Artist of the Collection

Yorgos Sapountzis

Born in 1976 at Athènes, Grèce

Yorgos Sapountzis is known for his interdisciplinary approach to art. He creates works in which video, sound, sculpture, installation, and performance come together to form complex spaces that explore how we come into contact and interact with our environment. His artistic vocabulary is always the same: coloured textiles, aluminium tubes, newspaper, and plaster sculpture casts are combined to produce temporary structures that reconfigure exhibition spaces and alter our perception of them.

Born in 1976 in Athens, Yorgos Sapountzis graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts (1998–2002) and the Berlin University of the Arts (2002–6). He lives and works in Berlin.