Kostis Velonis

Kostis Velonis holds a PhD in Architecture from the National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.), awarded in 2009. He also studied Cultural Studies at the London Consortium (AA, Birkbeck College, ICA) and Visual Arts at the University of Paris VIII, completing a Maîtrise and D.E.A.
His recent solo exhibitions include This Probably Will Not Work, Lothringer 13 – Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich, 2015; Mount the Air, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, 2015; The Grammary of Puppetry, Monitor Gallery, Rome, 2012; and The Promise of Happiness, Signal Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden, 2011.
Selected group exhibitions include Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915–2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2015; Supersuperstudio, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan; In the Name of Le Corbusier, Spiteris Residence, School of Architecture, N.T.U.A., Athens, 2015; The Theater of the World, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, 2015; This Is Not My Beautiful House, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens, 2014; No Country for Young Men, BOZAR, Brussels, 2014; Tout Feu Tout Flamme, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, 2014; Direct Democracy, MUMA / Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2013; Hell as a Pavilion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013; Newtopia. The State of Human Rights, Mechelen Cultural Centre, The Academy of Fine Arts, and Scheppers Institute, Mechelen, Belgium, 2012; and Material and Culture, MAK Center for Art and Architecture – Schindler, California.