artists

Marina Xenofontos

Marina Xenofontos (b.1988, Limassol, Cyprus) lives and works in Athens, Greece. Her work examines the material and personal manifestations of ideology and knowledge. Encompassing found objects, kinetic sculptures, light installations, digital and analogue avatars, writing and film, Xenofontos’ practice captures methods for recovering the fantastical, imaginary aspects of culture obscured through historical recording.

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Past Presentations

2023 – Public Domain, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (solo)
2023 – In Practice: Marina Xenofontos, SculptureCenter, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2023 – failed cache, Hot Wheels Athens, Athens, GR (solo)
2023 – Safe Places, Ermes Ermes, Rome, IT (solo)
2022 – Carousel, AKWA IBOM, Athens, GR (solo)
2022 – Phenomenon 4, Anafi, GR (group)
2021 – I don’t sleep, I dream, The Island Club, Limassol, CY (solo)
2017 – The Future of Colour, curated by Jan Verwoert, Cyprus Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2017, Venice, IT (with Neoterismoi Toumazou)

Publications

2021 – A Big Heritage With A Glorious Past, Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Toronto, CA
2016 – We are not alone – We are a fly in the milk of infinity (2016), Neoterismoi Toumazou, Nicosia, CY

Press

2023 – Marina Xenofontos in conversation with Linnéa Bake, King Kong Magazine
2022 – Frieze: “Marina Xenofontos: Winner of the 2022 Emerging Artist Prize”
2021 – CURA: The Generational Issue
2021 – The Brooklyn Rail: “Marina Xenofontos: I DON’T SLEEP, I DREAM” by Chloe Stavrou
2020 – Artforum: “Critic’s picks” by Jazmina Figueroa

Installation view – Public Domain, Camden Arts Centre, 2023, London, UK

Installation View – In Practice: Marina Xenofontos, SculptureCenter, 2023, New York, NY, USA

Marina Xenofontos, Control Board 1, 2023, Copper tubing, motor, axis joints, MDF wood, Arduino, PIR motion sensor, sound sensor, LED lights, switches, 32 x 19 x 1495 cm & 27 x 32 x 2 cm

Marina Xenofontos, Control Board 1, [detail], 2023, Copper tubing, motor, axis joints, MDF wood, Arduino, PIR motion sensor, sound sensor, LED lights, switches, 32 x 19 x 1495 cm & 27 x 32 x 2 cm

Installation View - Carousel, AKWA IBOM, 2022, Athens, GR

Installation view – Frieze London, with Hot Wheels Athens, 2022, London, UK

Marina Xenofontos, Solar Sail, 2022, Plexiglass tubes filled with water, mirrored adorned axis, 14rpm motor, 2 and 3 axis joint

Marina Xenofontos, Over the Coop at Sunset, Multiple Scoliosis, and a Nest of Vicious Echinoderms and Propagandists, a Collection of Failed Memories Appeared Either Erupted by a Junction Box, or was Caused by Debris from the Classic Firework Show. It was too Beautiful to be Real, 2021, Assembled and modified object, 96 x 62 x 32 cm

Marina Xenofontos, Twice, 2021, MDF carved on CNC, rejected Monobloc chair, 143 x 123 x 76 cm

Marina Xenofontos, Copy of a dream, 2020, Modified object, 240 x 120 x 91 cm

Marina Xenofontos, Rainbow, 2020, Rainbow, copper, steel, motor, power, 180 x 38 x 32 cm

Marina Xenofontos, Twice Upon a While, 2020, MDF, wood, metal, mirror, 154 x 140 x 206 cm

Marina Xenofontos, We Risk, 2019, Stainless steel pole and motor mechanism, bronze, 399 x 25 x 2.5 cm - 109 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm