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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