Stαthis Roukαs is a Greek interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice spans live performance, video, photography, and language. His work explores the performativity of the human body within physical and social contexts. Born in Athens in 1991, Roukas studied Applied Arts and Interior Architecture before relocating to Berlin in 2015, where he currently lives and works.
Rooted in existential inquiry, Roukas’s artistic practice navigates themes of identity, belonging, societal expectation, trauma, desire, and transcendence. His evocative, uncanny works invite reflection on the complexities of the human condition and the relational dynamics between individuals, society, and the environment.
Roukas is known for immersive, often participatory performances that engage audiences physically, intellectually or emotionally. Frequently site-specific, these works foster introspection, dialogue, inclusion, and deeper connection.
His current research investigates trauma’s role in shaping a false sense of self and the emergence of ego as a protective construct. This research will culminate in his first durational stage performance ‘APANTHROPOS’, premiering in 2026.
Roukas’s work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, festivals, and off-spaces across Europe, Japan, Brazil, and Ethiopia. He teaches somatic movement research classes in Berlin and works aside as a bodyworker and photographer.
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Selected Exhibitions
2025 Group Butoh Performance, Grüner Salon Volksbühne, Berlin, DE
2024 Solo Performance, NEW FEARS Gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 Group Screening, Timeline:BH Festival, Belo Horizonte, BR
2024 Solo Performance, Inact Festival, Strasbourg, FR
2024 Group Exhibition, Paxos Biennale, Paxos Island, GR
2024 Solo Performance, BcmA Gallery, Berlin, DE
2024 Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Tokyo, JP
2023 Group exhibition, The Wrong Biennale, Online
2023 Solo Screening, SoMe Festival, Bucharest, RO
2023 Solo Performance, Mitte Museum, Berlin, DE
2023 Group Screening, MATCA, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2023 Group Exhibition, P7 Gallery, Berlin, DE
2023 Group Exhibition, Open Nights Festival, Larisa, GR
2023 Solo Performance, GLOGAUAIR, Berlin, DE
2022 Group Performance, Culterim Gallery, Berlin, DE
2022 Group Exhibition, B23 Space, Berlin, DE
2022 Group Screening, Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, ETH
2022 Solo Performance, Localize Festival, Potsdam, DE
2021 Group Exhibition, Ortstermin, Berlin, DE
2021 Group Exhibition, Fotoklub Kollektiv, Berlin, DE
2021 Group Screening, Videofenster, Cologne, DE
2019 Group Screening, Wolf Kino, Berlin, DE
2019 Group Exhibition, LiTE-HAUS Galerie, Berlin, DE
2019 Group Performance, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
2017 Group Screening, Athens Digital Art Festival, Athens, GR
2016 Group Exhibition, Alte Münze, Berlin, DE
2016 Group Exhibition, Flutgraben, Berlin, DE
2016 Group Screening, Fonlad Digital Art Festival, Coimbra, PT
2015 Group Exhibition, Zerstört/TrashEra, Berlin, DE