Bio - George Koutsouris
George Koutsouris’s work has been exhibited worldwide and has received multiple awards and 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.
Solo exhibitions – Commissions
2025: Colors in motion (permanent public installation), Kokkedal school. Commission by Fredensborg municipality, Denmark.
2023: Music Compositions, Foyer, Statens Værkesteder for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: Nature Symphony, Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017: Rotatable Tubes (public installation), Krausparken construction site. Copenhagen Metro.
2016: Studies in Turbulence, Q space –R. Danish Academy of F. Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: Sonic Curtain (public installation), Nørrebro construction site. Copenhagen Metro, Denmark.
2015: Transformations (public installation), Skulkenborg construction site. Odense, Denmark.
2015: Sound Neckties (public installation). Enghave Plads construction site, Copenhagen Metro. Denmark.
2015: Speaking Labyrinth (public installation), Aksel Møllers Have construction site, Copenhagen Metro, Denmark.
2014: Rotating Waves (public installation), Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Group exhibitions
2025: Fugl 2025 (Bird 2025), Johannes Larsen museum, Kerteminde, Denmark.
2024: Prosodic grains, By art matters museum, Hangzhou, China.
2024: DIORAMA – generation earth, MAN Museum, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy.
2024: 3days Of Design – Selected projects, Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024: Design without borders II, Umelka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2024: Design without borders II, Kiscell Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
2023: Arte en 3D, E-studio gallery, Kifissia, Athens, Greece.
2023: Design without borders, FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, Hungary.
2022: Spor af Niels Bohr, Kunsthal Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark.
2021: Vennepunkt, Haster, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2021: 200 years after the Greek revolution of 1821, online exhibition organized by the Municipality of Athens and newspaper Athens Voice. Athens, Greece.
2020: Alex in Wonderland II, The Project Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2018: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Udstilling. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018: Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018: MFA Afgang, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018: PULSAR festival (sculptures & performances), The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017: Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017: PULSAR festival (performance), The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017: Forårsudstilling, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: Festival of Endless Gratitude, Volume. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: Rundgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: In bOrder, Q space – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: PULSAR festival (performance), Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Copenhagen.
2016: PVC – Project Room Vera, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Residencies
2024: By art matters museum, Hangzhou, China. Special guest for ‘Prosodic grains’: Installation, interviews, panel talk and guided tours.
2024: Danish Art Workshops (Statens Værkesteder for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2023: Danish Art Workshops (Statens Værkesteder for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: Danish Art Workshops (Statens Værkesteder for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020: Danish Art Workshops (Statens Værkesteder for Kunst), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Collaborations
2025: Skyggearkivet (Music of the planets), Barbara A. S. Thomsen, The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2025: ‘Forests’ tales of repair’ – Sara Gebran, Metropolis Festival, Teatersalen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024: ‘The forests trial’ – Sara Gebran, A. Eisensee & M. L. Stentebjerg, Metropolis Festival, Teatersalen, Copenhagen.
2024: Collaboration with acoustician Emine C. Christensen (Rumakustik ApS) on sound sculpture proposals for the offices of a large innovative corporation (confidential project), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2023: ‘Mediating nature’ – with choreographer and performer Sara Gebran, Teaterøen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: Children’s workshop at exhibition ‘Nature Symphony’. With musicians and teachers Anna Bohm and Marina Siani. Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: Kulturnatten at exhibition ‘Nature Symphony’, Møstings Hus, performance with musician and teacher Marina Siani, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: ‘CATHEDRA: Auditory Lounger’. Sound-design project by DTU Health Tech in collaboration with Auricle, Oticon Medical and artist George Koutsouris. Funded by Danish Sound Cluster, Denmark.
2021: Mindre end Støv – with composer A. Hallén and choreographer I. T. Velásquez, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020: Lilith Grotto by K. R. A. Mejdahl, Overgaden Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018, 2017: Crossings by A. Melitopoulos. Acoustics & design of a 16-channel sound installation.Presented at:
– Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
– Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo – CAAC, Seville, Spain.
– Documenta 14, Kassel, Germany.
2017: ‘Probes for the Forgotten Tone’ by artist Ursula Nystrup (public work). Acoustic consultancy. Læsø, Denmark.
2012: Original composition and sound installation as background for an exhibition by painter and animation maker Giannis Koutsouris. Gallery Titanium, Athens, Greece.
Permanent collections
2024: By art matters museum, ‘Ocean machine II’, Hangzhou, China.
2021: Museum of contemporary art, ‘Psalm machine’, Roskilde, Denmark.
Private and business collections in Europe, America and Asia.
Lectures
2022: An Encounter of Sound, Engineering and Art. Conversation with artist & designer Y. Suzuki. Danish Sound Cluster.
2021: Τεχνοκρατία ή Τεχνηκρατία; (Technocracy or Artocracy?). Online lecture at the Florina School of Fine Arts, Greece.
2018 & 2016: The science of sound, lecture-workshop at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with The Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Awards
2025: Invitation to closed competition for a permanent indoor sculpture, large museum in San Francisco (confidential), United States.
2024: Sonning-fonden grant for ‘The forests trial’, collaboration with Sara Gebran. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024: Award of excellence, Design without borders 2024. Kiscelli museum, Budapest, Hungary.
2024: Production grant – Danish Art Council, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2023: Production grant – Danish Art Council, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022: Production grant – Danish Art Council, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2021: 2nd prize – ‘200 years after the Greek revolution of 1821’. Competition organized by the Municipality of Athens and newspaper Athens Voice. Greece.
2021: Invitation to closed competition for a permanent indoor artwork. Rødovre Music School. Rødovre, Denmark.
2021: Work grant (arbejdslegat for kunsthåndværk og design), Danish Art Council, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2020: Production grant – Danish Art Council, Statens Kunstfond. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2016: Jury prize – Hegnspælen – Sonic Curtain. Best project in 2016. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015: Nomination – Hegnspælen – Speaking Labyrinth. Best 12 projects in 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2014: Nomination – Hegnspælen 2014. Rotating Waves. Best 10 projects in 2014. Copenhagen, Denmark.
2009: 2-year financial scholarship from A. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation for the MSc studies in Acoustics, Denmark.
1997: 1st prize. High-school technology exhibition for factory architectural scale models. Athens, Greece.
Auctions
2024: The Red Cross (raising financial support for humanitarian aid at the Gaza war). Online, Denmark.
2018: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (raising financial support for the academy). Copenhagen, Denmark.
Catalogues
2025: Fugl 2025 (Bird 2025), Johannes Larsen museum, Kerteminde, Denmark.
2025: Prosodic grains, By art matters museum, Hangzhou, China.
2024: Diorama Catalog. Generation Earth, Man Museum, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy.
2018: Metrohegn er Byens Hegn, Udgiver Metroselskabet I/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018: Kunsternes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018: Afgang, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Visual Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017: Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling MMXVII, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015: Metrohegn er Byens Hegn, Udgiver Metroselskabet I/S, Copenhagen, Denmark.