Eva Giannakopoulou

Eva Giannakopoulou grew up in Ithaca, Greece and is currently residing in Athens where she works. Previously, she lived in Naples, Barcelona, Istanbul, Berlin, and other places depending on the circumstances.

She has presented performances at various unconventional sites, including beaches, squares, rivers, parks, and impromptu stages in public spaces. Her work has been exhibited at museums, institutions, galleries, and festivals, including the Onassis Stegi (“Kin Baby,” FUTURE N.O.W., 2021); the Screen Series Online (New Museum, New York, 2020); the Benaki Museum (“The Same River Twice,” 2019; “The Equilibrists,” 2016; both curated and organized by the New Museum, New York, and the DESTE Foundation); the Kultursymposium Weimar (2019); the Goethe-Institut Athen (“Weasel Dance,” 2019); the Athens Biennale AB6: ANTI (2018); the Athens Biennale AB5to6: OMONOIA (2016); the Material Art Fair, Mexico City (2017); the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin (“Autonomy Help ME!”, solo exhibition, 2015); MPA-B, Berlin (2014 and 2015); Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki (2012); and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (MIET) Thessaloniki Center (at a parallel event of the third Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2011).

She has co-curated and co-organized numerous art projects and performative events, while in 2013-2014 she was a co-laborer of the MPA-B (Month of Performance Art, Berlin).

She is a PhD candidate at the ASFA (Athens School of Fine Arts), since 2020.