Stefanos Tsivopoulos is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker who has exhibited extensively in art institutions and film festivals worldwide. In 2013 he represented Greece at the 55th Venice Biennial with the multimedia installation History Zero. He has also exhibited in documenta 14, Kassel, Germany, in 2017; the 2nd Beijing Biennial, in 2014; and Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain, in 2010.

Tsivopoulos has participated in several renowned international residencies including the Rijksakademie van Beeldende kunsten Amsterdam, IASPIS Stockholm, Platform Garanti Istanbul, and ISCP New York City. His numerous awards include the Mondriaan Foundation Production Award, the Onnassis Cultural Foundation New York Commission, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Award, and the Greek Ministry of Culture Venice Biennale Commission. 

Tsivopoulos’s work has appeared recently in solo exhibitions at the MuCEM, Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean, Marseille; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; Cycladic Museum of Art, Athens; Stella Art Foundation, Moscow; and ISCP, New York among others. International group exhibitions include Tate Modern, London; MACBA, Barcelona; MUKHA, Antwerp; Kunsthaus, Zurich; Bundeskunsthalle Bonn; Haus Der Culturen Der Welt, Berlin; SALT, Istanbul; BAK Basis voor Aktuele Kunst, Utrecht; LEEUM, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul; and the Centre Pompidou Paris, among others.


EDUCATION

2005-06 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

2002-04 Sandberg Institute, Interdisciplinary MFA, Amsterdam

2000-02 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Interdisciplinary BFA, Amsterdam

1991-96 Academy of Fine Arts Athens, BFA Painting and Set Design, Athens

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2011 ISCP, New York

2010 IASPIS, Stockholm

2009 Platform Garanti, Istanbul

2008 Project Studio Berlin

 

FELLOWSHIPS / STIPENDS / AWARDS

2022 Nederlands Film Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds, de Korte Verbeelding

2022 Nederlands Film Fonds, feature film development award

2021 Mondriaan Fonds. Awarded a Projectinvestering artist's grant

2020 Onassis Cultural Foundation, New York, Commission - ENTER

2019 Greek Radio Television (ERT), Production funding experimental film

2017 Mondriaan Fonds. Awarded the Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent

2016 Onassis Cultural Foundation, New York, Commission

2016 NEON, Cultural Foundation Athens, Production Award

2015 Mondriaan Fund for the Visual Arts, Production Award

2013 National Fund, Greek Ministry of Culture, Commission

2012 Mondriaan Fund for the Visual Arts, Production Award

2011 Mondriaan Fund for the Visual Arts, Publication Award

2011 Mondriaan Fund for the Visual Arts, Production Award

2010 The 7th edition, Future of Europe Award, Leipzig, Shortlisted 

2010 Mondriaan Fund for the Visual Arts, Production Award

2010 International Manifesta Foundation, Manifesta 8, Commission

2009 Amsterdam Funds for the Visual Arts, Production Award

2009 Kostopoulos Foundation for the Arts, Production Award

2009 ISN, Niarchos Foundation, Production Award

2008 Golden Cube Award, 25th Dokfest, Kassel, Winner

2008 Dutch Film Funds for Script Research and Development

2008 Mondriaan Fund for the Visual Arts Production Award

2007 1st Athens Biennial, Destroy Athens, Commission 

2006 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds - Van Eck-Vollgraff Fellowship

2006 Dutch Funds for the Visual Arts Production Award

2006 Van Bijneveld Fellowship

2005 Loudon Fellowship

2005 Dutch Funds for the Visual Arts Production Award

2005 DESTE Foundation Award, Athens, Shortlisted

 

EXHIBITIONS

2023

Landscapes of Desire, 6th Industrial Art Biennial in Istria, Croatia

Curated by Christoph Doswald and Paolo Bianchi

The Oceans and the Interpreters, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos

Curated by Nobuo Takamori

The Spectre of the People, MoMUS Photobiennale, Thessaloniki

Curated by Julian Stallabrass

2022

The Oceans and the Interpreters, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei

Curated by Nobuo Takamori

Right Time Right Place, MANA Contemporary Art Center, Newark NJ

Curated by Katharina Gruzei

2020

After Us, MAXXI Museum, Rome (online)

Curated by Julian Rosefeldt

Memory Palace High Line Art, New York

Curated by Melanie Kress

The Past is not a Foreign Country, MOMus - Romaiki Agora, Thessaloniki

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

We're Here to Serve You, Aronson Galleries, New York

Curated by Nicole Economides, Natalia Almonte

Education through Art, GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo

Curated by Paola Nicolin

When The Present Is History, MOMus, State Museum Thessaloniki

Curated by Daphne Vitali

Permanent Collection, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens

Curated by EMST

ENTER, Onassis Cultural Center, New York (online)

Curated by STEGI

2019

Relational Economies: Labor over Capital, The 8th Floor, New York

Curated by Sara Reisman

When The Present Is History, DEPO, Istanbul

Curated by Daphne Vitali

Homemade Exotica, FREIRAUM in der Box, Berlin

Curated by Sotiris Bachtsetzis

MonuMed, FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille

Curated by Pierre Sintes and Alessandro Gallicchio

MonuMed, Villa Romana, Florence

Curated by Alessandro Gallicchio

Joint Memory: Photographic Fragments, Fotodok, Utrecht

Curated by Daria Tuminas

Passing, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Miami

2018

Resilient Futures, MOMus, Thessaloniki

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

Video Echoes, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne

Curated by Victor Griss

Questioning Value, Gallery Medium AFAD, Bratislava

Curated by Lydia Pribisova

Glow In The Dark, Museum of Queer Arts (AMOQA) Athens

Curated by Christos Mouchas

Critical Convergence, Spazju Kreattiv Cinema, St James Cavalier, Malta

Curated by Elena Papadaki and Stamatis Schizakis

The Presence of Absence, NIMAC, Nicosia

Curated by Cathryn Drake

2017

History Zero, (solo) Bellas Artes Bataan, Manila

Curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt

History Zero, (solo) Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai

Curated by Abhijan Toto

Antidoron, dOCUMENTA 14, Friedericianum, Kassel

Works from the EMST collection

Transformed, SITE 131 Gallery, Dallas

Curated by Joan Davidow

La Movida, HOME, MCR, Manchester

Curated by Sarah Perks

Show Me the Money! Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde, Roskilde

Curated by Anne Julie Arnfeld

Urgent Conversations, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp

Curated by Katerina Koskina and Bart De Baere

Urgent Conversations, EMST, Museum of Contemporary Art Athens

Curated by Bart De Baere, Katerina Koskina

HOMELAND, Canakkale Art Walk, Kunsthalle Osnabruck

Curated by Christian Oxenius

Imagined Homes, 6th Thessaloniki Biennale, State Museum Thessaloniki

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

Watch the line while you're crossing, Prometeogallery, Lucca

Curated by Alessandro Romanini

I travelled the world and the seven seas, Koninklijk Atheneum, Antwerp

Curated by HELD

 

2016

Project Syntagma, (solo) Kalfayan Gallery, Athens

Unstated (or, Living Without Approval), BAK, Utrecht

Curated by Lucy Lopez and Maria Hlavajova

Nostalgia for the Present, LACA, Los Angeles

Curated by Eli Diner

Antigone Now!, Olympic Tower, Onassis Cultural Foundation, New York

PIGS, Artium, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vittoria-Gasteiz

Curated by Blanca dela Torre

Indecision, MOANA, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth

Curated by Dale Buckley and Guy Louden

A Brief History of the Human Kind, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn

Curated by Tania Coen-Uzzielli, Rein Wolfs

PIGS, Almeida Garret Galeria Municipal do Porto, Oporto, Portugal

Curated by Blanca dela Torre

Crisis as Ideology?, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna

Curated by Anamarija Batista and Dejan Kaludjerović

Montage of the Commons, LEEUM, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul

Curated by Seong Eun Kim

Hacking Habitat, Foundation Niet Normaal, Utrecht

Curated by Ine Gevers

Fireflies in the Night Take Wing, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens

Curated by Barbara London, K. Minioudaki, F. Pietropaolo, Robert Storr

 

2015

I Rebel Therefore We Exist, (solo) Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Curated by Alice Koegel

The Beast and The Sovereign, MACBA, Barcelona

Curated by Hans D. Christ, Iris Dressler, Paul Preciado, Valentín Roma

7 Places 7 Precarious Fields, Fotofestival Kunsthalle Mannheim,

Curated by Urs Stahel

White Night Film Festival, Gardens of Queen Victoria, Melbourne

Curated by Andrew Walsh

Harun Farocki: Nicht Loschbares Feuer, Temporary Gallery, Cologne

Curated by Regina Barunke

A Brief History of the Human Kind, Jerusalem Museum, Jerusalem

Curated by Tania Coen-Uzzielli

What is to Come Has Already Arrived, MUSAC de Castilla y Leon

Curated by Alicia Murría, Mariano Navarro, J. A. Álvarez Reyes

What is to Come Has Already Arrived, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, Donostia

Curated by Alicia Murría, Mariano Navarro, J. A. Álvarez Reyes

The Beast and is The Sovereign, WKV Kunstverein, Stuttgart

Curated by Hans D. Christ, Iris Dressler, Valentín Roma, Paul Preciado

Europe – The Future of History, Kunsthaus Zurich

Curated by Katherine Hug

Tirana Open 1, Tirana, Albania

Curated by Helidon Gjergji

UN-SPEAK, CCA Lagos, Nigeria,

Curated by Bea de Soousa

Prophetia, Juan Miro Foundation, Barcelona

Curated by Imma Prieto

 

2014

History Zero, (solo) MuCEM, Marseille

Curated by Jean-Roch Bouiller

History Zero, (solo) Cycladic Art Museum, Athens

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

History Zero, (solo) State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

Synapses, (solo) Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan

Curated by Matteo Lucchetti

TV as Material 3: The Television Studio, Tate Modern, London

Curated by George Clark and Maeve Connolly

The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, 2nd CAFAM Biennale, Beijing

Curated by Hu Danjie

Agitationism, EVA Biennale, Limmerick, Ireland

Curated by Bassam el Baroni

Encountering: New Art on the Silk Road, 2nd Xinjiang Biennale, China

Curated by Peng Feng

Déplier l'Histoire, Archives et Art Contemporain, L'Iselp, Brussels

Curated by Eric van Essche

History Zero, Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, Copenhagen

Curated by Pernille Fonnesbech

What is to Come Has Already Arrived, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo Sevilla

Curated by Alicia Murría, Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes

Treasure Island, NiMAC and Pierides Foundation, Nicosia

Hans im Gluck - Kunst & Kapital, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

Curated by Soke Dinkla

UHF42, APEXART, Wattan TV Ramallah, Palestine

Curated by Mike Crane

History Zero, Film program, Kalfayan Galleries Art Basel Miami

Amnesialand, Film program, Kalfayan Galleries Cologne Art Fair, Cologne

The ghosts of the monument, Vienna Festwochen, Vienna

Curated by Dmitry Vilensky / Chto Delat

 

2013

History Zero, (solo) Pavilion of Greece, 55th la Biennale di Venezia, Il Palazzo Enciclopedico, Venice

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

History Zero, (solo) Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

History Zero, (solo) Art Basel Miami Beach, Kalfayan Galleries, Florida

Ici, Ailleurs, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille

Curated by Juliette Laffon

Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/Mardid, Haus Der Culturen Der Welt, Berlin

La collection impossible, Frac Alsace Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint- Louis,

Curated by Roland Recht

 

2012

The Future Starts Here (solo) Eleourgio Oil Factory, Elefsina

Curated by Syrago Tsiara

Anatomy of Integration, 4th Sculpture Quadrennial Riga, Riga

Curated by Inese Baranovska, Aigars Bikse, Ivars Drulle

Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/Mardid, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Overlapping, 5th Bucharest Biennial for Young Art, Bucharest

Curated by Hilde de Bruijn

Scramble for History, SALT, Istanbul

Curated by November Paynter

Moving Image, Art Fair, New York

Curated by Berta Sichel, El. Neilson, Victor Misiano

Extraction, Exchange the Penzance Convention, Cornwall

Curated by Teresa Gleadowe

Places of Memory-Fields of Vision, Thessaloniki

Contemporary Art Center, Curated by Syrago Tsiara

Invisible Monuments, La Galerie, Contemporary Art Centre, Paris

Curated by C. Paissan

The Vesper Civic Forum in Five Acts, Garibaldi Theater, Palermo Sicily

Curated by Marco Scotini

Representing Nothing, The Agency Gallery, London

Curated by Bea de Souza

Between Worlds, BLOK Urban Festival, Zagreb

Curated by Ana Kutlesa

Desertmed, Neu Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin

Curated by Armin Linke, Marina Sorbello

True Stories, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

Curated by Lilly Wei

 

2011

Borrowed Knowledge (solo), ISCP New York

Amnesialand (solo), Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan

Suspended Spaces, Centre Pompidou, Paris

98 WEEKS Project, Beirut, Lebanon

Curated by Gaia Casagrande, Barbara Goretti

Amnesialand, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, ARCO, Madrid

Continuity, Center for Contemporary Arts, Celje, Slovenia

Curated Irena Cercnik

Island Artists, Manarat Museum, Abu Dhabi

Curated by Fabrice Bousteau

The Carousel Collection, Corner College Zurich, Zurich

Curated by Triin Tamm

Drifting Station, Open Space-Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, Vienna

Curated by Stefan Rusu

 

2010

The Real The Story The Storyteller (solo), Amsterdam

Smart Project Space, Curated by Hilde de Bruijn

Amnesialand (solo), Heidelberg Kunstverrein, Heidelberg

Curated by Johan Holten

The Rest is History, Manifesta 8, Murcia

Curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, Khaled Ramadan

On Morality-Act III, Witte de With, Rotterdam

Curated by Zoe Gray

Practicing Memory, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella

Curated by Matteo Lucchetti

Hors Pistes-Un Autre Mouvement des images, Centre Pompidou, Paris

Open Studios, IASPIS, Stockholm

Curated by Mats Stjernstedt, Stockholm

FAQ Serbia, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York

Curated by Branco Dimitrijevic, Adam Stadler,

The Blind Dates Project, Pratt Galleries, New York

Curated by Neery Melkonian, Defne Ayas

Que Vive, II Moscow Biennial for Young Art, Moscow

Politics of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Athens

Indefinite Destinations, DEPO, Istanbul

Curated by Oyku Ozsoy, Vessela Nozharova

Suspended Spaces, Au Cloitre Dewailly, Amiens

Greek Contemporary Art, Uqbar Project Space, Berlin

Islands Never Found, Fondazione Solares, Genova

Curated by Lorrant Hegyi, Katerina Koskina

Out of Tracks, Pera Museum, Istanbul

Curated by Geraldine Gomez

And the moral of the story is..., APEXART, New York

Curated by Zoe Gray

Coup de Ville, Warp, Sint Niklaas

Curated by Stef van Bellingen, Jan Hoet

 

2009

Lost Monument (solo), Jette Rudolph Gallery Focus Art Forum, Berlin

Untitled (In Plato's Cave) (solo), Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens

One Giant Leap, BFI Southbank, London

Curated by E. Fabrizi, P. Bonaventura

Monument To Transformation, City Gallery, Prague

Curated by V. Havranek, Z.Baladran

Reading the city, Open EV+A, Limerick

Curated by Angelika Nollert, Yilmaz Dziewior

Remap 2, 2nd Athens Biennial, Athens

Curated by Marina Fokides

In Retrospect, Impakt Festival Panorama, Utrecht

Curated by Arjon Dunnewind

Political Iconography II, Jette Rudolph Gallery, Berlin

Expanded Box, ARCO, Madrid, ES Curated by Carolina Graw

Land, Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Athens

Curated by Anna Kafetsi

The First Image, CRAC LR Art Center, Sète

Curated by Denys Zacharopoulos

Ataxies, Beltsios Collection, Amfilochia

Curated by Roula Palanda

Man and woman He made them, Maastricht

Curated by Pieter Fransman

The First Image, Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

Curated by Denys Zacharopoulos

 

2008

The Real The Story The Storyteller (solo), Belgrade

Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Ana Nikitovic

Monitoring, Kasseler Kunstverein Friedericianum, Kassel

Curated by Gerhard Wissner

Revolution I Love You, International Project Space, Birmingham

Salon of the Revolution, October Salon, Zagreb

Curated by Antonia Majaca, Ivana Bago

Spaport, Museum of Contemporary Art Banja Luka, Bosnia

Curated by Ana Nikitovic

Revolution I love you’ Trafo Gallery, Budapest

Curated by Maja and Reuben Fowkes

Transexperience Greece, 798 Space, Beijing

Curated by Anna Kafetsi

Mourmouring images, Centre Photographique d'Ile de France, Paris

Curated by Stefan Carrayrou

What Does New and Interesting Mean? Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens

The Archive, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan

Curated by Marco Scotini

Revolution I love you, Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki

Curated by Maja and Reuben Fowkes

 

2007

Land (solo), Bytheway Projects, Amsterdam

Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennale, Athens

Curated by XYZ (Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos)

Maid in Greece, 1st Thessaloniki Biennial, Thessaloniki

Curated by Thalea Stefanidou

In Present Tense, Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

Curated by Anna Kafetsi

Her(His)tory, Cycladic Museum, Athens

Curated by Marina Fokidis

Topoi, Benaki Museum, Athens

Curated by Denys Zacharopoulos

Who’s There?, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki,

Curated by Denys Zacharopoulos

Close Connections, Stedelijk Museum en De Balie, Amsterdam

Curated by Jelle Bouwhuis

 

2006

Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

An Outing, Beltsios Collection, Trikala

Curated by Sotirios Bachtsetzis

Spring fever, Montevideo, Amsterdam, NL, Curated by Dominique Busch

Apolis, American Hellenic Union, Athens

Curated by Kostis Velonis

What Remains is Future, Arsakio, Patra

Curated by Nadja Argyropooulou

Changing Horizons, De Vishal, Haarlem

Curated by Johan Deumens

Crossing the Borders, State Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

Curator Syrago Tsiara

In Transition, Neme/IMCA Lanitis Art Center, Lemesos

Curated by Helen Black

 

2005

Couple (solo), Museum Het Domein, Sittard

Curated by Stijn Huijts

True Fiction (solo), Museum of Contemporary Art, Gouda

Curated by Ranti Tjan,

Safe/Not Safe (solo), SAFE Contemporary Art Center, Zwolle

Curated by Pim Trooster

Between Experience and Experiment (solo), Alpha Delta Gallery, Athens

Townhouse Gallery, Cairo

Curated by Halla Ellkousy

Hotspots, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, AT

Curated by Helen Verhoeven

4th Deste Prize, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens

Curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and Dakis Joannou

Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

Curated by Narcisse Tordoir

E-flux Video Rental, Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam

Curated by Anton Vidokle


 

PUBLICATIONS

2023

Landscapes of Desire, catalogue published by the 4th Industrial Art Biennial Istria, Croatia.

The Spectre of the People, a bilingual catalogue published by the Museum of Modern Art Thessaloniki and Photobiennale, edited and essay by Julian Stallabrass

2022

The Oceans and the Interpreters, bilingual catalogue published by the Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, edited by Nobuo Takamori

Right Time Right Place, MANA Contemporary Art Center, Newark NJ, Curated by Katharina Gruzei

2020

When The Present Is History, bilingual catalogue published by MOMus, State Museum Thessaloniki edited and essay by Daphne Vitali.

2019

Relational Economies: Labor over Capital, publication by the Rubin Foundation, New York, edited and essay by Sara Reisman.

When The Present Is History, edited and essay by Daphne Vitaly publication DEPO, Istanbul.

Joint Memory: Photographic Fragments, edited by Daria Tuminas, publication Fotodok, Utrecht.

2018

Resilient Futures, edited and essay by Syrago Tsiara, publication MoMUS Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki.

Video Echoes, edited and essay by Victor Griss, publication by Counihan Gallery, Melbourne.

Questioning Value, edited and essay by Lydia Pribisova, publication by Gallery Medium AFAD, Bratislava.

2017

The Beast and is the sovereign, trilingual catalogue (de/es/en), edited by Hans D. Christ, Iris Dressler, Valentin Roma, Paul Preciado, published by MACBA Barcelona and WKV Stuttgart, 2017.

6th Thessaloniki Biennale, bilingual catalogue (gr/en), edited by Syrago Tsiara, published by the State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, 2017.

Urgent Conversations, trilingual catalogue (gr/be/en), edited by Bart de Baere, and Katerina Koskina, published by EMST and M KHA, Greece – Belgium, 2017

Show Me The Money! bilingual catalogue, edited by Anne Julie Arnfeld, published by Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde, Denmark, 2017

DESTE Prize: An Anniversary Exhibition, bilingual catalogue (gr/en), published by the Deste Foundation, 2017

2016

Altern Ecologies, Emergent Perspectives on the Ecological Threshold at the 55th Venice Biennale. Edited by Taru Elfving & Terike Haapoja, published by Frame, Contemporary Art Finland.

A Brief History Of The Human Kind, trilingual catalogue (de/il/en), edited by Tania Coen-Uzzielli, Rein Wolfs, published by Israel Museum and Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany / Israel, 2016.

Fireflies in the Night Take Wing, video art survey, edited by Robest Storr, published by Stavros Niarchos Foundation SNFCC to the World.

Pigs, bilingual catalogue (euk/en), edited by Blanca dela Torre published by Artium Museum, Basque Country / Spain.

Hacking Habitat, bilingual catalogue (nl/en), edited by Ine Gevers, published by Foundation Niet Normal, Netherlands.

Ground, The Geographic Issue, Magazine for research and journalism focused on aesthetics and art, International.

2015

Archive Crisis, Shaking Up The Shelves Of History, a visual essay by Stefanos Tsivopoulos, edited by Stefanos Tsivopoulos and Hilde de Bruijn, published by Jap Sam Publishers, Amsterdam, the Netherland.

Journal of Visual Culture, History Zero and the Alternative Currencies: An Archive and A Manifesto by Stefanos Tsivopoulos, edited by Lanfranco Aceti, published by Sage Publications (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC), Vol. 14 (2).

What Is to Come, trilingual catalogue (euk/es/en), edited by Alicia Murría, Mariano Navarro y Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, published by CAAC, MUSAC and Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, Spain.

Prophetia, edited by Imma Prieto, published by Fundació Juan Miró, Barcelona.

ARTSlant, Documenta and the Greek Crisis, Interview to Bea de Sousa (online)

Liberation – Revue Ballast, Interview to Anna Guin (online)

Artribune, Interview to Silvia Scaravaggi (online)

2014

TV Museum: Contemporary Art and the Age of Television, edited by Maeve Connolly, published by Intellect Books and University of Chicago Press, 2014.

The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, edited by Hu Danjie, published by the 2nd CAFAM Biennale, Beijing.

Agitationism, edited by Bassam el Baroni, published by EVA International, the Ireland Biennale.

2013

History Zero, Greek Pavilion 55th Biennale di Venezia, authors Katerina Gregos, Greogory Scholete, Syrago Tsiara, Stefanos Tsivopoulos. Edited by Syrago Tsiara and Stefanos tsivopoulos, designed by NODE Berlin. Published by the Greek Ministry of Culture.

2012

Anatomy of Integration, edited by Inese Baranovska, Aigars Bikse, Ivars Drulle, published by the 4th Sculpture Quadrennial Riga.

The Future Starts Here, text by Syrago Tsiara, published by Aischylia Festival, Eleysina, Greece.

Between Worlds, text by Ana Kutlesa, published by BLOK, Zegreb

Archive Public, Exhibition-Publication, edited by Panos Kouros, Elpida Karaba, published by the University of Patras.

Places of Memory-Fields of Vision, text and edited by Syrago Tsiara, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki.

Invisible Monuments, edited and text by Constanza Paissan, published by La Galerie, Paris.

2011

Borrowed Knowledge, edited by Shinnie Kim, texts by Matteo Lucchetti and Sanne Oorthuizen, published by ISCP, New York.

Amnesialand, texts by Matteo Luccetti, Marco Scotini and Katerina Gregos, published by Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan.

Suspended Spaces, edited by Charlene Dinhut, text by Christina Vatsela published by Centre Pompidou, Paris.

2010

Manifesta 8, The Rest is History, edt. by A. Cramerotti, K.Ramadan

FAQ Serbia, Austrian Cultural Forum, edited by Br. Dimitrijevic, A. Stadler

Open Studios, edt. by M. Stjernstedt, published by IASPIS, Stockholm

2009

Reading the City, Open EV+A, edited by Angelica Nollert, Yilmaz Dziewior

Monument to Transformation, Prague City Gallery, edited by Zb. Baladran

Eco Films, Rodos Film Festival, text by Denys Zacharopoulos

One Giant Leap, BFI Southbank, catalogue program

The First Image, Center of Contemporary Art Sete, text by D. Zacharopoulos

Impakt Festival, Accelerating Living, edited by Arjon Dunnewind

2008

The Real The Story and The Storyteller, Monograph produced by Mondriaan Foundation and published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade. Texts by Jennifer Allen, Marco Scotini, Katerina Gregos, Ana Nikitovic, Petar Ramadanovic, Sotirios Bachtsetzis, Hito Steyrel

Monitoring, 25th Dokfest Kasseler Kunstverein, Edited by Gerhard Wisner, Niki Michal, text by Polina Stroganova

Revolution I love You, Threelingual edition, edited by Maya And Reuben Fowkes, text by Theophilos Tramboulis

Transexperience Greece, 798 Space in collaboration with EMST, edited by Anna Kafetsi

Salon of the Revolution, October Salon Zagreb, edited by Antonia Majaca, Ivana Bago, text by Theophilos Tramboulis

Spaport, Museum of Contemporary art Banja Luka, text by Tina Pandi

2007

In Present Tense, Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, text by Tina Pandi

Heterotopias, 1st Thessaloniki Biennial, text by Thalea Stefanidou

Her(His)tory, Cycladic Museum, text by Marina Fokidis

Who’s There?, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, D. Zacharopoulos

Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennale, edited by XYZ (Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio, Augustine Zenakos), text by Theo. Tramboulis

 

PRESS REVIEWS (Limited Selection)

The New York Times, Antigone Now, Onassis Foundation, iStandfor, September 18, 2016

Art Monthly UK, Francis Frascina, OBJECT/SELF Features 01, Art Monthly UK, April 2014, p.p.5-8.

The Art Newspaper, König, Kasper. The Art Newspaper, Art Basel Daily Edition. 11 June 2013

Art in America, Young, Paul David. “The Triumph of Performance at the Venice Biennale”. Art in America. 6 June 2013

South As A State Of Mind, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, “History Zero was born in Exarcheia”, South As A State Of Mind, fall/winter 2013, p.p. 64–67.

The Sunday Times, Januszczak, Waldemar. “Occulists, loners and mystics”. The Sunday Times, Culture Magazine. 9 June 2013

The Economist, Bredin, Lucinda. “The artistic solution”. The Economist. 8-14 June 2013

The Guardian, Venice Biennale, Andrian Searle, June 2013

Frankfurter Neue Presse, Wolters, Dierk. “Videos sind die neuen Gemälde”. Frankfurter Neue Presse (online) June 2013

Wall Street International, 55 Venice Biennale. Stefanos Tsivopoulos. Wall Street International. 31 May 2013

The Independent, Lister, David. “Still pushing the boundaries”. The Independent. 23 May 2013

Corriere della Sera, Pini, Francesca. “La crisi è nera ma per noi artisti è d’oro”. Corriere della Sera, May 2013

Flash Art, Scotini, Marco. “Brand New”. Flash Art January-February 2012. p.128

Flash Art, Quaranta, Domenico. “Amnesialand”. Flash Art April 2011. p. 92

ARTINFO, Milliard, Coline. “History Zero: Stefanos Tsivopoulos Puts the Greek Crisis Under Scrutiny at the Venice Biennale” 11 March 2013

Critical Quarterly, Connoly, Maeve. “Cinematic Space, Televisual Time and Contemporary Art”. Critical Quarterly Vol. 54, Issue 3 October 2012

ArtForum, Drake, Cathryn. “Scene & Herd”. Artforum October 2010

Kunstforum International, Boecker Susanne, Manifesta 8, Kunstforum International Nov. 2010, p. 277

Flash Art, Marinos, Christophoros. “The Real The Story The Storyteller”. Flash Art May-June 2009

Artforum, Gerogiannis, Irene. “Critics’ Picks: ‘Revolution I love you’. Artforum March 2008

Art in America, Wei, Lilly. “Review of His(Her)story”. Art in America May 2008\

Artforum, Gerogiannis, Irene. “Critics’ Picks: ‘In Present Tense’”. Artforum January 2008

Frieze, Higgie, Jen. “Review of His(Her)story”. Frieze Magazine September 2007

Flash Art, Sansone, Valeria. “Focus Greece”. Flash Art October 2007

ArtForum, Allen, Jennifer. “Critics’ Picks”. ArtForum October 2005

 

PRESS REVIEWS (Selection)

Thodoris Antonopoulos, “Stefanos Tsivopoulos”, Lifo, 30 May 2014.

Zeykili, Despoina, “Stefanos Tsivopoulos”, Athinorama, 22 May 2014.

Damigou-Papoti, Natalia, “History Zero”, Athens Voice, 22 – 28 May 2014, pp. 32 – 33.

Pekiaridi, Stella, “Stefanos Tsivopoulos on elculture.gr”, ελculture.gr, May 2014.

Parides, Christos, “Stefanos Tsivopoulos”, Lifo, 10 April 2014, pp. 24 – 25.

Berke, Bernd, “Wie Werte entstehe und schwinden – ‘Kunst ind Kapital’ im Lehmbruck-Museum”, Revierpassagen, 7 March 2014.

“Stefanos Tsivopoulos: de Venise à Moscou”, La voix de la Russie (online), 20 Dec. 2013.

Francis Frascina, OBJECT/SELF, Features 01, Art Monthly UK, Apr 2014, p.5-8.

Pioda, Stéphanie, “Art Basel Miami Beach”, Gazette Drouot International, Dec. 2013, p.p. 124–129.

“AC INTERVIEW, Stefanos Tsivopoulos at Art Basel”, Art Comments, Dec. 2013.

“Currency exchange”, The Art Newspaper, 7 & 8 December 2013, p. 26.

Maertens, Marie, “Art Basel Miami, la belle américaine”, Connaissance des Arts, December 2013, p. 116.

“Stefanos Tsivopoulos, History Zero (2013)”, springerin, Fall 2013, p.p. 16-18.

Jurt, Pascal and Weber, Beat, “In welchem Verhältnis aktuelle Praktiken zur anhaltenden Krise stehen”, Fall 2013, p.p. 19-23.

Stefanos Tsivopoulos, History Zero was born in Exarcheia, South As A State Of Mind, 2013, p.p. 64–67.

König, Kasper. The Art Newspaper, Art Basel Daily Edition. 11 June 2013

Januszczak, Waldemar. “Occulists, loners and mystics”. The Sunday Times, Culture Magazine. 9, June 2013

Bredin, Lucinda. “The artistic solution”. The Economist. 8-14 June 2013

“Biennale Venedig 2013 – Das Kapital und die Krise”. Die Rheinische Kulturraumverdichtung (online). 7 June 2013

Young, Paul David. “The Triumph of Performance at the Venice Biennale”. Art in America (online). 6 June 2013

Wolters, Dierk. “Videos sind die neuen Gemälde”. Frankfurter Neue Presse, June 2013

“55. Biennale. Stefanos Tsivopoulos”. Wall Street International. 31 May 2013

“The Venice Questionnaire #23: Stefanos Tsivopoulos”. Art Review (online). 27 May 2013

Lister, David. “Still pushing the boundaries”. The Independent. 23 May 2013

Genta, Umberta. “Venice Biennale approaching: a preview”. Flash Art (online). 17 May 2013

Pini, Francesca. “La crisi è nera ma per noi artisti è d’oro”. Corriere della Sera, 17 May 2013

Harris, Gareth. “Down but not out, European countries invest in Venice Biennale pavilions”. The Art Newspaper (online). 15 May 2013

Azimi, Roxana. “Les pavillons nationaux de la Biennale de Venise confrontés à la crise”. Le Quotidien de l’Art. 18 March 2013

Connoly, Maeve. “Cinematic Space, Televisual Time and Contemporary Art”. Critical Quarterly Vol. 54, Issue 3 October 2012

Scotini, Marco. “Brand New”. Flash Art January-February 2012. p.128

Bailey, Stephanie. “Aesthetics of Atrocity”. Afterimage Magazine Vol. 39 2012.

Lucchetti, Matteo, ed. Feniz, Elmas. Mental Space, Issue 01. December 2012

Zeykili, Despoina. Athinorama September 2012 (interview)

Quaranta, Domenico.Amnesialand”. Flash Art April 2011. p. 92

Decter, Joshua. “Serbia: Frequently Asked Questions”. Artforum Feb. 2011

Connolly, Maeve. “Aesthetic Journalism in Practice. Variant issue 39/40, 2010

Drake, Cathryn. “Scene & Herd”. Artforum October 2010

“Manifesta 8 review. Metropolis M No 5 October 2010

Boecker, Susanne. “Manifesta 8” Kunstforum International Nov. 2010, p. 277

Papers, Daphne. “Appendix Manifesta: Shifting Centres” Kunstbeeld Oct. 2010

del Prete, Elisa. Arte e Critica (Rome) No 61 Dec 2009 - Feb 2010

Marinos, Christ. “The Real The Story The Storyteller”. Flash Art May-June 2009

Price, Matthew. “Review of Revolution I Love You”. Art Monthly Feb/Mar 2009

Liambeis, Leonidas. Kaput (on-line magazine) Issue 5, 2009

Koroxenidis, Alexandra, Review”The Real The Story The Storyteller”, Kathimerini March 2009

Gray, Zoe. Metropolis M No 4, August/September 2008

Scotini, Marco. The End Magazine No 12,August 2008

Gerogiannis, Irene. “Critics’ Picks: ‘Revolution I love you'. Artforum March 2008

Wei, Lilly. “Review of His(Her)story”. Art in America May 2008

Gerogiannis, Irene. “Critics’ Picks: ‘In Present Tense’”. Artforum January 2008

Sansone, Valeria. “Focus Greece”. Flash Art October 2007

Higgie, Jen. “Review of His(Her)story”. Frieze Magazine September 2007

Zeykili, Despina. “Visual History”. Athinorama December 2007

Zenakos, A. Ta Nea (Greek newspapaper), 2006

Spijker, Marjoline. “Open Ateliers”. Trouw News December 2005

Mebius, Bert. “Echt Kunst”. Tubelight November 2005

Argyropoulou, Nadja. Review in Marie Claire (Greek Version) 2005

Tramboulis, Theophilos. Review in GAP #6, 2005

de Vries, Marina. “Boulderlach en pure horror”. Volkskrant News February 2005

Allen, Jennifer. “Critics’ Picks”. ArtForum October 2005

van der Beek, Wim. “Safe/ Not Safe”. Kunstbeeld Magazine February 2005

Byron Davos, George. Review in Avgi 4 October 2005

Bronwasser, Sacha. “Couple”. VS Magazine May 2004

ter Borg, Lucette. “De vreemdeling als verlosser”. Vrij Nederland No 7 2003

FILMOGRAPHY

Object Reconnaissance (2024)

Arri Mini Alexa/ Super 8mm, 29 min (art film)

Writer, Director, Producer.

Produced by Noema Films, co-production Debunk films

Funded by the Netherlands Film Fund.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The Cardinal (2023)

Arri Mini Alexa, 16 min (short film)

Writer, Director.

Produced by Debunk films.

Funded by the Greek Film Center

Athens, Greece

Nemesis, Variations Of A Myth (2022)

Arri Mini Alexa, 20 min (art film)

Writer, Director, Producer, Editor.

Produced by Noema Films, co-production Debunk films

Funded by the Mondriaan Foundation.

Athens, Greece

Junkopia Redoux (2020),

Found Footage transferred on 2K, 7 min

Writer, Director, Producer, Editor.

Commissioned by the Onassis Foundation New York for ENTER

New York, USA

The Walkout (2019)

4K Sony, 30 min (experimental documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Commissioned by the Onassis Cultural Foundation New York

Portland, Oregon

When I Die The World Ends (2016)

Arri Mini Alexa, 10 min (short film)

Producer

Commissioned by the Swedish Film Institute

Athens, Greece

Glow In The Dark (2016)

Arri Mini Alexa, 40 min (experimental documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Commissioned by the Onassis Cultural Foundation New York

Portland, Oregon

One Step Forward Two Steps Back (2015)

Bolex, 5 min (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Athens, Greece

History Zero (2013)

Arri Alexa, 33 min (film)

Producer, Writer, Director.

Commissioned and produced by the Greek Ministry of Culture,

Faliro House, Haos Films.

Athens, Greece

Eleusis (2012)

Arri Alexa, 50 min (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Produced by Mondriaan Foundation for the Visual Arts

Athens, Greece

Geometry of Fear (2012)

Six Robotic Cameras, 6 min (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Commissioned and produced by the Elefsis Cultural Foundation

Athens, Greece

Amnesialand (2010)

Super 16 mm, 24 min (experimental documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Commisioned by 8th International Biennial Manifesta

Produced by the Mondriaan Foundation for the Arts

Murcia, Spain

Terminals (2009)

Super 16 mm, 30 min (experimental documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Produced by the Mondriaan Foundation for the Arts

Istanbul, Turkey

The Lost Monument (2009)

HD CAM, 29 min (film)

Producer, Writer, Director.

Produced by the Mondriaan Foundation for the Arts

Co-Produced by Kostopoulos Foundation,

Co-Produced by Niarchos Foundation

Athens, Greece

Untitled (In Plato's Cave), (2008)

HDV, 20 min (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Produced by the Mondriaan Foundation for the Arts

Berlin, Germany

Reverse (2008)

HDV, 25 min (experimental documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Produced by the Mondriaan Foundation for the Arts

Berlin, Germany

The Remake (2007)

HDV, 13 min (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Produced by the Athens Biennial

Produced by the National Greek Television

Athens, Greece

The Interview (2007)

DV CAM, 33 min (experimental documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production Museum of Contemporary Art Athens and BBC

Belgrade, Serbia

Land (2006)

Digi Beta, 9 min, (film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam

Athens, Greece

Play (2006)

DV CAM, 35 min, (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production by Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Three Men (2005)

DV CAM, 25 min, (film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production by Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

True Fiction (2005)

DV CAM, 36 min, (three channel video installation)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production the Gouda Museum.

Production by Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Occupation Unknown (2005)

DV CAM, 10 min, (documentary)

Producer, Director, Editor.

Production by International Manifesta Foundation

Nicosia, Cyprus

Actors (2004)

DV CAM, 36 min, (art film)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production by Sandberg Institute

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Under Construction (2004)

DV CAM, 15 min, (documentary)

Producer, Writer, Director, Editor.

Production by Manifesta Foundation Amsterdam

Athens, Greece

FILM TRIBUTES

2nd International FIlm Festival Syros. Tribute and screening of four films made in Greece. Syros island, Greece 2014. 

18th International Film Festival of Athens. Tribute and screening of four films: Land, Untitled (The Remake), Lost Monument, and Amnesialand. Athens, Greece 2012.

Rodos Film Festival. Tribute and screening of five films : Land, Untitled (The Remake), Actors, Play, and Reverse. Rodos island, Greece 2009. 

 

 

Represented by Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan Italy

 

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