Nikolaos Akritidis is a curator and geographer based in Brussels.
His work documents urban contexts, the cultural memory carried by their inhabitants, and the histories found between layers of the built environment. With a focus on urban ecology, care, and experiences of migration, Akritidis traces the coexistence of human and more-than-human lives that give breath to the city’s constant state of becoming. A graduate of Goldsmiths and UCL, he has recently curated projects in partnership with koraï project space (Nicosia), Fondations 312 (Brussels), Phaneromenis70 & NiMAC (Nicosia), and the UCL Urban Lab (London).
Education:
2021 - MSc Urban Studies - University College London
2020 - MFA Curating - Goldsmiths, University of London
2018 - BA Media and Communications - Goldsmiths, University of London
Curatorial projects:
2024 - Insistent Geographies, koraï project space, Nicosia, Cyprus
2023 - CAVE, Fondations 312, Brussels, Belgium
2022- Topophilia II, Phaneromenis70, NiMAC, and NEB, Nicosia, Cyprus
2021 – Urban Miscellanea, UCL Urban Lab & Chiswick House, London, United Kingdom
2021 – Walk Research + Botanical Focus = Awe Findings, Deptford X, London, United Kingdom
2021 – Moving Harts, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020 – Ruderal Consciousness, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020 – It will be sunny, soon, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019 – Through the Unknown, we’ll Find the New, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019 – SYMBIOTICA, De Pimlico Project, London, United Kingdom
2019 – It got brighter, then dimmer, EnclaveLab, London, United Kingdom
2019 – Lighthouse, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
2018 – Climax Climate: the Future of Ecology, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
2018 – POST2018, Bussey Building, London, United Kingdom
2017 – Diaphorethnography, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
2017 – Visions of New Cross, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
Exchange Programmes & Residencies:
2024/2025 - Curatorial Residency, Cité internationale des arts X TRAM Network X DRAC Île-de-France, Paris, France
2024 - Curatorial Residency, koraï project space, Nicosia, Cyprus
2020 - NEON Curatorial Exchange, London – Athens. Whitechapel Gallery & NEON
Editorial:
2020 - Studentship Reader, co-edited with Rachel P. Kreiter and Ciar O’Mahoney. e-flux
Awards & Prizes:
2021 - Frank Carter Prize, UCL Geography, London, UK
2021 - Human Geography Dissertation Prize, UCL Geography, London, UK
His work documents urban contexts, the cultural memory carried by their inhabitants, and the histories found between layers of the built environment. With a focus on urban ecology, care, and experiences of migration, Akritidis traces the coexistence of human and more-than-human lives that give breath to the city’s constant state of becoming. A graduate of Goldsmiths and UCL, he has recently curated projects in partnership with koraï project space (Nicosia), Fondations 312 (Brussels), Phaneromenis70 & NiMAC (Nicosia), and the UCL Urban Lab (London).
Education:
2021 - MSc Urban Studies - University College London
2020 - MFA Curating - Goldsmiths, University of London
2018 - BA Media and Communications - Goldsmiths, University of London
Curatorial projects:
2024 - Insistent Geographies, koraï project space, Nicosia, Cyprus
2023 - CAVE, Fondations 312, Brussels, Belgium
2022- Topophilia II, Phaneromenis70, NiMAC, and NEB, Nicosia, Cyprus
2021 – Urban Miscellanea, UCL Urban Lab & Chiswick House, London, United Kingdom
2021 – Walk Research + Botanical Focus = Awe Findings, Deptford X, London, United Kingdom
2021 – Moving Harts, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020 – Ruderal Consciousness, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020 – It will be sunny, soon, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019 – Through the Unknown, we’ll Find the New, hARTslane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2019 – SYMBIOTICA, De Pimlico Project, London, United Kingdom
2019 – It got brighter, then dimmer, EnclaveLab, London, United Kingdom
2019 – Lighthouse, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
2018 – Climax Climate: the Future of Ecology, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
2018 – POST2018, Bussey Building, London, United Kingdom
2017 – Diaphorethnography, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
2017 – Visions of New Cross, 310 New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
Exchange Programmes & Residencies:
2024/2025 - Curatorial Residency, Cité internationale des arts X TRAM Network X DRAC Île-de-France, Paris, France
2024 - Curatorial Residency, koraï project space, Nicosia, Cyprus
2020 - NEON Curatorial Exchange, London – Athens. Whitechapel Gallery & NEON
Editorial:
2020 - Studentship Reader, co-edited with Rachel P. Kreiter and Ciar O’Mahoney. e-flux
Awards & Prizes:
2021 - Frank Carter Prize, UCL Geography, London, UK
2021 - Human Geography Dissertation Prize, UCL Geography, London, UK