Holdings is a term used by librarians to describe books, printed matter, and other parts of their collections, but here it also refers to a kind of steadying accessory, a prop, something to grip or to hold on to.

Curated by Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis

January 28—March 9, 2024

Opening on Sunday 28 January, 5—8 pm

Bios:

Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis (*1996, London) is an artist and writer who lives and works in Athens, Greece. He is the founder and editor of the publication Holdings. Exhibitions include: To be out of love for you completely(group), Nicosia (2023); How do you live? (solo), Athens (2023); Park Activity (group), Thkio Ppalies, Nicosia (2023); My Degree Show (solo), Children of Unhappiness, London (2020); Someone Else's (solo), Incest School, London (2020). His writing has been published in Hobart Pulp magazine (Toilet Story, 2022) and in Passe-Avant Journal (Relocations, 2022).

Kyriakos Kyriakides (* 1996, Nicosia) is an artist who lives and works in Nicosia, Cyprus. Exhibitions include: To be out of love for you completely, Nicosia (2023); Park Activity, Thkio Ppalies (off-site), Nicosia (2023); Sem Lala, Private Collection, Jeff Wall Production, Hot Wheels Athens (2023); And all you see is glory, The Island Club, Limassol (2022); Phenomena, Anafi (2021); light gallows with Marina Xenofontos, bologna cc, Amsterdam (2020); and Actor with Hannah Cass, H3art Gallery, London (2019).

Maya Tounta (*1990, Athens) is a curator who lives and works in Athens, Greece. She is currently the director of Akwa Ibom, Athens. At Akwa Ibom, Tounta has staged shows by Jason Dodge, NBA (Agency of New Way: Nick Bastis, Liudvikas Buklys, Gintaras Didžiapetris, Dalia Dūdėnaitė, Ona Kvintaitė, and Elena Narbutaitė) and Rosalind Nashashibi, Marina Xenofontos, Ellen Gallagher and Dora Economou, Nicole Gravier, Thanasis Totsikas, Christos Tzivelos, and George Tourkovasilis, among others. Most recently she has staged a group show departing from the work of fashion designer Kostas Murkudis with contributions by Murkudis, Jodie Barnes, Marietta Mavrokordatou, and Lenard Giller.