
Anastasis Stratakis
1985 Born in Thessaloniki, Greece Lives and works in Thessaloniki and Athens Studies: 2007–2012 BA Fine Arts, Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the Fine Arts School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2003–2005 Graphic Design and Visual Communication in Thessaloniki Solo Exhibitions 2013 An Endless Present, AD Gallery, Athens, GR THE HARD PROBLEM, Donopoulos IFA, Thessaloniki, GR Ideas are to objects as constellations are to stars, Les Yper Yper — physical/conceptual habitat, Thessaloniki, GR Group Exhibitions (selection) 2015 • Rendez—Vous, Biennale de Lyon 2015, IAC Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, FR Map of the New Art, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, IT Art-Athina ’15 (with AD Gallery), Athens, GR DRAWING NOW PARIS 2015 (with AD Gallery), Carreau du Temple, Paris, FR Group ‘15, Marinos Vrachimis/art proposals, Nicosia, CY 2014 Artist 2014/24th International Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, TR Athen 1.0 – Eine Gruppenausstellung, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, DE Art-Athina ‘14 (with Donopoulos IFA), Athens, GR Art-Athina Contemporaries: Statement made, curated by Artemis Potamianou, Athens, GR Mediterranean temperament? Regional stereotypes and other myths, 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, CACT – Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR 2013 Scream now while you can still breathe – Irrational Navigations, AD Gallery, Athens, GR Afresh – A New Generation of Greek Artists, curated by Daphne Dragona, Daphne Vitali and Tina Pandi, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, GR Thrills and Chills, curated by Daily Lazy, CAN Gallery, Athens, GR Art-Athina ‘13 (with Donopoulos IFA), Athens, GR 2012 ΑΪΝ ΑΟΥΓΚΕΝΜΠΛΙΚ! – Vier junge griechische Künstler, curated by Apostolos Palavrakis, Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, DE Stopover, curated by Nikos Mykoniatis, Action Field Kodra 12, Former military barracks Kodra, Thessaloniki, GR ROOMS 2012, curated by Haris Savvopoulos, St. George Lycabettus, Athens, GR 2011 Drawing Room, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, CY Minimum Colour, Tsatsis Projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki, GR Cartographies of the Unknown, Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol, CY PLACEMENTS – REPLACEMENTS – MISPLACEMENTS, curated by Christina Androulidaki, ReMap3 Project, Parallel to the 3rd Athens Biennale, Athens, GR Drawing Stories (2), curated by mis(s) group (Maria Panayides – Isabela Kova – Stavros Kavallaris), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, GR Art-Athina ‘11 (with AD Gallery), Athens, GR Hereafter, curated by Theofilos Tramboulis, Cultural Center of Athens, Athens, GR 2010 Drawing Stories, curated by mis(s) group (Maria Panayides – Isabela Kova – Stavros Kavallaris), Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol, CY Art in the Time of Collapse, AD Gallery, Athens, GR Action Field Kodra 10, curated by Nikos Mykoniatis, Former military barracks Kodra, Thessaloniki, GR Art-Athina ‘10 (with Tsatsis Projects/Artforum), Athens, GR 2009 Verge Art Fair ‘09 (with Tsatsis Projects/Artforum), Miami, FL Why Cinema Now?, 50th Thessaloniki Film Festival/Cultural Foundation of the National Bank, Thessaloniki, GR Thessaloniki…Balkans, Tsatsis Projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki, GR 1 st Unit, Tsatsis Projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki, GR Peristera Cultural Center of the University of Ioannina, Municipal Art Gallery, Ioannina, GR Residencies/Workshops: 2014 Through the Image, Beyond the Image (pt. 2), curated by Adrian Paci, Free Home University (FHU), Lecce, IT 2013 Through the Image, Beyond the Image (pt. 1), curated by Adrian Paci, Free Home University (FHU), Lecce, IT 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art: Young Artists’ Workshop, Thessaloniki, GR Public Commissions 2008 Special commission for the Thessaloniki Museum of Cinema Awards/Commendations: 2009 Peristera Cultural Center of the University of Ioannina Selected Bibliography / Press 2015 13e Biennale de Lyon catalogue, p. 119 Rendez—Vous (exhibition catalogue), Biennale de Lyon 2015, IAC Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, pp. 116–121 Benoît Blanchard, Œuvres magazine, Rendez-vous 15 / IAC, 22 Oct 2015 e-flux, Rendez—Vous, Young International Artists / Biennale de Lyon 2015, Sep 2015 Interartive, ORIGINAL VS. COPY – Special Issue for Interartive #75, Anastasis Stratakis – Fake fo’ Real…fo’ Fake…fo’ Real, 22 Jul 2015 Greece: Traces of Today (catalogue), Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso Group ‘15 (exhibition catalogue), Marinos Vrachimis/art proposals, Nicosia 2014 The Greek Foundation, Anastasis Stratakis Renegotiates the Collective Memory of Greek History, 6 Aug 2014 Maria Rigoutsou, Deutsche Welle, 5 Athenian Artists in Cologne, 7 Jul 2014 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art catalogue, Volume_2, p. 136–137, 142–143 Despina Zefkili, Frieze Magazine, Issue #163, Afresh, 1 May 2014, p. 209 Scream now while you can still breathe – Irrational Navigations (exhibition catalogue), AD Gallery, Athens 2013 Yiota Konstandatou, indigo blue, The Endless Present of An. Stratakis, 12 Dec 2013 ArtClue – Eastern European Art Magazine, AD Gallery: An Endless Present, 3 Nov 2013 Athens Voice, Anastasis Stratakis, An Endless Present, Nov 2013 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art catalogue, Volume_1, p. 210–211 Afresh – A New Generation of Greek Artists (exhibition catalogue), National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens 2012 Monopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben, Ein Augenblick! Vier junge griechische Künstler, Nov 2012 LiFO, Ein Augenblick!, 12 Nov 2012 Maria Rigoutsou, Deutsche Welle, A moment, 9 Nov 2012 ΑΪΝ ΑΟΥΓΚΕΝΜΠΛΙΚ! – Vier junge griechische Künstler (exhibition catalogue), Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, Düsseldorf, texts by Apostolos Palavrakis Stopover, Action Field Kodra 12 (exhibition catalogue), Thessaloniki Chris Bors, ArtReview magazine, Issue #57, p. 133, Drawing Room, Mar 2012 ROOMS 2012 (exhibition catalogue), Kappatos Gallery, Athens 2011 Maria Maragou, Eleftherotypia newspaper, The Wealth of Poverty, 23 Jul 2011 Drawing Stories (2) (exhibition catalogue), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens Hereafter (exhibition catalogue), EMPE Publications, Athens, text by Theofilos Tramboulis 2010 Drawing Stories (exhibition catalogue), Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol Insider magazine, Issue#88, p. 12–13, Planting a Seed for Discourse; Art at the Time of Collapse, Oct 2010 Art at the Time of Collapse (exhibition catalogue), AD Gallery, Athens, texts by Pantelis Arapinis & Nikos Xydakis Action Field Kodra 10 (exhibition catalogue), Thessaloniki 2009 Peristera Cultural Center of the University of Ioannina (exhibition catalogue), Ioannina FAQ magazine, Issue #76, Why Cinema Now? – 50th Thessaloniki Film Festival (insert), p. 7, Anastasis Stratakis, Nov 2009