Antonis Pittas
Bereich: Installation
Key Facts
Nationalität
GriechenlandBereich
InstallationWohnort
Amsterdam (NDL)Empfehlende Institution
freiraum Q21 INTERNATIONALZeitraum
Mai 2016 - Mai 2016Antonis Pittas, born in Athens, Greece, lives and works in Amsterdam. He creates mainly context-sensitive spatial installations, which are informed by architecture, art-historical references, the performative aspects of installation art, and its social dynamics. Recent exhibitions include: solo exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, 2016; The Shock of Victory, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, 2015; Between the Pessimism of the Intellect and the Optimism of the Will, 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2015; montage, solo exhibition at Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, 2014; Performing Silence, solo exhibition at De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, 2013; AGORA, 4th Athens Biennale, 2013; Once upon a time… The Collection Now, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2013; Retroactive, solo exhibition at the Hessel Museum of Art & CCS Galleries Bard College, NY, 2011/2012; Landart, solo exhibition at the Benaki Museum, Athens, 2012; Untitled (this is a historic opportunity for us), solo exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2010.
Solo exhibitions
2016 Road to Victory, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen (up-coming)
2015 hold on, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
2015 handle them, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2014 montage, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
2013 Performing Silence, Joint solo, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
2012 where to go from here, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
2012 Landart, Benaki Museum, Athens
2012 RETROACTIVE, Hessel Museum of Art & CCS Bard Galleries, NY
2011 shame on you, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
2010 Untitled (this is a historic opportunity for us), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2009 Untitled (Every time you pass by), Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
2009 Untitled ( ) Pompgemaal, Den Helder
2007 8,83 x 7,20, Zaal 5, Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague
Group exhibitions (selection)
2016 Massage the History, Contemporary greek art institute (iset), Athens
2015 The Shock of Victory, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
2015 Between the Pessimism of the Intellect an the Optimism of the Will,
5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2015 Raccontare un luogo, Galleria Astuni, Bologna
2015 Back to the Future, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
2015 Pillar Huggers, Or Gallery Berlin, Berlin
2014 Amsterdam Drawing Extended, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
2014 No country for young men, Bozar, Brussels
2014 Op Karakter / Op Talent, deSERVICEGARAGE, Amsterdam
2013 Once upon a time... The Collection until Now, Collection, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2013 Contemporary Treasures (Part II), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
2013 AGORA, 4th Athens Biennale, Athens
2013 Scenographies, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
2013 The artist & the practice, Vamialiʼs Gallery, Athens
2013 Chasing rainbows, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
2012 The Emperorʼs New Clothes, Overlapping Biennial, 5th Biennial, Bucharest
2012 If A Tree..., Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg
2011 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2010 Cabinets of Miracles, Zone D – Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2010 Residu, Kunsthal 52, Den Helder
2008 Bargain prices on elephant gun, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
2008 Into the pill, Parallel plan art-athina 08, Athens
2007 TodaysArt Festival, Zaal 5, Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague