Gerontides Yiorgos
Giorgos Gerontides born in Athens in 1987.
http://giorgosgerontides.wix.com/work
Education
2021-22 Art and Public Sphere, Schoolof Visual and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/gr
2007-12 Visual and Applied Arts Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Greece
2008-9 ERSEP Plastic Arts School of Fine Arts in Lille, France
Solo/projects
2021
- Teasing Creaturs & The sea glass factory Lefteris Economou Cultural Foundation
Garage Nicosia/cy
- 2021 “#residence1: Giorgos Gerontides & Rachel Parry”, a duet exhibition, Gonzo Unit art run space
2019
-Its a rust lab, it was a rust lab . to pikap show room Thessaloniki/gr
2017
-A poor man'ssomething,nothing/a thing/a stone/a nail save a snail Athanasiadou
2014
-Unearthed speculations,Quinta del Sordo Madrid/sp
-Objectiv party, dynamo project space, Thessaloniki/gr
-The Vitrine Project Thessaloniki/gr
2013
-Unheard stories, Dynamo project space Thessaloniki/gr
Selected exhibitions
2021
-” Αρχείο / Archive”, four persons show (Dimitris Ameladiotis, Giorgos Gerontides,Maria Tsiroukidou,
Christos Venetis) the part from thr modular group exhibition curated by Maria Andrikopoulou &
Nelly Palaiogianni, To Pikap Kato,Thessaloniki,GR.
2020
-“Visualizing humanity”Network of Contemporary culture museum , Ministry of culture -
A digital exhibition in three chapters, based on the works of the permanent collections
of the National Gallery-Museum of Alexandros Soutsos, the National Museum of Contemporary Art
and the MOMus - Metropolitan Organisation of Fine Arts Museums of Thessaloniki within
the Network of Contemporary Culture Museums.
-“Honest Outlaws” Curator: Sofia Eliza Bouratsis, Momus – Experimental Center for the Arts, Thessaloniki
2019
-Coffins of black, Coffins of luck, Curator: Galini Lazani, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
-“i ola ή μπανάνα¨, a trio video & live performance by Dimitris Ameladiotis, Giorgos Gerontides
and Alexandros Plomaritis at MOMus, under the aegis of the show “Iolas ,the heritage”.
- Overview Effect: Encountering the Cosmos, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
main exhibition, MOMUS Experimental Center for the Arts, Thessaloniki/gr curated by Orestis Andreadakis
- “Poisons“, curated by Apostolis Artinos, the Symptom Projects Amfissa/gr
- Visual Symponies-Labor, a project supported by Berlin’s Academy of Arts,
Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus)
2018
- “Disobedience, my poor mate!” ,three person show (Dimitris Ameladiotis, George Gerontides,
Giannis Kontinopoulos) at the visual artist George Skyloyannis atelier, Amfissa,
paraller program of the Symptom Projects.
2016
-THE EQUILIBRISTS, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Organized by the DESTE Foundation and the New Museum, New York
in collaboration with the Benaki Museumcurated by: Gary Carrion-Murayari
and Helga Christoffersen with Massimiliano Gioni
2015
-Island of absurd, Staedtische Gallery,Bremen Germany
-Pala fruits, Plateau Gallery, Greenhouse, Berlin
-Observation post, Tapia gallery Thessaloniki
-The body and other small stories: performance in collections of the State Museum of Contemporary Art
2014
-Kodra fresh, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
-Biennale:4 of contemporary art State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki Greece
-Re-view/Re-hear collaboration with zona dynamic Dynamo Project Space Thessaloniki/Greece
-UP, The Art foundation [taf] Create an Accident- View Images in High Revolution Athens/Greece
2013
-OPEN 15 Venice by project “rethinking Crisis” co-organized ART BOX
-Metamorphosis -Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
-Trial&Error Shedhalle, Tubingen, Germany
-Neo:gallery22 ,The Market Place, UK Bolton
-Art Laguna, Arsenale of Venice Italy, curated by Igor Zanti
2012
-Opus 39, gallery Nicosia Cyprus
-Transform “the pandoras box” Teloglion Foundation of Art, Greece
-MIET, Biennale of new artists of Athens, Greece
-Transform, National Academy of Arts, Sofia Bulgaria
Residency
2015
- PALA FRUITS- Hierarchy of Perception, Plateau Gallery, Greenhouse, Berlin
-The nomad workshop,Athens
2014
-Intercambiador ArtS-in-resicency Madrid
-Park in progress ,Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes,Artos fountdation Cyprus
2013
-Biennale of contemporary art 4th workshop of Thessaloniki
-Inspire-Metamorphosis Macedonian Museum of ContemporaryArt
-Residency “Transformation des Geschehens” Shedhalle Tübingen,Germany
-ERSEP Plastic Arts School of Fine Arts in Lille, France
-Residency DEMO # 3, dynamo project-space Thessaloniki,Greece.
-Sculpture Workshop Belgrade Serbia.
Awards/Grands
2021
- Mataroa aword
2014
-Foundation Ministry of Education and Culture
Republic of Cyprus for intercambiador Artresicency
2012
-OPEN 15 venice Special Prize
-Prize of Foundation Telemachus Kanthos