Alkmini Gkousiari lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Her practice attempts to encapsulate the myth of creation or coming-into-being through engagement with the conflicts that arise from multiple cultural identities. As a Greek artist living in Scotland, she explores her country’s ancient gods, rural and orthodox rituals and family traditions to create new understanding of these dualities and multiplicitous identities. Alkmini also uses her playful sense of storytelling in collaborations, performances and site specific works to interrogate whichever landscape she finds herself in through the process of myth-making. Alkmini’s practice spans drawing, sculpture, writing, sound and performance.
This website serves the purpose of a portfolio. If you are interested in particular pieces you can email me here: alkminigkousiari@gmail.com
This website serves the purpose of a portfolio. If you are interested in particular pieces you can email me here: alkminigkousiari@gmail.com
Exhibitions:
2023 April – ‘with an, as big as the universe, I listen’, Johnston Terrace Garden, Edinburgh
2023 February – ‘I’m so into you’, group exhibition, French Street Gallery, Glasgow
2023 January – ‘House Warming’, group exhibition, Kiosk Gallery, Glasgow
2023 January – ‘To tease to hold these stories through and through’, Collaborative exhibition, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
2022 December – ‘You didn't come from the egg but also not made from soil and water.’ Biscuit Tin Film Festival, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 January – ‘Kypselian Salon’, group exhibition, Snehta Residency, Athens, Greece
2021 October – ‘Cool Down 2’, group exhibition, The Pipe Factory (in association with La Malterie Lille, Alliance Française and CCA), Glasgow
2021 August - ‘I planted a clock and swallowed a seed’, performance with Isobel O’Donovan co-produces with GoMA Youth Group at GoMA, Glasgow (commission)
2021 July - ‘They had 4 Years’, group exhibition, Generator Project, Dundee (commission)
2021 January - ‘Market Radio’, Market Gallery, Glasgow
2021 June - ‘Laurium: a dialogue’, collaborative film with Edward Gwyn Jones for ‘HOT WHEELS’, GSA MFA Showcase, The Glue Factory
2021 February - Ruya Maps, ‘Spirit’ and the city of Athens (micro commission)
2020 February - ‘An Ear’s Mirror is not a Mouth’ Pollok House, Glasgow
2020 December - ‘Like a Biennale’ group exhibition, Civic House, Glasgow
2019 September - ‘Pilot’, group exhibition, SOFT SPOT, Manchester
2019 May - ‘The Mouth is a strange place where words argue.’, The Richmond Building, Glasgow
2019 March - ‘I went for a talk and the rocks were walking’, group exhibition, Overtoun House, Dumbarton 2018 ‘Departure on the Square’, Plant NOMA, Manchester
2018 ‘The Dream Committee’, The Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
2018 ‘Awe for Awful’, Mirabel Gallery, Manchester
2023 April – ‘with an, as big as the universe, I listen’, Johnston Terrace Garden, Edinburgh
2023 February – ‘I’m so into you’, group exhibition, French Street Gallery, Glasgow
2023 January – ‘House Warming’, group exhibition, Kiosk Gallery, Glasgow
2023 January – ‘To tease to hold these stories through and through’, Collaborative exhibition, Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow
2022 December – ‘You didn't come from the egg but also not made from soil and water.’ Biscuit Tin Film Festival, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
2022 January – ‘Kypselian Salon’, group exhibition, Snehta Residency, Athens, Greece
2021 October – ‘Cool Down 2’, group exhibition, The Pipe Factory (in association with La Malterie Lille, Alliance Française and CCA), Glasgow
2021 August - ‘I planted a clock and swallowed a seed’, performance with Isobel O’Donovan co-produces with GoMA Youth Group at GoMA, Glasgow (commission)
2021 July - ‘They had 4 Years’, group exhibition, Generator Project, Dundee (commission)
2021 January - ‘Market Radio’, Market Gallery, Glasgow
2021 June - ‘Laurium: a dialogue’, collaborative film with Edward Gwyn Jones for ‘HOT WHEELS’, GSA MFA Showcase, The Glue Factory
2021 February - Ruya Maps, ‘Spirit’ and the city of Athens (micro commission)
2020 February - ‘An Ear’s Mirror is not a Mouth’ Pollok House, Glasgow
2020 December - ‘Like a Biennale’ group exhibition, Civic House, Glasgow
2019 September - ‘Pilot’, group exhibition, SOFT SPOT, Manchester
2019 May - ‘The Mouth is a strange place where words argue.’, The Richmond Building, Glasgow
2019 March - ‘I went for a talk and the rocks were walking’, group exhibition, Overtoun House, Dumbarton 2018 ‘Departure on the Square’, Plant NOMA, Manchester
2018 ‘The Dream Committee’, The Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
2018 ‘Awe for Awful’, Mirabel Gallery, Manchester
Education:
2018-2020 BA(Hons) Degree in Sculpture and Environmental Art Fine Art Glasgow School of Art
2016-2018 BA Degree in Sculpture Manchester School of Art 2015-2016 Foundation Diploma Fine Art Kingston University 2014-2015 General Lykeio Apolytirio (Upper Secondary School)
Residencies:
2023 ‘GRASS’ Residency, Live Art Ireland, North Tipperary, September-October
2023 ‘The Thursday Show’, TactileBOSCH Residency, Cardiff, September
2023 ‘Reach’, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, March
2022 ‘Globe Gallery’, Countdown Grabowsee’, Heilstatte Grabowsee, Oranienburg, Germany, August
2021 Cove Park Funded Visual Arts Residency, September
2020 ‘Globe Gallery’, Countdown Grabowsee’, Heilstatte Grabowsee, Oranienburg, Germany, August
Sound Piece Commissions:
2022 June - Raumdeuter Radio, sound piece commission, Glasgow
Published Writing:
2019 - On the theme of Aflot-ness, read here.
Work Experience:
2021 April – 2023 February Project Officer and Seed Library Assistant for the Glasgow Seed Library at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
2023 January – 2023 April Community Art Teacher for Glasgow Sculpture Studios’ project called Sculpture Club
2022 April – 2023 April Community Gardener and Volunteer co-ordinator at Maryhill Integration Network, Glasgow
2021 June – 2021 June Invigilator for Glasgow International Art Festival during the exhibition ‘Fabric of Society’, Glasgow
2018 June – 2018 July Invigilator and sight guide for NEON during the exhibition ‘The Theatre of Disappearance’ by Adrian Villar Rojas, Athens
2018-2020 BA(Hons) Degree in Sculpture and Environmental Art Fine Art Glasgow School of Art
2016-2018 BA Degree in Sculpture Manchester School of Art 2015-2016 Foundation Diploma Fine Art Kingston University 2014-2015 General Lykeio Apolytirio (Upper Secondary School)
Residencies:
2023 ‘GRASS’ Residency, Live Art Ireland, North Tipperary, September-October
2023 ‘The Thursday Show’, TactileBOSCH Residency, Cardiff, September
2023 ‘Reach’, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, March
2022 ‘Globe Gallery’, Countdown Grabowsee’, Heilstatte Grabowsee, Oranienburg, Germany, August
2021 Cove Park Funded Visual Arts Residency, September
2020 ‘Globe Gallery’, Countdown Grabowsee’, Heilstatte Grabowsee, Oranienburg, Germany, August
Sound Piece Commissions:
2022 June - Raumdeuter Radio, sound piece commission, Glasgow
Published Writing:
2019 - On the theme of Aflot-ness, read here.
Work Experience:
2021 April – 2023 February Project Officer and Seed Library Assistant for the Glasgow Seed Library at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
2023 January – 2023 April Community Art Teacher for Glasgow Sculpture Studios’ project called Sculpture Club
2022 April – 2023 April Community Gardener and Volunteer co-ordinator at Maryhill Integration Network, Glasgow
2021 June – 2021 June Invigilator for Glasgow International Art Festival during the exhibition ‘Fabric of Society’, Glasgow
2018 June – 2018 July Invigilator and sight guide for NEON during the exhibition ‘The Theatre of Disappearance’ by Adrian Villar Rojas, Athens