Sail the Red Ship to the South,2012
wood, oil, acrylic
62 x 41 x 6 cm
sculptures



April-Sept 2012: MAK Schindler Scholarship, Architect in Residence at MAK Center For Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA.
22 Μαρτίου -17 Μαΐου: «Ουτοπία»,
Συλλογή Νίκου Χρ. Παττίχη
(επιμ. Έλενα Πάρπα, Μαρία Στάθη)
Ίδρυμα Ευαγόρα και Καθλην Λανίτη Λεμεσός
17 Feb.2012 Presentation-
N. #3 / Le catalogue
immobilier
«Dystopique», Paris
La revue MADE IN CHINA
Frieze.com, Kostis Velonis by Matthew Rana www.frieze.com/shows/review/kostis-velonis/ 1 December 2011, 7pm:"Metod" lecture
at the Signal, Malmo 25 Nov. 2011–19 Feb2012The Promise of HappinessSignal Center for
Contemporary Art(Solo) Malmö, Sweden,www.signalsignal.org
Oct-December 2011 Artist in Residence at IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants)
http://www.konstnarsnamnden.se
12/10/2011 - 30/11/2011, “Little wooden seats and the woman of his dreams”, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. www.emst.gr
15 October, 22nd Biennial MSGA Symposium, October 13-16.Panel : Junta Aesthetics, New York University, NYC , http://mgsa.org/
18 September-18 Dec 2011, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, "A Rock And a Hard Place", State Museum of Contemporary Art (Cur. by Paolo Colombo, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Marina Fokidis, Archit: Andreas Angelidakis) Thessaloniki. www.thessalonikibiennale.gr
3 September – 27 Nov. 2011 “Melanchotopia”, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center, (Cur. by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Anne-Claire Schmitz) Rotterdam. www.wdw.nl
18 Sept-October “Building the Stage”, Omikron Gallery (Solo), Nicosia, Cyprus. www.omikrongallery.com
«Διχασμός και συλλογικότητα», Συνέντευξη στην Ελπίδα Καραμπά. Κριτική και τέχνη #4, Το έργο της επιμέλειας. http://issuu.com/designbyfront/docs/aica
9 June-12 Aug, “Dirty Humanism”, Faggionato Fine Art Gallery (Cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou) London.
“An Elusive Object of Art", Dana Charkasi Gallery (cur.by Iara Boubnova) Vienna (12 May -18th June)
13-14 June «Farewell» Kunsthalle Athena (cur. by T. Bazaka and M. Fokidis).
Lifo Magazine, Οι Αθηναίοι: Συνέντευξη στη Μερόπη Κοκκίνη, αρ.251, www.lifo.gr/mag/features/2675
Congress "The Modern in 20th c. thinking and the Arts", Benaki Museum 14/05/2011 - 15/05/2011 www.benaki.gr
Art Forum Magazine, Barry Schwabsky on Kostis Velonis, Reviews, April 2011.
Common View: Contemporary Art at the National Theatre, March 23- April 16, Ziller Building .
"Mon cabanon est meilleur que celui de Le Corbusier", Vers L.C. Contre, University of Thessaly-Futura, 2011.
Politics and History: Reclaiming Greek Identity" by Stephanie Bailey, Aesthetica Magazine, Issue 38, Dec-Jan.2011 www.aestheticamagazine.com/index.htm
“The Certainty of our Death Turns Everything Around” An interview -Thanos Stathopoulos , Kaput Magazine, n.09 www.kaput.gr/en/09/the-certainty-of-our-death-turns-everything-around/
Visual Dialogues: Democracy and Politeia”, Onassis Cultural Centre, November 15 - end of December
13/01/2011 - 10/03/2011 SEM-Art Gallery, Monaco.
“Marx in Arcadia” A.D Gallery, 15 November – 15 January 2011 , www.adgallery.gr
Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, “Recontextualising Revolution : Yang Fudong and kostis Velonis at the National Museum of Contemporary Art" by Stephanie Bailey, Nov-Dec 2010, vol.9, n. 6.www.yishu-online.com/browse-articles/?425
“The Marathon Marathon project”, Acropolis Museum (Cur.Hans Ulrich Obrist and co-cur. by Nadja Argyropoulou) Deste Foundation 31 October
“Bring your own beamer”, Kunsthalle Athena, (Cur.Angelo Plessas), 23 October
"Politics of Art", National Museum of Contemporary Art
(Cur.Anna Kafetsi) 13/10/2010- 30/1/2011
www.emst.gr/EN/exhibitions/emst_exhibitions/main.aspx?ID=171
07 - 10 October, Art Forum Berlin,Dana Charkasi Gallery
“Solus Locus”, Benaki Museum (Cur.Sozita Goudouna) 23/09/2010 - 10/10/2010
Dana Charkasi Gallery, "Pastoral Dreams in the Days of Bankruptcy" (solo) , Vienna
21.09.- 30.10.2010
Radio bubble, Τεχνηέντως #14, Συζήτηση με τον Αυγουστίνο Ζενάκο. http://radiobubble.gr/el/audio/7651/14
Art Pulse Magazine, «Between Direct Democracy and Socialist Politics” by Daphne Vitali, Summer 2010 σ.38-41 www.artpulsemagazine.com/between-direct-democracy-and-socialist-politics-an-interview-with-kostis-velonis
2010 Art forum.com, “Kostis Velonis, National Museum of Contemporary Art” by Chris Bors, www.artforum.com/archive/id=26116
Creamier. Contemporary Art in Culture: 10 Curators (Chus Martinez), 100 Contemporary Artists, 10 Sources, Phaidon Press, London, 2010 www.phaidon.co.uk/store/art/creamier-9780714856834/
"How one Can Think Freely in the Shadow of a Temple" Pop Up Catalogue by Kunstverein in Hamburg, Editor :F.Waldvogel, Graphic Design: Christoph Steineggerl, Interkool. Hamburg, 2010 www.kunstverein.de/englisch/publications/catalogues/2010-kostisvelonis.php
Ελευθεροτυπία, «Η αριστερά πρόσφερε ονειρώξεις σωτηρίας» Συνέντευξη στη Φωτεινή Μπάρκα, Σάββατο 26 Ιουνίου 2010. www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=177025
11 May-September "Loneliness on Common Ground: How Can Society Do What Each Person Dreams", (Solo) National Museum of Contemporary Art (Cur.Daphne Vitali) Athens, www.emst.gr/EN/exhibitions/emst_exhibitions/main.aspx?ID=156 with a bilingual catalogue which features texts by Miltos Frangopoulos, Chus Martinez, Daphne Vitali and Florian Waldvogel.