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STEFANOS TSIVOPOULOS
 
Stefanos Tsivopoulos
1973 born in Prague, Czech Republic
Lives in Amsterdam And Athens, Netherlands
Grants

2008 Winner Golden Cube Award, 25th Dokfest, Kasseler Kunstverein
2008 Dutch Film Funds for Research and Development
2008 Dutch Funds for the Visual Arts BKVB
2006 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds - "Van Eck-Vollgraff Fonds"
2006 Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
2006 Van Bijneveld Fellowship
2005 Loudon Fellowship
2005 Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
2005 Shortlisted, DESTE Foundation Award, Athens
1998 Winner Art Heineken Award, Athens, GR

Solo Exhibitions

2009
Lost Monument, Art Forum Berlin
‘Land’ Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, cur. by A. Kafetsi, Athens
‘Plato’s Cave’, Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens
2008
‘The Real The Story and The Storyteller’ Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, cur. Ana Nikitovic
2007
‘Land’, Bytheway Projects, Amsterdam
2005
‘Couple’, Museum Het Domein, cur. by Stijn Huijts, Sittard, NL
‘True Fiction’, Museum Gouda, Gouda, NL
'Safe / Not Safe', Safe, Dalfsen, NL
‘Between Experience and Experiment’, Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens

Group Exhibitions

2009
Internal Necessity, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
The First Image, Museum of Contemporary Art Sete, France
‘One Giant Leap’, BFI Southbank cur. E. Fabrizi, P. Bonaventura, London
‘Monument To Transformation’, City Gallery, Prague
‘Political Iconography II’, Jette Rudolph gallery, Berlin
‘ev+a’, Limerick Biennial, cur. Angelika Nollert, Yilmaz Dziewior, Ireland
Center of Contemporary Art Sete, cur. D. Zacharopoulos, France
‘Expanded Box’, ARCO, cur. Carolina Grau, Madrid
2008
‘Monitoring’, Dokfest, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
‘Revolution I Love you’, International Project Space Birmingham
‘What Does New and Interesting Mean?’ Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens
‘Salon of the Revolution’, October Salon, cur. Ant. Majaca & Iv. Bago, Zagreb
‘Spaport’, Museum of Contemporary art Banja Luka, cur. Ana Nikitovic, Bosnia
‘Revolution I love you’, Trafo Gallery, cur. M. and R. Fowkes, Budapest
‘Transexperience Greece’, 437 Space, cur. A. Kafetsi, Beijing
‘The Archive’, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, cur. Marco Scotini, Milan
‘Revolution I love you’, cur. M.R. Fowkes, Contemporary Art Center Thessaloniki
‘Mourmouring images', Centre Photographique, cur. S. Carrayrou, Paris
2007
‘In Present Tense’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
‘Destroy Athens’, 1st Athens Biennial, cur. Zenakos, Kalpatsoglou, PokYio, Athens
‘Heterotopias’ 1st Thessaloniki Biennial, cur. C.David, O.Lundstrom, M.Tsantsanoglou, Th. Stefanidou,
Thessaloniki, GR
‘Her(His)tory’, Cycladic Museum, cur. Marina Fokidis, Athens
‘Close Connections’ SMBA en de Balie, De Balie, cur. Jelle Bouwhuis, Amsterdam
‘Topoi’ Benaki Museum, cur. Denys Zacharopoulos, Athens
‘Who’s There?’ Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art ,cur. Denys Zacharopoulos, Thessaloniki, GR
'Topos Eggonopoulos', Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art,
cur. Denys Zacharopoulos, Thessaloniki, GR
2006
'Open Ateliers', Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
'An Outing’, Beltsios Collection, cur. Sotirios Bachtsetzis, Trikala, GR
‘Spring fever', Montevideo, cur. Dominique Busch, Amsterdam
'Apolis', American Hellenic Union, cur. Kostis Velonis, Athens
‘What Remains is Future’, Arsakio, cur. Nadja Argyropooulou, Patras, GR
'Changing Horizons', De Vishal, cur. Johan Deumens, Haarlem, NL
'Crossing the Borders', State Museum of Thessaloniki
‘In Transition’ Neme/IMCA, Lanitis Art Center, cur. Helen Black, Lemesos, CY
2005
'Open Ateliers', Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
Townhouse gallery, cur. Hala Elkussy, Cairo
'Hotspots', Sammlung Essl, cur. Helen Verhoeven, Vienna
'4th Deste Prize’, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
'e-flux', video rental, Manifesta Office, Amsterdam
2004
‘Coffee Break’, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
‘Decoding Cyprus’, Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam
'Kunst Vlaai #5', Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
‘World Wide Video’ festival, Amsterdam
'Decoding Europe', Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Avecom festival, Arnhem
2003
'Parasite Paradise' SKOR Leidsche Rijn, cur. Tom van Gestel, Utrecht
'De Een Minuten Nu', Montevideo, Amsterdam
'React', International Media Festival, Heidelberg
'Pure Nature', Sint Nicolaas Kerk, Amsterdam
'Real' Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Arnhem
'Rubbit', Consortium Galery, Amsterdam

Projects

Founder and Editor of the Spot magazine
Selection commitee Deste Prize Athens 2009
Jury member Kasseler Documentary Festival 2009

Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
Makedoniko Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum Gouda Beltsios Collection
Other private collections

Bibliography

2008
‘The Real The Story and The Storyteller’, Monograph, text by Jennifer Allen, Sotirios Bachtsetzis, Katerina
Gregos, Ana Nikitovic, Petar Ramadanovic,Marco Scotini, Hito Steyrel,
produced by Mondriaan Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade.
‘Monitoring’, 25th Dokfest Kasseler Kunstverein, Editors Gerhard Wisner, Niki Michal,
text by Polina Stroganova
‘Revolution I love You’, Threelingual edition, Editors Maya And Reuben Fowkes,
text by Theophilos Tramboulis.
‘Salon of the Revolution’, October Salon Zagreb, Editors Ant. Majaca & Iv. Bago,
text by Theophilos Tramboulis.
‘Spaport’, Museum of Contemporary art Banja Luka, Editor Ana Nikitovic text by Tina Pandi
2007
‘In Present Tense’, Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, text by Tina Pandi
‘Destroy Athens’, 1st Athens Biennial, Eiditors Zenakos, Kalpatsoglou, Poka Yio, text by Thephilos Tramboulis
‘Heterotopias’ 1st Thessaloniki Biennial, text by Thalea Stefanidou
‘Her(His)tory’, Cycladic Museum, text Marina Fokidis, Athens
‘Who’s There?’ Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, text Denys Zacharopoulos
2006
'Apolis', American Hellenic Union, Editor Kostis Velonis Athens
‘What Remains is Future’, Editor Nadja Argyropooulou
'Crossing the Borders', State Museum of Thessaloniki, Editor Th. Moutsopoulos
‘In transition’, Neme/IMCA, Lanitis Foundation, Editor Helen Black,Lemesos, CY
'Open Ateliers', Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Editor Narcisse Tordoir Amsterdam
'An Outing’, Beltsios Collection, Editor, text Sotirios Bachtsetzis
2005
'Open Ateliers', Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Editor Narcisse Tordoir Amsterdam
'Hotspots', Sammlung Essl, Editor, text Helen Verhoeven, Vienna
'4th Deste Prize’, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Editor Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Athens
2004
‘KunstVlaai’, Couple, text Bart Rutten, Amsterdam 2004
‘World wide video festival’, Actors, text Esma Mouhktar, Amsterdam 2004