Christodoulos Panayiotou

Born in 1978 in Limassol (Cyprus), CHRISTODOULOS PANAYIOTOU lives and works between Limassol and Paris (France). Encompassing sculpture, painting, video, photography, architectural interventions and performance, Christodoulos Panayiotou’s wide-ranging research focuses on the identification and uncovering of hidden narratives in the visual records of history and time. Often using the ancient and modern cultural histories of Cyprus and Greece as backdrop and starting point, Panayiotou choreographs and constantly reinvents versions of history, exploring the way in which simple gestures can act as subversive counterpoints to homogeneous, nationalist narratives. Kamel Mennour and Christodoulos Panayiotou have been working together since 2015.

Solo exhibitions of his works took place at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris ; au Camden Arts Center, London; the Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City; the Moderna Museet, Stockholm; the Kunsthalle Zürich; the CCA Kitakyushu, Fukuoka; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Saint-Louis; the Casino Luxembourg; Center for Contemporary Art Brétigny; the Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig; and the Cubitt, London.

His work has also been shown in a large number of group exhibitions and museums including the Center Pompidou, Paris ; the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris; the Museion, Bolzano; the Migros Museum, Zürich; the CCA Institute of Contemporary Art Wattis, San Francisco; the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona; the Witte de With, Rotterdam; the Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; the Ashkal Alwan Center for Contemporary Arts, Beirut; the Artist Space, New York; and the MoCA Miami.

Christodoulos Panayiotou represented Cyprus at the Venice Biennale in 2015. He has participated in major international events such as the Documenta 13 in Kassel, the 14th Biennale de Lyon, the 8th Berlin Biennale, the 7th Liverpool Biennial, Performa 15, the 6th Taipei Biennial and the 8th Biennial of Melle, France. In 2023-2024 LUMA Arles dedicates a year-long evolving exhibition “One year” to his work.

Works

Exhibition view, LUMA Arles - © Mennour
Exhibition view, LUMA Arles, 2023
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2022
Exhibition view, Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus, 2022
Exhibition view, CCC OD, Tours - © Mennour
Exhibition view, CCC OD, Tours, 2021
Exhibition view, CCC OD, Tours - © Mennour
Exhibition view, CCC OD, Tours, 2021
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2021
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2020
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2019
Exhibition view, Musée d'Orsay, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2019
Exhibition view, Camden Arts Centre, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2019
Exhibition view, Camden Arts Centre, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Camden Arts Centre, London, 2019
Untitled (10, 200, 20, 10) - © Mennour
Untitled (10, 200, 20, 10), 2017
Exhibition view, Musée d'Orsay, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2019
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2013
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2018
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2015
74.51.2550 (Statuette of Kriophoros (runZ bearer)) - © Mennour
74.51.2550 (Statuette of Kriophoros (runZ bearer)), 2014
Exhibition view, Camden Arts Center, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Camden Arts Center, London, 2019
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2014
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2018
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2016
Permanent view, Centre Pompidou, Paris - © Mennour
Permanent view, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2018
Forgery Paintings - © Mennour
Forgery Paintings, 2018
Exhibition view, Serpentine Gallery, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Serpentine Gallery, London, 2019
Untitled (Deutsche Mark) Men - © Mennour
Untitled (Deutsche Mark) Men, 2016
Untitled (5, 100, 20, 100, 5) - © Mennour
Untitled (5, 100, 20, 100, 5), 2017
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2019
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2016
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2013
Price of Copper - © Mennour
Price of Copper, 2016
Untitled (Dollars) - © Mennour
Untitled (Dollars), 2016
Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris, 2018
Untitled (20, 10, 20) - © Mennour
Untitled (20, 10, 20), 2017
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2015
Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Biennale de Lyon, 2017
74.51.2472 (Lifesize Bearded Votary in Egyptian Dress) - © Mennour
74.51.2472 (Lifesize Bearded Votary in Egyptian Dress), 2014
Exhibition view, Kunstverein Nürnberg - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunstverein Nürnberg, 2016
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2014
Exhibition view, Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City, 2017
Untitled (50-20) - © Mennour
Untitled (50-20), 2017
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2015
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2013
Exhibition view, Kunstverein Nürnberg - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunstverein Nürnberg, 2016
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2019
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2018
Chiaroscuro - © Mennour
Chiaroscuro, 2018
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2015
Untitled (20, 100, 20, 50) - © Mennour
Untitled (20, 100, 20, 50), 2017
Forgery Paintings - © Mennour
Forgery Paintings, 2018
74.51.2857 (Bearded head wearing a conical helmet) - © Mennour
74.51.2857 (Bearded head wearing a conical helmet), 2014
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2015
Common Denominator - © Mennour
Common Denominator, 2017
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2019
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2016
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2014
Untitled - © Mennour
Untitled, 2018
Untitled (dollar - bichrome) - © Mennour
Untitled (dollar - bichrome), 2018
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2015

Exhibitions & News

Christodoulos Panayiotou - LUMA - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, One Year
26 May 2023 — 21 June 2024
LUMA Arles
Christodoulos Panayiotou - Dying on Stage - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Touring of Dying on Stage
4 February — 1 April 2023
Marseille, Montpellier, Chambéry, Caen, Angers, Neuchâtel, Pantin
Christodoulos Panayiotou & Latifa Echakhch - Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Transformation-matière
15 December 2021 — 15 December 2022
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus
Christodoulos Panayiotou - Kestner Gesellschaft - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, that other world, the world of the teapot. tenderness, a model
25 June — 25 September 2022
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
Christodoulos Panayiotou - Frac Bretagne - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Pas sommeil
11 June — 18 September 2022
Frac Bretagne, Rennes
Christodoulos Panayiotou - CCCOD Tours - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, The Portrait of Christopher Atkins
2 July 2021 — 20 February 2022
CCC OD Tours
Christodoulos Panayiotou- DESTE Foundation - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Anti-Structure
2 June — 27 October 2021
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
Christodoulos Panayiotou - CCN Caen - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Dying on Stage
26 September 2021
centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie
Centre Pompidou Shanghai - © Mennour
Daniel Buren, Michel François, Alberto Giacometti, Lee Ufan, François Morellet, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Zineb Sedira, Shen Yuan, The Shape of Time
8 November 2019 — 9 May 2021
Centre Pompidou × West Bund Museum Project, Shanghai
Christodoulos Panayiotou - La Bâtie - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Dying on Stage, chapter 3
13 September 2020
La Bâtie-Festival de Genève, Geneva
Christodoulos Panayiotou - La Bâtie - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Dying on Stage, chapter 1
6 September 2020
La Bâtie-Festival de Genève, Geneva
Christodoulos Panayiotou - Musée d'Orsay - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, LUX S. 1003 334
19 October 2019 — 19 January 2020
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Christodoulos Panayiotou - Camden arts Centre - © Mennour
Christodoulos Panayiotou, Act II: The Island
27 September 2019 — 5 January 2020
Camden arts Centre, London

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