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Mikhail Karikis is a Greek-born and London-based artist with a background in music, architecture and visual art. His inter-disciplinary practice encompasses sound art, composition, performance, drawing and video. Mikhail's recent work explores ideas of difference and dis-articulation with a particular focus on the role of voice in addressing these notions.
Mikhail's sound work is dedicated to sonic innovation and spans from gallery-based work to the fields of experimental vocal, electronica, avant-garde and folk music. It has attracted the attention of contemporary musical explorers Björk and Graham Massey of 808 State, who selected it for commercial release in 2005. Other international releases include Mikhail's acclaimed solo album Orphica on Sub Rosa label. Recent collaborators include Sonia Boyce, Oreet Ashery, Alamire Consort with members of the Hilliard Ensemble and the Sixteen, and Cantamus Choir.
His music features on compilations with artists such as Björk, Patrick Wolf, Scanner, Stephen Vitiello and David Toop on labels One Little Indian Records and Aphasia Recordings. He has appeared in festivals that included Plaid, Alex Smoke, Lemon Jelly, Christian Fennesz and Peter Greenaway. Mikhail's work has been presented widely in the UK and abroad including at Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, BAFTA cinema, British Film Institute, Sir John Soane's Museum and De La Warr Pavilion.
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Mikhail was born in the port city of Thessaloniki in Greece. He moved to London in 1993 where he received his architectural and art training. He studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture (Univerity College London) with avant-gard British architects "Archigram" and the Slade School of Fine Art with theatre director Philip Prowse, art theorist Norman Bryson and artist Lis Rhodes, where he completed his doctorate 'The Acoustics of the Self'.
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