Stamatis Schizakis
High Up, towards the South. The First, Last and Always Psiloritis Biennale.

Thursday December 3^th 2020 14:00 Teams

Lecture within the framework of the course South: Space and non hegemonic paradigms of knowledge
Tutor: Iris Lykourioti

Biography
Stamatis Schizakis studied history and theory of art and photography at the University of Derby and art history at Goldsmiths College. He works as a curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, since 2005.  He has curated the exhibitions Bia Davou, Retrospective (2008) (co-curated with Tina Pandi), George Drivas, (un)documented(2009), Angelo Plessas, The Angelo Foundation: School of Music (2011), Marianne Strapatsakis, Invisible Places – The Vast White (2011), Rena Papaspyrou, Photocopies straight through matter (2011), Georgios Xenos, Procession No 163 & Thousand Images (2012), Phoebe Giannisi – TETTIX (2012) Dimitris Alithinos, A Retrospective (2013) (co-curated with Tina Pandi), PLEXUS Petros Moris – Bia Davou – Efi Spyrou (2015) (co-curated with Tina Pandi) as well as the screening programs Wonder Women (2010), Secret Journeys (2011) at EMST and Terrhistories-Greece as part of the 26^th Festival instants Video in Marseilles (2013). Since 2015 he is a PhD candidate at the University of Sunderland researching the introduction of new technologies in art in Greece. Since 2017, he realizes the First and Last and Always Psiloritis Biennale.