Akis Kokkinos is a Greek curator, living between London and Chios island. Over the last eight years, Akis has worked for major cultural institutions in the UK and Greece, private collections, as well as independent projects. He studied the MA Curating contemporary art at the Royal College of Art (2018-2020) fully funded by the NEON scholarship, the Schilizzi Foundation, and the RCA continuation fund. Akis' curatorial practice is focused on ways to disrupt the 'objective' and institutional by introducing or supporting other less appreciated and recognised forms of knowledge. Through multidisciplinary discourses, eco-feminist, non-western approaches, and other non- rational thoughts and philosophies, his practice focuses on the less spoken, invisible or liminal. Currently, Akis research is centred on environmental care by considering indigenous cosmologies, post-colonial and queer theories, as well as esoteric and spiritual practices. This is with a view to explore and embrace non-linear and non-binary entanglements across species. In early 2021, Akis founded DEO projects- the first contemporary art platform of Chios island, Greece. The non-profit organisation aims to foster transnational dialogue and nurture relationships between international and local artists and cultural professionals from Greece.

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