Mikhail Karikis

Mikhail Karikis is a Greek/British artist based in London and Lisbon. His work in moving image, sound, performance, and other media has been exhibited and presented at leading contemporary art biennials, museums, and film festivals internationally. Through collaborations with individuals and/or communities situated outside contemporary art circles, and (in recent years) with children, teenagers, young adults, and people with disabilities, Karikis develops socially embedded projects that prompt an activist imaginary and rouse the potential to imagine possible or desired futures of self-determination and potency. Centering on listening as an artistic strategy, and focusing on themes of social and environmental justice, his projects highlight alternative modes of human action and solidarity while nurturing critical attention, dignity, and tenderness.