Athanasios Argianas
Born in 1976, Athens (Greece)
Lives and works in London, UK

Education

2004 - 2005

MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK

1994-1997

BA Painting, Aristoletion University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Solo Exhibitions

2011     

Laid Long, Spun Thin, Max Wigram Gallery, London
The length of a piece of string cut at the width of its circumference, The Breeder, Athens
Of The Length Of Your Arms Unfolded, (performance), The Barbican Art Gallery, The Barbican Centre, London

2010          

Art Nova, Art Basel Miami, Florida (with Pavel Buchler)
The Length Of A Strand of Your Hair, Of The Width Of Your Arms, Unfolded, EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece 
Manifesto of Nondurational Time (& Unstable Object), La Chambre, curated by Francois Quintin, Xippas Gallery, Paris

2009

Until Full Stops Look Like Stars, Max Wigram Gallery, London
Arco Solo Projects selected by Susanne Neubauer, Arco, Madrid

2008

We All Turn This Way, Park Nights, The Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, The Serpentine Gallery, London((with Nick Laessing)
Sing Sideways / Sing From The Middle To The Start/End, Galleria Alessandro de March, Milan
Athanasios Argianas, Arquebuse /Faye Flemming, Geneva.
Athanasios Argianas & Len Lye, Arcade Fine Arts (with Len Lye), London.

2007

Mimicking, Falling & Falling, Max Wigram Gallery, London
On Aether, Cell Project Space (with Nick Laessing), London
Athanasios Argianas, The Breeder, Athens

2004

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

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Odd Time Beat, RODEO, curated by Adnan Yildiz & Sylvia Kouvali, Istanbul
Ντερτι Humanism, curated by Nadja Argyropoulou, Faggionato Fine Art, London
An Action Event Or Other Thing That Occurs Or Happens Again, curated by Candice Jacobs, One ThoresbyStreet & Bonington Galleries, Nottingham
Art Now Live, Tate Britain, London curated by Lizzie-Carey-Thomas, Katherine Stout and Clarrie Wallis
The Riot Act, Mor Charpentier, Paris curated by Nazli Gurlek

2010

The Marathon Marathon Project (performance), curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist & Nadja Argyropoulou, The New Acropolis Museum, Athens
Recent British Sculpture, curated by Tom Morton, Grimm Fine Art, Amsterdam (cat.)
In-Scribe, Hellenic-American Union galleries, Athens
Actors and Agents, The Hub, Athens
Cometa Rossa, Fluxia, Milan
Arrivals-Departures, Europe, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona

2009

Look! No hands. the apparatus are still running, Cell Project Space, London 
Paint-id — Contemporary Painting in Greece, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 
Deste Prize, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
For The Straight Way Is Lost, curated by Diana Baldon, Athens Biennial 2, Athens 
In Praise of Shadows, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
SCULPTURE SHOW, curated by Gavin Wade & Ruth Claxton, Eastside Projects, Birmingham

2008

Manifesto Marathon, Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist (performance)
L’après Moderne, Project Midi, curated by Charles Danby, Brussels
Fables du Doute, curated by Simone Menegoi, La Galerie - Centre d’art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec, France

2007

Pale Carnage curated by Martin Clark, Arnolfini, Bristol (touring to Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee) – cat. 
Supernova, NIMAC The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus 
In Present Tense / Young Greek Artists, EMST National Museum Of Contemporary Art, Athens
Invisible, Max Wigram Gallery, London 
Not Just, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam

2006

Personne ne veut mourir, Arquebuse, Geneva,
Artsessions, (screening) Kunsthalle Wien Project Space, Vienna
Bloomberg New Contemporaries (Liverpool Biennial 2006), Club Row, Liverpool (touring to Roschelle School, London) – cat. 
Dialogue II, curated by Simone Menegoi, Enrico Fornello Gallery, Prato, Italy 
Social Ocean, Temporary Contemporary, London

2005

All Personal, London 
Time Pop 2005, Artprojx, Prince Charles Cinema, London

2003

Prague Biennale 1, selected by the Deste Foundation, National Gallery, Prague  (cat.)

2000

Timothy Taylor Gallery, (with Ian Kiaer & Nick Laessing) London

1999

New Contemporaries 99, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool / Various Venues London

Selected Bibliography

2011

2010

Simone Menegoi, Review of Laid Long Spun Thin, Artforum Critic's Pick Artforum Online

Tom Morton, Athanasios Argianas, (review) National Museum Of Contemporary Art, Frieze Magazine, November 2010

2009

Chris Sharp, Frames of Reference, feature article, Flash Art Vol. XLII, November- December 2009, p.52-54 
Martin Herbert, Best of 2009: Athanasios Argianas, Artforum, December 2009, p. 203 
Helen Sumpter, Athanasios Argianas: In the studio, Time Out, September 2009
Francesco Pedraglio and Caterina Riva, Whatever Happened to the London Night?, Kaleidoscope Issue 01, March-April 2009, pp. 132
Marco Tagliafiero, Cometa Rossa, Artforum online Critic's Picks

2008

Sam Thorne, Focus; Athanasios Argianas, Frieze Magazine, issue 119, Nov-Dec 2008 
JJ Charlesworth, Voodoo Modern, Art Review, issue 26, Oct. 2008 
Chris Sharp, Athanasios Argianas, Arquebuse, review, Frieze online
Paola Noe, Athanasios Argianas Critic’s Picks Artforum online, January 2008 
Martin Herbert, Athanasios Argianas, Modern Painters Magazine, pp. 50-52, March 2008 
Diana Baldon, Athens Biennial, Art-Forum, pp. 276, January 2008. 
Ossian Ward, London’s 40 Best Artists, Time-Out London, 21 oct. 2008 
Focus London Artists Dictionary, Flash Art International, oct 2008 
Athanasios Argianas Interview, Athinorama Magazine, Issue 400, pp. 99 17th January 2008

2007

Interview by Simone Menegoi, ‘Athanasios Argianas’, pp. 13-16, Mousse Magazine no 10, Milan/ Berlin 
Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, “’Pale Carnage’ at DCA, Dundee” review, 11th July, Saatchi Gallery online 
Interview by Foteini Barka, ‘Sculptures Translating Music’, Eleftherotypia newspaper, 6th February, Athens 
Christopher Marinos, Athanasios Argianas, Flash Art International, issue 254, Milan 
Lucy Steeds, Pale Carnage, Art Monthly, No. 305, April 2007, pp.23-4, London 
David Shariatmadari, Pale Carnage, Art Review, Issue 11, p.31, London 
Esther Lemy, The Visual of Music, Athens Art Review, Issue 10, Feb 2007, pp. 42-7 
Focus Greece Artists Dictionary, Flash Art International

2006

Alberto Mugnaini, Dialogo Il, Flash Art Italia, Issue 261, Dec 06 – Jan 07 p. 143, Milan