Johnny Pavlatos was born in Athens Greece, has worked and lived in Melbourne Australia, London UK and Athens Greece and is a currently resident of the UK & Greece.

Johnny is a socially engaged artist, public artist, radiophonic artist, sound artist, and mixed media artist. Johnny’s art practice takes the form of site specific research developing into graphic scores, radio transmissions, public installations, social sculptures, sonic collages and public space interventions. Johnny’s practice focuses on explorations into the ways in which social and economic fragmentation affects gender performativity and how queer theoretical ideas may disrupt this production.

Johnny’s practice focuses on explorations into the ways in which social and economic fragmentation affects gender performativity and how queer theoretical ideas may disrupt this production.

Johnny’s practice is both political and timely. In addition to radio art, teaching and activism, Johnny held a curatorial position at the Athens Museum of Queer Art AMOQA from 2017-19; They also co-founded 589 Plateaus and Avelo Space with Lee Ingleton; operating as socially engaged independent art making spaces in 2006 and 2019 respectively.  They hosted activists, artists, discussions, performances and researched various topics and issues, including the role of queer feminist art in crisis situations. 

Johnny is currently developing a multi media installational work in residence at Urban Nation Berlin. Picturing democracy through a historical mapping and deconstruction of the sexual social contract. They are also in their 6th year as resident radio programmer at Soundart Radio in Totnes Devon UK. They previously held residencies on NTS Radio UK and Resonance FM UK. Lastly, they are also consumed by LGBTQIA+ issues of Aged Care & Social Welfare Inequality. Focusing on mapping queer networking processes & practices so as to understand in greater detail how to better develop projects that may reach the unrecognized communities of LGBTQIA+ elders.