ATHANASIOS KANAKIS SELECTED FOR THE 2025/26 UNFOLD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Athanasios Kanakis (ARTWORKS Fellow 2022) has been selected as one of the twelve fellows of the 2025/26 UNFOLD Fellowship Program, following a highly competitive international open call.

As part of the 9-month UNFOLD Fellowship Program 2025/26, Athanasios Kanakis will take part in an artist-in-residence in Portugal, working closely with a local community on the periphery. Throughout the fellowship, he will engage in research and participatory artistic practices that explore the social, cultural, and spatial dynamics of public space, with an emphasis on collaboration, dialogue, and collective experience.

The fellowship unfolds over nine months, allowing time for in-depth engagement, exchange, and experimentation. The residency will culminate in a public action and presentation in September 2026, when the developed work will be shared in the public space, in close connection with the community involved in the process.

Learn more about UNFOLD Fellowship Program here