Mikhail Karikis
Mikhail Karikis develops filmmaking strategies that undermine dominant frames of representation and employs listening as a form of activism. He works in sustained collaborations with individuals and communities located outside the context of contemporary art, often pushed into economic and socio-geographic fringes. This results in participatory film projects that highlight alternative modes of human existence, solidarity and action while nurturing dignity and tenderness.
Karikis has exhibited in leading biennials including 54th Venice Biennale; Manifesta 9, Ghenk; 19th Sydney Biennale and Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Selected solo exhibitions include Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; MORI Art Museum, Tokyo; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino; Turku Art Museum, FI; Aarhus 2017 European Capital of Culture and Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art Contemporain.
Exhibitions in 2019 included a major survey show at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; a new commission and solo show at De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill and an In Focus exhibition at Tate St Ives, UK.
Portrait of Mikhail Karikis. Photo by Felicity Crawshaw
Video: Jarman Award 2019 shortlisted artist profile
Mikhail Karikis, No Ordinary Protest (2018), production image. Courtesy of the artist, Film and Video Umbrella and Whitechapel Gallery
Mikhail Karikis, No Ordinary Protest (2018), installation view at Yebisu International Art Festival, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Photo by Ochima Kenichiro. Courtesy of the artist, Film and Video Umbrella and Whitechapel Gallery
Mikhail Karikis, No Ordinary Protest (2018), installation view at Whitechapel Gallery, London. Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of the artist, Film and Video Umbrella and Whitechapel Gallery
Mikhail Karikis, No Ordinary Protest (2018), video still. Courtesy of the artist, Film and Video Umbrella and Whitechapel Gallery
Video: Ain’t Got No Fear, 2016 (extract)
Mikhail Karikis, Ain't Got No Fear (2016), video still. Courtesy of the artist
