KRYSTALLIA SAKELLARIOU
Visual artist based in Sweden.
Contact
krystalliasakellariou@gmail.com
+46 – 766 – 308 744
Solo Exhibitions
2016 I vilket ögonblick faller ett träd, Gotlands Konstmuseum, Visby, Sweden.
2015 The Peach Blossom spring, 22 m2 – Hallands konstmuseum, Halmstad, Sweden
2015 Drömdagar Kulturhuset komedianten, Varberg, Sweden.
2014 Paradis, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
2014 I used to be a sleepwalker (part II) and performance, Köttinspektionen, Uppsala, Sweden.
2013 A few seconds every day, maumau gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 I used to be a sleepwalker (I) and performance, Valenzuela and Klenner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 Cantina Galleri BOX, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2012 Drömdagar Hållplats konst, Gävle, Sweden.
Two-Person Exhibitions
2016 Transpositions, Plan. d. Produzentengalerie, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Other Projects
2017 Insidor utsidor – en bok av böcker och andra berättelser (Book project, Swedish)
The book is sold in the shops at: Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Bonniers Konsthall, Malmö Konsthall, Gotlands Konstmuseum, Galleri 54 (Göteborg) Rönnells Antikvariat (Stockholm) and Adlibris.
Group Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances (Selection)
2018 Epilogue, Performance at 13Festivalen, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg.
2018 Epilogue, Performance at Delfi, Malmö.
2015 Alice, maumau/Studio KEIN, Space Debris Hall, Istanbul, Turkey.
2015 Composition, Summer Exhibition, Mustarinda, Finland.
2014 The peach blossom spring open-studio exhibit, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 On paper, maumau gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2014 Forest spirit, installation and seminar, Mustarinda, Finland.
2014 Portfolio14 (honorary mention), Mexico City, Mexico.
2013 Future heroes Temporära konsthallen, Stockholm, Sweden.
2013 Escapism curated by Acéphale, Göteborgs konsthall/apartment/hotel. Sweden.
2013 La Otra – Valenzuela and Klenner Gallery in Tierra Bomba, Colombia.
2012 Take me to Acapulco VideoGudfestivalen, Gävle.
2012 Chicago Calling Art Festival.
2012 Fotografia, Galería El Garaje, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011 Take me to Acapulco KINOKINO, Sandnes, Norway.
2011 Take me to Acapulco Oaxaca Independent Film and Video Festival, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2011 Take me to Acapulco, International Animation Day: Sundsvall, Stockholm, Västerås, Sweden.
2010 Dream Days Videoholica Video Art Festival, Varna, Bulgaria.
2010 Encounters with shoe-polishers Patras International Film Festival, Greece.
Grants
2019 Region Halland Arbetsstipendium
2018 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 2-year working-grant (Konstnärsnämndens tvååriga arbetsstipendium).
2016 Kulturbryggan, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, project support (Kulturbryggan Genomförandestöd).
2016 Municipality of Varberg, Cultural Grant (Varbergs kommuns kulturstipendium).
2015 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working-grant (Konstnärsnämndens ettåriga arbetsstipendium).
2015 IASPIS/ Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Culture exchange grant, Group exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey.
2015 Kulturkontakt Nord/ Nordic Culture Point, mobility support for exhibition in Finland.
2015 Gothenburg City Council, Studio Grant (Göteborgs stad ateljéstöd)
2014 FDC, Proimagenes, (fondo para el desarrollo cinematogáfico), Colombia, production support for animated short-film.
2014 Gothenburg City Council, Pronto! Support for solo show at Galleri 54.
2014 Region Halland, Project support for exhibition at Kulturhuset Komedianten, Varberg.
2014 Konst i Halland, Artist-in-residence grant to Taipei, Taiwan.
2014 Gothenburg City Council. Studio Grant.
2013 IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Culture exchange, Colombia.
2013 Västra Götalandsregionen, artist-in-residence grant to Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 Film i Halland, film production support for animation.
2013 Film i Halland, Travel support, Uppsala Short Film Festival.
2012 Gothenburg City Council, Pronto! Support for solo show at BOX Gallery.
2012 Film i Gävleborg, film production support for animation.
2011 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Culture exchange grant, Prague, Czech Republic
2011 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Culture exchange grant, Sandnes, Norway.
Artist-Residencies
2017 Hallands Konstförenings Artist Residency (gästateljéstipendium), Berlin.
2015 Athens School of Fine Arts, at Delphi and Hydra, Greece.
2015 Mustarinda, Finland.
2014 Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, Taiwan.
2014 Mustarinda, Finland.
2013 maumau Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 PRAC- Cooperartes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2013 La Otra, Tierra Bomba, Colombia.
2011 Frida Hanses hus, Stavanger, Norway.
Education
2017 Literary Composition, “From Trojan horses to delinking writing practices”, Akademin Valand, Gothenburg University.
2006 M.A., International Museum Studies. Gothenburg University.
Internship at MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico) (2005).
2002 B.A., Art History and Visual Studies. Gothenburg University.
1999 One-year exchange University of Sydney, Australia.
1996-99 Courses in Philosophy (A-level) Religion (A level), Mathematics (B level), Physical Chemistry
(D- level), Modern Greek (B-level) Gothenburg University, Sweden and Universitá degli studi di Perugia, Italy.
Press
2018 Scenkonstguiden, Östebro Sara January 6
2016 Gotlands Allehanda, Bäckström Jonas, March 12.
2015 Kainuun Sanomat, Korhonen, Elina, Katsi kohti metsää, June 11.
2015 Hallandsposten, April 18.
2015 Hallands Nyheter, Ahlinder Kristina, Hon fångar varbergarnas drömmar, January 9
2014 Bohusläns Museum Year Book 2014, Åhlund, Birgitta.
2014 Göteborgs Posten, Arvidsson, Sara, Paradis på Galleri 54, December 6
2014 Uppsala Nya Tidning, Johans, Sebastian, Symboltyngd känslostorm, September 25
2014 Konsten.net Jonsson, Marit, Krystallia Sakellariou på Köttinspektionen, September 22
2014 Uppsala Nya Tidning, Bergström, Karolina, Sömngångare invigs på Köttinspektionen, September 18
2014 Hallands Nyheter, Stipendium till Krystallia Sakellariou, June 27
2013 M-est reviews, Ögel, Lara, Turkey, December 22
2013 Hallands Nyheter, Eirefelt, Malin, Från Karl Gustav till Bogotá, August 2
2012 Göteborgs Posten, Ahnoff, Lisbet, Cantina på Galleri BOX, October 20
2012 Arbetarbladet, Juggas, Bodil, Ett riktigt drömkonstverk, February 2
Other Work
2017 Writer for exhibition catalogue, Love City, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Varbergs konsthall, Sweden.
2016 Writer for exhibition catalogue Ingrediens-er, curated by Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Varbergs konsthall, Sweden.
2015-2016 Art Educator, Varbergs konsthall, Sweden.
2010-2011 Artist Assistant to Louise Despont, Montreal, Quebec.
2010 Artist Assistant to Arturo Elizondo, Puebla, Mexico.
2008 Tour Production Manager, Riksutställningar (Swedish Traveling Exhibitions) Visby, Sweden.
2007-2008 Curator of Education, Göteborgs konstmuseum (Gothenburg art museum) Gothenburg, Sweden.
2002-2006 Art Educator, Göteborgs konstmuseum (Gothenburg art museum) Gothenburg, Sweden.