Yannis Karpouzis is an Athens-based artist working with photography, filmmaking and text. He is also a PhD candidate (Ionian University, Royal Danish Academy) in the disciplines of Photography Theory and Aesthetics. He has been awarded the Newcomer film-maker award by the Greek Film Center in 22nd Thessaloniki film festival for the essay film, “Nikos Karouzos: Poems on the Tape Recorder” among other festival awards. His poetry book “Paper Time Has Run Out”, has been shortlisted for Greek state’s youth literature award and has received the youth award by “Anagnostis” magazine. His long-term photographic project “Parallel Crisis” has received the Descubrimientos prize in PHotoEspana 2015 and the Portfolio Review Prize in Athens Photo Festival 2016. His projects explore areas associated with political identities, social imbalance and media aesthetics.
Yannis had solo shows in Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art-MOMus and Hyper Hypo. His work have been presented in major Greek and international institutions (Artgenève, New museum of New York – Deste Foundation, Benaki Museum, Rencontres d’Arles, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Association of Icelandic Artists, Photo-Beijing, Jeune Création, Fluxus Foundation). His work is included in prominent collections like Thessaloniki’s Museum of Photography and Alcobendas’ Centro de Arte.
| 2024 | Magdalena Hausen: Frozen Time (short film) | NRW Kunstftitung, GFC, ERT |
| 2023 | Dance film “111 (Tinos)” | Artgenève – salon d’art |
| 2022 | Parallel Crisis – Young Book Designers Award | Goethe Institute |
| Parallel Crisis Exhibition | Hyper Hypo – Athens |
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| 2021 | Parallel Crisis Exhibition | Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art – MOMus |
| Exhibition and Residency | Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM) |
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| Greek state’s youth literature award | Shortlisted |
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| 2020 | Newcomer – Poetry Award | Anagnostis Magazine |
| First-Time Director Award | Greek Film Centre |
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| Nikos Karouzos: poems on the tape recorder (101′) | World premiere in 22nd Thessaloniki Doc Festival |
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| 2019 | Paper Time Has Run Out (poetry book) | Published by ed. Panoptikon |
| Imperia Obscura – New Greek photographers exhibition | Thessaloniki Museum of Photography and Athens photo festival |
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| 2018 | The Empty Square of Chris Marker | Master Thesis in Architecture School of Athens |
| Curatorial work – “Stories of the Darkroom” | Korydallos cultural center |
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| “The Observatory” (installation – Yannis Karpouzis, Yorgos Prinos, Pavlos Fysakis, Yorgos Karailias) | Athens Photo Festival |
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| Finalist – “Parallel Crisis” dummy book | AArhus Dummy Award |
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| 2017 | Selected Finalist – Parallel Crisis | Magnum Foundation Awards 2017 |
| Curatorial work – exhibition: “Picture Is a Surface” | Korydallos cultural center |
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| Parallel Crisis (exhibition) | Athens Photo Festival |
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| “Grossraum 21C” (installation – Yannis Karpouzis, Yorgos Prinos, Pavlos Fysakis, Yorgos Karailias) | Anti-Documenta 14 action in Athens |
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| Parallel Crisis (collective exhibition: Which Europe) | PH Museum |
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| 2016 | Video Projections: What if There was a Museum Without Walls | Elefsina 9 transitions: the imaginairy museum |
| Imperium Obscura series (participation in exhibition) | Young Greek Photographers, Athens Photo Festival |
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| Exhibition Participant: Alien Territory | MedPhoto Festival, Creta |
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| Participant, Parallel Crisis, The Equilibrists exhibition | Deste Foundation, New Museum – New York, Benaki Museum |
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| Parallel Crisis series (solo exhibition) | Madrid PHotoEspana 2016 |
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| Parallel Crisis, winning project | Athens Photo Festival 2016, Portfolio Reviews |
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| Finalist, Dummy Book Award (Parallel Crisis) | Les Rencontres d’Arles |
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| “Parallel Crisis” part of collective exhibition | Photo Beijin |
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| Photography Assignments | Financial Times, Le Monde |
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| 2015 | Scholarship Recipient – Professional Workshop | London Magnum Agency |
| Parallel Crisis (Shortlisted) | Taylor Wessing Prize, National portrait gallery (London) |
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| Descubrimientos Prize – Parallel Crisis project | Photoespagna 2015 |
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| 2014 | First-Place admittee in Master program | Architecture School of Athens |
| 2013 | Full Scholarship Recipient in Film Studies Workshop | FALIRO HOUSE PRODUCTIONS – New School Athens |
| 2012 | Master Degree in Digital Forms of Art | Fine Art School of Athens |
| 2011 | Against Αll Οdds Project – Participant | Benaki Museum |
| Monument for Jean Tinguely (3D animation video) | Animacall – Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art |
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| Exhibition Participant | NOORDERLICHT Photo Festival (Netherlands) |
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| 2009 | Technical University (5-year Diploma) | National Technical University of Athens |
| 2007 | Met with the “Walter Markersen Archive” | Residence in Copenhagen- National Technical University of Copenhagen |