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Con Gerakaris

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Con is a curator, arts administrator and writer and currently is the Curatorial Program Manager at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Con has curated James Jirat Patradoon: ULTRA (2021); Holding Patterns (2020); DARK FANTASY (2019) and Chris Yee: HI MEDUSA! (2019) for 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Independently, he curated the exhibitions D A R K S E A – Lynn Nguyen and J.S.D. Andrews (2019), goodspace, Chippendale; CITIZENS OF NO PLACE (2018), Down/Under Space, Chippendale; and IT’S PRONOUNCED “GIF” NOT “GIF” (2017), goodspace, Chippendale. Con programmed the inaugural Club 4A for Sydney’s Chinese New Year Festival 2018 and instigated, curated and produced for 4A Digital throughout 2020 and 2021. He has published articles for 4A Papers, un. extended, Runway Conversations and Art Collector. Con completed a Bachelor of Arts (HONS) in 2013 and a Master of Art Curating in 2016 at the University of Sydney.

Con Gerakaris

Image courtesy Con Gerakaris.

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An impressionistic face against a red backdrop. The face is covered in swirls of dripping paint.
This is my coup d’etat: k-pop and creative control
4A Papers: Issue 2
Lee Kun-Yong, an East Asian male-presenting figure in a striped blue shirt and white pants squats on a long scroll of white paper, scribbling horizontally with a stick of charcoal. On either side of him is a crowd of onlookers, some of whom are holding up phone cameras.
One step after another: a conversation with Lee Kun-Yong
4A Papers: Issue 4
Con Gerakaris

House of Gold

20 April – 02 June 2024

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Acute Actions: Responses to I Am Not A Virus, Part 2

03 June – 03 July 2021

4A @ Darlinghurst

A colourful spread of earthenware sculptures imitating a spread of fruit, savoury snacks and East or Southeast Asian-inspired desserts. The spread features multicoloured fortune cookies, glutinous rice cakes, cakes rolled in shredded coconut and green, pink and red sticky rice cakes cut in the shapes of diamonds. Above this spread is a blue wall hanging embroidered with a fictional pink logogram.

Acute Actions: Responses to I Am Not a Virus, Part 1

15 April – 15 May 2021

4A @ Darlinghurst

Two woven tapestries suspended from columns in a garden. The one of the left is woven from red, gold and pink colours with three dancers centred and framed by flowers. The one on the right is composed from red and white petals, and blue leaves.

HI MEDUSA!

02 February – 17 February 2019

Chinese Garden of Friendship

Con Gerakaris

Lunar New Year

10 February – 31 March 2024

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

New Energy

04 June – 24 July 2022

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

NO FALSE IDOLS

13 August – 02 October 2022

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Louise Zhang:
No dust left in the lilies

29 April – 11 June 2023

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

NUW🌏RLDS

22 June – 04 August 2024

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

The Womanifesto Way: Sydney Gathers

03 November – 17 December 2023

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Evi O:
A Pair of Marbled Cone Snails Races to Chinatown for The Special Braised Eggplant

20 January – 30 March 2023

Haymarket and Inner West

Con Gerakaris

Rel Pham:
Cache

14 January – 12 February 2023

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

4A Digital Hits the Streets

23 November – 17 December 2020

Sydney

Con Gerakaris

Dark Fantasy

04 October – 06 October 2019

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

A close up image of a length of soft paper. Hatched marks of Chinese and Japanese ink appear to have been vigorously applied to the surface of the paper with a stiff brush.

Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen:
Spaces to Stir

29 January – 27 February 2022

Australian National Maritime Museum

A chrome motorbike is parked in front of a mural of a feminised figure holding her arms out with an opened paper fan in each hand. Two large purple and pink ox horns protrude from her head, while she looks straight ahead with blue ringed eyes and green pupils. Behind her weaves a blue dragon's spine and a series of neon pink and yellow spirals.

James Jirat Patradoon: ULTRA

29 January – 28 February 2021

4A @ World Square

Con Gerakaris

Truc Truong: hai con lân việt kiều (Two overseas Vietnamese unicorns)

04 February – 06 March 2021

4A @ Darlinghurst

Con Gerakaris

Holding Patterns: Shireen Taweel

03 September – 25 September 2020

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Holding Patterns: Crossing Threads®

06 August – 30 August 2020

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Holding Patterns: Sofiyah Ruqayah

01 October – 29 October 2020

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Holding Patterns: Kien Situ

09 July – 02 August 2020

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Image: Ray Chan See Kwong, NEW RE NEW (detail), 2018, 49 teacups: various local Chuen Lung clays, glazed and fired; produced as part of the 2018 public art and community project Hi! Hill!, by the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Organised by the Art Promotion Office with Curatorial Partner (art in-situ): Make A Difference Institute, Hong Kong; courtesy the artist; Mounted on River bench, recycled spotted gum bench and assorted hardwood legs, wax, by Bryden Williams of Mount Framing, commissioned by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 2021; photo: Christian Capurro for Drawn by stones, presented by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art at Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, 2021

Drawn by stones exhibition tour

Tour

07 September 2022

Wollongong Art Gallery

Con Gerakaris

Con-Yee HI MEDUSA! Exhibition Tour with dim sum and drinks

Tour

17 February 2019

Chinese Garden of Friendship

Con Gerakaris

UNSW Art & Design and 4A present: 4A Digital in Review

Talk

18 November 2021

Con Gerakaris

Artist Floor Talks: Home Ground

Talk

25 June 2022

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Con Gerakaris

Artist Floor Talks: Away Game

Talk

05 June 2022

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art