Dimitri Karakostas
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b. 1988 in Toronto.
Dimitri Karakostas is a chronic self-publisher of both writing and art books, currently working on 'various mysterious projects.'
He was a photographer, publisher, and art director for many years before opting to work on the internet when not writing books that are difficult to read.
Say hello: karakostas.office@gmail.com
For commercial work and requests, please email workforworkfour@gmail.com.
Education
2021 Psychology, Yale University, New Haven CT
2011 Media Studies, OCAD University, Toronto CA
Selected Clients / Editorials
Aeon,
AnOther,
Bad Nudes,
Beautiful/Decay,
Boooooooom!,
CBC,
Chasseur,
Chrome,
Color 12,
Colour,
Complex,
Contra Magazine,
Dazed and Confused,
Desillusion,
Double Double Whammy,
Do Not Research,
Elle,
Exclaim,
Fader,
Fecal Face,
Foam,
Forest Family Records,
Format,
Hamburger Eyes,
Huck,
HUF,
Hype Williams,
Juxtapoz Magazine,
Lamono,
Lomography International,
Mood,
MTV,
Neutral Spaces,
Ne Ultra,
Nike SB,
NXNE,
Ozon,
Purple,
Rolling Stone,
Romka,
Sailor Jerry,
Subbacultcha!,
Swatch,
The Editorial,
The Journal,
The Meander,
Thrasher,
Toyota,
TVO,
Vice,
Vogue.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 "Now That's What I Call 'Contemporary Painting,'" The Studio, Toronto CA
2017 "Paintings for Condos," The Studio, Toronto CA
2016 "Dodgy Dossier," Tarot Atelier, Toronto CA
2015 "Nonviolent Working Class Criminals Live Forever," 1610 Queen, Toronto CA
2015 "Domestic Success," Spring Snakes, Toronto CA
2014 "The Diplomats," Trafo Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin PL
2014 "Moments Like This Never Last," The Newsstand, Brooklyn NY
2012 "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," 33/45, Barcelona ES
2011 "Temporary Infinity," Lens Factory, Toronto CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 "The Patriot," O'Flaherty's, New York NY
2021 "I Never Read," Messe Basel, CH
2020 "Right In The Feels," Galerie de L'Erg, Brussels BE
2016
"The End of Living / The Beginning of Survival," 'The Studio,' Toronto CA
"Antimatter," Dunham Gallery, Toronto CA
2015 "Left Eye Lives," HK Mansion, Palo Alto CA
"Last Days," No Fixed Address, Brooklyn NY
"Messy Isn't It?," Art Basel Outsider, Miami FL
2014 "The Skinny Dipping Report," Lost Weekend, New York NY
"Zine Buffet," Seeing Things, San Francisco CA
"The Cold Show," Cold Space, Toronto CA
"The Public of Nature," Art Basel Outsider, Miami FL
"Odds and Ends," Yale University, New Haven CT
2013 "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30," Creatures Collective, Toronto CA
"I Never Read," Volkshaus, Basel, CH
"Don't Blow It," The Gallery, Los Angeles CA
"Riot," Doomed Gallery, London UK
"Lifecycles," Hermann and Audrey, Toronto CA
"Last Guest," Island, Berlin DE
"Small Press," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney AU
"Nostalgia for the Present," Forgetus, Toronto CA
"Stop Talking," White House, Toronto CA
"Disposable?," The Louisiana, Bristol UK
"Don't Trust Anyone Over 30," Creatures Collective, Toronto CA
"Now That's What I Call Photography 30," Bristol School, Bristol UK
"Xerox and Destroy," Doomed Gallery, London UK
"Big Fits Better," Phillipines Embassy, Barcelona SP
"Lamono Re-Launch," Grokstore, Barcelona SP
"End of the Roll," Kind of Gallery, Sydney AU
"Tell Me All About It," Capital, Toronto CA
"Floaters," MJ, Geneva CH
"Event Horizon," Quad Gallery, Derby UK
"Print and Staple," The Tate, Sydney AU
2012 "Link," Akademia Sztuki, Szczecin, PL
"Photocopy Club," Beach, London, UK
"Urban Lovers," Agias Eirnis Square, Athens GR
"Dark Arts," Grape and Grain, San Mateo CA
"Are You Afraid of the Dark?," Gallery 1581, Toronto CA
"Impressed," Galerie Arko, Nevers FR
"Independent Photography Festival," Tinning Street, Melbourne, AUS
"Musicians," Foam Gallery, Amsterdam, NE
2011 "I've Zine the Darkness," Galerie Dieschonestadt, Halle DE
"Presents," Hyperallergic, Brooklyn NY
"Self-Published," Camera Club of NY, New York NY
"Nofound Photofair," Garage Turrene Paris FR
"Oh My Book," Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles FR
"Disturber," Ono Gallery, Bologna IT
"Show and Tell," mobile exhibition, New York NY
"I've Zine You," Book Trust, Edinburgh UK
"Dying Breed," 285 Dundas, Toronto ON
"ATTN: Library," Kosmos Lane, Tokyo JP
2010 "Publish It Yourself," Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Paris FR
"Wordz," Bluffer Gallery, Houston TX
"14-19," Other Space, London UK
"Ne Te Promene Donc Pas Toute Nue," Grandpa, Stockholm SE
Exhibition Curation
2014 "Blood of the Young," Create Studios, Brighton UK
2013 "Remio VTS x BOTY," Cabal, Toronto, CA
2012 "Never Comply," Dutil, Vancouver CA
2012 "Format Perspective," Oz Studios, Toronto CA
2011 "Black Box," Garage Turrene, Paris FR
2011 "Mean Hymn," Forgetus, Toronto CA
2010 "Born Into This," Sennate Gallery, Toronto ON
Selected Readings, Panels, Presentations, and Videos
2022 Receiving my PhD (in Minecraft), Online
Nothing New Under the Sun, International Society for the Study of Surrealism
The Internet is Serious Business, Online
2021 Who Radicalized You?, Online
Untitled David Lynch Project, Online
Quaran.tv, Online
"The Worst," Online
2020 Capitalist Plagiarism: Is This an Alternative?, Online
Brand New Art Show at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto CA
Monday Night Memes: Doomer via Josh Citarella, Online
Call of Duty: Theory Audiobooks, Online
Call of Duty: Derive, Online
The Rave Theory, Online
The Incel Nostradamus, Online
Karakostas Nite Live!, Online
You'll Cowards Don't Even Nightcore, Online
Calm Soothing Sounds for Conspiracy Boys, Online
The Very Best of Billy Joel: The Poems, Toronto CA
2019 The Culture of Narcisism: A Meme By Mistake, Online
Dirty Laundry 4, Toronto CA
"Erotica," Online
The Very Best of Billy Joel: The Poems, Toronto CA
2018 242526, Online
Draft, Toronto CA
Surveillance Books, Toronto CA
Borderline Definitions, Toronto CA
The Greatest Art is to Endure, Toronto CA
2017 Strictly for my Instagram, Online
2015 Ne Ultra, Online
2012 Self-Publishing Panel, Xpace, Toronto CA
2011 Sex on Vacation, Toronto CA
2010 Stop Talking, Toronto CA
2009 Wham City and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Toronto CA
2008 Pain Never Ends, Toronto CA
Books
2023 Risk Management (upcoming)
The Only Book in English on Marc Dutroux (upcoming)
2022
Board Up the House
The Pleasure of Process, the Torture of Production
2021
Self-Portrait in a LED Screen
Cool Memories
The Complete Erased Works of Michel Houellebecq
Most Poems Die on the Operating Table
Epic Poetry
2020 Plagiarism and Schizophrenia
Perversion to Match the Curtains
"Tesoro" Meaning "Sweetheart"
Public Display of Affection
I Die in a Vulgar Style, By the Grace of God
Video Nasty
From the Window to the Wall
Subscribe to my Premium Poetry Snapchat [...] Make It Look So Pretty That It Goes Away
Hypochondriac
I Use WebMD to Diagnose Myself With As Many Diseases as Possible [...]
The Greatest Art is to Endure
You're Up to Your Ass in Alligators, Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Threat Assessment Center
Transparency 2000
Oprah's Book Club: The Book
Platform
Wasting Time on the Internet
2019 No Masters No Masterpieces
Erased by Grace
Abandonment Issues
How Much Jest Can You Take?
0kb File Size Post-Ritalin High
Serotonin
Big Sky Windows Vista
If I Did It
I Can't Wait to Make You Cum to Calvino
"Work"
Hoarder
All Art is Bad: Especially Mine!
2019- Source Book
2014 Oracle
The Juelz of Harlem
Existential Dread
Sacred Geometry
Depression Era
Sometimes I Think of You Everyday
Selected Solo Zines/Chapbooks
2022
Annual Checkup
Annihilation? Destroy?
2021- Can't Go On the Road Due to the Nationwide Quarantine
2018 A Stagerring Work of Heartbreaking Genius
Whatever #1-2
The Map and the Territory #1-2
16 Pages Regarding a Wall Painted at Bloor and Lansdowne
Paintings for Condos #1-2
Now That's What I Call "Contemporary Painting" #1-2
Dictionary of Rescued Ideas
The Best Words in the Best Order
"Au Revoir" Pronounced "Forever"
"Merci" Pronounced "Messy"
Extremely Happy Until Further Notice
No Need to Choke Me, I'm Already Breathless
Macbook Pro in Sleep Mode
Nausea
Ulysses Part Two
Tres Chic
Raptors Poems
Pornhub Poems
Karakostas Comix
Mood Journal Illustraded by Attitude Era WWF Fan Signs
Oracle #1-12
Alexa, I've Given You All and Now I Am Nothing
http://6479645762.phonesear.ch/
You in 3 1/2 Because of Me, I Completely Five
I'm Diffi-cult-icult-icult-icult
"very minimal slogan based high fashion streetwear"
Erased by Grace
Last Modifed 2012-01-31
Just Because That's Where the Light Is
I Still Think About Killing Myself Twice a Day
Realfakeoriginalcopyreplica
I Have the Proof, You'll Have Your Revenge
Probably 'Beautiful' Spelled Wrong
The Setting is a World Where Tupac was Never Killed
24 Hour Workday Unreality
Sometime There is No Next Time
Let's Take ACAB
Lonely Girl Fucks Herself to Sad Music
Phenomenology
The Reference Librarian's Unromantic Fantasy
Lovemaking at the Execution
I Love Lov
Hold my Last Words Against Me
The Problem has Become a Composite of Other Problems
This is Going to Look Stupid in Twelve Point Times New Roman
I Used to Not Look Both Ways when Crossing the Street LOL
2017- Living Well is the Best Revenge
2007 30,000 Pounds of Love Songs
I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Googling Their Names Obsessively
Punch Yourself in the Face and Drop Dead
Road Work
The Front
The Diplomats
Sunbruise
These Things Don't Matter but It's All I Remember
Je Peux Rien Faire de Bon
Ce Travail est Mal Fait
Promethazine Daydream
Karat Diamond Jump-Off
Lotto Pick-3 Cashpot Dollaz Lucky-5
Austerity Measures
Your Days of Wine and Roses are Over
Together We're Nothing
I Feel Totally Fine
I Love to Watch You Leave
I Slept Fine
I Think We're Alone Now
SMTWTFS
KYS
FYL
PKRE Journal
Kill Me
Goodbye Forever
See Ya Never!
You Better Have a Good Reason Why
God is Everywhere
Jah Will Provide
Expensive Habits
The Day I Quit Smoking
Guide to Success
Who Cares?
It's Fine
No! No! No!
I Just Want to Be Successful
It Doesn't Look Like You're Lying to Me
This Zine Cost $40,000 so It Must Be Worth $40,000
Don't Mention It
Portrait of the Young Artist as Bart Simpson
My Son is Also Named Bort
All of This Will End
I'll Clap When I'm Impressed
Robot Sex Hotline, #1-4
Pentultimate Partygraph #1-3
Cultural Barf #1-4
Copycat Magic Under Silent Protections of Clinging and Something Special
He Would but Fortunately I Am and No, You or I Are Not His Hologram
Every Other Sidewalk Crack Reminds of Something Recent or Redundant
Split Zines
2021- Neutral Spaces (w/ Brad Phillips, Tao Lin, +)
2008 Heartbreak in Bordeaux (w/ Gabriel Parniak)
Poor Shape (w/ Brittany Shepherd)
It Could Be Worse (w/ Lewis Chaplin)
Skate Tough (w/ Mood NYC)
Poems I Don't Write Change Me More (w/ Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez)
Projects of Note
Now - NDA-IRL
2022 I joined NDA-IRL to help manage more 'clandestine' clients - as of November 2022, we exclusively run the comms for several high-
profile personalities, averaging 3m+ impressions a month.
2022- Work Four
2014 I suppose it would be easier to say that I primarily offered my services in the world of memetics - something McLuhan would have
appreciated. The idea was to 'sell products based on jokes,' which we did - we did a lot.
2017- Tarot Magazine / Family Business
2014 A more 'formal' magazine despite focusing on the subversive peaks of photography and writing.
This project was based out of NY but effectively died when we got sick of using Tumblr.
2016- Blood of the Young
2008 A fairly 'major' publishing venture. We released 200+ zines/books in just over five years. Everything was hand-made.
Honestly, this project recieved high praise and we held exhibitions worldwide and collaborated with every artist I ever liked.
Despite being rooted in physical media, we averaged ~500k unique page views/month online.
2015- Media @ Red Bull Arts New York
2013 Pretty much just focused on graffiti, working on panels and exhibitions.
2014 Project Manager @ AM Gallery
2013 Contributing Writer @ Beautiful/Decay Magazine
2013- Online Photo Editor @ Vice Magazine
2011 I would tell you what is cool and you would believe me.
2011- Super Joy
2009 Co-founded this multipurpose gallery/venue with a focus on experimental music and art.