JAMES FUENTES 55 Delancey Street New York, NY 10002 (212) 577-1201 [email protected]
JANNIS VARELAS Caliban Case Kirkhoff Gallery, Copenhagen
Born 1977 2004 Juvenile, Gazon Rouge, Athens Lives and works in Athens and Vienna 2003 Karikomoontes, Gallery 7, Athens
Education Selected Group Exhibitions
1998- 2003 Athens School of Fine Arts 2015 Ametria, Benaki Museum, Athens, Based on an idea 2001 University of Fine Arts, Barcelona by Roberto Cuoghi, organized by the DESTE Foun- dation in collaboration with the Benaki Museum 2004- 2006 Royal College of Arts, London Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece
Solo Exhibitions Hort Family Collection, Annual Hang, New York
2014 Hort Family Collection, Annual Hang, New York 2016 Common People, James Fuentes, New York Eye Know, curated by Amir Shariat, Hochhaus Her- New Flags for A New Country, Destroying Elvis, per- rengasse, Vienna formance at the Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens Painting Today, Vogiatzoglou Art Space, Athens 2015 New Flags for a New Country, The Breeder, Athens See What Sees You, curated by Franz Graf, 21er 2014 Solo Show (with Hugo Canoilas), Franz Josefs Kai 3, Haus, Vienna Vienna, Austria curated by Katharina Schendl 2013 Hell As Pavillion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by 2011 The Oblong Box, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens Nadia Argyropoulou
The Oblong Series, The Breeder, Athens Paper, works from the Saatchi Collection, Saatchi Gallery, London 2010 Brandybell Series, Autocenter, Berlin CHICKEN OR BEEF?, Curated by Jesper Elg, The 2009 Blue Soldier-Opera Costumes, The Breeder, Athens Hole, New York
2008 Mont Ventoux, Technopolis Gkazi, curated by Nadia Abendland, Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Ham- Argyropoulou, Athens burg, Germany
2007 Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna Jackal, curated by Max Henry, Patricia Low Contem- porary at NADA, New York 2006 Spaceship Columbia, Frieze Art Fair, London (with The Breeder) 2012 Portraits of a Generation, The Hole, New York JAMES FUENTES
Who’s Been There, Bukowskis, Stockholm Bright Morning Star, Kenneth Anger series, Galeria Parnassos, Parnassos Literary Society, Athens, cu- Ze de Bois, Lisbon rated by Stefan Bidner Hydra Art Walk, curated by Dimitris Antonitsis, Making Waves: International Art from the Saatchi Hyrdra Gallery, Hyatt Regency Hotel, London 2008 Prospect.1 New Orleans, first international art The Garden of Eden, curated by Tjorg, Douglas biennial in the city of New Orleans, curated by Dan Beer, Palais de Tokyo, Paris Cameron
The Breeder Series, The Breeder, Athens The Skat Players, Vilma Gold gallery, London. Curat- ed by Sarah McCrory 2011 Deste Prize 2011, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens JEKYLL ISLAND, Honor Fraser gallery, L.A., curated Contemporary Greek Woman, The Hub, Athens, by Max Henry curated by Marina Fokidi Whatever’s Whatever, Hydra school projects, curat- Derti Humanism, curated by Nadia Argyropoulou, ed by Dimitrios Antonitsis Faggionato Fine Arts, London Quo Vadis, Autocenter, Berlin Control, Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bre- genz. Curated by Carsten Fock 2007 Wild West, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, curated by Daniel Von Wichelhaus 2010 Greek Art, SEM-Art Gallery, Monaco Cairo Biennial, Cairo, curated by Ehab Ellaban True Romance, The Breeder, Athens
The Marathon Marathon, curated by Hans Ulrich ”Destroy Athens”, First Athens Biennial, Athens – Obrist and Nadia Argyropoulou, Acropolis Museum, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka Yio, Augus- Athens tine Zenakos
Skin Fruit: Selections from The Dakis Joannou Col- I Sigxroni Elliniki skini, hellexpo garage, curated by lection, Curated by Jeff Koons, New Museum, New Nadjia Argyropoulou York Black and White, Ibid Projects, London Lebt und arbeitet in Wien III: Stars in a Plastic Bag, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion, New Benaki Museum, Ath- Raphaela Platow, Olga Sviblova, Angela Stief ens, curated by Vassilis Zidianakis/ Atopos, Athens
Supernature: An excersice in loads, AMP, Athens, 2006 Royal College of Art M.A. Degree show, London curated by Rallou Panagiotou and Andreas Melas What Remains is Future, city of Patras, Cultural Forschungsbericht, curated by Severin Duenser vs. Capital of Europe, curated by Nadja Argyropoulou Christian Kobald, COCO, Vienna Panic Room, Drawings from The Dakis Joannou Snipper, Galerie Biederman, Munich, curated by Collection, DESTE Foundation, Athens , curated by Thomas Kratz, Margaret Biederman and Daniela Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson Stoeppel JAMES FUENTES
2005 Emblematic Display, curated by Catherine Wood, Jannis Varelas, New Flags for a New Country, LIFO, ICA, London September 18
Absolute Summer, Kirkhoff Gallery, Copenhagen Jannis Varelas, ekathimerini.com, Setptember 24
The Hidden Charms of Drawing, A.A.Art, Athens 2014 Painting Today, Vogiatzoglou Art Space, exhibition catalogue, pg, 38–39 2004 Resemblance Some How, Benaki Museum, Athens Jannis Varelas, Autocenter, Space for Contemporary 2003 Anthropography, Frisiras Museum, Athens Art Berlin, catalogue, 2014
2013 Jannis Varelas, Paper, Saatchi Gallery, text by Ben Bibliography Street for Saatchi.com
2012 Jannis Varelas, Frieze New York Yearbook 2016 Jannis Varelas, Paramount Ranch, Wmagazine.com, February Jannis Varelas, Art Review Multiple, November
Art Los Angeles Contemporary and Paramount Jannis Varelas, Let Sleeping Giants Lie, Citybeat. Ranch, Art Agenda.com, by Myriam Ben Salah, Feb- com by Maria Seda Reeder, May 23 ruary Jannis Varelas, Sleep My Little Sheep Sleep, by 2015 Jannis Varelas, monograph, text by Gianni Jetzer, Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, aeqai.com published by The Breeder 2011 Deste Prize 2011 catalogue, text by Xenia Kalpakt- The Telegraph, “Art Sales: Art Brussels goes from soglou strength to strength”, April 28 Jannis Varelas, RISING — Young Artists To Keep An ARTSY EDITORIAL, Risk-Taking Belgian Collectors Eye On, Edited by Olaf Salie, Published in 2011 by Make for Booming Art Brussels, April 28 DAAB MEDIA GMBH, Cologne, Germany
The New York Times, Differing Fates for Art and Jannis Varelas, “Despite moments of clarity, there Design Cousins, May 1 id no ‘ism’ in this book”, 100 New Artists by Fran- cesca Gavin, Published in 2011 by Laurence King- Conceptualfinearts.com, At the show with the art- Publishing Ltd, London ist: Jannis Varelas on Titian’s Nymph and Shepherd, April 23, 2015 Jannis Varelas, interview by Darya Antonovna Pap- ko for Dazed Digital Jannis Varelas, Art Review, Magame Figaro Greece, interview by Eleni Papaioannou, September AGENDA — ILE AUX TRESORS: Jannis Varelas, Vogue — Paris, June–July Jannis Varelas, by Ileana Fokianaki, Protothema.gr Jannis Varelas, by Antonakis Christodoulou, City- Jannis Varelas, New Flags for a New Country, Popa- press.gr, Free Sunday, October 28 ganda.com, September 25 The Candidates, Lifo, issue 254, June 28
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Major modern Greek art exhibition opens in Lon- Jannis Varelas, Velvet, 42, May don, The Independent, June 6 Jannis Varelas, STATUS, no 254, May “The Oblong Box” at Kunsthalle Athena, ozonweb, Jannis Varelas, mixtape.gr, May 12, by Iliana Foki- October 19 anaki
Jannis Varelas in Kunsthalle Athena, Vogue Hellas, Jannis Varelas, Athens Voice, issue 255, April 30– October 19 May 6, by Yota Argyropoulou
Planet Terror, by Despina Trivoli, Lifo, October 27 2008 Martin Herbert, Destroy Athens, Frieze, January– February, p.168–171 The New Establishment, L’Officiel Hommes, Winter 2011 International aura at Hydra Exhibition, by Margari- ta Pournara, Kathimerini, English Edition, July 28 Deste Prize 2011, Athinorama magazine by Despina Zefkili, issue #563, February 24 2007 J. Smith, Jannis Varelas’ Man and The Machine, Useless magazine, Issue 5, p.38 Jannis Varelas, by Dossy Iordanidou, Maison n’ Dec- oration , issue 109, July Zavier Ellis, Jannis Varelas at Armory Show, Kunst- termine, p.416-418 Jannis Varelas, 70s revisited, critic’s choice by Joan- na Gomouza, issue #597, October 2006 Ken Miller, TOKION magazine, p.32-33
Jannis Varelas, A life in 40 answers, Lifo, July 2 Jannis Varelas, Panick Room, DESTE, Art Forum, December, by Barry Schwabsky Dirty Humanism, Vimagazino, by Marilena Astrapel- lou, issue #562, 24 July Jannis Varelas, NY Times, March 10, by Holland Cotter 2010 12th Cairo Biennial catalogue, p.150–153 2005 London in Six Easy Steps, Frieze Issue 95, Nov-Dec “Skin Fruit: Selection from the Dakis Joannou Col- lection”, exhibition catalogue, New Museum, NY Despina Zefkili, Jannis Varelas, Local Folk, Issue 3, Athens Jannis Varelas, BHMAdonna, Issue 97, April, by Marilena Astrapellou
Jannis Varelas, Madame Figaro, No 186, April, by Julia Diamantopoulou
2009 Jannis Varelas, Frieze Yearbook 2009–2010, by Vivian Rehberg
Jannis Varelas, Lifo, No 158, May 21
Jannis Varelas, Highlights, 41, September, by Yota Konstantatou