HARIS EPAMINONDA

Berlin-based, Cypriot-born artist Haris Epaminonda carefully arranges found images, objects, and film/video footage together in space. Interested in how objects’ meanings are transformed when placed in new environments, the artist reorganizes and reconfigures artifacts from different cultures and eras—such as found book pages, textiles, carvings, and statues—into new sculptural and architectural constellations. Developed on-site and in direct response to the gallery architecture, Epaminonda’s work uses abstraction and fragmentation to create new narratives and readings, collapsing the temporal distance between the past and the present. The end result is a subtle transformation of our understanding of material, space, and form.

Selected solo exhibitions: Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, 2020; Secession, Vienna, 2018; Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 2017; CAAC, Seville, 2016; Le Plateau, Paris, 2015; Villa du Parc, Annemasse, 2015; Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, 2014; Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, 2013; Modern Art Oxford, 2013; Kunsthaus Zürich, 2013; Kunsthalle Lissabon, 2012; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2012; MoMA, New York, 2011; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2011; Tate Modern, London, 2010; Site Gallery, Sheffield, 2010; Malmö Konsthall, 2009; Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2008. Epaminonda co-represented Cyprus at the 52nd Venice Biennale, 2007. Selected group shows: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2020; 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, 2019; Werkleitz, Dessau, 2019; Archeological Museum, Mykonos, 2019; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2019; Fondation Hippocrene, Paris, 2018; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2018; Madre Museum, Naples, 2017; Jewish Museum, New York, 2017; documenta (14), Kassel, 2017; Fondazione Prada, Milan, 2016; Leopold-Hoesch Museum & Papiermuseum, Düren, 2016; National Gallery of Prague, 2015; Museum Serralves, Porto, 2014; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2013; CCA Wattis, San Francisco, 2013; The Renaissance Society, Chicago, 2013; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, 2013; dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel, 2012; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2010; New Museum, New York, 2009, 9th Sharjah Biennial, 2009; 5th Berlin Biennale, 2008. Epaminonda has been collaborating on the book project ‚The Infinite Library‘ together with Daniel Gustav Cramer since 2007. She has received the Silver Lion award at 58th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2019, The Audience award at the Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 2013 and the SB9 Award at the 9th Sharjah Biennale, 2009.

*The lecture will be held in English.