George Koutsouris

Joined Artfinder: Oct. 2019

Artworks for sale: 137

(18)

Denmark

About George Koutsouris

 
 
  • Biography
    George Koutsouris has exhibited in many group and solo shows in Denmark, and internationally, winning several awards. He has created a variety of works from kinetic to interactive, from flat to three-dimensional and from silent to sound-based works - as well as a few large public installations. He holds an MFA from the R. Danish Academy of Fine Arts, as well as degrees in mechanical and acoustic engineering. This background is visible in his works, which are characterized the underlying extensive calculations, a long design process, and precision of craftsmanship.
    Koutsouris' art practice investigates the way people coexist, their relationship with nature, as well as the importance of probabilities and game in our everyday life. All that in a 'playful' way, that aims to address the broad audience, with simple and pure language, remaining as innocent and unpretentious as possible.
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  • Education

    2015 - 2018

    The Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

    2009 - 2011

    Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

    2004 - 2008

    National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

    2001 - 2004

    National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

  • Awards

    2024

    Award of excellence

    Award for my work with sound sculptures at the ‘Design without borders 2024′. Kiscelli museum, Budapest, Hungary 2024.

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    2024

    Sonning-fonden grant

    Grant for installing works at theatrical performance ‘The forests trial’, by Sara Gebran. Copenhagen 2024.

    2023

    Statens Kunstford - Production grant

    Construction fund from the Danish Art Council for the solo exhibition 'Music compositions', Foyer, National Art Workshops, November - December 2023.

    2022

    Statens Kunstford - Production grant

    Construction fund from the Danish Art Council for the solo exhibition 'Nature Symphony', Møstings Hus, September - November 2022.

    2021

    Work grant

    A yearly financial award for Hand-made art and Design – Danish Art Council (Statens Kunstfond). Copenhagen, Denmark.

    2021

    200 years after the Greek revolution of 1821

    2nd cash prize for a competition organized by the Municipality of Athens and newspaper Athens Voice. Athens, Greece.

    2021

    Rødovre Music School Open call

    Finalist at the competition for a permanent large-scale artwork for the new music school at Rødovre Municipality, Denmark. 2021.

    2020

    Statens KunstFond - Production grant

    Construction fund from the Danish Art Council for a large experimental sound sculpture to be completed and exhibited in November 2020.

    2016

    Hegnspælen, Copenhagen Metro.

    Jury prize for public work 'Sonic Curtain'. Best project in 2016. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Upcoming Events

    Upcoming events

    Event: Prosodic grains

    Dates: 1 Nov 2024 - 31 Mar 2025

    Venue: By art matters, Hangzhou, China

    A group show of highly accomblished international 16 artists about communication and sound.

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    Previous events

    Event: DIORAMA - Generation Earth

    Dates: 5 Jul 2024 - 11 Nov 2024

    Venue: Man museum, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy

    DIORAMA – Generation Earth wants to stir critical dialogue and reflection on our standpoint within the biosphere and prompt a renewed relationship with it through the artistic proposal of a radical change, that may lead us toward an inclusive future that respects all forms of life”.

    Event: Music compositions

    Dates: 10 Nov 2023 - 8 Dec 2023

    Venue: National Workshops for Arts, Copenhagen

    The exhibition Music Compositions shows a new series of works created by George Koutsouris, during his residency at the Danish Art Workshops in August – October 2023.
    In these complex wall sculptures, various wood pieces coexist with numerous overlapping strings, creating ‘abstract’ three-dimensional paintings/reliefs that refer to musical instruments and musical symbols.

    Event: Design without borders

    Dates: 15 Oct 2023 - 26 Nov 2023

    Venue: FUGA / Budapest Center of Architecture, 1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor utca 5., Hungary

    International sound object exhibition

    Event: Nature Symphony

    Dates: 17 Sep 2022 - 27 Nov 2022

    Venue: Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

    The solo exhibition Nature Symphony was a total installation triggered by mechanical sound sculptures. An unpredictable soundscape of the movements from the wind, water, and plants was waving through Møstings’ high-ceilinged rooms.

    Koutsouris has been inspired by the movements and sounds of nature, and with this exhibition, he examined human’s relationship with nature by questioning our increasing need for control in an otherwise uncontrollable world.

    With Nature Symphony, Koutsouris invited us on a journey full of contrasts. While the audience might thought that they were listening to the trickling of water in the stream or the rustling of leaves in the wind, they saw something completely different.

    Event: Spor af Niels Bohr

    Dates: 29 Apr 2022 - 7 Aug 2022

    Venue: Kunsthal Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark

    100 years anniversary of Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize - Physicist and Philosopher (father of Quantum Mechanics).

    Event: Haster

    Dates: 17 Dec 2021 - 24 Dec 2021

    Venue: Vennepunkt, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Haster

    Event: Alex in Wonderland II

    Dates: 20 Nov 2020 - 31 Mar 2021

    Venue: The Project Gallery, 3 Normanou Str., Monastiraki, 10555 Athens

    Unpredictable events have drastically altered our circumstances and the world, as we know it, is no longer there. The new normal is well outside everyone’s comfort zone, appearing almost surreal. It feels as if we are part of a bizarre fairy tale, anxiously bargaining for a happy end.
    In the face of chaos, artistic activity has not ceased. Artists continue doing what they know best: capturing emotions and creating dreams without employing words, using their images to give us all the kiss of life.

    Event: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (The Artists’ Autumn Exhibition)

    Dates: 3 Nov 2018 - 18 Nov 2018

    Venue: Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark

    The Artists' Autumn Exhibition (KE) is a censored exhibition for contemporary art.

    The Artists Autumn Exhibition was formed in 1900 as an alternative to Charlottenborg's Spring Exhibition, which at that time only accepted works by academy students. Since 1900, the Autumn Exhibition has lived as a democratic measure and a door opener to the professional art world, since everyone can have their works professionally art-professionally judged regardless of network and background.

    Event: MFA graduation show - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

    Dates: 12 Apr 2018 - 25 May 2018

    Venue: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

    I participated in this prestigious graduation show with my large interactive sculpture-installation 'A strangers attractor'.
    The work consists of an oval-shaped, dome-like chamber, with a multiple sound-echo system built-in, and long pipes that spread out of it and occupy different spaces at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

    https://georgekoutsouris.com/a-strangers-attractor/

    Event: The Spring Exhibition

    Dates: 3 Feb 2017 - 11 Mar 2017

    Venue: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

    The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition is one of the most important open submission exhibitions in Northern Europe, and has been held annually at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen since 1857. The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition originated as an exhibition showing new works by Danish artists but now features participants from many countries. The exhibition is organised by the Charlottenborg Foundation and its board, consisting of Thomas Lindvig (visual artist), Peter Møller Rasmussen (architect), Cathrine Raben Davidsen (visual artist), Søren Rønholt (photographer), Annette Dam (jewelry artist) and Christina Augustesen (visual artist).

Links

Like me on Facebook

Follow me on Pinterest

Follow me on Instagram

Visit my website

Education

2015 - 2018

The Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

2009 - 2011

Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

2004 - 2008

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

2001 - 2004

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

Awards

2024

Award of excellence

Award for my work with sound sculptures at the ‘Design without borders 2024′. Kiscelli museum, Budapest, Hungary 2024.

Show more awards Hide

2024

Sonning-fonden grant

Grant for installing works at theatrical performance ‘The forests trial’, by Sara Gebran. Copenhagen 2024.

2023

Statens Kunstford - Production grant

Construction fund from the Danish Art Council for the solo exhibition 'Music compositions', Foyer, National Art Workshops, November - December 2023.

2022

Statens Kunstford - Production grant

Construction fund from the Danish Art Council for the solo exhibition 'Nature Symphony', Møstings Hus, September - November 2022.

2021

Work grant

A yearly financial award for Hand-made art and Design – Danish Art Council (Statens Kunstfond). Copenhagen, Denmark.

2021

200 years after the Greek revolution of 1821

2nd cash prize for a competition organized by the Municipality of Athens and newspaper Athens Voice. Athens, Greece.

2021

Rødovre Music School Open call

Finalist at the competition for a permanent large-scale artwork for the new music school at Rødovre Municipality, Denmark. 2021.

2020

Statens KunstFond - Production grant

Construction fund from the Danish Art Council for a large experimental sound sculpture to be completed and exhibited in November 2020.

2016

Hegnspælen, Copenhagen Metro.

Jury prize for public work 'Sonic Curtain'. Best project in 2016. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Upcoming events

Event: Prosodic grains

Dates: 1 Nov 2024 - 31 Mar 2025

Venue: By art matters, Hangzhou, China

A group show of highly accomblished international 16 artists about communication and sound.

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: DIORAMA - Generation Earth

Dates: 5 Jul 2024 - 11 Nov 2024

Venue: Man museum, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy

DIORAMA – Generation Earth wants to stir critical dialogue and reflection on our standpoint within the biosphere and prompt a renewed relationship with it through the artistic proposal of a radical change, that may lead us toward an inclusive future that respects all forms of life”.

Event: Music compositions

Dates: 10 Nov 2023 - 8 Dec 2023

Venue: National Workshops for Arts, Copenhagen

The exhibition Music Compositions shows a new series of works created by George Koutsouris, during his residency at the Danish Art Workshops in August – October 2023.
In these complex wall sculptures, various wood pieces coexist with numerous overlapping strings, creating ‘abstract’ three-dimensional paintings/reliefs that refer to musical instruments and musical symbols.

Event: Design without borders

Dates: 15 Oct 2023 - 26 Nov 2023

Venue: FUGA / Budapest Center of Architecture, 1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor utca 5., Hungary

International sound object exhibition

Event: Nature Symphony

Dates: 17 Sep 2022 - 27 Nov 2022

Venue: Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

The solo exhibition Nature Symphony was a total installation triggered by mechanical sound sculptures. An unpredictable soundscape of the movements from the wind, water, and plants was waving through Møstings’ high-ceilinged rooms.

Koutsouris has been inspired by the movements and sounds of nature, and with this exhibition, he examined human’s relationship with nature by questioning our increasing need for control in an otherwise uncontrollable world.

With Nature Symphony, Koutsouris invited us on a journey full of contrasts. While the audience might thought that they were listening to the trickling of water in the stream or the rustling of leaves in the wind, they saw something completely different.

Event: Spor af Niels Bohr

Dates: 29 Apr 2022 - 7 Aug 2022

Venue: Kunsthal Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark

100 years anniversary of Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize - Physicist and Philosopher (father of Quantum Mechanics).

Event: Haster

Dates: 17 Dec 2021 - 24 Dec 2021

Venue: Vennepunkt, Copenhagen, Denmark

Haster

Event: Alex in Wonderland II

Dates: 20 Nov 2020 - 31 Mar 2021

Venue: The Project Gallery, 3 Normanou Str., Monastiraki, 10555 Athens

Unpredictable events have drastically altered our circumstances and the world, as we know it, is no longer there. The new normal is well outside everyone’s comfort zone, appearing almost surreal. It feels as if we are part of a bizarre fairy tale, anxiously bargaining for a happy end.
In the face of chaos, artistic activity has not ceased. Artists continue doing what they know best: capturing emotions and creating dreams without employing words, using their images to give us all the kiss of life.

Event: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (The Artists’ Autumn Exhibition)

Dates: 3 Nov 2018 - 18 Nov 2018

Venue: Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Artists' Autumn Exhibition (KE) is a censored exhibition for contemporary art.

The Artists Autumn Exhibition was formed in 1900 as an alternative to Charlottenborg's Spring Exhibition, which at that time only accepted works by academy students. Since 1900, the Autumn Exhibition has lived as a democratic measure and a door opener to the professional art world, since everyone can have their works professionally art-professionally judged regardless of network and background.

Event: MFA graduation show - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Dates: 12 Apr 2018 - 25 May 2018

Venue: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

I participated in this prestigious graduation show with my large interactive sculpture-installation 'A strangers attractor'.
The work consists of an oval-shaped, dome-like chamber, with a multiple sound-echo system built-in, and long pipes that spread out of it and occupy different spaces at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

https://georgekoutsouris.com/a-strangers-attractor/

Event: The Spring Exhibition

Dates: 3 Feb 2017 - 11 Mar 2017

Venue: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition is one of the most important open submission exhibitions in Northern Europe, and has been held annually at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen since 1857. The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition originated as an exhibition showing new works by Danish artists but now features participants from many countries. The exhibition is organised by the Charlottenborg Foundation and its board, consisting of Thomas Lindvig (visual artist), Peter Møller Rasmussen (architect), Cathrine Raben Davidsen (visual artist), Søren Rønholt (photographer), Annette Dam (jewelry artist) and Christina Augustesen (visual artist).

 

Biography

George Koutsouris has exhibited in many group and solo shows in Denmark, and internationally, winning several awards. He has created a variety of works from kinetic to interactive, from flat to three-dimensional and from silent to sound-based works - as well as a few large public installations. He holds an MFA from the R. Danish Academy of Fine Arts, as well as degrees in mechanical and acoustic engineering. This background is visible in his works, which are characterized the underlying extensive calculations, a long design process, and precision of craftsmanship.
Koutsouris' art practice investigates the way people coexist, their relationship with nature, as well as the importance of probabilities and game in our everyday life. All that in a 'playful' way, that aims to address the broad audience, with simple and pure language, remaining as innocent and unpretentious as possible.
 
 
 

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