Michailangelos Vlassis-Ziakas (b.1987) is a visual artist based
in Athens, Greece. He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine arts
(2007-2012) and completed his master studies on the domain of museology at
University College London Qatar (UCLQ) in 2015. He participated in various
group exhibitions and biennales in Greece and abroad.
2013-2014
Master
of Arts Museum and Gallery Practice, University College London Qatar (UCL Q).
2010-2011
ERASMUS
exchange student, Universidad
del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Basque Country.
2007-2012
BFA,
painting, Athens School of Fine Art.
2013
Full
scholarship for master studies, Qatar Foundation.
2010
Award
at the nationwide competition of “Moni Peristeras Doouroutis”.
2009
Third
prize award at the TT Hellenic Postbank nationwide competition, “Responsible Society
– Economy and Environment”.
2016
A Return to the Island, edited by Helena Lugo. Casal Solleric, Fundació Palma Espai d'Art,
Mallorca, Spain
2014
Babel Fragments, edited by Alexis Fidetzis. Basel,
Switzerland
2021
Counter(-). Enterprise Projects, Athens, Greece.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2024
MedPhoto 5: CLIMATE WARS - Critical Archives VI: We Can’t Breathe. Curated by Pasqua Vorgia and Dimitris Kechris.
Contemporary Art Museum of Crete, Rethymno, Crete.
2022
We'll stay at your home. In the framework of Back to Athens 9. Curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou. Athens, Greece.
2021
Revolting Bodies II. Curated by Alexis Fidetzis. Atopos CVC,
Athens, Greece.
2020
Art Athina Virtual 2020 - Video Section, in cooperation with Enterprise Projects, curated by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulou. Athens, Greece.
Resides and Works in Athens (collective exhibition). Work Group:
Georg Georgakopoulos, Vicky Betsou, George Harvalias, Dimitris Ginosatis. Athens, Greece.
2019
Weasel Dance: the mimetic in the post-digital predicament. Curated by Most Mechanics Are Crooks. Goethe Institute, Athens, Greece.
Probably Wonderful? Curated by George Georgakopoulos. Athens
Intersection, Athens, Greece.
2018
“//” Short documentary screening in the framework of the exhibition of Angelos
Vlasssis and Maria Ziaka.
Telogleion
Institution, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Gynekopeda, Twixtlab. Curated by Eva Gianakopoulou. Athens,
Greece.
2017
5th Odessa Biennale of Contemporary art: Turbulence, curated
by Mikhail
Rashkovetsky. Odessa, Ukraine.
Routes in
Marpissa festival: The sun is barred from entering, curated by Despoina Zefkili. Paros, Greece.
6th Athens Biennale 2017-2018: Waiting for the
Barbarians.
Documena Resurrection
Extravaganza,
curated by Documena. Athens, Greece.
Mind the Fact festival.
“Notes on The Dinner”, short documentary screening, curated by
Menelaos Karamagiolis and Panagiotis Papafragkos. Athens, Greece.
2016
Athens Biennale 2015-2017 “OMONOIA.
Puerto Rico, curated by Alexis Fidetzis, Panos Sklavenitis,
Kostis Stafylakis. Varvakios Agora, Athens,
Greece.
De
regreso a la isla,
Casal Solleric, curated by Helena Lugo and Maria Royuela.
Casal Solleric, Fundació Palma Espai d'Art,Mallorca, Spain.
2nd ASFA BBQ: Performing Utopia, curated by Giorgos Papadopoulos and Vasilis
Vlastaras. Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.
2015
Babel Revisited, curated by Alexis Fidetzis. TAF Art Space,
Athens Greece.
2013
Name as Narrative, curated
by Sonia Brewin, Arab Museum of Modern Art (Mathaf), Doha, Qatar.