Ioli Kavakou (b. 1993) is a visual artist and writer based in Athens. She holds a BA in Art History and Theory from the Athens School of Fine Arts (2016) and a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University London (2020). Working mainly with new media and text, her work engages with the conversation regarding knowledge production and its relation to fiction, feminisms and the philosophy of science. Her work has been shown in exhibitions in Greece and abroad (Art Night festival, London, UK; and Lenbachhaus museum, Germany, among others). She has participated in a number of research programs including Future Climates (State of Concept, 2016) and contributed to publication projects such as Animal of the State, Fiction Through Reality (HMV-books: Μunich, 2016); and Water Seeks its Own Level (2022), published by the Dutch Art Institute (DAI) in collaboration with the art space Savvy Contemporary in Berlin. She is currently completing her MA Art Praxis at the DAI. She has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS in 2022.