T H E B R E E D E R

Born 1976 Athens. Lives and works in London

Education
2003 – 2005 Goldsmiths College MA Fine Art
1999 – 2000 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf prof. Jannis Kounelis
1994 – 1997 Aristoleteion University Thessaloniki, BA Painting

Solo Exhibitions

2010
National Museum of Contemporary Art, EMST, Athens, project room commission
La Chambre, Xippas gallery, Paris (cur. Francois Quintin)

2009
“Until full stops look like stars, From where you stand”, Max Wigram Gallery, London “Rising And Falling, At Irregular Intervals, As Seen From Two Points Of View, Simultaneously”, Arco Solo Projects, Madrid, curated by Susanne Neubauer, under the auspices of Max Wigram Gallery

2008
Athanasios Argianas –Len Lye. Arcade Fine Arts, London
We All Turn This Way, The Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, The Serpentine Gallery, London (with Nick Laessing)
Athanasios Argianas - Arquebuse / Faye Flemming & Partner, Geneva,
Sing Sideways/Sing From The Middle To The Start/End, Alessandro De March, Milan
A Rotary Recording, Guestroom Studios, London

2007
Cell Projects (with Nick Laessing), London
Max Wigram gallery, London
The Breeder, Athens
Athanasios Argianas, The Breeder at Remap KM, Athens Biennial parallel event

2004
Konrad (Kraftwerk R/ Balkan Folk Music L), Unlimited Contemporary, Athens

Group Exhibitions

2010
Arrivals and Departures, Europe, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona curated by Andrea Bruciati and Walter Gasperoni
Cometa Rossa, Fluxia gallery, Milan (with Giulio Frigo & Sophie Bueno-Boutellier)
Nick Laessing & Athanasios Argianas, ‘Studio Picks’ Opdahl, Berlin

2009
Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennial, curated by Diana Baldon, Athens
The Deste Prize 2009, Deste Foundation / Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
Look No Hands!, Cell Project Space, London
Paint-ID, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Biennale 2
In praise of shadows, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam
SCULPTURE SHOW, Eastside Projects, curated by Ruth Claxton and Gavin Wade, Birmingham

2008
Sci-Art, curated by Alessandra Pace, Galeria Enrico Astuni, Bologna
The Show Will Be Titled After Its End, curated by Athanasios Argianas, Formcontent, London
Manifesto Marathon, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, The Serpentine Gallery, London
l’après moderne, Projet Midi, Brussels, curated by Charles Dandy
Fables Du Doute / Tales Of Disbelief, La Galerie Centre d’art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec, France

2007
In Present Tense, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Invisible, Max Wigram Gallery, London
Supernova-Constellations, curated by Caroline Douglas and Yiannis Toumazis, The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre (NIMAC), associated with the Pierides Foundation, Cyprus Not Just, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol and DCA Dundee Contemporary Arts, curated by Martin Clark – cat.

2006
Personne ne veut mourir, ARQUEBUSE, Geneva
LISTE, Basel (under the auspices of The Breeder)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006, (touring Liverpool Biennial & Rochelle School, London)
Art Sessions, Kunsthalle Wien Project space, Vienna, Austria Dialogue II, (with Tobias Putrih, Luca Trevisani), Enrico Fornello Gallery, Prato
Social Ocean, Temporary Contemporary, London

2005
All Personal, VTO gallery, London
Time Pop 2005, by Artprojx, Prince Charles Cinema, London

2003
Prague Biennale 1, National Gallery, Prague

1999
New Contemporaries 99, Touring/Liverpool Biennial, various venues London, UK – cat

Selected Bibliography

2010
Marco Tagliefierro, Crtic’s Pick ‘Cometa Rossa’ review Artforum.com

2009
Herbert, M, ‘Athanasios Argianas: Until Full Stops Look Like Stars,From Where You Stand / Max Wigram Gallery’, Artforum Best Of 2009,Issue Dec
Oliver Basciano, ‘Close Encounters: Athanasios Argianas’, ArtReview online Oct 12. Francesco Pedraglio ‘Whatever Happened to the London Night?’, Kaleidoscope, Issue 1, Mar-Apr
Chris Sharp, Athanasios Argianas (main feature)’,FlashArt International, Nov, p.52-54 Helen Sumpter, 2009 Interview for Time Out London oct 09

2008
Diana Baldon, ‘Athens Biennial’, Artforum, Jan Issue, pp. 276
JJ Charlesworth, ‘Voodoo Modern’, Art Review, Issue 26, Oct
Martin Herbert, 2008, ‘Athanasios Argianas’, Frieze: Year Book 2008
Paola Noe, ‘Athanasios Argianas: Critic’s Picks’, Artforum online, January
Chris Sharp, ‘Athanasios Argianas’, Frieze.com Review
Sam Thorne, (Focus Feature) ‘Athanasios Argianas’, Frieze magazine, Issue 119,
Ossian Ward, ‘London’s 40 Best Artists’ Time-Out London, Oct 21st Issue
‘Focus London Artists Dictionary’, Flash Art International, Oct Issue

2007
Lemy, E, The Visual of Music, Athens Art Review, Issue. 10, pp. 42-7, Feb. 2007
Marinos, C, ‘Athanasios Argianas’, Flash Art International, Issue 254, 2007
Simone Menegoi, ‘Athanasios Argianas Interview’, Mousse Magazine, no. 10, pp. 13-16
A. Mugnaini, ‘Dialogo Il’, Flash Art Italia, Issue 261, p. 143, Dec 06 – Jan. 07
David Shariatmadari, ‘Pale Carnage’, Art Review, Issue. 11, p.31
Lucy Steeds, ‘Pale Carnage’, Art Monthy, no. 305, April Issue, pp.23-4

Athanasios Argianas, The Length Of A Stand Of Your Hair, Of The Width Of Your Arms, Unfolded, 2010, installation view at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, curated by Dafni Vitali, Collection of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

Athanasios Argianas, Manifesto Of Nondurational Time & Unstable Object no 1, 2010, wood, copper plated alloy, copper, plated brass, aluminum, brass, dvd projection, paper, spotlight mechanism with sound, 4 mins looped, Overal dims: 180 x 170 x 70 cm, with projector: 3 m x 180 x 170 cm

Athanasios Argianas, installation view, DESTE prize 2009, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens

Athanasios Argianas, A demonstration of many things as one as a demonstration of one thing as many (Athens version), 2009, HDV video installation, mdf, aluminium card, Video duration: 3mins with sound, Installation 200x80x80 cm

Athanasios Argianas, WATTW, 2009, gouache on card, 61x38 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Images of No Gravity 5, 2009, inkjet print, perspex mirror, 70x70 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Music Sideways, performance & installation at The Serpentine Gallery Pavillion designed by Frank Gehry 2008, Serpentine Gallery London

Athanasios Argianas, Music Sideways, installation view, Frank Gehry Pavillion, Serpentine Gallery, London, 2008

Athanasios Argianas & Nick Laessing, We All Turn This Way (Chrystal Receiver for Friederich Jurgenson), 2008,
enameled copper wire (150m) miranti wood, plywood, solid brass, rechargeable speaker, various mechanical parts, pyrite (Fool's Gold) crystal, 200x140x35 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Partly Obscured Portrait (Michael left), 2008, ink on paper, 60x40 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Tales of Disbelief, La Galerie, Contemporary art centre, Noisy-le-Sec, France curated by Simone Menegoi

Athanasios Argianas, Proposals for reading consonants as noise (one copper silver), 2008, electroconductive paint, steel, urethane, resin, lacquer, 115x52x63 cm each

Athanasios Argianas, In Present Tense, Installation view, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Song Machine 5, 2006, Miranti wood, 110 x 110 x 180 cm

Athanasios Argianas, In Present Tense, Installation view, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Things Living In The Studio Imagined Late At Night, 2006, gouache on paper, 76.5 x 60.5 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Rational Paintings (Set 1), 2008, gouache on card in three parts, 86x61.5 cm, 86x61.5 cm, 47.5x24 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view, ARQUEBUSE gallery, Geneva, 2008

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view, The Breeder, 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view, Max Wigram Gallery, London, 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Proposal for Reading Consonants as Noise (Black/ Verdigris), 2007, copper leaf, jesmonite, plaster,hardwood, metal, polyurethane, resin in two parts, 130x60x60 each part, part 1

Athanasios Argianas, Proposal for Reading Consonants as Noise (Black/ Verdigris), 2007, copper leaf, jesmonite, plaster, hardwood, meta, polyurethane resin in two parts, 130x60x60 each part, part 2

Athanasios Argianas, The left and right side of Darren, 2007, gouache on paper, 37x53 cm

Athanasios Argianas, Proposals For Reading Consonants As Noise (Copper-Grey & Black- Grey), 2008, copper-grey; cold-cast copper & aluminium (copper, aluminium & urethane resin), black grate polish, fixative, steel,rust. Black-grey; urethane resin, painted with copper & aluminium resin, fixative, black paint, black grate polish, steel, rust. Tripods; steel, paint

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view -foreground, Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view, Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view, The Breeder, 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Installation view, The Breeder Athens, 2007

Athanasios Argianas, Things Living In The Studio Imagined Late At Night, 2006, gouache on paper, 57x57cm

Athanasios Argianas, Things Living In The Studio Imagined Late At Night, 2006, gouache on paper, 63.5x55 cm