(Greek: Γιώργος Κουτσούρης)

Born in Athens, 1983. Lives in Copenhagen since 2009.
Member of the Danish visual arts association (BKF).

Education

2015 – 2018: MFA The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (BKS).
2009 – 2011: MSc Acoustics. Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
2001– 2008: MEng – BSc Mechanical Engineering. National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
2006 – 2008: Rhythmic 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 outdoor installation – in progress), Kokkedal school. Commission by Fredensborg municipality after closed competition in 2024. 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, Østfyns Museer, Kerteminde, Denmark (upcoming in September).
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: 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.

Performances

2022: Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark. Kulturnatten in exhibition ‘Nature Symphony’ – with musician and teacher Marina Siani.
2017: Illutron, PulseWorks, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017: PULSAR festival, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark – with musician Katerina Anagnostidou.
2016: PULSAR festival, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Copenhagen, Denmark – with musician Katerina Anagnostidou. (Musical composition: George Koutsouris).
2015: Songs and folk duets for viola and piano – with musicians Marina Siani, Marios Kazas & Theodoris Zogopoulos (Musical compositions: George Koutsouris). Petalas music conservatory, Athens.

Collaborations

2025: ‘Forests’ tales of repair’ – S. Gebran, A. Eisensee, Metropolis Festival, Teaterøen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2024: ‘The forests trial’ – S. Gebran, A. Eisensee & M. L. Stentebjerg, Metropolis Festival, Teaterøen, Copenhagen.
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.

Awards

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 at 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.

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.

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.

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.

Interviews

2024: Prosodic grains guide (video)Hangzhou, China.
2024: kathimerini.gr, Athens,Greece.
2021: Kunsten.nu, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2021: Glow magazine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2021: Athens Voice, Athens, Greece.
2015: Metroselskabet (video), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Catalogues

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.

Works on online galleries

Publications in Acoustics

2023: G. Koutsouris, C. L. Christensen, A. Richard, C. Gaudeoso. Sound strength measurements using a pre-calibrated omni-directional source. IOA Auditorium Acoustics, Athens, Greece.
2022: C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris, A. K. Nørgaard, J. H. Rindel, A. Richard. A light-weight, wireless omni-directional source for room acoustic measurements. BNAM 2022 International Conference, Aalborg.
2021: C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris, A. Richard, J. H. Rindel. Audio effects for multi-source auralisations. Proceedings of I3DA 2021 International Conference.
2020: A. Richard, C. L. Christensen, G. Koutsouris. Sine Sweep Optimization for Room Impulse Response Measurements. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2020. Online.
2017: 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.
2016: 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.
2015: 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.
2014: 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.
2013: 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.
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.
2012: 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.

Special projects

Principal role in the design, development and building of a novel omni-directional loudspeaker for room acoustic measurements (2015-2022). Company: Odeon A/S, Lyngby, Denmark.  

Theses

2011: G. Koutsouris, Energy Integral Equation Models for use in Room Acoustic Predictions, MSc Thesis, DTU, Lyngby, Denmark. Available as pdf.
2008: G. Koutsouris, Wind Pipe Organ, MEng Thesis, NTUA, Athens, Greece. Available as pdf.