OpenArtLink 2025 | Piraeus Project
OpenArtLink transforms Piraeus into a cultural hotspot for international contemporary art from October 22 to 26, uniting artists and curators in a dynamic celebration of innovation. 70 exhibitions — performances — screenings by 340 international artists are presented across three floors and 3,000 square meters, offering audiences a vibrant and immersive experience.
OpenArtLink 2025 | Piraeus Project, an unprecedented international cultural initiative for the city of Piraeus, opens at the “Ioannou Alexiou Mansion,” 8–12 Athinon Street.
70 curated exhibitions, performances, screenings, and art presentations by 340 international artists unfold across three floors and over 3,000 square meters of exhibition space.
A rich and diverse parallel program of performances, sound installations, music events, and art talks take place throughout the duration of the event.
More than a showcase of pioneering art, OpenArtLink serves as a meeting point for artists from diverse disciplines and cultures, inspiring collaboration and the exchange of creative ideas.
OpenArtLink 2025
Organised by: CHEAPART and Keramikos_23.
Direction: Georg Georgakopoulos, Paolo Incarnato, Fotini Kapiris, Thalia Kerouli.
Ioannou Alexiou Mansion
Athinon 8-12, 185 40, Piraeus
Opening: Wednesday, 22 October
Duration: 22- 26 October, 2025
Hours: 17:00 – 22:00, daily
OpenArtLink 2025 | Piraeus Project is held under the auspices of the Municipality of Piraeus - Destination Piraeus.
Supported by:
Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Keramikstudio, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft ÖH
Kunst im Keller
APART Art Research and Applications
Συμμετοχή:
because group
BlueCycle
Modular expansion
Athens Cocktails.
1st floor
“Urban Clusters: Wandering Through the Invisible Map of the City”
Group exhibition
Curated by: Johannis Tsoumas / Antonia Thomopoulou
Artists: Roxani Charantoni, Evagelia Christou, George Diamantis, Niki Karamichali, Nikos Makarounas, Artemis Potamianou, Antonia Thomopoulou, Johannis Tsoumas.
"Antimemory"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Helen Mesadou
Artists: Marianna Athanasiou, Nefeli Chyntiraki, Eugenia Efstathiou, Theodora Kalogirou, Dafni Mamouri, Natasha Pantazopoulou, Georgia Ponirakou, Thasos Tanagias, Athanasia Tsatsou, Vasileios Vasileiou.
"Cosmologies of Becoming"
Students' and teachers' works of the MA Program in Digital Arts of Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A)
Curated by: Vicky Betsou, Assistant Professor of Video Art at A.S.F.A.
Participants: Jannis Karalis, Valentina Farantouri, Vicky Betsou, Dimitris Agathopoulos, Isidoros Plakotaris, Eirini Tabasouli.
"RE-COIL"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Marlene Heidinger
Artists: Marilena Georgantzi, Marlene Heidinger, Daphnis Monastiriotis, Eirini Tiniakou.
"BLIND"
Multimedia project, video installation and performance
Curated by: Filippos Tsitsopoulos
Artists: Kiki Filosoglou, Giannis Mitrou, Filippos Tsitsopoulos.
"Carefree play", Thanasis Lalas
Installation
Curated by: Giorgos Kartalos
"TRANSFORMATIONS”, BRAINSHOT
"Art of Transformation”
A Multidisciplinary Exhibition
Curated by: Elisavet Latsiou, BRAINSHOT
Artists: Dionysia Adamopoulou, Eleftheria Andreopoulou & Konstantinos Apostolou, Eva Dereoglou, Aikaterini Diamanti, Helena Divoli, Elena Galani, Christina Gkiza, Savvina Kitsune, Kolazista, Vicky Konstantinopoulou, Melina Konstantinou, Giorgos Koumbos, Natalia Maragkou, Stavros Paneras, Mariyana Todorova, Thodoris Trampas, Fotis Trasanidis, Mary Vossou, Aglaia Zorba, Cyprus Organization for Education through the Arts & We Are Community (curated by Elia Petridou & Dina Ntzioura).
Performances & Installations:
Karl Heinz Jeron, Marily Topouzoglou / Dimitra Kousteridou, Nikos Benetos, Elisavet Latsiou / Maria Xanthopoulou, Christos Tzovaras, Maria Kasidokosta.
"Familiar", Nafsika Riga, Giorgos Divaris
Installation and Performance
"Thank You for Your Heroism"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Maria Vozali
Artists: Andreas Lyberatos, Konstantina Emmanouela Angelopoulou, Michael Parlamas, Christos Ponis, Chrisanthos Sotiropoulos, Stamatis Theoharis, Maria Vozali.
"Get in, we’re not like the others!"
Michael René Sell / Dean Maasen
Collaborative installation
"Forum of Installations"
Installations by individual artists
• "Fondle me, my little poor nigger", Babis Karalis
• "Forget-Me-Not”, Sebastian Boulter
• "Η δύναμη μέσα”, Semina Milarokosta
• "IL MECCANISMO”, Alessandro Vasillas
• Milena Nowak
• "Heterotopia", Elio Samara
• "MAGNITUDE", ilka Leukefeld
"Passage"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Lars* Kollros
Artists: Italia Bruno, Katrin Euller, Sáro Gottsein, Arash Lorestani, Federico Niccolai, Patrick Topitschnig, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.
"In Transit"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Lars* Kollros
Artists: Astrid Didion, Laura Isselhorst, Sandra Lazányi, Flavia Mudesto, Mehrta Shirzadian, the Futile Corporation.
"Hohe Feiertage" (High Holidays), Lars* Kollros
Video intervention
"Mixer"
Group exhibition
Curated by: keramikos_23
Artists: Georg Georgakopoulos, Paolo Incarnato, Fotini Kapiri, Thalia Kerouli
"Childhoodfree", Anna Egarmina
Installation
"BUY NOW!" The Shopping Conspiracy
Documentary, 2024
Director: Nic Stacey
By Grain Media
Netflix
2nd floor
"Patterns"
Group exhibition
Ufofabrik Contemporary Art Gallery
Curated by: Ioanna Kazaki
Artists: Anna Chatziaggelou, Fotini Chatzimixail, Ioanna Kazaki, Kassiopi Manousopoulou, Ioanna Sionti, Vasiliki Vasileiou, Myrto Vounatsou.
"TRAVEL ROOTS"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Charlotte Aurich, Pablo Chieregin
Artists: Charlotte Aurich, Pablo Chiereghin, Peter Kraus, Miriam Laussegger, Olaf Osten, Alberto Storari.
"Europe - an identity in question"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Nikos Giavropoulos
Artists: Robert Barcia, Dimitris Douramakos, Nikos Giavropoulos, Eliana Kanaveli, Yorgos Lintzeris, Alexandros Maganiotis, Maria Maragkoudaki, Kyriaki Mavrogeorgi, Ioanna Ralli, Margarita Stavraki, Stavros Tsiakalos, Maria Tsimbourla.
"The eyes of others our prisons", Olga Economou Constantinides
Media installation
"SALTY METAL"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Lola Pfeifer / Lukas Soldo
Artists: Lola Pfeifer, Alisa Omelianceva, Lukas Soldo, Janine Weger.
"A Question of Becoming"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Anna Alexia Papadopoulou
Artists: Claudio Coltorti, Aggeliki Koutsodimitropoulou, Anna Alexia Papadopoulou, Johnna Sachpazis, Filippos Tatakis, Dimitris Theocharis.
"From Port to Port"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
Artists: Almuth Baumfalk, Petra Forman, Alina Grabovsky, Carla Magnier, Niklas Niklas, Timo Pfeifer, Ragna Jürgensen, Lap Yip.
"Tentacular ways: art strategies, ecosystems and planetary transformation"
Academic supervision: Studio Art and Image / Drawing of the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Veronika Dirnhofer / Steffi Alte, Studio 11 of Painting and Expanded Media of the Athens School of Fine Arts, ASFA, Vassilis Vlastaras / Kostis Stafylakis.
Artists: Matei Alexandrescu, Papageorgiou Alexiou, Eleftheria Amolochiti, Alexandra Apsokardou, Aza Aufgeweckt, Evi Barbounaki, Arileia Buseu, Tatiana Choremi, Sophia Davislim, Konstantinos Filippoglou, Anastasia Georgakopoulou, Julian Griss, Yiannis Kaleridis, Markos Kampourakis, Christoph Karrer, Katerina Korre, Mariella Lehner, Danae Lountzi, Lisa Lupsina, Antzie Malliara, Νikos Manolis, Anna Manoussaki, Jannis Neumann, Kweku Okokroko, Max Oswald, Helle Paraskevi, Franziska Prohaska, Maria Pylypenko & Rafael Hofmann, Christian Reinecke & Leonard Senholdt, Nico Schleicher & Jonathan Gamperl, Gianna Semmelhaak, Paria Shahrestani, Rafiqul Shuvo, Katerina Skordou, Myrto Skoutela, Thalia Stouraiti, Leda Thanassa, Kieren Tockner, Phaidon Venetis, Foteis Xenoktistaki, Hao Yang.
"SKIN and BONES"
Group exhibition
Designed and Curated by: Antigoni Kapsali
Artists: Vasilis Angelopoulos, Artemis Alcalay, Penny Gkeka, Zoi Zipela, Antigoni Kapsali, Sophia Kyriakou, Vaia Pilafa, Myrto Sakka.
"Auswaertsspiel" (Away Game)
Group exhibition
Curated by: Jens Lange / Stephan Schlippe in collaboration with Gemeinschaft Lübecker Künstlerinnen und Künstler) Art collective, art gallery "ArtLer" Artists: Angela Siegmund, Franke Bordiers, Heinke Both, Georg Brandt, Matthias Eichel, Anja Caroline Franksen, Maria Gust, Miriam Lange, Zeus Lange, Stephan Schlippe.
"Spitball Ideas"
Group exhibition
Curated by: flat1
Artists: Ewa Kaja, Karin Maria Pfeifer, Fabian Seiz, Christiane Spatt, Sanna Sønstebø, Sula Zimmerberger.
"Domesticating Savages", Spyridwn
Art project
Curated by: Pavlina Bechrakis
"Aspra Marmara, Frank Holbein"
Video Installation
3rd floor
"person : ˈpɜːsn"
Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos / Odysseas Klissouras (oneContinuousLab)
Light-sound installation
"atopon", Dimitris Charitos
Sound performance / experimental Dj Set)
"Can you be just another can"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Ismini Bonatsou / Lambrini Boviatsou
Artists: Ismini Bonatsou, Lamprini Boviatsou, Stella Drygiannaki, Elli Griva, Sophia Kyriakou, Evdokia Kyrkou, Kosmas Lilikakis, Yiorgos Lintzeris, Alexandros Nikolaou, Pantelis Pantelopoulos, Elena Papadimitriou, Apostolis Philippou, Vivi Perysinaki, Chrysa Skordaki, Angelos Skourtis, Nikos Stathopoulos, Aris Stoidis, Martha Tsiara, Margarita Vasilakou, Sofia Vlazaki, Nikos Vozaitis.
"Hidden Curriculum"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Despoina Vaxevanidi, Alexandra-Maria Paroni
Artists: Alexander Kapetanou, Dimitris Kapetanou, Sofia Kyriakidou, Andriana Panagiotaki, Dimitris Rafael Simadis, Olga Souvermezoglou, Maria Tsesmeli, Despoina Vaxevanidi.
"A Record Label Showcase, Modular expansion"
Exhibition of Modular Expansion’s award-winning covers and posters from 27 years.
Aklima Iqbal
Painting Installation
"AROUND ABOUT"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Julia Harrauer
Artists: Dominykas Cinauskas, Ilias Koen, Nikola Milojčević, Lidia Russkova-Hasaya, Katerina Papazissi, Saulė Šmidtaitė.
"Alternative Firing Techniques"
Έργα φοιτητών, University of Applied Arts Vienna (die Angewandte, Ceramic Studio)
Curated by: Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva
Artists: Alexander Allroggen, Rosa Domes, Anais Eriksson, Julia Geissler, Gaia Gentilotti, Laura Isselhorst, Julian Kadrnoschka, Nelia Mayer-Rolshoven, Joannis Murboeck, Anna Carina Roth, Flora Sommer, Roman Spieß, Anna-Lena Stocker, Frances Stusche, Emil Wetter, Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.
"Ego-Existence"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Irene Vlachianou
Artists: Eftychia Gkatzelia, Vasileia Katsouli, Elisabeth Zarri, Kirki Tsakania.
"Last treat"
Group exhibition
Artists / Curated by: Alexandros Ntovoris Kolovos, Chrisita Dimakopoulou, Foivi Flamboura.
"The Subtle East"
Group exhibition
Curated by: Jing Ling
Artists: Li Jing, Song Wei, Cheng Fang, Wen Jing, Cheng Tianyou, Wang Ya.
"TRUE THERMAL FREEDOM", Stella Myraf, Leah Dorner
Multimedia performance work
"Free Will", Vasilis Zarifopoulos
Installation
Ground floor
"Beyond Marine Plastic Waste”, BlueCycle
"Walls on Fire”
Showcase of contemporary muralists.
Curated by: Natalia Hatgis
Artists: Taxis, Monos Sotos, Ruin, Simek, Kez, Exit, Greg Papagrigoriou
Roof
"The Last &"Open-Air", Because Group
Short Films by Emerging Filmmakers
"untitled #81", unknown.artists.collective
Video sequences for public media space
"Walls on Fire"
Showcase of contemporary muralists
Curated by: Natalia Hatgis
Artists: Taxis, Monos Sotos, Ruin, Simek, Kez, Exit, Greg Papagrigoriou
Performance and Event Program
Wednesday, 22 October
17:00 Opening
22:00 "Modular expansion”
Dj sets: Acid Vatican, EMEX (George Apergis), NUEΛ, HUDD (Steve Sai), Talantösis.
Thursday, 23 October
17:30 "TEA TIME”
Chinese tea ceremony with music and Chinese calligraphy
18:00 ‘Ponti Went Blind’’, Giannis Mitrou
Curated by: Filippos Tsitsopoulos
19:00 Milena Nowak
20:00 "Transformation”, Lars* Kollros, 15 minutes
20:30 "Vaginal Cycle (Un)written”, Mehrta Shirzadian
Lecture performance, 15 min. Part of the exhibition “In Transit”, curated by Lars* Kollros
21:00 "SHUT DOWN”, Peter Kraus, Pablo Chiereghin
Multilayered Sound performance
22:00 "CARROUSEL”, Sebastian Boulter
Mουσική performance
Friday, 24 October
17:30 "Meena Alexander between exile and dislocation", Sophie d'Aubreby
Reading of a selection of poems
19:00 "The Geography of Yellow Walls”, Mehrta Shirzadian
10 minutes. Part of the exhibition “In Transit”, curated by Lars* Kollros
20:00 “Familiar” Nafsika Riga, Giorgos Divaris
21:00 The Last &"Open-Air”, Because Group
Short Films by Emerging Filmmakers
Duration: 100’
22:00 Stratos Sterianos
Improvised musical performance
Saturday, 25 October
17:00 "22 stops”, Katerina Drakopoulou
Walking performance
20:00 "Clothing Mountain – From Garment to Artwork”
"TRANSFORMATIONS”, BRAINSHOT FESTIVAL 2025
21:00 "Curing Fragility”, Athina Kanela
Participatory performance/ installation
21:30 Nefeli Stamatogiannopoulou
Sound and visual composition – performance
22:00 “atopon” Dimitris Charitos
Ηχητική performance / πειραματικό Dj Set
Sunday, 26 October
18:30 “Rooms”, Lidia Russkova-Hasaya
Performance in the context of "ABOUT AROUND", Curated by: Julia Harrauer
19:00 "TRUE THERMAL FREEDOM”, Stella Myraf, Leah Dorner
Multimedia performance work
20:00 "Eclypsis”, Christos Tzovaras, Maria Kasidokosta
"TRANSFORMATIONS”, BRAINSHOT
Contemporary dance duet
20:30 "Skin1811”, Maria Zourou
"TRANSFORMATIONS”, BRAINSHOT
21:00 "Choreography of Bodies”, Marili Topouzoglou
"TRANSFORMATIONS”, BRAINSHOT
Participatory interactive installation
21:30 "Threshold Studies”, Karl Heinz Jeron
"TRANSFORMATIONS”, BRAINSHOT
Audience-Activated Performances
22:00 "Modular expansion”
Dj sets: Acid Vatican, EMEX (George Apergis), NUEΛ, HUDD (Steve Sai), Talantösis.
