- 7 /12/ 2014, Staging the Domestic, cur.by Anna Hatzinasiou, Hospital Club, London.

10/07/ 20:00. Political Speech-Redefining Sculpture discussion with Socratis Socratous and Kostis Velonis www.kunsthalleathena.org

25 Ιουνίου - 15 Σεπτεμβρίου, Cascando, επιμ.Αλέξανδρος Ψυχούλης, Cask Gallery, Λάρισα

A Summer Show: “Bobby, Ζαμβέζης, Darling, Τσάρ, Liggie, Kittie and Fanny” Andreas Melas & Helena Papadopoulos Gallery, Athens www.melaspapadopoulos.com

10.06 – 28.09.2014.“The Theater of the World”, (Cur. Andrea Torrenblanca), Museo Tamayo, Mexico City http://museotamayo.org/exposiciones/ver/el-teatro-del-mundo

South magazine issue # 4, “Conflicts in the City: Between Hypsipolis and Apolis”  by Kostis Velonis.

2-21.6.2014: “Fever of the Antique”, Association of Greek Archeologists (Cur. Evangelia Ledaki), Athens

15.05 -15.09.2014 “This is Not My Beautiful House”, Kunsthalle Athena, (Cur.by Klea Charitou, Eleanna Papathanasiadi, Apostolos Vassilopoulos and Marina Fokidis), Athena

http://www.kunsthalleathena.org

08.05.2014 – 21.06.2014, “Pre-Text”, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center (Cur. by Ileana Tounta, Dimitrios Antonitsis and Katerina Nikou) Athens http://www.art-tounta.gr

http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2014/03/13/puzzle-grec_4382705_3246.html

26.03-03.08.2014: “No Country for Young Men”, BOZAR (Cur. Katerina Gregos) Brussels.

http://www.bozar.be/activity.php?id=14351&lng=en

09.04 -17.05.2014 "The Future Lies Behind Us", (double Solo show with Nikos Markou) AD Gallery http://www.adgallery.gr/en

19.03.2014. “Tout Feu Tout Flamme”, Lefebvre & Fils (Cur. Alexis Jakubowicz) Paris

16. 03 “Art to be Female, From Metis to Phynance”, Talk at the Funcion Lenguaje

Centro de Literatura Aplicada de Madrid, Madrid

http://funcionlenguaje.com

Γιάννης Τσάκαλος, http://www.athensvoice.gr/article/city-news-voices/θεμα/o-εικαστικός-κωστής-βελώνης-μιλά-για-τη-χρύσα

Dec.4 2013, 19:30 Hellenic American Union, Γενική συζήτηση: Το Ready Made σήμερα. http://www.hau.gr/?i=culture.el.current_forth_events.3505

Κωστής Βελώνης “Το χρονικό της αφήγησης της μοντέρνας αρχιτεκτονικής στη σύγχρονη ελληνική γλυπτική”, στο “Μοντέρνο στη σκέψη και τις τέχνες του 20ού αιώνα” (επιμ.Βάσω Κιντή, Παναγιώτης Τουρνικιώτης, Κώστας Τσιαμπάος), εκδ.Αλεξάνδρεια, 2013 ISBN: 978-960-221-563-0 http://www.alexandria-publ.gr/book.php?id=666

October 16, 2013.Talk at the forum “Uncommon Common (Re) Projected” conceptualized by Jenny Marketou, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, AGORA, 4th Athens Biennale. http://athensbiennale.org/agora/calendar/

Sept. 27, 2013, 8:00 PM"There is no country in our hearts" by Georgia Sagri. SALOON invites the works of the artists Roman Stańczak and Kostis Velonis. Cur.by Monika Szczukowska, Coll. by Natalia Sielewicz, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw. http://artmuseum.pl/en

8-30 September: ReMap4

“Sensual Abstraction à la belle étoile”

Cur.by Alexandros Tzannis, Aliki Panagiotopoulou

http://remapkm.com/4/

“The Cabinet (from Darkness to Light)”

Cur.by Giorgos Tserionis

http://remapkm.com/4/

“Kypseli Fanzine”

Cur.by Dora Economou

http://remapkm.com/4/

Mike Watson, “Kostis Velonis, Gra(m)mary of Puppetry”, Art Review, issue 69, Summer 2013. http://artreview.com/reviews/review_kostis_velonis/

Maya Jovic “Political history in the Arts”

http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/political-history-in-the-arts-kostis-velonis

“Kitsch Prothesis” Workshop of Advanced Architectural Design by X|A (Erick Carcamo, Nefeli Chatzimina) and Talk on the X|A Theme 2013: “Kitsch Prothesis” 5th of July @ The Benaki Museum, Athens

“Κωστής Βελώνης: Σκέψεις για το αντι-μανιφέστο μιας Σοσιαλιστικής Γλυπτικής” http://www.culturenow.gr/21183/kwsths-velwnhs-skepseis-gia-to-anti-manifesto-mias-sosialistikhs-glyptikhs

Marta Veltri “Kostis Velonis: mondi alternativi di marionette, Art tribune,30.04. 2013

http://www.artribune.com/2013/04/kostis-velonis-mondi-alternativi-di-marionette/

[φρμκ] τεύχος #1, άνοιξη καλοκαίρι 2013 http://frmk.gr

6 Ιουνίου -19.00, ανοιχτή συζήτηση-oμιλία στο πλαίσιο της έκθεσης “Στις Εκλείψεις Ζευγαρώνει η Τέχνη”, Camp, (επιμ.Χριστίνα Πετρηνού), Αθήνα.

26.04.- 06.07 "Direct Democracy", MUMA /Monash University Museum of Art, (Cur.by Geraldine Barlow) Melbourne, Australia http://www.monash.edu.au/muma/

Gabriele Girolamini “Master of Puppetry”, Drome Magazine 29.03.2013

http://www.dromemagazine.com/kostis-velonis-master-of-puppetry/

March 28th -May 4th. “Gra(m)mary of Puppetry”, Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy. www.monitoronline.org

3.05 Talk at Whitworth Art Gallery, 11.00a.m-12.30 p.m (in collaboration with the Manchester Metropolitan University) Manchester, UK. http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/events/tuesdaytalks

25.02.-4.4 2013. “HELL AS PAVILION” , Palais de Tokyo, (cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou), Paris, France

www.palaisdetokyo.com

30.01 .-23. 03. 2013 , “At Table and in Bed”, Andreas Melas & Helena Papadopoulos Gallery, Athens www.melaspapadopoulos.com

01.10.2013: Performance Ανάγνωσης στην έκθεση ΤΕΤΤΙΞ σε επιμέλεια της Φοίβη Γιαννίση, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

Κωστής Βελώνης, “Απόπειρες για μια οικολογία του αντικειμένου στο έργο της Μάρθας Δημητροπούλου” στον κατάλογο Mercedes S500, εκδ.Futura, 2013

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Paper Magazine, Δεκ., Σάββας Χριστοδουλίδης & Κωστής Βελώνης, ενας διάλογος για την Τέχνη και την Ζωή.

30/10/2012, Συνέντευξη με την Α.Ποταμιανου και Γ.Ωραιοπουλο, 9-10 μ.μ www.beton7artradio.gr

01.09-10.12.212 “Newtopia. The State of Human Rights” Mechelen Cultural Centre, The Old Meat Market, The City Museum Hof Van Busleyden, Lamot Conference and Heritage Centre, The Academy of Fine Arts, Scheppers Institute (Cur.by Katerina Gregos) Mechelen, Belgium. www.newtopia.be

South Magazine, Kostis Velonis, “Elevated Arcadia : the balcony as a form of escapism without having to flee from home” , issue 2. Summer term, 2012

06.09-09.09.212 : “Material and Culture” - MAK Center for Art and Architecture-Schindler House, Los Angeles, USA http://www.makcenter.org

April-Sept 2012: MAK Schindler Scholarship, Architect in Residence at MAK Center For Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA. http://www.makcenter.org

7-31 Μαΐου, «Παρνασσός» (επιμ. Stefan Bidner), Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος Παρνασσός

12.07- 15.09.2012 “Unanswered prayers”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery.

22 March-17 May : UTOPIA  (Cur. by Elena Parpa and Maria Stathi)Lanitis Centre-Pattichis Collection, Limassol, Cyprus

Frieze.com, Kostis Velonis by Matthew Rana www.frieze.com/shows/review/kostis-velonis/

17 feb.2012 Presentation- N. #3 / Le catalogue immobilier « Dystopique », La revue MADE IN CHINA , Paris.

HD, “Lyckodrömmar” Kostis Velonis "The Promise of Happiness" by Martin Hägg, 9/1/2012

Sydsvenskan, "Ett urbant destillat", by Ingrid Stigsdotter, 16 december 2011http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/konst_o_form/article1592096/Ett-urbant-destillat.html

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,

www.signalsignal.org

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

Πολίτης, Χριστίνα Λάμπρου ”Κτίζοντας τη Σκηνή [και ανεβαίνοντας στο βήμα]” 9.10.11

«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.

South Magazine, Kostis Velonis “It's Grim up North It's Grim Down South”, Spring -Summer Issue, 2011

“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.

March 23- April 16, Common View: Contemporary Art at the National Theatre, Ziller Building (cur. by Katerina Tselou, Eleni Koukou)/ Κοινή Θέα : Σύγχρονη Τέχνη στο Εθνικό Θέατρο-Τσίλλερ, Επιμ.: Ελένη Κούκου και Κατερίνα Τσέλου.

Κωστής Βελώνης "Mon cabanon est meilleur que celui de Le Corbusier", Vers L.C. Contre, εκδ.Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας-Futura, 2011 επιμ. Φοίβη Γιαννίση, Ίριδα Λυκουριώτη, Ρένα Φατσέα.

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/

Nov.15 - end of Dec.: Visual Dialogues: Democracy and Politeia”, Onassis Cultural Centre, Cur. by Marilena V. Karra. «Εικαστικοί Διάλογοι», Στέγη Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών-Ίδρυμα Ωνάση (επιμ. Μαριλένα Καρρά), Αθήνα.

23 /03 /11- 24 /04/11: Salon de Bricolage, (επιμ. Αννα Χατζηνάσιου), Αθήνα.

13/01/2011 - 10/03/2011 SEM-Art Gallery (Cur. X. Kalpaktsoglou) Monaco.

15 November – 15 January 2011, “Marx in Arcadia” A.D Gallery, , 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

31 October: The Marathon Marathon project, Acropolis Museum (Cur.Hans Ulrich Obrist and co-cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou) DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.

23 October: “Bring your own beamer”, Kunsthalle Athena, (Cur.Angelo Plessas), Athens

"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

16 Δεκ. 2010 -16 Ιαν.2011 “Aλυσιδωτή αντίδραση”, The Art Foundation, (επιμ.Ευαγγελία Λεδάκη, Γαλήνη Νόττι, Εβίτα Τσοκάντα), Αθήνα

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

 23/09/2010-23/10/2010 «Επίσκεψη», Ίδρυμα Άγγελου και Λητώς Κατακουζηνού (επιμ. Κοσμάς Νικολάου) Αθήνα.

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

«Ανακύκλωση-επανάχρηση-οικειοποίηση (Ιδιοποίηση)-50 χρόνια ελλαδικού Ready Made 1960-2010» (επιμ. Θανάσης Μουτσόπουλος) Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη Καλαμάτας.

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.

Shows

Solo exhibitions

2016 “Part Company”, Casa Maauad, Mexico City (MX)

2015 “Mount the Air”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens (GR)

"This probably will not work", Lothringer 13-Städtische Kunsthalle München (Three Person exhibition - Stefan Burger, Federico Delfrati) Cur. Jörg Koopmann, Dana Weschke, Munich (DE)

“The Traveler and his Shadow”, Art Proposals, Nicosia (CY)

2014 “The Future Lies Behind Us", (with Nikos Markou) AD Gallery, Athens (GR)

2013 “The Grammary of Puppetry”, Monitor Gallery, Rome, (IT)

2011 “The promise of Happiness”, Signal Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo Sweden (SW)

“Bulding the Stage” Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (CY)

2010 "Loneliness on Common Ground: How Can Society Do What Each Person Dreams", National Museum of Contemporary Art (cur.Daphne Vitali), Athens (GR)

"Pastoral Dreams in the Days of Bankruptcy", Dana Charkasi Gallery,Vienna (AU)

“Marx in Arcadia”, AD Gallery, Athens (GR)

2009 “How one can think freely in the shadow of a temple", Kunstverein in Hamburg (cur. Florian Waldwogel) - Hamburg (DE)

2008 “Craft Boy”, Monitor Gallery, Rome (IT)

“Revolution Essentielle”, Academy of Fine Arts, Sarayevo (BiH)

2007 “The Folklore of the Universe“, Z. Athanassiadou , Salonica (GR)

BQ Gallery, European Kunsthalle, “...was einmal über heute gesagt werden wird: Köln Show2 ” (Cur. N. Schafhausen, F. Waldvogel), Cologne (DE)

2005 Galerie Kamm, “Blind Date” (with Katharina Jahnke), Berlin (DE)

The Breeder Gallery, (with Katharina Jahnke), Athens.(GR)

2004 Bauhaus is not our House”, The Breeder Gallery (GR)

Selected Exhibitions (2004-15)

2015 “Super superstudio”, (Cur. by A. Angelidakis, V.Pizzigoni, V. Scelsi), Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milano (IT)

”In the Name of Le Corbusier”, Spiteris Residence, School of Architecture N.T.U.A, Athens (GR)

“Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 – 2015”, Whitechapel Gallery (Iwona Blazwick, Magnus af Petersens), London (UK)

2014 “The Theater of the World”, Museo Tamayo (Cur. by Andrea Torrenblanca) Mexico City. (MX)

“No Country for Young Men”, Palais des Beaux Arts (BOZAR), (Cur. by Katerina Gregos) Brussels (BE).

"This is not my Beautiful House”, Kunsthalle Athena (GR)

“Tout Feu Tout Flamme”, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris. (FR)

2013 "Direct Democracy" MUMA, Monash University Museum of Art, (Cur.by Geraldine Barlow) Melbourne,

“HELL AS PAVILION”, Palais de Tokyo, (cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou), Paris, (FR)

“At Table and in Bed”, Andreas Melas & Helena Papadopoulos Gallery, Athens (GR)

2012 “Newtopia. The State of Human Rights” Mechelen Cultural Centre, The Old Meat Market, The City Museum Hof Van Busleyden, Lamot Conference and Heritage Centre, The Academy of Fine Arts, Scheppers Institute (Cur.by Katerina Gregos) Mechelen, (BE)

“Material and Culture” - MAK Center for Art and Architecture-Schindler House, Los Angeles, USA

2011 “Melanchotopia”, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center (cur. by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Anne-Claire Schmitz), Rotterdam (NL)

3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, (Cur. by Paolo Colombo, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Marina Fokidis) Thessaloniki (GR)

“Dirty Humanism”, Faggionato Fine Art Gallery, (Cur. by N.Argiropoulou) London. (UK)

“An Elusive Object of Art", Dana Charkasi Gallery (cur. Iara Boubnova) Vienna (AU)

2010 “The Marathon Marathon project”, Acropolis Museum (cur.Hans Urlich Obrist, Nadjia Argyropoulou), Athens (GR)

"Politics of Art", National Museum of Contemporary Art

(Cur.Anna Kafetsi), Athens (GR)

2009 2nd Biennial Athens, “The World Question Center” (cur. Chus Martinez),Palaio Faliro. (GR)

Palazzo Rospigliosi “Mediterranean” (cur. Elena Scipioni) Rome. (IT)

Vlassis Caniaris. In Contrapunto. Institute for Contemporary Art and Thought with MIET (cur. Els Hanappe) National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Athens (GR)

2008 Brussels Biennial 1 for Contemporary Art, “Show me, don’t tell me”, (cur.Nicolaus Schafhausen, Florian Waldvogel), Former Post Sorting Center, station Bruxelles Midi, Brussels (BE)

“Laugh track”, (Cur. Oliver Martinez Kandt & Ehsan Fardjadniya) YUM 21C, Brussels (BE)

“Unfair fair”, (Curated by Cecilia Canziani,Vincent Honoré) Rome(IT)

"Collage. Cut, paste" (cur. T. Markoglou), State Museum of Contemporary Art, Salonica (GR)

2007 9e Biennale de Lyon, “The History of a Decade that Has not Been Yet Named” (Cur. S. Moisdon & H.U. Obrist), Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne (FR)

“In Present Tense “, (cur. T.Pandi, S.Sxizakis, D.Vitali) National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (GR)

2006 “Don Quijote”, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, (cur. N. Schafhausen, Sophie von Olfers), Rotterdam (NL)

“The Grand Promenade”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, (Cur.A.Kafetsi), Athens (GR)

“Give(a)way”, EV+A Biennial,(cur. K.Gregos) Limerick, Ireland (IRL)

“Poetry in the backyard”, Art-Concept Gallery, Paris (FR)

2005 “Beyond Stereotypes”, Art Caucasus 05, 2nd International Contemporary Art Exhibition & Convention (cur.K.Gregos) Tbilisi, Georgia

DESTE foundation prize, Deste foundation for contemporary Art, Athens

Resemblance Somehow», (Cur.T.Moutsopoulos) Benakis Museum

2004 “EUROPEAN SPACE”, 9th Sculpture Quadrennial, (Cur: Aigars Bikse, Kristaps Gulbis) State Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

“Breakthrough”, (D.Zacharopoulos, S.Pappa, K.Gregos), Arcala 31, Madrid (SP)

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