Athanasios Kanakis (b. 1983, Athens) lives and works in Athens. His installations are explorations of different versions of space, in which the imperceptible human presence is witnessed as memory, gesture or intention. Almost—and often entirely—architectural, his works render places abstractly familiar, but also unexpectedly broken down into their constituent parts. Room outlines, frames and parts suspended in time articulate points in space. It is unclear whether these environments are the remnants of a past habitation, the ideal conditions for a new one, or the contours of a utopian projection.
EDUCATION
2013 University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), Meisterschueler (Postgraduate) 2010 University of the Arts Bremen (HfK), Master of Arts in Digital Media (M.A.) 2006 University of Patras, Greece (CEID), Diploma in Computer Engineering, Informatics and Mutlimedia
RESIDENCIES / GRANTS
2024 Goethe Institut Portugal & Culturgest for „Passa Ca Em Casa„ Lisbon PT
2024 Taylor Foundation, Association des Artistes Paris FR
2023 Culture Moves Mobility Grant by Goethe Institut for „In Memory of Memory„ Paris FR
2023 „State of Emergency„ commissioned by 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, Eleusina GR
2022/23 Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS GR
2020/24 Artist in Residence at W-Atelier, DRAC Ile-de-France Atelier Subvention Paris FR
2019/20 AiR-Niederoesterreich Artist in Residence, Krems and der Donau AT
2017 Lokaal01 Artist in Residency, Antwerp BE (Selection)
2015 Quebec Art Council Grant for Est-Nord-Est Residence d‘Artistes
2015 Est-Nord-Est, Artist in Residency, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec CA
2015 Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes Fellowship FR
2014 Artist in Residency at DordtYart, Center for Contemporary Art, Dordrecht NL
2012 Leonardo Da Vinci Mobility Grant BE
2011 Workshop Grant for Steirischer Herbst-Akademie, Graz AT
2011 Workshop Grant for iMAL Center for Digital Cultures & Technology, Brussels BE
EXHIBITIONS
2025"All The Wrong Places", Batagianni Gallery, Athens 2024 "Passa Cá em Casa" during "Uma Revolução Assim - A Questão da Habitação", Lisbon 2023 "In Memory of Memory", W-Atelier, Paris 2023 "Mystery 166 - State of Emergency", 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture 2023 "Dead Darlings #18", TAF Foundation, Athens 2023 "Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d'Artistes des Quatres Chemin", W-Atelier, Paris 2022 "Souvenirs de Mensa Lendit", Le 6B Paris 2022 "Such an lll", Sulvam Showrom Paris 2021 "Entre Evolution et Ruines", OpenBach Gallery, Paris 2021 "The Right to Breathe / A Virtual Exhibition", Curated by Sozita Goudouna, Undercurrent.nyc, NY 2018 "Streaming Realities Streaming", Grace, Athens 2018 "Athen-Welthauptstadt des Buches 2018", Central Library Wall-Saal Gallery, Bremen 2015 "Open Studios" Est-Nord-Est Residence d'Artistes, Saint Jean Port Joli, Quebec 2014 "The Residency as a Workspace", DordtYart Center for Contemporary Art, Dordrecht 2013 "RUNDGANG", UdK Berlin 2011 "Open Lab", iMAL Brussel
CONTACT
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