Vassilis Oikonomopoulos

Vassilis Oikonomopoulos is Artistic Director at LUMA Arles. His work focuses on the conceptualization and implementation of the institution’s program of exhibitions in close collaboration with its President Maja Hoffmann and leading Artistic Consultants, Tom Eccles, and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Vassilis Oikonomopoulos has realized a number of key commissions and exhibitions that were part of the opening program for LUMA. In 2021, working with artists such as Liam Gillick, Philippe Parreno, Carsten Höller, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Pierre Huyghe among many others. Prior to joining LUMA, Vassilis Oikonomopoulos worked in other international institutions. He has been Assistant Curator, Collections International Art at Tate Modern where he worked with Tate’s Middle East and North Africa Acquisitions Committee. During his tenure at Tate, he co-curated a number of exhibitions and commissions and worked on Tate’s collection displays. He has also held curatorial positions at Atopos Contemporary Visual Culture (Athens) and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA/AMO, Rotterdam).