GeorgeKoutsouris

Bio - George Koutsouris

George Koutsouris’s work has been exhibited worldwide and has received multiple awards, along with several reviews. His pieces have been acquired by private collectors and businesses alike and are part of several museum permanent collections, including the prestigious ‘brand-new’ contemporary art museum By Art Matters in Hangzhou, China.

With a strong background in engineering, art, and music, Koutsouris creates ‘dynamic’ works often driven by movement and sound—either directly or indirectly. Through his art, he explores themes of constant change, the balance between order and chaos, and the role of probability in our lives. These concepts often serve as a foundation for his investigations into the dynamics of complex systems, such as society and nature.

However, a significant part of Koutsouris’ practice involves creating more accessible works that blend art and design, available for purchase on this site. Praised for their exceptional craftsmanship, his sculptures and paintings offer collectors a perfect introduction to his work.

When I was a child I was passionate about building things. Whatever I saw, whatever I experienced during trips or events, I wanted to replicate at home afterwards. From ships to trains, from various devices to toys and from circus shows to live concerts, I kept myself occupied for days and weeks in making drawings, models and games out them. I used paper, wood, motors from old devices and generally whatever I could find at home and at my parent’s animation workshop. On top of these, I fell in love with music and its amazing theory about harmony and sound. It was such a great and creative time…

After high school, I studied Mechanical Engineering in Athens. Then, Acoustics Engineering in Copenhagen. In 2012 I started working full time as an engineer at Odeon A/S in Denmark, that produces the widely-known ODEON Room Acoustics Software. A few years later, I got accepted at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Since then I keep following my dream: to combine various disciplines and skills into a creative profession. The way I make my artworks is clearly inspired by my engineering and sound background. Rhythm, movement, precise craftmanship are all there in an attempt to make tangible works that speak a clear language – without being pretentious – and convey messages about the way we coexist.    

CV

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Education

2015 – 2018: MFA. The Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Schools of Visual Arts (BKS).
2009 – 2011: MSc Acoustics. Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
2004 – 2008: MSc Energy Engineering. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
2001 – 2004: BSc Mechanical Engineering. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
2006 – 2008: Rythmic Piano and Harmony. Philippos Nakas Conservatory, Athens.
1994 – 1998: Classical Piano and Music Theory. National Conservatory of Greece.

Exhibitions
  • By art matters museum, ‘Prosodic grains’, Hangzhou, China. November 2024 – February 2025.
  • Man Museum, ‘DIORAMA’, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. July – November 2024.
  • Umelka Gallery, ‘Design without borders II’, Bratislava, Slovakia. 12 July – 11 August 2024.
  • Danish Art Workshops, ‘3daysOfDesign – Selected projects’, 12 – 14 June 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Kiscell Museum, ‘Design without borders’, Budapest, Hungary. 10 May – 23 June 2024.
  • (Solo) Foyer – Danish Art Workshops (Statens Værkesteder for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark. ‘Music compositions’. November – December 2023.
  • (Solo) Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. ‘Nature Symphony’. September – November 2022.
  • Kunsthal Sophienholm, ‘Spor af Niels Bohr’ (100 years anniversary of Bohr’s Nobel Prize), Lyngby, Denmark. April – August 2022.
  • The Project Gallery, Alex in wonderland II, Athens, Greece, November 2020.
  • Den Frie Udstilling, Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (The Artists’ Autumn Exhibition), Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2018.
  • Rundgang 2018, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2018.
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Afgang 2018. Copenhagen, Denmark, April-May 2018.
  • PULSAR festival, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark. March 2018.
  • PulseWorks, Illutron, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 28th, 2017.
  • Rundgang 2017, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2017.
  • The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, PULSAR festival. Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2017.
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg, The Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark. February-March 2017.
  • Festival of Endless Gratitude, Volume, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2016.
  • (Solo) Q space – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, “Studies in Turbulence”, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2016. 
  • Rundgang 2016, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2016.
  • Q space – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2016.
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg, PULSAR festival. Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2016.
  • PVC – Project Room Vera, Copenhagen, Denmark. January 2016.
Public Works
  • Kokkedal primary school, Kokkedal, Denmark. Commission by Fredensborg municipality. Permanent outdoor installation. 2025 (in progress).
  • Krausparken, Copenhagen, Denmark. Rotatable Tubes: Project funded by Metroselskabet. Dimensions 12m x 4m x 5cm. January 2016.
  • Nørrebro Station, Copenhagen, Denmark. Sonic Curtain: Project funded by Metroselskabet. Dimensions 27m x 3m x 30cm. January 2016.
  • Skulkenborg, Odense, Denmark. Transformations: Project funded by Fra Gade Til By, Odense. Dimensions 40m x 2.5m x 3cm. September 2015.
  • Enghave Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark. Sound Neckties: Project funded by the Copenhagen Metro Company. Dimensions 8m x 2.4m x 15 cm. September 2015.
  • Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. Speaking Labyrinth: Project funded by the Copenhagen Metro Company. Dimensions 30m x 2.4m x 50cm. June 2015.
  • Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Rotating Waves: Project funded by the Copenhagen Metro Company. Dimensions: 20x4m. June 2014 – February 2015.
Residencies
  • By art matters museum, Hangzhou, China. Special guest for ‘Prosodic grains’: Installation, interviews, panel talk and guided tours. October 2024.
  • Danish Art Workshops (Statens Værkesteder for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024.
Collaborations
  • ‘The forests trial’. Collaboration with choreographer and performer Sara Gebran, Metropolis Festival, Teaterøen, Copenhagen, October 2024.  
  • ‘Mediating nature’. Collaboration with choreographer and performer Sara Gebran, Teaterøen, Copenhagen, August 2023. 
  • Mindre end Støv, public project. Collaboration with Composer Alexandra Hallén and Choreographer Ingrid Tranum Velásquez, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2021.
  • Overgaden (Institut for Samtidskunst), Collaboration with Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl for his exhibition Lilith Grotto, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2020.
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark. Collaboration with Angela Melitopoulos for her project ‘Crossings’. Acoustics, design – loudspeaker construction, 16-channel sound spatialisation. November 2018. 
  • Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo – CAAC, Seville, Spain. Collaboration with Angela Melitopoulos for her project ‘Crossings’. Acoustics, design – loudspeaker construction, 16-channel sound spatialisation. September 2018. 
  • documenta 14, Kassel, Germany. Collaboration with Angela Melitopoulos for her project ‘Crossings’. 16-channel sound spatialization – construction of loudspeakers. June 2017.
Permanent collections
  • Ocean machine II. By art matters museum, Hangzhou, China. 2024.
  • Museum of contemporary art (Psalm machine), Roskilde, Denmark. 2021.
  • Private and business collections in Europe, America and Asia. 
Lectures
  • Τεχνοκρατία ή Τεχνηκρατία (Technocracy or Artocracy). Online lecture at the Florina School of Fine Arts, Greece, February 2021.   
  • The science of sound, lecture-workshop at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with The Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2018.
Awards
  • Sonning-fonden grant for ‘The forests trial’, collaboration with Sara Gebran. Copenhagen 2024. 
  • Award of excellence, ‘Design without borders 2024′. Kiscelli museum, Budapest, Hungary 2024.
  • Danish Art Council – Production grant, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark 2024.
  • Danish Art Council – Production grant, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark 2023.
  • Danish Art Council-Production grant, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark 2022.
  • 2nd prize – ‘200 years after the Greek revolution of 1821’. Competition organized by the Municipality of Athens and newspaper Athens Voice. Athens, Greece, December 2021.
  • Finalist at new Rødovre Music School Open call for a permanent artwork. Rødovre Municipality, Denmark. 2021. 
  • Work grant (arbejdslegat for Kunsthåndværk og Design) – Danish Art Council, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2021.
  • Construction grant – Danish Art Council, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark 2020.
  • Hegnspælen 2016. Jury prize of Sonic Curtain. Best project in 2016. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Hegnspælen 2015. Nomination of Speaking Labyrinth. Best 12 projects in 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Hegnspælen 2014. Nomination of Rotating Waves. Best 10 projects in 2014. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation: 2-year financial scholarship for the MSc studies in Denmark. 2009.
  • School technology exhibition of innovative factory architectural scale models. 1st prize. Athens, Greece. 1997.
Auctions
  • The Red Cross (raising financial support for humanitarian aid at the Gaza war). Online, Denmark, March 2024.
  • The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2018.
Catalogues
  • Diorama Catalog. Generation Earth, Man Museum, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy 2024.
  • Metrohegn er Byens Hegn, Udgiver Metroselskabet I/S, Copenhagen 2018.
  • Kunsternes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen 2018.
  • Afgang 2018, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Arts, Copenhagen 2018.
  • Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling MMXVII, Copenhagen 2017.
  • Metrohegn er Byens Hegn, Udgiver Metroselskabet I/S, Copenhagen 2015.
Publications in Acoustics
  • A. Richard, C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris: Sine Sweep Optimization for Room Impulse Response Measurements. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2020, December 2020, Online.
  • G. Koutsouris, A. K. Nørgaard, Claus Lynge Christensen, and Jens Holger Rindel. Considerations for modelling curved surfaces as those found in worship spaces. Akustika, Vol. 27.
  • G. Koutsouris, A. K. Nørgaard, Claus Lynge Christensen, and Jens Holger Rindel. Discretization of curved surfaces and choice of simulation parameters in acoustic modeling of religious spaces. ICSV23, Athens, Greece. 2016.
  • C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris, Juan Gil and Jens Holger Rindel. Applying In-situ Recalibration For Sound Strength Measurements in Auditoria. IOA Auditorium Acoustics 2015, Paris, France. 2015.
  • C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris and J. H. Rindel. Estimating absorption of materials to match room model against existing room using a genetic algoritthm. Forum Acusticum 2014, Krakow, Poland. 2014.
  • J. H. Rindel, C. L. Christensen and G. Koutsouris. Simulations, Measurements and Auralisations in Architectural Acoustics. Acoustics 2013, New Delhi, India. 2013.
  • C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris and J. H. Rindel. The ISO 3382 parameters. Can we measure them? Can we simulate them? International Symposium on Room Acoustics, Toronto, Canada. June 2013.
  • G. Koutsouris, J. Brunskog and C. H. Jeong. Combination of the acoustical radiosity and the image source method. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 133, 2013.
  • G. Koutsouris, J. Brunskog and C. H. Jeong. A combination of the acoustic radiosity and the image source method. INTER-NOISE 2012, New York, USA.