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Niki Sperou, B.VA (Hons)

Niki Sperou is an artist with a longstanding engagement
within the nexus between art, science and culture. Since 2006 she has been the
resident artist at the Department of Medical Biotechnology, Flinders
University.  Her interest in contemporary 
innovations in technology, the body and her cultural background have led her to
draw parallels between biotechnology and ancient Greek cultural paradigms. For
Sperou these connections emerge in chimerical forms and concepts.

Education

2006-present    Artist in Residence, researcher, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Flinders University

2007-2008         Tutor, Art Theory, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia

2005     Honours Visual Arts (First Class), Sculpture, University of South Australia

2002     Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design, Drawing, AIT Arts, SA

1983     Certificate IV in Dress Design and Garment Construction, Panorama College, SA

Experience & Projects

2010-present    Bio-art Workshop leader

2019     Out of the Blue project, marine algal community outreach project with CMBD, Flinders University

2018     Quite Frankly, Conference paper, SymbioticA, University of Western Australia

2018     Spectra, Australian Network for Art u0026amp; Technology (ANAT) Conference paper, MOD, SA

2011     SALA Moving Image project, The Sacred Way Installation, Festival Cente Plaza, Adelaide SA

2010     Workshop Leader, Biotech Art Workshop, Flinders Dept of Medical Biotechnology, 23-27 Aug

2009/2010        Artist in Residence, Prospect Gallery

2009     Best Foot Forward II, Public Art Workshops, Craft South, Adelaide SA

2009     Workshop Leader, ‘Splice, Dice, Replicate’, EAF Biotech Art Workshops, Dept Medical Biotechnology Flinders University, 14-17 April

2009     Artist in Residence Womadelaide Festival, Karagiozis Greek Shadow Puppet Workshops

2008     The Synergy Project: The Incubator, Media Arts Collaborative Workshop, Centre of  Experimental Music, Adelaide University.

2008     Erica Leitner, Textile technique in metal, JMGA Jam Factory, Adelaide

2007     Children’s Workshop Leader, South Australian Museum

2007     Best Foot Forward, Public Art Workshops, Craft South, Adelaide SA

2007     Tjanpi Desert Weavers Project, Womadelaide

2006     There, Not There, Public Art Workshops, UniSA

2006     Chico McMurtrie, Inflatable Bodies, Robotics Workshop, EAF

2006     Winter Cultural Exchange Program Pukyong National University, Korea

2005     Godwin Bradbeer, Drawing Masterclass, Central School of Art

2005     Eduardo Kac workshops, Art u0026amp; Biotechnology, EAF

2003     Biotech Art Workshops, Oron Catts and Garry Cass, EAF

Selected Grants & Awards

2018     Inspiring SA,Science and Art Working Together, 2018 Regional Science and Art Grant, Out of the Blue Project

2016     SALA  Festival, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Residency, Infection and Immunity Team

2013     Arts SA, Professional Development Grant, Toxicity Project

2007     Ruby Award, Inaugural Oz Asia Festival

2006     ArtSA Public Arts Mentorship, ‘Bubbles Project’, Mentor NSW Artist Duke Albada

2006     Adelaide Fringe Festival Individual Artist Award -Visual Arts for 2006 Helpmann Exhibition

2006     UniSA Cultural Exchange Scholarship, Pukyong National University, Korea

2005     ArtSA Industry Development Project Assistance Grant for Cultural Diversity Cluster Mentorship Scheme

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019     Out of the Blue, Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier, SA

2019     Out of the Blue, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, SA

2016     Matrix, the body as scaffold for the methodologies and metaphors of science, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, SA

2010     Golden Fleece, Prospect Gallery Artist in Residence Exhibition

2009     Karagiozis the Greek Migrant, Flinders University Education Building

2007     Man A Plant, Promenade Gallery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide

2007     Inside SAM’s Place, South Australian Museum

2006     Odumak- shelter small and warm, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018     Threads of Thought, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, SA

2018     The Doll Redefined, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, SA

2017     The Rise of Bio-Society, Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier, SA

2017     Curious Objects, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, SA

2016     The Colonised Body, SALA Festival, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

2013     Toxicity, Plug In ICA u0026amp; Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg Canada

2012     Domestic + Science, RiAus Science Exchange

2012     3D Play, AIT Arts, SA

2011     Energy: resistance and subversion, exhibition, workshop leader and conference, SeaFair, Skopje, North Macedonia

2010     The Apparatus of life and Death, exhibition and conference, SEAFair, Skopje, North Macedonia

2010     MARCC Forum, Exhibition and Conversation Panel, Flinders University

2010     Khemia: Living Alchemy, RiAus Science Exchange

2009     Biotech Art Revisited, EAF + Life death u0026amp; Biotechnia Symposium, Mercury Cinema

2009     Hari Bumi, puppetry performance in collaboration with Heri Dono, Hepatitis C Council

2008 & 2009 Odyssey Festival , “Odyssey of Youth”, Adelaide Festival Centre Foyer & eye2eye gallery

2008     Ose Tara Lia, Group Collaborative Project, installation and puppetry performance with Heri Dono, OzAsia Festival, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre

2008     Breeding Ground, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide SA

2007     Undiscovered Country, Inaugural OzAsia Festival,  Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre

2004     DIY DNA DAY, Heath Bunting curator, Cube microplex, London

reviews

“cellular intrigue”, RealTimeArts Magazine issue, 91http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue91/9474

“Khemia: Living Alchemy Exhibition” August 11, 2010, http://sacrit.blogspot.com/2010/08/khemia-living-alchemy-exhibition_11.html

 “For Niki, art is in her blood”, The Advertiser, August 09,
2010, http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/for-niki-art-is-in-her-blood/story-e6frea6u-1225903190939

 “NIKI SPEROU: ETHNOGRAPHICA, An exhibition reveals the bones
of the museum”, July 2007, http://www.concatenate.net.au/sperou/sperou.html

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