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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