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YORGOS SAPOUNTZIS
Born in Athens, Greece, 1976
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2002-04
Berlin University of the Arts, in the studio of Rebecca Horn
1998-02
Athens School of Fine Art, in the studio of George Lappas
1995-98
University Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, Athens
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2008
Social Diagrams. Planning reconsidered, Performance at Kuenstlerhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, August 21, 7pm
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
ART BASEL 2008, STATEMENT with Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge
2006
Forgotten Tactics, gallery Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin, Germany
2005
Nightly, Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge, Athens, Greece
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Social Diagrams. Planning reconsidered, Kuenstlerhaus, Curated by Jesko Fezer und Axel John Wieder, Stuttgart, Germany
Athensville, Art Athina, Athens, Greece, curated by Marina Fokidis
Mariano Pichler Collection, Leftovers, selected by Luca Cerizza and Jennifer Chert, Micamoca Berlin, Germany
Common View, curated by Eleni Koukou and Ghislaine Dantan, National Theatre, Athens, Greece
2007
In Present Tense, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
UP TO, AND INCLUDING THE LIMITS, Media Lounge, Argos Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Contemporary art in Greece through the collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Benaki Museum Athens, Thessaliniki, Greece
House Trip, special exhibition, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1st Athens Biennale, Destroy Athens, Athens, Greece
The Tree Bring Forth Sweet Ecstasy, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Supernova, The Old Powerhouse, Nicosia, Cyprus
her(his)story, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece
Who is Here?, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
TOPOS: Engonopoulos, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Believers & Illusionists R. T. Hansen, Gormannstrasse 19 A Berlin, Berlin, Germany
CROSSINGS, NIMAC, Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
2006
Für die Ewigkeit , Was Wäre Wenn #6 , Jet, Berlin, Germany
Urban Appearances, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary, Magazzio d’arte, Rome, Italy
100 Tage =
100 Videos, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany
10 videos selected by Anne-Catharina Gebbers, Berlin, Germany
Crossing-a contemporary view, Fort St Angelo-Malta, Malta
An outing: Beltsios Collection, Matsopoulos Mill , Trikala, Greece
Arrivals-Albania, Vangjush Mio, Korista, Albania
Crivelli’s Nail, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, U.K.
Nikos Alexiou Collection, Mac Gallery , XXXII International Festival Sarajevo
BLACK AND WHITE , American Hellenic Union, Athens, Greece
GREEN NIGHT , Espace Croisé , Roubaix cedex , France
2005
THE GESTURE. A VISUAL LIBRARY IN PROGRESS, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary
Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Quarter, Center for Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
THE MIND IS A HORSE (Part 2) Bloomberg SPACE, London, U.K.
LANDMARKS gallery Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
VISIONS,Athens Imperial Hotel, Athens, Greece
2004
The 2nd International Video Biennial Tel Aviv, Israel
Plain Sight Bloomberg SPACE, London, UK
In the
beginning there was the journey, 28 BIENNAL OF PONTEVEDRA Pontevedra, Spain
THE SNEEZE 80x80, Loraini Alimantiri Gazonrouge, Athens, Greece
Breakthrough! GRECIA 2004: Contemporary Perspectives in the Visual Arts ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2003
A DOG NAMED GARAGE- FIRST COLLECTION
(concert with video) Oslo Sinfonietta, music by Øyvind Torvund, Oslo, Norway
SCOPE Group show, Dylan hotel New York, US
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
After Electricity-Forth, June 2008, ART BASEL STATEMENTS, HALL 1.0
After Electricity-from the life of the people, May 2008, curated by Luca Cerizza and Jennifer Chert, Micamoca Berlin.
After Electricity- the festival, National Theater, March 2008, Athens
After Elecrricity- the remains of a start, National Museum of Contemporary Art, December 2007, Athens.
Sculpture Garden, June 2007, The Tree Bring Forth Sweet Ecstasy 1, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland, Curated by Caroline Eggel and Christiane Rekade
No Spaghetti Editon, Nov. 2006 music Øyvind Torvund,performance Yorgos Sapountzis, Stavanger, NorwayFICUS-FLORENCE ,2005,The gesture, Quarter, Florence , Italy.
Architecture- Thessaloniki ,2005 , Protaseis (Version IV:935m) Thessaloniki,
Greece.
3 times tragic, 2005, 7 PERFORMANCE & A CONVERSATION ,Athens, Greece.
West, 2004 , Loewenpalais, Berlin, Germany
LECTURE/Cragg class, 2004, music by Øyvind Torvund, Pontevedra, Spain
3Bfountain, 2002, 2nd Berlin International Festival of Literature, Berlin,
Germany