Βασίλης Μπαλάσκας

Γεννήθηκε το  1983 στην Θεσσαλονίκης. Ζει και εργάζεται στο Λονδίνο.

 

 

 

 

ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ

2011-2014 MPhil/PhD Critical Writing in Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2008-2010 MA (RCA) Communication Art & Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK (CHS Distinction)
2005-2008 BA (Hons) Video Arts Production, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, UK (First Class)
2000-2004 BSc Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

ΑΤΟΜΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΕΙΣ

2012
Refractions, Kunsthalle Detroit, Detroit, USA

2011
Le Temps Spectaculaire, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, French Cultural Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece (Autumn)

2010
In Between Bubbles, Sketch, London, UK
Ray of Light, Jewish Museum, London, UK (with Oana Camilleri)

ΕΠΙΛΕΓΜΈΝΕς ΣΥΜΕΤΟΧΈς ΣΕ ΟΜΑΔΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΒΟΛΕΣ

2011
Vessel, George Place, Stonehouse, Plymouth, UK
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK
Time and Travel, Ku’Damm 101 Hotel, Berlin, Germany
Iraqi Memorial, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA (September)
Iraqi Memorial, Works/San Jose, San Jose, USA (November)

2010
Traverse Vidéo: Ça Vaut La Peine, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Acoustic Images, British Film Institute, London, UK
Mare Street Biennale, London, UK
Art Karlsruhe, Trade Fair Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany
Iraqi Memorial, Sheppard Gallery, Reno, Nevada, USA
Wrong Love, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK
Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris, France
Territorial Play, Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham, UK
EMERGEANDSEE, Stattbad Wedding, Berlin, Germany
SHOW 2010, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Time is Love, Werk-Raum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
ZOOart, Fresia Gardens, Cuneo, Italy
Rough Machines, Animate Projects/APEngine, London, UK

2009
Pixelpops, BolteLang Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Images Contre Nature, Marseille, France
Synch Festival, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
Let’s Rule Out Aliens for Now and Concentrate on What We Know, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Palimpsest, Thurloe Place, London, UK
Crash Fest, Thessaloniki, Greece
In Transit, Luda Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
All Art Now International Video Art Festival, Damascus, Syria

2008
Strange Screen, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
PropellerTV, Sky, 3-year Broadcasting Rights (Film: Rupture)
Eat Our Shorts, British Film Institute, London, UK
Show Me The Light Show, Candid Gallery, London, UK
Roll Up Art, Bucharest, Romania
Crash Fest, Thessaloniki, Greece
Discurs, Giessen, Germany
Girona Film Festival, Spain

2007
Video Militia,National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
Traverse Vidéo: La Re-Visite, Toulouse, France
Trenton Film Festival, New Jersey, USA
Crash Fest, Thessaloniki, Greece
Girona Film Festival, Spain
Festival de Vidéo Expérimental, Marseille, France
Cinecity Brighton Film Festival, UK
Séquence Court-Métrage, Toulouse, France
Exposures Film Festival, Manchester, UK

2006
Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy
Diaroes Festival of Emerging Artists, Athens, Greece
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece

2005
Diaroes Festival of Emerging Artists, Athens, Greece
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece
Buenos Aires International Short Film Festival, Argentina

2004
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio, USA
Trenton Film Festival, New Jersey, USA
Alternative Film Festival, Picciano, Italy

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

2011
European Cultural Foundation/Open Society Institute Travel Grant
Association of Art Historians Conference Grant
Royal College of Art Bursary

2010
Selection of Darkness as the first ever project of contemporary art presented by the Jewish Museum of London

2009
Best Experimental Film Award for The Origin of the Complex of Identification in CrashFest, Thessaloniki, Greece
Royal College of Art Bursary
Royal College of Art Travel Award

2008
Royal College of Art Bursary
Jury Member in EMERGEANDSEE Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Distinctionfor Reminiscent Light (Project Proposal) in Iraqi Memorial International Call for Artists

2006
Gold Remi Award for Eros (Screenplay) in WorldfestHouston International Film Festival, Texas, USA

2005
Distinction for Faraway from Theoklymenos’ Country (Short Story) by the British Council of Greece

COMMISSIONS

2010
In Between Bubbles, Sketch, London, UK
Rough Machines, Animate Projects/APEngine, London, UK
Ray of Light, Jewish Museum, London, UK

LECTURES IN CONFERENCES & TALKS

2012
The Challenge of The Object, 33rd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nurnberg, Germany
38th Annual Association of Art Historians Conference, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

2011
Artist’s Talk: Postmodernism After Video. Video After Postmodernism, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
ISEA 2011, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (Panel Chair in 2 Sessions)

2010
ReLiving Disaster: Film – History – Identity, The London Consortium, Birkbeck University of London, UK

2009
Expanded Cinema, Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
Reading Images: Frames and Frameworks, Association of Art Historians, University of Bristol, UK
Literature, Art and Culture in an Age of Global Risk, Cardiff University, UK

2008
Bodies of Evidence, Association of Art Historians, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Artist’s Talk: Bill Balaskas, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, UK

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2008
PostponedAscendancy, for Eat Our Shorts, British Film Institute, London, UK
Six Lies and Video Art, DVD Compilation of Experimental Films and Videos, Maidstone, UK

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012
The Challenge of The Object, 33rd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nurnberg, Germany (Conference Proceedings)

2011
ISEA 2011, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey (Conference Proceedings’ Editor)
Time and Travel, Ku’Damm 101 Hotel, Berlin, Germany (Catalogue)

2010
Mare Street Biennale, London, UK (Catalogue)
Traverse Vidéo: Ça Vaut La Peine, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France (Catalogue)
SHOW 2010, Royal College of Art, London, UK (Catalogue)
Iraqi Memorial, Sheppard Gallery, Reno, Nevada, USA (Catalogue)
ZOOart, Fresia Gardens, Cuneo, Italy (Catalogue)

2009
Images Contre Nature, Marseille, France (Catalogue)
Crash Fest, Thessaloniki, Greece (Catalogue)

2008
Bill Balaskas, PostponedAscendancy, for Eat Our Shorts, British Film Institute, London, UK (Curatorial Statement)
Strange Screen, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (Catalogue)
Eat Our Shorts, British Film Institute, London, UK (Catalogue)
Crash Fest, Thessaloniki, Greece (Catalogue)
Girona Film Festival, Spain (Catalogue)

2007
Simone Dompeyre, “Reality of Love” in Traverse Vidéo: La Re-Visite, Toulouse, France (Catalogue)
Video Militia, National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia (Catalogue)
Crash Fest, Thessaloniki, Greece (Catalogue)
Girona Film Festival, Spain (Catalogue)
Exposures Film Festival, Manchester, UK (Catalogue)

2006
Bill Balaskas, “Faraway from Theoklymenos’ Country,” in Tales from the City, Stories from the Sea, Athens: Periplous (Publication)
Giota Sotiropoulou, “Tales from the City, Stories from the Sea,” in Aggelioforos Sunday Edition, Greece (Interview)
Diaroes Festival of Emerging Artists, Athens, Greece (Catalogue)
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece (Catalogue)

2005
Diaroes Festival of Emerging Artists, Athens, Greece (Catalogue)
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece (Catalogue)

2004
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio, USA (Catalogue)