About

David Benforado (Athens, 1977)

Painting – Sculpture: BFA Brandeis University, 1995-1999.

International Program, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest 2004-2005.

He currently lives and works in Athens.

Selected Exhibitions (2014-2022)

Solo
2022: Cataclysms, Kourd Gallery, Athens
2021: De Terra e de Bentu, Una Boccata d’Arte, Fondazione Elpis, Sardinia

2018: Goats and the Abstract Truth, Kourd Gallery, Athens

2015: Part 3: Between Sound and Silence, Kourd Gallery, Athens 

          Part 2: Between Sound and Silence, Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens 

2014: Part 1: Between Sound and Silence, Griechische Kulturstiftung, Berlin 

Group 

2021: A Grammar of Gestures, Kourd Gallery, Athens
2018: Poetry of Memory, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethimnon, Crete 

-Salon@Kourd, Kourd Gallery, Athens 

2017: No Net Working, Galeria Huuto, Helsinki
2016: Kölner Liste, Artfein Gallery, Köln
Mechanics of Space, Nitra Gallery, Thessaloniki 

Fragments of a Broken Season, Hilbert Raum, Berlin 

2015: Light and Heavy, Hilbert Raum, Berlin 

Kenophobia, CAN Gallery, Athens
Lange Nacht der Kultur, Internationales Sommeratelier Aschersleben, Germany 

Residencies 

2015: Internationales Sommeratelier Aschersleben, Germany 

Project participations 

2015 & 2016: KunstAutomat Projekt, Jewish Museum, Berlin 

Performances 

2021 Ney performance, Una Boccata d’Arte, Tratalias, Sardinia 

2015 Ney performance, Kourd Gallery, Athens
2014 Ney performance, Griechische Kulturstiftung, Berlin

2014 Fukushima: The Aftermath, Painting & Music performance with Antonis Anissegos, The Story of Berlin

(photo: Sara Deidda)