photo credit Alexander Koromilas
Born in Athens, Greece in 1976. Adonis studied at University of Arts London, Wimbledon College of Art/ BA (Hons), Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and Aalto University/ MA, and Athens University/ PhD.
His performative practice is the interchanging amalgam of blind dates and aesthetics, poetry and politics, visual and performing arts, public and indoor spaces. Adonis creates installations and performances, instigates collaborative platforms and exhibitions, as well as he designs and/or directs dance, theatre and opera.
His practice is a collaborative amalgam of human relationships and aesthetics, poetry and politics, visual and performing arts. In 2006 he founded and facilitates blinddate12, a togethering collaborative platform, with visual artists, performers, poets, philosophers and newcomer artists from Middle East. Adonis creates performances and installations, curates exhibitions, as well as he designs and/or directs dance, theatre and opera in: USA (Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, Dixon’s Place, Kimmel Galleries), in UK (Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, National Theatre), in Switzerland (Archeological Museum of Basel, Kaskadenkondensator) ; in Georgia (History Museum of Tbilisi, State Silk Museum); in Greece (DOCUMENTA 14, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, National Theatre, Greek National Opera, Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Benaki Museum, Onassis Cultural Centre, Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens Biennial) and in France, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland. Adonis has curated and facilitated community public art projects in Greece (Patras, Ithaca, Heraklion,Piraeus) and Czech Republic.
Foundations that support his work: Fulbright, A.S.Onassis, London Institute, Arts and Humanities Research Board/UK, B&E Goulandris, Propondis and Leventis.
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http://blinddate12.blogspot.gr/
Since 2004 till 2012 Adonis has taught at the University of Peloponnese / Nafplio and at the University of Patras. In 2012-13 he was a Fulbright Visiting Artist at the Art & Public Policy Department, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and has taught till 2017 at the department as a Visiting Professor. Also he conducted research for the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs/ ÉnsAD –Paris and has been teaching at the Athens Conservatoire since 2013. He was Assistant Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology (2021-2023), and today Adonis is Assistant Professor at the University of Patras/ Greece.