BIO

Born 1978 in Limassol, Cyprus

Solo Shows
2016 Nine to Five , (with Philip Wiegard), curated by Simone Neuenschwander, Nürnberg Kunstverein, Nuremberg, Germany
2015 Two Days After Forever , curated by Omar Kholeif, The Cyprus Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Stories From The Lives Of My Friends , curated by Andre Zivanaris, Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
2014 The Permeability Of Certain Matters , (with Philip Wiegard), Spring, Hong Kong, China
NGC 1277 , curated by Milovan Ferronato, Kaleidoscope Project Space, Milan, Italy
35/22/35/36D, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Days And Ages, curated by Matilda Olof-Ors, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
And, curated by Kevin Muhlen Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
In The Light Of The Day The Fireflies Are Like Any Other Insect, curated by Akiko Miyake, CCA Kitakyushu, Kytakyushu, Japan
The Invention Of Antiquity, curated by Reinhard Braun & Maren Lübbke-Tidow, Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
2012 Tenuto, Rodeo, Istanbul, Turkey
The Price Of Copper / To Bring Back The World To The Wold , curated by Pierre Bal Blanc, Centre d’art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny Sur Orge, France
One Thousand And One Days, curated by Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art St. Louis, St. Louis. USA
2011 Christodoulos Panayiotou, curated by Ilina Koralova, Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig, The Future of Europe Prize, Leipzig, Germany
Christodoulos Panayiotou, curated by Mats Stjernstedt, Norrlands Operan, Vita Kuben, Umea, Sweden
2010 Christodoulos Panayiotou, curated by Beatrix Ruff, Kunsthalle Zürich , Zürich, Switzerland
Christodoulos Panayiotou, curated by Micelle Cotton, Cubitt, London, UK
2009 The End, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Never Land, Rodeo, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Act I: The Departure, curated by Denis Pernet, 1m3, Lausanne, Switzerland
If tomorrow never comes, Freymond-Guth & Co. Fine Arts, Zürich, Switzerland
Christodoulos Panayiotou, curated by Vasif Kortun, Arco Madrid – Selected Solo Project, Madrid, Spain
2006 Prologue: Quoting Absence, curated by Suzanne Cotter, Museum Of Modern Art Oxford, Arrivals, Oxford, UK
Christodoulos Panayiotou – Video Works, curated by Christina Petrinou, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Umjetnicka Galerija) – XXII International Festival Sarajevo (Sarajevo Winter 2006), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004 Forever is gonna start tonight, Medieval Castle of Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus
2003 You make me feel brand new, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Group Shows
2014 Treasure Island, curatorial team: Yiannis Toumazis, Louli Michaelidou, Anber Onar, Despo Pasia, Kyriakos Pachoulides, Elena Stylianou, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
Soleil Politique, The Museum Between Light And Shadow, curated by Pierre Bal-Blanc, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
On The Devolution Of Culture, Rob Tufnell Gallery, London, UK
The Center For Dying On Stage #1, curated by Kate Strain, Project Arts Center, Dublin, UK
30/60 Opere Della Collezione Del Frac Champagne-Ardenne, curated by Leonardo Bigazzi and Florence Derieux, Museo Marino Marini, Florence, Italy
BERLIN BIENNALE 8, curated by Juan A. Gaitán, Haus Am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Touch Me Not – Byzantine Analogies, curated by Nadia Anaxagorou, The Church of The Holy Cross, Pelendri, Cyprus
Invisible Violence, curated by Zoran Erić, Blanca de la Torre and Seamus Kealy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Hey I’M Mr Poetic, curated by Cathy Noble, Wysing Arts Center, Wysing, UK
Sacre 101, An Exhibition Vased On The Rite Of Spring, curated by Raphael Gygax, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Skeptical Thoughts On Love, curated by Adnan Yildiz, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2013 Une Odysée:30 And du FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Experience Pommery #11, curated by Florence Derieux, Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Some Issues About History, Agathenburg Castle, Agathenburg, Germany
One Day Will Come When The Day Will Not Come, Future, Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
At The Outset, Circus, Berlin, Germany
A Trip To The Moon, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
If Not Always Permanently, Memorably, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
Do It, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
The Sea Is My Land, Maxxi, Rome, Italy
L’Image Pensée, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
Being An Islan, Daadgalerie, Berlin, Germany
The Magic Of State, Beirut, Cairo, Egypt
The Magic Of State, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
P&CO., Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 All That Shines Ain’t No Gold, Rodeo, Istanbul, Turkey
Kann Es Liebe Sein?, curated by Nora Mayr and Gilles Neiens, Grim Museum, Berlin, Germany
Liverpool Biennale (The Unexpected Guest), curated by Lorenzo Fusi, Liverpool, UK
When Attitudes Become Form Become Attitudes, curated by Jens Hoffmann, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA
Echigo Tsumari Triennale, curated by Fram Kitagawa, Niigata, Japan
Contarlo Todo Sin Saber Cómo , curated by Martí Manen, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
dOCUMENTA (13), curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Kassel, Germany
DIE (IV), curated by Christian Kobald, COCO Vienna, Austria
Utopia, curated by Elena Parpa and Maria Stathi, Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
Maison Opera, curated by Denis Pernet, Le Commun, Bac – Bâtiment d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
You Are Not Alone, curated by Hilde Teerlinck and Irène Aristizabal, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
The Land Seen From The Sea, curated by Martha Kirzenbaum, Galeria Stereo, Poznan, Poland
Danser Sa Vie. Prospectif Cinema, curated by Christine Macel and Emma Lavigne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Demonstations. Making Normative Orders, curated by Fanti Baum, Britta Peters and Dr Sabine Witt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 Constallation, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
You Have Been There, curated by Marie Muracciole, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
You Have Been There, curated by Ziba Ardalan, Parasol Unit, London, UK
The Night Life Guide, curated by Ausstellungsgruppe der Uni Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
You Are Not Alone, curated by Hilde Teerlinck and Irène Aristizabal, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Incongru. Quand L’Art Fait Rire, curated by Bernard Fibicher, Marco Costantini and Federica Martini, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Art, Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Beyond, curated by Adam Budak, KUMU Art Museum of Estonia, Talin, Esthonia
The Hand, The Eye & The Heart, curated by José Da Silva, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Australia
Revisiting Time, curated by Irène Aristizabal, La Plate-Forme – FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkirk, France
Emotional Blackmail, curated by Chen Tamir & Markús Thór Andrésson, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
You Are Not Alone, curated by Hilde Teerlinck and Irène Aristizabal, Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Snail Fever, curated by Sara Mameni, Third Lina Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Based In Berlin, curated by Angelique Campens, Fredi Fischli, Magdalena Magiera, Jakob Schillinger and Scott Cameron Weaver, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
The End Of Money, curated by Juan Gaitan, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lenikus Collection – Studio 9, curated by Eva Maria Stadler, Bauernmarkt, Vienna, Austria
Kaleidoscope Aren, curated by Kaleidoscope Magazine, Roma – The Roda to Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
I Know Something About Love, curated by Ziba Ardalan, Parasol Unit, London, UK
2010 End Note, curated by Robert Okuda Fitzpatrick, Tanya Leigton and Archive Kabinett, Berlin, Germany
The Marathon Marathon, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-curating: Nadia Argyropoulou, Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece
Let’s Dance, curated by Frank Lamy, MAC/VAL, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-De-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Scene Shifts, curated by Sara Arrhenius, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Hydarchy: Power and Resistance at sea, curated by Anna Collin and Mia Jankowicz, Gasworks, London, UK
Live Cinema / In the round, curated by November Paynter, co-curating by Adelina Vlas, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phladelphia, USA
Actual Fears, programmation: Marie Villemin & Marie Léa Zwahlen, Centre D’Art Neuchâtel within the framework of the NIFFF, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Dancing Machine, curated by Charles Carcopino, Gare Saint Sauver, Lille, France
Everything Is Out There, curated by Rosa Lleo and Zaida Trallero, La Casa Ensendiada, Madrid, Spain
The Living Currency, Staged by Pierre Bal-Blanc, 6th Berlin Biennale – Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1), Berlin, Germany
Morality (Act VI: Remember Humanity), Curated by Juan A. Gaitan and Nicolaus Schafhausen, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Emporte-Moi/Sweep Me Off My Feet, curated by Nathalie de Blois and Frank Lamy, Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Time’s Arrow, curated by Ben Loveless, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Rethinking Location, curated by Johannes Fricke Waldthausen, Sprueth Magers berlin, Berlin, Germany
Catastrophe, curated by Sylvie Fortin, The Quebec City Biennial, Quebec City, Canada
Home Works 5, curated by Ashkal Alwan, Ashkal Alwan for Contemporary Arts, Beirut, Lebanon
Something Left Undone, curated by Scot Surdez, Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland
New Beginnings, curated by Sinziana Ravini , IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
Dancing Machine, curated by Charles Carcopino, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Créteil, France
Fantasy & Island, curated by Celenk Bafra, Adnan Yildiz and Anne Alessandri, FRAC Corse, Corte, Corsica
Arrivals & Departures, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Walter Gasperoni, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy
Duet For Cannibals, curated by Inti Guerrero, Theater of the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009 Poetry Marathon, Conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery, London, U.K
Morality, Curated by Juan A. Gaitan and Nicolaus Schafhausen, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Insiders, Curated by Nathalie de Blois and Frank Lamy, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Emport-Moi / Sweep Me Off My Feet, Curated by Nathalie de Blois and Frank Lamy, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL) Quebec, Canada / Vitry-sur-Seine, France
From the Gathering, Curated by Andrew Bonacina and Anne Low, Helen Pit Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Generosity is the New Political, Curated by Lotte Juul Petersen, Wysing Art Center, Cambridge, U.K
Total Erinnerung, Curated by vvork, 3.Fotofestival – Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Germany
A Last Flare-Up of Heroism Before Decadence, Curated by Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth and Burkhard Meltzer, The John Institute, Pavilion at Platzpitz Park, Zurich, Switzerland
Lyst, Curated by Mathias Kryget Hansen and Tomas Lagermand Lundme Overgarden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tower – Tower, Curated by Nikos Alexiou, Bazeos Tower, Naxos, Greece
The Columns Held Us Up, Curated by Vasig Kortun and November Paynter, Artist Space, New York, USA
2nd Athens Biennale, Curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Athens Greece
Convention, Curated by Ruba Katrib, MoCA Miami, Miami, USA
Just in the Dark, Curated by Cecilia Canziani and Andrea Viliani, Mercati di Traiano, Rome, Italy
Bridge over the Mediterenean, Curated by Marina Fokides, Fondazione Mertz, Torino, Italy
2008 Open Studios, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Rudi Sela & Maya Amir / Dafne Boggeru, Christodoulos Panayiotou, curated by Denis Pernet and Pauline Poudry, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
E-flux video rentals – Every time again and again, selection by Adnan Yildinz, The Building, Berlin, Germany
Once Upon a time, curated by Jean Barberis and Chen Tamir, Ise Foundation, New York, U.S.A
If tomorrow never comes, curated by Sylvia Kouvali, Rodeo, Istanbul, Turkey
The Salon of Revolition, curated by Ivana Bago and Antonia Majaca, House of Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb, Croatia
Horror Vacui, curated by Andreas Duscha, Layr Wuestenhagen Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Letters from the front, Lydia Chatziakovou and Stepahnie Bertrand, Thessaloniki, Greece
Taipei Biennial, curated by Vasif Kortun and Manray Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan
Busan Biennial, curated by Tom Morton, Nancy Takacho and Michael Cohen, Busan, Korea
We’ve seen it all, screening by Ozge Ersoy, Townhouse – Rawabet Theater, Cairo, Egypt
L’art contemporain en Europe (experience Pommery #5, curated by Fabrice Bousteau and Barbara Soyer, Dommaine Pommery, Reims, France
A principle of assumptions, curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen and Sylvia Kouvali, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Where do we go from here?, curated by Nikos Pattichis, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
Expecting your news (works by Cypriot artists), curated by Androula Michael, Gounaropoulos Museum, Athens, Greece
LISTE 08, with Rodeo gallery, Basel, Switzerland
M12, curated by Konstantinos Dagritzikos, B.I.G, Athens, Greece
Art Athina, Parallel Plan, curated by Marina Fokidis, Athens, Greece
The Unfait Fair, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Vincent Honoré 1:1, Rome, Italy
2007 In Present tense, curated by Daphni Vitali, Tina Pandi and Stamatis Schizakis, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Yours, curated by Francesca Boenzi and Luigi Govinazzo, Exposito, Naples, Italy
Big Family Project (a project by Adnan Yildiz and Esther Lu), curated by Andonis Bogadakis, Istanbul, Turkey
This Then That, Rodeo, Istanbul, Turkey
Disco Corporation, Curated by Maria-Thalia Carras and Sophia Tournikiotis, Locus Athens, Athens, Greece
Reality Crossing (2nd International Fotofestival Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg), curated by Christoph Tannert, Manheim – Ludwigshagen – Heidelberg, Germany
Mediterranean Dialogues, curated by Susanne Van Hagen, Citadel, St. Tropez, France
LISTE 07- Performance programme, curated by Monika Kastli, Basel, Switzerland
Space.Gaze.Desire, curated by Sanne Kofod Olsen, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
Shoebox, curated by Huseyin Sami, Bell Street Project Space, Vienna, Austria
The nightly news, Luxe Gallery, New York, USA
Crossings, curated by Yiannis Toumazis and Androula Michael, Espace Camille Claudel, Amiens, France
2006 Everybody Dance Now, curatred by Kathleen Goncharov, EFA Center, New York, USA
Radio Gallery / Radio Time Capsule curated by Ryan Gander and Francesco Manacorda, Resonance FM, London, UK
An Outing: The Beltzios Collection: Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st Century, curated by Sotiris Bahtsetzis, Matsopoulos Mill, Trikala, Greece
Crossings, curated by Yiannis Toumazis Fort St. Angelo, Birgu, Malta
While we were sleeping, curated by Vasif Kortun, Platform-Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
The Collection-Nikos Alexiou, curated by Nikos Alexiou, Mac Gallery, XXII International Festival Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Boznia and Herzegovina
2005 The Gesture. A Video Library in Progress, curated by Daphne VItali, Marina Fokidis and Sergio Risaliti, Quarter, Centro Produzione Arte, Florence, Italy
DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens,Greece
Accidental Meetings, curated by Yiannis ToumazisThe Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
2004 HyperLinks, curated by Efi Strouza, Evagoras & Kathleen Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
2003 20 Rooms (St. George Lycabettus Hotel), curated by Yiannis Toumazis, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece
Staged Performances
2004 Anthem, Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus, Festival Al Sud, Faro and Lisbon, Portugal
2003 Evergreen, (in col. with Lia Haraki). 1st Prize at the 3rd Platform of Dance – Cyprus / Aerowaves Landon Prize. Limassol (Rialto Theatre), Zagreb (Vidra Theatre), London (Aerowaves Festival), Prague (Tanec Praha Festival), Amsterdam (Julidanst – Aerodance), Malmo (Palladium Theatre), Leipzig (Euro-Scene 2004)
Prizes / Awards
2011 The Future Of Europe Prize, Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig, Germany
2008 Undo Foundation award – Künstlerhaus Bethanien
2005 DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art
2003 Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture Dance Price for the performance Evergreen (in collaboration with Lia Haraki)
Residencies
2011 Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009 IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2007 Exposito, Naples, Italy
CPH AIR, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Platform-Garanti Center of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 KODRA, Thessaloniki, Greece