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Vassili Balatsos

born in 1966, lives and works in Athens, Greece

Education/Curatorial

1993 BFA, School of Art and Research, Villa Arson, France

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Civilization- a derogatory list, Vivoequidem Gallery, Paris, France
The Civilization Project, The Agency, London, UK
Ano Kato Petralona (with Ira Spagadorou), The Apartment, Athens
2011
The Promenade of A Schizophrenic, The Apartment, Athens
2008
Vassili Balatsos, OZON, Athens
Independent Landscapes, curated by Milovan Farronato, MiArt, Milan, Italy
Civil Disorder, The Apartment, Athens
2005
Independent Landscape, Open Space, Art Cologne, Germany (cat.)
2004
Solo Project, LISTE, Basel, Switzerland
2002
Independent Landscapes, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens
1997
Alien Bodies, ICEBOX, Athens
1994
Galerie Gitte Vitte, Corsica, France
1993
Lightbulb Overkill, Villa Arson, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011
Monodrome: 3rd Athens Biennale, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and XY, various venues, Athens, Greece
Linear B, curated by Christina Mitrentse and Jonas Ronson, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, UK
The Symptom of Site, curated by Margarita Kataga, Tampakika, Amfissa
2010
Evolution:id, curated by Quwerty, Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens
Late Summer Spectres, curated by Dimitris Dokatzis, Private residence, Athens
Summer?, curated by Irini Karayanopoulou, Gray Gallery, Skopelos (cat.)
2009
Presentation des Collections, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,Geneva, Switzerland
Expanded Ecologies-Perspectives in a Time of Emergency, curated by Daphne Vitali, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (cat.)
Tower Tower: The Nikos Alexiou Collection, Bazeos Tower, Island of Naxos
And Now?, curated by Christina Petrinou, Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art,Thessaloniki (cat.)
2008
Collage: Cut and Paste, curated by Theodore Markoglou, Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (cat.)
Bargain Prices on Elephant Gun, curated by Katerina Nikou, Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens
Athensville, curated by Marina Fokidis, The Garage Project, Athens (cat.)
Open Plan: Sculpture, curated by Bettina Busse, Hellexpo, Athens (cat.)
2007
Dialogues IV, curated by Ghislaine Dantan, Notos Theatre, Athens
Unfair, The Athens Imperial, Athens (cat.)
2006
Here, I disappear, curated by Ghislaine Dantan, The Apartment, Athens
A ses parents (Le Corbusier), La Maison Blanche, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland (cat.)
2004
Pro-Taseis, Kodra, Thessaloniki
2003
Free Transit?, Zappion Center, Athens (cat.)
2002
Jokes, MAMCO, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
1997
And the ship is still not in sight, various venues, Thessaloniki, Greece; traveled to Lichthaus, Bremen, Germany
Inhuman Essays, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
1995
Loaded, La Zonnée, Paris, France
1994
Grand Prix, curated by Axel Huber, Galerie Evelyne Canus & Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco
Snark, Cabinet de desseins, curated by Stephane Magnin, Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco
Kiki the Last II, Art: Concept, France
1993
Les passants du Phalanstère, Villa Arson, Nice
1992
Les Mystères de l'Auberge Espagnole, Villa Arson, Nice

Public Collections

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland
Art Cologne Foundation, Cologne, Germany
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece