Ioanna Gerakidi

Ioanna Gerakidi is a writer, curator and educator based between Amsterdam and Αthens. She holds a BA in Media and Communication Studies (University of Αthens) and an MA in Critical Studies (Sandberg Instituut). Her research subjects rotate around philosophies of language and paralanguage and feminist, queer and anti-colonial studies. Her work focuses on becoming with alternative methods of sociability, reaching the impossible, staying with the unknown. She has collaborated with and curated group shows/events for LIMA, Amsterdam Art, Αthens Biennale, Hot Wheels Projects, Subrosa Space Αthens, Stoa42 and Snehta Residency among others. Her texts, when acting as performative gestures, have been presented at Kunstverein Amsterdam, De Stroom, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, CAC Vilnius, Haus N Athen, Αthens Festival, Performance Biennial, one gee in the fog and more. She has contributed in several publications, platforms and magazines and she has lectured, initiated and led workshops and reading groups for several academies and alternative educatiοnal prοgrams in Europe, such as Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Rupert, Αthens School of Fine Arts, Document & Contemporary Art PhD program and Noiserr among others. Some of her past and forthcomingresidencies include: Rupert Residency, Syros Sound Meetings, Paf and NEON Curatorial Exchange Program. She currently collaborates with State of Concept as curator of the Public Programs and as writer for Collecteurs Platform. She is also a PhD candidate at Royal College of Art, starting in September of 2020.