Issue 10

Akis Kokkinos is a contemporary art curator based between the UK and Greece. In 2021, he founded DEO, the first contemporary art organization on Chios Island, Greece. For over eleven years, Kokkinos has collaborated with major cultural institutions and private collections, while also undertaking independent projects.

He has curated exhibitions and programs for esteemed organizations such as the NEON Organization for Culture and Development D. Daskalopoulos (Greece), Gas- works (UK), Fundación Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Spain), and Art Athina (Greece), among others. Kokkinos has worked closely with international artists on new commissions, including Paulo Nimer Pjota, Hera Büyüktaşcıyan, Maro Michal- akakos, Francis Offman, Antrea Tzourovits, and many others. His curatorial projects have received international press coverage from The New York Times, Artforum, ArtReview, Frieze Magazine, DAMN Magazine, Art Basel Stories, ESTADÃO, and El País.

Kokkinos has been honored with numerous international awards, fellowships, and residencies, including the Fulbright Fellowship at the Solomon R. Guggenheim (2024, NYC), the SAHA Curatorial Residency supported by ARTWORKS (2023, Istanbul), the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2022, Athens), the Young Curators Residency Program at the Fundación Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (2021, Madrid), and the “Develop Your Creative Practice” grant by Arts Council England (2021, London). Kokkinos holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Art (2018–2020) from the Royal College of Art in London, supported by scholarships from NEON, the Schilizzi Foundation, and the RCA Continuation Fund.