Antonakis Christodoulou

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Antonakis Christodoulou
1978 born in Athens, Greece
Lives in Athens, Greece
Education

2006

Master of Fine Art in Fine Art Media, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK

2004

Bachelor in Painting, Athens School of Fine Art, Greece

Grants

2005

Slade School Prize

Solo Exhibitions

2015

Two Johns (duo project with David Sabethai), Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

2013

Too Cool For School, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

2012

Rethymno – Los Angeles 11391.480 km, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Crete

A Talent For Trouble, curated by Dora Economou, Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge Gallery, Athens

2011

You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (duo project with Konstantin Kakanias), Remap 3, Athens

Introducing Silver , curated by Aliki Panagiotopoulou, six d.o.g.s. project space, Athens

2004

Pediments (11th International Month of Photography) Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge Gallery, Athens

2003

A Smile in Electra (20 Rooms 2003), curated by Maria Maragou, St George Lycabettus/Kappatos Gallery, Athens

Group Exhibitions

2016

love;honey;pheromones;, curated by Rallou Panagiotou, Dio Horia, Mykonos

multiples, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

Art Athina 2016, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

modular modules mode, curated by Alexios Papazacharias, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

Asthenia #3 presentation, curated by Amalia Vekri, Romantso, Athens

2015

Gardens in Progress, curated by Stavia Grimani, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens

Kenophobia, CAN Christina Androulidaki Galery, Athens

Bebabebo Zine 1st Exhibition + 6th issue launch party, Athens

Tools (Routes in Mariposa 2015), curated by Despina Zefkili and 3 137, Paros

the VELVET Invention [in search of the anti-giraffe: 10 years and counting] (TEN YEARS VELVET FESTIVAL), curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, Romantso, Athens

Antonakis desperately seeks the Punk of Fokionos Negri, Flaneur Magazine issue 5 launch, Berlin

Asthenia #2 presentation, curated by Amalia Vekri, Romantso, Athens

2014

Hang ‘Em High #1, curated by Lakis & Aris Ionas / The Callas, Velvet Room, Athens

Summer Show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

Art Athina 2014, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens

2013

The Face of Hope, curated by Andrea Gilbert, Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens

Report to Nikos Kazantzakis, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymno

Kypseli, curated by Dora Economou, ReMap 4, Athens

Civilisation (genres and cases), curated by Alexios Papazacharias, metamatic:taf, Athens

Lustlands, vol.II – On The Great Eastern (after Andreas Embiricos), curated by Nadja Argyropoulou and Lakis & Aris Ionas / The Callas, Thermissia Argolidas

DaDa Da Restaurant by DaDa Da Academy, curated by Panos Papadopoulos, Platform Projects, Art Athina 2013, Athens

Happy New Bonds #1(Studio Visits), curated by Vassiliea Stylianidou, Platform Projects, Art Athina 2013, Athens

Half-time, curated by Alexios Papazacharias and Denys Zacharopoulos, Alekos Kontopoulos Museum, Athens

4daysstand Queer Festival, Occupied Theatre Embros, Athens

Class Exams, curated by Dora Economou, Occupied Theatre Embros, Athens

Tarot will teach you/Burn your money, curated by Amalia Vekri, Frown, Athens

2012

the club of queer trades, curated by Alexios Papazacharias, Batagianni gallery, Athens

Berlin Kreuzberg Biennale / The Greek pavilion / Evil, curated by Jannis Varelas, Open Museum / Galerie der Gegenwart / Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Pallais de Tokyo, Paris

On being Sane in Sunny Places (Adolescent Athenian Absurdists) , Panke, Berlin

Petrosphere #2, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Glasgow

High Tech - Low Life, Stigma Lab, Athens

2011

Petrosphere, Remap 3, Athens

Help Earth, 3d International Festival for Photography, Gallery Lang, Seoul

Artists Against Homophobia, Red House Center for Culture and Discussion, Sofia

Artists for Athens Pride III, curated by Andrea Gilbert, The Breeder, Athens

2010

Konteiner project 354 – About Love, curated by Eugenia Bozou, Konstantinos Dagritzikos, Dora Androulidaki and Antonakis, six d.o.g.s. project space, Athens

New Life (a flat warming show), curated by Rallou Panagiotou and Rhianna Turnbull, Glasgow

Mixed & Mastered: Greek Video Art from the 00s, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and Christoforos Marinos, Centre for Visual Introspection, Bucharest

Photo Speaks, International Festival for Photography, Gallery Lang, Seoul

I like to be Adorned, curated by Maria Maragou, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Crete

The Last Book, curated by Luis Camnitzer, National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires / Zentral Bibliothek , Zurich / New York Public Library, New York

2009

The Sneeze Art Fair, curated by Sarbit Girn (Artbelowzero), The Westbourne Studios, London

I like to be Adorned, curated by Maria Maragou, The House of Cyprus, Athens

Rooms 2009 (guest appearance), curated by Maria Maragou, St George Lycabettus/Kappatos Gallery, Athens,

Culture Industry, Folklore and Clishes at VOX, curated by Lydia Andrioti and Yannis Arvanitis, Athens

In Between Two Centuries, curated by Maria Maragou, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Crete

Artists for Athens Pride, curated by Andrea Gilbert, The Breeder, Athens

2008

Apply Softly, curated by Despina Stokou, Preview Berlin – The Emerging Art Fair, Berlin

Capsula, curated by Polina Kyritsopoulou, Berlin

Donna Martin Graduates!, curated by Antonakis, Exerevnitis, Athens

MI2, curated by Konstantinos Dagritzikos, _ _ exhibition space, Athens

One Eighth Moon Festival, curated by Piper Mavis and Sunee Markosov, 76 Kingsland Road Space, London

2007

Feet, curated by Konstantinos Dagritzikos, B.I.G. Project Space,

Open Air Screening Room, RemapKM, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens

Banal Circus, curated by Anne-Laure Ponsin, Novas Contemporary

Urban Centre, London

Radiations, curated by Rallou Panagiotou, CCA, Glasgow

666, Curated by Thodoris Colovos, _ _ exhibition space, Athens

2006

Terror?, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco

Slade Degree Show 2006, The Slade School of Fine Art, London

Contemporary Traditions, curated by Chloe Vaitsos, Mikrokosmos Cinema, Athens

Land(e)scape, curated by Sarbit Girn (Artbelowzero), The Westbourne Studios, London

2005

New work by Graduates Students, curated by James Roberts, The Slade School of Fine Art, Woburn Square Building, London

Other voices, other rooms, curated by Daphne Vitali and Alessandro Riva, Catania Arte Fiera, Sicely

ProTaseis, version IV: 935 m2 , curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and Augistine Zenakos, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki

Rehearsals IV, Dialogues II, curated by Alkistis Poulopoulou, Notos Theatre Company, Athens

Five days of video art, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens

Art Athina 2005, Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge Gallery, Athens

2004

Graduates 2004, The Factory, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens

The majorette-respective, curated by Darling Women, 291 Gallery, London

Life with the Beasts, curated by Christoforos Marinos, Vavel, Athens

2002

Two thousand two, curated by Manolis Babousis, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens,

2001

Between others, curated by Manolis Babousis, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens

Projects

2015

Athenian Nights, organised by Βarbara Polla, Elli Paxinou and Maro Michalakakos, State of Concept, Athens

2012

Closet #4, curated by Antonis Katsouris, Andreas Melas & Helena Papadopoulos, Athens

2009

Eternal, Pecha Kucha Night Vol. #2, Athens

Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete

Bibliography

2016

David Sampethai and Antonakis, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Review by Stephanie Bailey, Artforum International, Vol. 54 No2, October 2015

Flaneur Magazine, issue #5, Berlin

Asthenia #3, Athens

Bebabebo issue #6, Athens

Greece: Traces of today, Imago Mundi (Luciano Benetton Collection), curated by Polina Kosmadaki and Natasha Karagelou, Fabrica, Italy

TWO JOHNS, interview by Vasso Papagianakopoulou, Madame Figaro Greece, issue #58, Athens

2015

Asthenia #2, Athens

2014

Kypseli, issue #6, Athens

LUST Project: Men, The Unsung Heroes of Pornography, LUST magazine issue #13, Athens

2013

Kypseli, issue #5, Athens

Too Cool For Art, interview by Yiorgos Pantazopoulos, Kool Magazine issue #10

Unfollow, issue #22, Athens

Kypseli, issue #4, Athens

Kypseli, issue #3, Athens

Kypseli, issue #2, Athens

Kypseli, issue #1, Athens

2012

bdk, issue #1, edited by bijoux de kant

2011

Studio Visit: Antonakis Christodoulou, Match the Tapestry by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos, Lifo issue #276, Athens

Identity issues, text by Maria Maragou, Eleftherotypia (29/1/2011), Athens

2010

Few Words of Love, Konteiner issue #9, Athens

Rubric Journal issue #3, Rubric:Document

History Repeating, One Magazine issue #9, Glasgow

2009

Lively Presence, editorial project, Instituto Divorciado, Porto Alegre & Sandiago de Chile

On Bureaucracy and Peggy Zina’s dressing room, text by Maria Maragou, Eleftherotypia (13/7/2009), Athens

Rubric Journal issue #2, Rubric:Grid

2007

If Greek cinema was John Cassavetes and ancient cultures were The Masters of the Universe, text by Teamstrut, Mother issue #1, Athens

2006

Minotaur and Goathead, Fashionline Magazine issue #1, London

Minotaur and other myths of the new millennium, Υ.Γ. issue 1, Cyprus

2005

Non-tradition: draft for a Greek contemporary art exhibition, text by Christoforos Marinos in Elpida’s Karaba Issues of curating, 9+1 un-realized curatorial projects, GAP file # 1, Futura Publications, Athens

2004

Antonakis Christodoulou, interview by Stathis Panagoulis, Time Out, issue #81, Athens

Looking for Talents, text by Vassilis Doupas, Time Out, issue #63, Athens