Ioanna Gerakidi

Ioanna Gerakidi is a writer, curator, and educator based in Athens. Her research interests think through the subjects of language and disorder, drawing on feminist, educational, and psychoanalytical studies. Poetry and other diaristic and archival schemes are often embedded in her practice.

She has curated exhibitions and public programs at and for: Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), 2023 Eleusis, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre (NiMAC), Athens Biennale, State of Concept (Athens), Haus N (Athens), and Hot Wheels Athens/London, among others. Her words have been presented at Kunstverein Amsterdam (Holland), Stroom den Hague (Holland), Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (Germany), Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius (Lithuania), the Montez Press Radio (UK), Carlos/Ishikawa (UK), Hangar (Spain), and Transmissions 2021 (UK). In addition, her work has been included in several international platforms, publications, and magazines, including Collecteurs (online), Biennale Interstellaire des espaces d’art de Genève (BIG, Geneva), the online research program Schemas of Uncertainty, the catalog of the Greek Pavilion under the title Xiromero for Venice Biennale 2024, The Glenkeen Variations of Crespo Foundation, and more.

In 2018, she published the book “In the Current of the Situation” which she co-authored with Danae Io. She has lectured or led workshops and talks for Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Piet Zwart Institute, Design Academy Eindhoven, Athens School of Fine Arts, and more, and has been a mentor for fellowship programs such as the Onassis AiR Residency, and ARTWORKS by SNF. She has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021). Projects of hers have been awarded or funded by: Mondriaan Fonds, Outset, and NEON, among others. Past, funded residencies include: Rupert’s Residency (Lithuania), Saha Residency (Turkey), G&A Mamidakis, and NEON Curatorial Exchange Program 2015.

In 2023, she worked as the artistic director for opbo studio, curating a series of solo shows by Janis Rafa, Lito Kattou, AnnaMaria Pinaka, and Anastasia Valsamaki. She is the founder of CHEAT CODE, a platform dedicated to alternative knowledge production and artistic development.