NIKI KOUTOUZI | CV
Kalymnos island Dodecanese Greece born 1985, lives and works in Australia
EDUCATION
2024 Master of Fine Arts (Research), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2018 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Honours, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2017 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Bachelor of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology (maj. Psychology), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 Finalist, Incinerator Art Award: Art for Social Change, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 Faculty Graduate Student Assistance Grant, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2023 Faculty Graduate Researcher Fund, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2023 NEON Scholarship, Athens, Greece
2021 Judith Rodriguez Scholarship, Graduate Women Victoria, Australia
2021 NEON Scholarship, Athens, Greece
2018 Vice-Chancellor’s List Award for Academic Excellence, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2017 McCraith Scholarship in Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2016 Study Support Scholarship, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2014 - 2013 Artist in Residence, Pavlos Nikolakopoulos’ Studio in Athens, Greece
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Hyphenated Projects residency, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - 2018 Artist in Residence, Sculpture Studios, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 DEBUT XX curated by Audrey Thomas-Hayes and Genevive Piko, Blindside, Melbourne, Australia
2024 Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 Hcraeser, VCA Artspace, Melbourne, Australia
2021 People, curated by Adam Stone, LON Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2021 Flesh after Fifty, curated by Jane Scott and Kirsty Grant, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Adaptation, curated by Tracey McIrvine, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
2018 I/t, Te' Claire, Shan Crosbie, Niki Koutouzi and Lauren Morehouse, curated by Julian Cobb, SITE EIGHT, Melbourne, Australia
2018 BA Fine Art Honours RMIT Graduate Exhibition, curated by Peter Westwood, RMIT School of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2017 BA Fine Art RMIT Graduate Exhibition, curated by Simon Perry and Fleur Summers, SITE EIGHT, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Emerald City Art Exhibition, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Space Between Light Festival, curated by Sanné Mestrom, Richmond Housing Estate, Melbourne, Australia
BIBLIOGRAPHY
the production of culture / the culture of production by Bea Rubio-Gabriel
Flesh after Fifty, https://www.fleshafterfifty.com/events/writers-panel.html, https://www.fleshafterfifty.com/artists.html
Gasworks Arts Park, resident artists, https://www.gasworks.org.au/about- us/resident-artists, https://www.gasworks.org.au/about-us/resident-artists/niki-koutouzis
Cobb J., I/t Te' Claire, Shan Crosbie, Niki Koutouzis and Lauren Morehouse, exhibition catalogue, https://www.intersect.rmit.edu.au/-se-/i-t
RMIT School of Art, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours), exhibition
catalogue, https://rmitart.com/projects/niki-koutouzis, https://rmitart.com/archive/2018/index
Kalymnos island Dodecanese Greece born 1985, lives and works in Australia
EDUCATION
2024 Master of Fine Arts (Research), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2018 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Honours, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2017 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2009 Bachelor of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology (maj. Psychology), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2024 Finalist, Incinerator Art Award: Art for Social Change, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 Faculty Graduate Student Assistance Grant, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2023 Faculty Graduate Researcher Fund, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia
2023 NEON Scholarship, Athens, Greece
2021 Judith Rodriguez Scholarship, Graduate Women Victoria, Australia
2021 NEON Scholarship, Athens, Greece
2018 Vice-Chancellor’s List Award for Academic Excellence, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2017 McCraith Scholarship in Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2016 Study Support Scholarship, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
2014 - 2013 Artist in Residence, Pavlos Nikolakopoulos’ Studio in Athens, Greece
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Hyphenated Projects residency, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - 2018 Artist in Residence, Sculpture Studios, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 Hcraeser, VCA Artspace, Melbourne, Australia
2021 People, curated by Adam Stone, LON Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2021 Flesh after Fifty, curated by Jane Scott and Kirsty Grant, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Adaptation, curated by Tracey McIrvine, Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne, Australia
2018 I/t, Te' Claire, Shan Crosbie, Niki Koutouzi and Lauren Morehouse, curated by Julian Cobb, SITE EIGHT, Melbourne, Australia
2018 BA Fine Art Honours RMIT Graduate Exhibition, curated by Peter Westwood, RMIT School of Art, Melbourne, Australia
2017 BA Fine Art RMIT Graduate Exhibition, curated by Simon Perry and Fleur Summers, SITE EIGHT, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Emerald City Art Exhibition, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Space Between Light Festival, curated by Sanné Mestrom, Richmond Housing Estate, Melbourne, Australia
BIBLIOGRAPHY
the production of culture / the culture of production by Bea Rubio-Gabriel
Flesh after Fifty, https://www.fleshafterfifty.com/events/writers-panel.html, https://www.fleshafterfifty.com/artists.html
Gasworks Arts Park, resident artists, https://www.gasworks.org.au/about- us/resident-artists, https://www.gasworks.org.au/about-us/resident-artists/niki-koutouzis
Cobb J., I/t Te' Claire, Shan Crosbie, Niki Koutouzis and Lauren Morehouse, exhibition catalogue, https://www.intersect.rmit.edu.au/-se-/i-t
RMIT School of Art, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Honours), exhibition
catalogue, https://rmitart.com/projects/niki-koutouzis, https://rmitart.com/archive/2018/index