Antonis Sideras: Performance, Video & Writing
Education
2018: MFA Fine Art with Distinction | University of the Arts London
2015: BA (Hons) Illustration & Visual Communication with 1st Class Honours | University of Westminster
Further Training & Short Courses
2018 | Métissage des Cultures: Intensive Summer Course | European Academy of Participation | Marseille
2017 | Performance and Art by Jay Pather | International Summer Academy of Fine Arts & Media | Venice
2014 | School Teaching Placement (UWAS) | The Paddington Academy: Art & Design Department
Live Performances
2019 | Troupe Colours at Later at Chelsea | Chelsea College of Arts | London
2019 | Is it EU-ver? | Arts Academy, Newington Library | London
2019 | London Stories: My migrant story | Stanley Picker Gallery | London
2018 | Queerrot's Pecha Kutcha | Friche la Belle de May | Marseille
2018 | Will you be mime? - as part of MFA 18 Show | Wimbledon College of Arts | London
2018 | Will you be lonely with me? - as part of Paradise Underground | Sugar Cane Bar | London
2017 | Apocrypha (ft. Nathan Cha) - as part of One That Holds Everything | Crypt Gallery | London
2017 | The Lipsync Machine: Joeanne's Rainbow at #Tribe17 Festival with La Juan Gallery | OXO Tower | London
2017 | Liability - as part of performanceClub Cabaret (Sept. 17) | Livesey Exchange | London
2017 | Goodbyes Never End - as part of I will hold your gaze | Cookhouse Gallery, Chelsea College of Art | London
2017 | Sweet Paradise & Apocrypha [sketch] - as part of the Performance and Art class performance | Palazzo Zenobio | Venice
2017 | Goodbye (general election special) - as part of ill Arts/Therapy Room | Hart's Lane Studios | London
2017 | Corpus Christie - as part of between, presented at Fringe Arts Bath Festival | Bath
2017 | Living Gif Vol. 2 - presented at Static | Stanley Picker Gallery
2017 | Maria la del Barrio - presented at Deep Trash: Royal Trash | Bethnal Green Working Men's Club | London
2016 | London Stories: Made by Migrants | Battersea Arts Centre | London
2016 | Living Gif - as part of Actions x M2, presented by La Juan Gallery at #Tribe16 Festival | Ugly Duck | London
2016 | One Night: Botch Reads Cavafy - presented at Deep Trash: Greek Trash | Bethnal Green Working Men's Club | London
2014 | Migration of the Self | London Gallery West | London
2013 | BLEED 4 U | University of Westminster | London
2013 | BOTCH: Strange Methods of Storytelling - at People Are Strange | The University of Westminster Cinema Foyer | London
Video Screenings
2019 | The Art of Being Queer Exhibition | Middlesbrough
2019 | On the surface of things | Access Space | Sheffield
2019 | Staged on Screen | Tate Exchange, Tate Modern | London
2019 | Open Mouth Film Festival | London
2019 | MicroActs x Cave Cinema | Cave Space Pimlico | London
2019 | MicroActs 5 | Hotel Elephant | London
2019 | Trashxploitation Marathon | GLORY HOLE 003 | Paris
2019 | Pink Life QueerFest | Institut français de Turquie| Istanbul
2018 | Trashxploitation Festival | Le Clocher | Paris
2018 | Video Art Film Club | Leyden Gallery | London
2018 | Wimbledon Shots | Wimbledon College of Arts | London
2018 | Meshes presents ExP | Genesis Cinema | London
2018 | MicroActs 3 | Hotel Elephant | London
2017 | Political Animals | ThoughtWorks; 76-78 Wardour Street | London
2017 | MicroActs 2 | Hotel Elephant | London
2015 | D&AD New Blood Festival | Spitalfields Market | London
Group Exhibitions
2019 | Bold | Croydon Clocktower | London
2019 | Shhh | The Lab, Bentall Centre | London
2019 | Tales, Mimicries & Mythologies | Stanley Picker Gallery | London
2019 | Ta-dah! Revealing the queer archives of a living practice | Wimbledon College of Arts Library | London
2018 | MFA 18 Show | Wimbledon College of Arts | London
2018 | Missing Element as part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe | ArtLacuna | London
2018 | Room for (dis) illusion by Artonomy | Hyde Park Book Club | Leeds
2018 | Kwir: an Exhibition of Queer Identity | The Bureau Centre for the Arts | Blackburn
2017 | Static | Stanley Picker Gallery
2017 | Life in a Shoebox | Back Room Gallery, Holdrons Arcade | London
2016 | Visions in the Nunnery | Nunnery Gallery | London
2016 | Summer Salon | Candid Arts Trust | London
2016 | Summer Salon | The Islington Arts Factory | London
2016 | Perceptions of the Figurative | 5th Base Gallery | London
2015 | Portobello Film Festival | Pop-Up Cinema | London
2015 | Graduate Show 2015 | London Gallery West | London
2015 | Pride in the House | Lauderdale House | London
2015 | Peach | Ambika P3 Gallery | London
2014 | Daydreaming | 320 Gallery | London
2014 | IVC 2nd Year Show | London Gallery West | London
2014 | Creative Debuts Showcase II | The Blacksmith & Toffeemaker | London
2013 | The Other Art Fair | Old Truman Brewery | London
2013 | I hate America ( I love America) | Lucky Me | London
2013 | Creative Debuts Showcase | The Blacksmith & Toffeemaker | London
2013 | People are Strange | The University of Westminster Cinema Foyer | London
Solo Exhibition
2017 | The Exuberance of Youth | Lauderdale House | London
Awards
2018 | European Academy of Participation Scholarship for EAP Marseille Course
2017 | Young Talent Full Scholarship | International Summer Academy of Fine Arts & Media Venice
2016 | Vice Chancellor's Scholarship | University of the Arts London
2015 | Pride in the House Art Prize Overall Winner for Look at me | Lauderdale House | London
2014 | New Blood Yellow Pencil Award for Birth of the Botch Video Performance | D&AD | London
Professional Experience
July 2018 - Present: Kingston Museum Young People's Board (Voluntary)
November 2017 - July 2018: Kingston History Centre - Heritage Assistant (P/T)
March 2017 - July 2018: Dorich House Museum - Museum Assistant (P/T)
May 2016 - July 2018: Stanley Picker Gallery - Gallery Assistant (P/T)
December 2015 - May 2016 : Stanley Picker Gallery - Gallery Volunteer
Independent/ Curatorial Projects
2019 | Co-Project Manager, Curator and Graphic Designer for Tales, Mimicries & Mythologies | Stanley Picker Gallery | London
2018 | Project Manager for Wimbledon Shots film events | Wimbledon College of Arts | London
2018 | Art Director & Graphic Designer for 'MFA 18 Show | Wimbledon College of Arts | London
2018 | Social Media Correspondent & Writer for 'Acts Re-acts 5' | Wimbledon Space | London
2017 | Curator & Writer for 'One That Holds Everything' exhibition | Crypt Gallery | London
2017 | Project Coordinator & Graphic Designer for 'Static' exhibition | Stanley Picker Gallery | London
2017 | Project Coordinator & Graphic Designer for 'Life in a Shoebox' exhibition | Backroom Gallery | London
2017 | Project Manager & CoCurator with Joshua Evan for 'The Exuberance of Youth' solo exhibition | Lauderdale House | London
2015 | Project Coordinator for 'Peach' | Ambika P3 | London
Writing
2018 | Gli//tch3: Wimbledon MFA trio stage a multi-sensory experience | UAL Postgraduate Community Blog
2018 | Reflections on Acts Re-Acts 5 | Wimbledon College of Arts Blog
2018 | Script for Queercptions | Published at Rapsodia Magazine, Queer Issue
2018 | Review: Perhaps, Perhaps, Quizas by Gabriela Muñoz | UAL Postgraduate Community Blog
Publications & Press
2017 | MFA Fine Art Student Performs at Royal Trash | Wimbledon College of Arts Blog
2016 | Consumption | Creativpaper
2016 | Deep Trash : Greek Trash | Curating the Contemporary
2016 | Greek Trash: A night of hellenic queer art in London | Lifo.gr
2015 | Pride in the House at the Lauderdale House | London Live
2014 | D&AD New Blood Winners 2014 | Creative Review
2014 | D&AD NEW BLOOD AWARDS NOMINEE 2014 :: ANTONIS SIDERAS | Let's Be Brief