Niki Sperou is an artist with a longstanding interest in the nexus between art, science and identity. Since 2001 this has been the primary focus of her work. Influenced by her cultural background she makes 'Chimeras' which alude to cultural hybridity, biotechnology and the fanciful object or idea. She participated in the first workshop by BioArtists Oron Catts and Gary Cass at the EAF Adelaide and also attended the Eduardo Kac workshop. Since 2006 she has been the artist in residence at the Dept of Medical Biotechnology Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia. She was a core group co-ordinator of the "With the Body in Mind" science and art event held at the Flinders Medical Centre in 2007.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Golden Fleece, Prospect Gallery Artist in Residence Exhibition
2009 Karagiozis the Greek Migrant, Flinders University Education Building
2007 Man A Plant, Promenade Gallery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide
2007 Inside SAM’s Place, South Australian Museum
2006 Odumak- shelter small and warm, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 The Apparatus of life and Death, Exhibition and Conference Paper, SEAFair, Skopje Macedonia
2010 MARCC Forum, Exhibition and Conversation Panel, Flinders University
2010 Khemia: Living Alchemy, Royal Institute of Science
2009 Biotech Art Revisited, EAF + Life death & Biotechnia Symposium, Mercury Cinema
2009 Hari Bumi, puppetry performance in collaboration with Heri Dono, Hepatitis C Council
2008 & 2009 Odyssey Festival , “Odyssey of Youth”, Adelaide Festival Centre Foyer & eye2eye gallery
2008 Ose Tara Lia, Group Collaborative Project, installation and puppetry performance with Heri Dono, OzAsia Festival, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
2008 Breeding Ground, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide SA
2007 Undiscovered Country in collaboration with Hung Le, OzAsia Festival, Artspace, AFC
