Bio

Evanthia Tsantila was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and she lives in Berlin. She graduated in 1997 from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she studied with Konrad Klapheck (1991 - 1993) and Jannis Kounellis (1993 - 1997). She holds an “Akademiebrief” degree and a “Meisterschülerin” distinction from Kounellis.

In 1999 she represented Greece in the 48th Venice Biennale. Her work was shown in Cosmopolis - the 1st Balkan Biennale, the Prague Biennale, the Biennale of Gyumri in Armenia, the Biennale of Tashkent in Uzbekistan, the 1st Biennale of Thessaloniki and at the parallel program of the 2nd and the 3rd Biennale of Thessaloniki.

Furthermore, she worked and exhibited her projects in the framework of numerous institutions and festivals such as: Eleusis 2019/2023 - European Capital of Culture, Cultural Capital of Europe Thessaloniki ‘97, 48th Dimitria Festival, 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Athens Photo Festival AphF.09, 10th FUSO - International Video Art Festival Lisbon, Kodra Art Festival Thessaloniki,, etc.

In 2004 she participated in the annual residency program at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, with the support of the Greek Ministry of Culture.

In 2006 her work The Silence was supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds (Berlin Capital Cultural Fund). The project, a multi-media installation, was a co-production with the Volksbühne-am-Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin and was presented in the theatre's venue.

Evanthia Tsantila exhibited her work in solo and group shows in numerous institutions such as: SMCA - State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki and CACT – Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, MMCA - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki (now MOMus - Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki), EMST - National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Contemporary Art Museum of Crete - Rethymnon, STEGI - Onassis Culture Centre Athens, MEGARON - The Athens Concert Hall (Greece), Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, KW - Kunstwerke Berlin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Galerie im Körnerpark Berlin, (Germany), MUAR - Shchusev State Museum of Architecture Moscow, (Russia), National Gallery of Prague (Czech Republic), Kunstmuseum Thun (Switzerland), CRAC - Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon Sète, Gallery of Fine Arts Marseille (France), MOTS - Museum on the Seam Jerusalem (Israel), MNAC - National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest (Romania), Cvijeta Zuzoric Pavilion Belgrade, National Museum Kraljevo (Serbia), Mestrovic Pavilion Zagreb (Croatia), Umjetnicka Galerija Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina), Center for Contemporary Art Plovdiv (Bulgaria), National Museum of Montenegro – Ateljie DADO Cetinje (Montenegro), Contemporary Art Centre of Caucasus, Tbilisi (Georgia) etc.
In Athens, she is represented by Zoumboulakis Gallery.

Evanthia Tsantila is active in the field of curatorial practice, education and research, in projects realised in collaboration with public and private institutions and organisations. Her research attempts to question and broaden the limits of the artworks' "public appearance".
She has a deep commitment and a long involvement in ongoing initiatives concerning artistic exchange and cooperation programs within Europe.

She took part in various international conferences and forums and gave numerous artists talks, lectures, workshops and teaching assignments at universities, cultural institutions and museums.
Her work is part of public and private collections and museums.
She is a member of nGbK Berlin and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.