LETTER TO AN AILING FATHER
Contemporary Art Exhibition
11 July - 30 August 2026
Volissos School, Chios, Greece
Exhibition Opening: 11 July, 19:00
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Arda Asena (Turkey/USA), Shezad Dawood (United Kingdom), Md Fazla Rabbi Fatiq (Bangladesh), John Gerrard (Ireland), Evi Kalogiropoulou (Greece), Lito Kattou (Cyprus), Eleni Odysseos (Cyprus), Zohra Opoku (Germany/Ghana), Vasilis Papageorgiou (Greece), Cindy Sherman (USA), Kiriakos Tompolidis (Germany), Nasan Tur (Germany), Paky Vlassopoulou (Greece), and Danh Võ (Denmark/Vietnam)
Curated by Akis Kokkinos
DEO announces the group exhibition LETTER TO AN AILING FATHER at Volissos School in northwestern Chios. 14 artists from 11 countries present new commissions alongside existing works across a range of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, sound, video, installation and digital media.
The exhibition explores the paternal figure as a site of authority, absence and emotional deprivation. The “father,” whether understood as an individual subject or a social construct, is approached through a condition of diminishment: an inadequate framework assembled from inert and disarticulated materials, one that relinquishes the responsibilities of care to such an extent that the relationship between caregiver and dependent is often reversed. At the same time, the exhibition foregrounds practices of craft and the collection of folkloric material, as forms of situated knowledge and collective endurance. Through these gestures emerge modes of solidarity, cultivating conditions of mutual support and resilience in times of precarity.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a public programme curated by Evita Kyriazi, unfolding throughout its duration.
DEO
DEO was established in 2021 and is a registered non-profit cultural organization located on the island of Chios, Greece.
It stands as the sole contemporary art entity on the island, boasting a diverse range of programs that encompass solo and group exhibitions, artist residencies, public commissions, educational activities, and collaborations with both public and private entities such as historical monuments, local museums, associations, and non-institutional spaces.
The vision of DEO is to serve as a platform for transnational dialogue while simultaneously supporting the cultural infrastructure of the island, aiming to be recognized as the premier contemporary art summer destination in Europe.
DEO's programs draw inspiration from the island's rich historical, maritime, commercial, social, and cultural roots, consistently attracting a diverse audience, comprised of both Greek and international visitors.
All of DEO’s programs and events are free and open to everyone.
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DEO was established in 2021 and is a registered non-profit cultural organization located on the island of Chios, Greece.
It stands as the sole contemporary art entity on the island, boasting a diverse range of programs that encompass solo and group exhibitions, artist residencies, public commissions, educational activities, and collaborations with both public and private entities such as historical monuments, local museums, associations, and non-institutional spaces.
The vision of DEO is to serve as a platform for transnational dialogue while simultaneously supporting the cultural infrastructure of the island, aiming to be recognized as the premier contemporary art summer destination in Europe.
DEO's programs draw inspiration from the island's rich historical, maritime, commercial, social, and cultural roots, consistently attracting a diverse audience, comprised of both Greek and international visitors.
All of DEO’s programs and events are free and open to everyone.
Read more...
Chios island, Greece
