https://livingroomathens.com Living Room Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:10:06 +0000 https://livingroomathens.com en https://livingroomathens.com/Current-Exhibition Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:10:06 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Current-Exhibition <img src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2290e37a69b6045a6197c6e7b0e95d0e348595b71aa27a4d9f2b961d6c62af7/Maria_Hero_UseThis.jpg" alt="Description"> EN EL RITUALS FOR NEW FUTURES exhibition by Maria Nikiforakicurated by Living Room Opening on Saturday, November 28 at 7pm Rituals for New Futures is an artistic investigation into the transformative power of ritual as a means of reimagining political, ecological and feminist futures. Bringing together performance, mythology and speculative fiction, the project draws inspiration from feminist science fiction to imagine worlds in which marginalised perspectives become central agents of change. Through a constellation of performative acts, it reclaims ritual as a tool of empowerment, responding to ecological urgencies while activating feminist resistance across time and space. At its heart is a fictional, science-fiction-inspired heroine whose journey unfolds across three interconnected chapters, each shaped by a natural element: air, fire and water. More than symbolic references, these elements act as forces of transformation, guiding the protagonist through successive stages of becoming. Her journey of creation, death and afterlife echoes the cycles of nature and wider ecological processes of renewal, collapse and adaptation. Maria Nikiforaki is a visual artist whose practice operates at the intersection of performance art, cinema and choreography. Her work explores questions of gender, ecology and technology through interdisciplinary and collaborative processes, bringing together the body, moving image, sound and installation. Her research often focuses on the relationship between the body, water and nature, as well as on the potential to imaginatively construct new, posthuman forms of existence. From 2024 to 2026, she has been developing Rituals for New Futures, an artistic research project that approaches ritual as a collective and political tool for imagining sustainable, feminist and ecological futures, drawing inspiration from feminist science fiction. She graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts (2012) and holds an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2015). She has received the Spyridon Vikatos Foundation Scholarship (2012), participated in the ARTWORKS programme of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2019), and was awarded the Trinity Laban Dance Award by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (2019). She has presented solo exhibitions and performances in Greece and internationally, and has exhibited her work at venues and events including Ján Koniarek Gallery, Trnava (2027); the International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Slovenia (2025); the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, as part of Pro Femina (2025); MeetFactory, Prague (2025); Matadero CRA, Madrid (2024); ATOPOS cvc, Athens (2023); Mystery 19 – Eleusis European Capital of Culture (2023); and Unhappy Monuments (OPANDA &amp; ARTWORKS, 2020). marianikiforaki.com @marianikiforaki2020 RITUALS FOR NEW FUTURES της Μαρίας Νικηφοράκη Εγκαίνια Σάββατο 28 Νοεμβρίου στις 7μ.μ. Το Rituals for New Futures αποτελεί μια καλλιτεχνική έρευνα γύρω από τη μετασχηματιστική δύναμη της τελετουργίας ως μέσου επαναφαντασίωσης πολιτικών, οικολογικών και φεμινιστικών μελλοντικών κόσμων. Συνδυάζοντας την performance, τη μυθολογία και την επιστημονική φαντασία, το έργο αντλεί έμπνευση από τον φεμινισμό της επιστημονικής φαντασίας, για να φανταστεί κόσμους όπου οι περιθωριοποιημένες αναγνωρίζονται και αναδεικνύονται σε κεντρικούς φορείς αλλαγής. Μέσα από ένα σύνολο επιτελεστικών δράσεων, επαναδιεκδικεί την τελετουργία ως εργαλείο ενδυνάμωσης, που ανταποκρίνεται στις επείγουσες οικολογικές προκλήσεις και ενεργοποιεί μορφές φεμινιστικής αντίστασης στον χρόνο και τον χώρο. Στο επίκεντρο του έργου βρίσκεται μια φανταστική ηρωίδα, εμπνευσμένη από την επιστημονική φαντασία, της οποίας η διαδρομή ξεδιπλώνεται μέσα από τρία αλληλένδετα κεφάλαια, καθένα από τα οποία διαμορφώνεται γύρω από ένα φυσικό στοιχείο: τον αέρα, τη φωτιά και το νερό. Τα στοιχεία αυτά δεν λειτουργούν απλώς συμβολικά, αλλά ως δυνάμεις μετασχηματισμού που καθοδηγούν την ηρωίδα μέσα από διαδοχικά στάδια εξέλιξης και μεταμόρφωσης. Η πορεία της —από τη δημιουργία στον θάνατο και τη μεταθανάτια ύπαρξη— αντανακλά τους κύκλους της φύσης και τις ευρύτερες οικολογικές διεργασίες της ανανέωσης, της κατάρρευσης και της προσαρμογής. Η Μαρία Νικηφοράκη είναι εικαστικός καλλιτέχνις με πρακτική που αναπτύσσεται στη διασταύρωση της performance art, του κινηματογράφου και της χορογραφίας. Το έργο της διερευνά ζητήματα φύλου, οικολογίας και τεχνολογίας μέσα από διεπιστημονικές και συνεργατικές διαδικασίες, συνδυάζοντας το σώμα, την κινούμενη εικόνα, τον ήχο και την εγκατάσταση. Η έρευνά της συχνά εστιάζει στη σχέση σώματος με το νερό και τη φύση και στη δυνατότητα φαντασιακής διαμόρφωσης νέων, μετα-ανθρώπινων μορφών ύπαρξης. Από το 2024 έως το 2026 αναπτύσσει το Rituals for New Futures, μια καλλιτεχνική έρευνα που προσεγγίζει την τελετουργία ως συλλογικό και πολιτικό εργαλείο για τη φαντασίωση βιώσιμων, φεμινιστικών και οικολογικών μελλοντικών κόσμων, με αναφορές στον φεμινισμό της επιστημονικής φαντασίας. Είναι απόφοιτη της Ανώτατης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών (2012) και κάτοχος MFA Fine Art από το Goldsmiths, University of London (2015). Έχει λάβει την Υποτροφία του Ιδρύματος Σπυρίδωνος Βικάτου (2012), συμμετείχε στο πρόγραμμα ARTWORKS του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος (2019) και τιμήθηκε με το Trinity Laban Dance Award (2019). Έχει παρουσιάσει ατομικές εκθέσεις και performances στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό, ενώ έργα της έχουν παρουσιαστεί, μεταξύ άλλων, στην Ján Koniarek Gallery, Trnava (2027), στο International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Σλοβενία (2025), στο Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης Κρήτης στο πλαίσιο του Pro Femina (2025), στο MeetFactory, Πράγα (2025), στο Matadero CRA, Μαδρίτη (2024), στο ATOPOS cvc, Αθήνα (2023), στο Μυστήριο 19 – Ελευσίνα Πολιτιστική Πρωτεύουσα της Ευρώπης (2023) και στο Unhappy Monuments (ΟΠΑΝΔΑ &amp; ARTWORKS, 2020). marianikiforaki.com @marianikiforaki2020 https://livingroomathens.com/Previous-exhibitions-banner Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:08:40 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Previous-exhibitions-banner Previous exhibitions ↓ https://livingroomathens.com/Winter-Nights-Front Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:21:08 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Winter-Nights-Front Winter NightsGroup exhibition curated by Eleni Riga 17.9-10.10.26 <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aeca9cc466619e9700ad6f7d085a807efffd2ad9bb064cb2d46e907e36d83b76/WebsiteIcon.jpg" data-mid="253206295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aeca9cc466619e9700ad6f7d085a807efffd2ad9bb064cb2d46e907e36d83b76/WebsiteIcon.jpg" /> Winter Nights brings together Norwegian, Greek and Icelandic artists in an exploration of seasonal rituals, animist worldviews and ecological memory. Curated by Eleni Riga, the international exhibition considers the meeting point between Nordic and Southern animisms, reflecting on climate change and ecological grief.The exhibition was first presented at BO (The Association of Visual Artists Oslo) and at Femidomen in September–October 2025 with the support of Arts and Culture Norway and the Norwegian Embassy. It takes its title from Vetrnætr, the pre-Christian Nordic ritual marking the transition into winter. Traditionally held after the harvest, the gathering offered a final moment of communal exchange before the darkness and cold winter. It served both practical and spiritual purposes: strengthening social bonds and solidarity, while acknowledging relationships with the land, ancestors and other-than-human forces. See more ︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/Finding-Balance-front Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:27:04 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Finding-Balance-front Finding BalanceCaptain Stavros 13.6-12.7.26 <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d6f0e3297223b50db2bc8bb938a51c87ed0497181b2b6e383495e7bde455afc/Finding-Balance-Web-Cover.jpg" data-mid="250369371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d6f0e3297223b50db2bc8bb938a51c87ed0497181b2b6e383495e7bde455afc/Finding-Balance-Web-Cover.jpg" /> Childhood often carries an illusion of invulnerability. Surrounded by caregivers, protected by the limited knowledge of what loss, pain, and mortality is, one experiences the world through a sense of relative permanence. Yet, adulthood announces itself through moments of rupture. The illness of a parent for example provokes the realization of bodily fragility and creates a sudden reversal of roles within a family: the receiver of care becomes the giver. And suddenly, the child of the family finds themselves caring for those who once cared for them. At the same time, the numerous world crises they may experience from a young age condemn them to an early and hasty maturity, leaving them with the numb feeling of too many responsibilities too soon, and with childhood and adolescence years not lived as they were meant. See more ︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/Minimal-Effort-Front Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:17:40 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Minimal-Effort-Front Minimal Effort Group exhibition 25.4-9.5.26 <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae833940f8ab6261f69b11ea0105cb51861990c2e47f1982c643f691e89dfe65/MinimalEffortThumbnailRGB.jpg" data-mid="249207127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae833940f8ab6261f69b11ea0105cb51861990c2e47f1982c643f691e89dfe65/MinimalEffortThumbnailRGB.jpg" /> The Minimal Effort project began to take shape, both conceptually and aesthetically, in the summer of 2024, initiated by curator Elli Leventaki and visual artist Dimitris Kontodimos, with the aim of organizing a group exhibition centered on artworks-gestures as alternative methods of artistic production and expression. Starting from Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, but also taking into account more recent examples, such as Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, the exhibition draws on the logic of ready-mades and conceptual interventions, not as artworks that are “easy” to create, conceive, or select, but rather as pieces that can convey a wide range of meanings in a concise manner.This endeavor aims to take a critical stance toward practices such as intensification, flexibilization, and overwork, which are often promoted as healthy in contemporary Western societies. By contrast, concepts such as “pause” or “standstill” tend to carry negative connotations or are even perceived as a kind of luxury today. This social condition significantly influences artistic production at all levels, because there is no art without so-called “laziness”, as creative people always need time to reflect, experiment, fail, and start over from the beginning… See more ︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/Collectif-MASI-Front Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:53:16 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Collectif-MASI-Front Collectif MASINo Scrap No Dream 19.2-14.3.26 <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a38715e1fa7033d6548765ffaa8e69e853cdc17228e858421d3720dff2b8c31/Untitled-3.jpg" data-mid="246564848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a38715e1fa7033d6548765ffaa8e69e853cdc17228e858421d3720dff2b8c31/Untitled-3.jpg" /> You go through the day collecting your Freudian ‘day residues’ - fragments of memories, experiences and thoughts - which come together in a dream the following night, creating a new narrative, and a new experience. In a similar way, the exhibition No scrap no dream gathers scraps of materials from the street that come together in a new narrative, a dream state of the wanderer, who, after a long day in the city, repurposes all these scraps to interchangeable goods. Wandering through the city of Athens, one comes across plenty of kiosks - περίπτερα. Many remain active and full but bound to disappear, while others stand out, empty, like relics. Around them, construction materials of different generations accumulate in the dumpsters of renovation and demolition sites. This imagery leaves the subconscious with a sense of fragmentation and abundance of matter. As a miniature reflection of the broader financial system they are part of, periptera create circles of interaction around them in their most minimalistic version… See more ︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/BTS-front Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:12:26 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/BTS-front Beneath the Surface: Material Stories of Displacement Group exhibition 17.1-1.2.26 <img width="750" height="750" width_o="750" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/398da43dd496e6fbee4e48d681b183a0e4e851679066e83611b3c2340eca9fc2/IMG_6120-1.png" data-mid="244825862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/398da43dd496e6fbee4e48d681b183a0e4e851679066e83611b3c2340eca9fc2/IMG_6120-1.png" /> The exhibition brings together thirteen artists whose works confront displacement not only as a political reality, but as an intimate, lived condition. Displacement settles into the grain of everyday survival ~ into the textures we touch, the gaps in language, the things we carry with us and the things we are forced to leave behind.The artists in this exhibition hold space for these contradictions: presence and absence, belonging and estrangement, memory and forgetting. Their works do not seek closure. Instead, they offer a material reckoning ~ an unfolding conversation shaped by objects, gestures, and the silent testimonies of matter.This narrative is incomplete by design. It forms slowly, like a shoreline rewritten by each tide. We build, unbuild, and build again. Each piece asks:What remains when home is gone?What does the body remember when memory dissolves?What we know is this: materials remember. They fray, resist, absorb, endure. In their quiet language, they reveal traces of who we are and who we are becoming. This exhibition listens to that language ~ one of resilience, rupture, and the fragile architectures of belonging. See more&nbsp;︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/Marlene-front Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:46:40 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/Marlene-front Marlene Heidinger The Line We Cross 8.11-23.11.25 <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b441fad8e86d86ec85599073cb5ac8d87426c2dd006c0635a7b1f761e5b2a37/website-icon.jpg" data-mid="246564862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b441fad8e86d86ec85599073cb5ac8d87426c2dd006c0635a7b1f761e5b2a37/website-icon.jpg" /> Marlene Heidinger (1996, Vienna) is a painter, curator, and filmmaker based in Vienna, Austria. She pursued studies in painting and experimental animation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the École de Communication Visuelle in Paris. In June 2024, she earned her master’s degree in Curatorial Studies (“/ecm”) from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Her master’s thesis, “When Artists Curate: From the Studio to the Exhibition Space,” explored curatorial strategies employed by artists, focusing on the use of the studio as an exhibition space. This work reflects her broader interest in curating as an extension of artistic practice.Marlene Heidinger (1996, Vienna) is a painter, curator, and filmmaker based in Vienna, Austria. She pursued studies in painting and experimental animation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the École de Communication Visuelle in Paris. In June 2024, she earned her master’s degree in Curatorial Studies (“/ecm”) from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Her master’s thesis, “When Artists Curate: From the Studio to the Exhibition Space,” explored curatorial strategies employed by artists, focusing on the use of the studio as an exhibition space. This work reflects her broader interest in curating as an extension of artistic practice. See more&nbsp;︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/We-Were-Always-Here-Front Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:21:43 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/We-Were-Always-Here-Front We Were Always Here Group Exhibition 4.10-19.10.25 <img width="4500" height="4500" width_o="4500" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcc9bd2e08438c4a8620b02f4f29223bc622170e78252f671477723cdf6f73e1/Website-icon.jpg" data-mid="246565019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcc9bd2e08438c4a8620b02f4f29223bc622170e78252f671477723cdf6f73e1/Website-icon.jpg" /> Having recently relocated to a larger space, Living Room now functions not only as an exhibition venue, but also as a home for artists’ studios ~~ a shared environment where works develop side by side and dialogue is built.Our first group exhibition celebrates that spirit of proximity and exchange. Bringing together the approaches of Eirini Tiniakou, Nadja Geer, Maisie Maris, Daphnis Monastiriotis, Riccardo Vitali, Vasilis Zarifopoulos, Nikos Katsampanis, Auðunn Kvaran, and Nikoletta Georgakopoulou, the exhibition presents a variety of voices shaped within and beyond the studio walls.Various processes meet in a shared space that equally emphasizes process and outcome, and connection as much as individuality. In the circumstance of this exhibition, we found that each of our individual projects concentrate around the human experience: tracing a journey that begins with the body encountered as the natural element it is, reminding us of the materiality of existence.The exhibition was a part of A Collective of Collectives Festival.@acollectiveofcollectives See more&nbsp;︎︎︎ https://livingroomathens.com/SebastianFront Mon, 12 May 2025 17:17:22 +0000 Living Room https://livingroomathens.com/SebastianFront Terhi Ekebom &amp; Sebastian Boulter A Gate in the Forest 17.5-17.6.25 <img width="671" height="671" width_o="671" height_o="671" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a2f8c72e31d6a5258814d3a590abf625ee0a440e65584550556c0c25c197305/Part_1_small-copy.jpg" data-mid="234699555" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/671/i/3a2f8c72e31d6a5258814d3a590abf625ee0a440e65584550556c0c25c197305/Part_1_small-copy.jpg" /> Terhi Ekebom (b. 1971) is an Helsinki-based artist and illustrator. She holds a MA-degree in arts from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture and BA-degree in design from the Metropolia (EVTEK) Institute of Art and Design. As an artist, Ekebom is an open-minded experimenter who is at home in the field of illustration, comics, wall painting and installations. She has held several solo exhibitions and taken part in group exhibitions in Finland, Brazil, Japan, China and Europe.Sebastian Boulter (b. 1974) is a painter and musician from Jyväskylä, Finland. He holds a MA-degree in painting from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and secondary education diplomas of music and props making. Since 2000, he has had several solo exhibitions and taken part in group exhibitions in Finland, Russia, Baltic countries, Caucasus, Greece and Central Europe.He has worked as an independent curator in collaboration with Tampere City Cultural Affairs, Finland, Artist’s Union of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Finnish Institute in Athens. As a musician, Boulter has made soundscapes for exhibitions and composed music for movies, independent theaters, contemporary dance groups and different ensembles. See more&nbsp;︎︎︎