Vasiliki Stasinaki
ARTIST CV
vstasinaki@gmail.com · vasilikistasinaki.com · @vasilikistasinaki
EDUCATION
2023–2026PhD, practice-based, Arts and Humanities, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University (DfE fellowship)
2021–2022Advanced Master Research in art and design in social and political context, Sint Lucas School of Art and Design, Antwerp
2016–2020MFA Fine Art, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
2014–2015Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, City Lit, University of Arts London
2007–2008Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Dance, Northern School of Contemporary Dance
2004–2007Diploma in Dance, Greek National Opera Ballet School
SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS
2026don’t write on the margins II, solo show, Cru, Porto
2026don’t write on the margins I, solo show, Fisga Space, Porto
2023good times never seemed, QSS, Belfast International Arts Festival
2023Magic City, Platform Arts, Belfast
2023Point of View, Ulster University
2022knockoff, weltanschauung! QSS Gallery, Belfast
PUBLICATIONS
2026The Minor Gesture of the Hand, Making Traditions of the Exiles of the Aegean Sea, chapter on Material Cultures of Memory, published by IGI Global
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-2600-2905-3.ch004
2023the place in-between, speculative essay, TYPP #8, Research journal of Sint Lucas Antwerp
CONFERENCES / PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2026Sensing Symposium, Belfast School of ArtThinking Through Making: Making as a Counter-Hegemonic Practice
2025Stitching Solidarity, Activism in Textile Art, Belfast School of ArtThe Minor Gesture of the Hand: Retelling the Stories of the Exiles on the Islands of the Aegean Sea Through Their Textile Traditions
2025Walking Arts Conference-Prespes, Greece, University of Western MacedoniaWalking as Resistance, The Ritual of the Repeated Walk
2025Reactivating Archives Conference, Universidade NOVA de LisboaMaking Space and Filling the Gaps, Constructing a Fictional Archive to retell The Stories of the Exiles Citizens of the Aegean Sea
2025Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies), Polytechnic Institute of Viana do CasteloThe Minor Gesture of the Hand: Remembering the Stories of the Exiles on the Islands of the Aegean Sea Through Their Textile Traditions
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026Afinidades, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
2025[de]fragmentation, QSS, Belfast
2023Matters of Table, Gorey Art School, Wexford
2022Future/Forward, Mart Gallery, Dublin
2022Talking Images, Level 5, Brussels
2022Here Instead of Around, Morpho, Antwerp
2022Future/Forward, QSS Gallery, Belfast
2022You breathe differently down here, Draiocht Gallery, Dublin
2021Turner Prize 2021, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, with Array Collective
2020On Refusal, the MAC, Belfast
2019Normal Position-Show Position, Platform Arts, Belfast
2018Mount Florida Screenings, CCA, Glasgow
2018Honeymoon Period, Platform Arts, Belfast
2018Exegesis, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
2017How We Got Here, Platform Arts, Belfast
2016Showhome 139, Safehouse 139, London
RESIDENCIES / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2023Morpho international residency, Antwerp
2022–2023Peripheries/Post, Gorey Art School
2021–2022PS2, Short Residencies programme
2021Frans Masereel Centrum, printmaking residency
2021Flax Art Studios, Sculpture Residency
COLLECTIONS / ACQUISITIONS
2023It Hurts my Elbows (bust iteration), Ulster Museum collection
COMMISSIONS
2024F. E. McWilliam Gallery, opening performance for unveiling of Kevin Killen’s Murmur
2021Maiden Voyage Dance, Residance Seed Commission
2020Maiden Voyage Dance, Match Make Commission
AWARDS AND FUNDING
2023–2026DfE, PhD scholarship
2023ACNI, SIAP General Arts Award; AN – Artists Information Company funding
2022ACNI, SIAP Artist International Development Fund; Belfast City Council Micro-Grant Programme for Creative Practitioners
2021ACNI, Creative Individuals Recovery Programme; ACNI, Individual Resilience Programme
2020ACNI, Artist Emergency Programme; ACNI, Individual Emergency Resilience Programme
2018Shortlisted, Bloomberg New Contemporaries; Greer Garson Film Award
2016Dancer’s Career Development Award
