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EDUCATION/ STUDIES:
1966 B.A. University of Geneva, Switzerland
1967 M.S. Comparative Journalism, Columbia University, NY
Documentary film production with Fred W.Friendly
Internship at Look Magazine with Arthur Rothstein
Internship at WGBH-TV Boston, Ma.
1972 B.A. Photography, Polytechnic of Central London
1974 Ceramics, Earthworks Pottery, New York
1984-86 Painting & Sculpture, Brenda Goodman Studio, NY
1993 Electronic Imaging, New School Computer Center
1995 New York Studio School of Painting Drawing & Sculpture
GRANTS:
1999 Foundation for Hellenic Culture Individual Artist Grant
1967 Helen Lee Lasen Fellowship, Columbia University
1967 Catharwood Foundation Grant
1966 Fulbright Grant
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Benaki Museum Pireos, Athens "The Cursed Serpent" curated by Christina Petrinou.
2014 Open Art Exhibition, Francoise Heitsch, Munich
2002 “Venice” video installation Art Resources Transfer Gallery, NY
2000 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens “Virtual Landscape”
“Another Wolseley” video Inbstallatiion
2000 Art Resources Transfer, Chelsea New York
“Quasi Periodic Space” series
2000 Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York
“Quasi Periodic Space” series. Photographic collages, prints, drawings, constructions, video
1996 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
“Fragments”: Photographic collages
1996 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
“Afghanistan 1972” B&W Silver prints
1991 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
“Space Odyssey” series: Iron constructions with photographs on aluminum, 3/8” glass, all edges beveled, bolts.
1991 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
“Universal Salvage” Color Coupler prints with oil paint.
1986 Institute for Contemporary Art, PS1 Museum, NY
“Journey through Ellis Island” series: Large scale CCprints.
1985 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Kolonaki, Athens
“Journey through Ellis Island” series: Large scale CCprints.
1985 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Kolonaki, Athens
“Nudes 1984” Life size silver prints.
1982 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Kriezotou, Athens
“Nude Landscapes” Photographic prints from multiple negatives
“NY Graffiti” series. Color Coupler prints.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 POLYMORPHIA, ID-PROJECTART organized by FULBRIGHT Greece
2019 LIVE@ARTATHINA. Curated by Sozita Gouzouna
2019 Am I That Name Or That Image, MOMus of Thessaloniki hosted by Musem of Contemporary Art-Skopje
2019 BLIND Date, Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece. Curated by Adonis Volanakis
2019 Inside, Out and Beyond, Consulate General of Greece, NYC. Curated by Antonia Papatzanaki
2019 Quest for the Holy Grail, The Progect Gallery, Athens
2018 Art Athina International, featured @ Francoise Heitsch Gallery Munich
2018 Symptom Projects 9, Amphissa Greece. Curated by Fay Zika and Nikos Papadopoulos
2018 In Loco Parentis, Romantso, Athens
2018 IMAGO MUNDI Benetton Collection. Curated by Beral Madra
2018 DIASPORA, Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, NYC
2018 PAPER MOON, Museum of Contemporary Art Crete, Greece
2017 NEW ACQUISITIONS 2014-2017 EMST The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
2017 IMAGiNED HOMES Thessaloniki Biennale 6 at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art.
2017 THE ARTIST/ KNIGHT at Gaasbeek Castle, Belgium. Curated by Joanna De Vos
2017 CANAKKALE WALK 2017 HOMELAND Villa Schlikker, Kunsthalle Osnabruck, Germany.
Curated by Christian Oxeniu
2017 VIOLENCE, Eresou 40, Athens. Curated by Nikos
Giavropoulos
2017 ON PAPER, Gallery d’Arte / Paris Koh Fine Arts, NYC. Curated by Antonia Papatzanaki
2017 ex-pats Museum Alex Mylona, Athens.
Curated by Apostolis Artinos
2016 Urgent Conversations Athens / Antwerp The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
2016 EMST Inaugural Show Curated by Bart De Baere M HKA, Katerina Koskina EMST
2015 ARTmART Vienna
2015 VANDALISM at CHEAPRT Athens
2015 WELCOME at Museum of Contemporary Art, Olivepress
2014 Art Athina, featured @ Francoise Heitsch Gallery Munich
2014 Art Athina Contemporaries. Curated by Artemis Potamianou.
2013 SYNTHESIS: Francoise Heitch Gallery, Munich
2013 CAMP Athens: When Art becomes the Solution.
2013 The Symptom Projects, Amphissa. Curator Apostolis Artinos
2011 Thessaloniki Biennial: Roaming Images
2009 Kouros Gallery NY, Summer Accrochage
2007 Athens Biennial: Destroy Athens
"The Lamb of God"
2007 Biennale of Thessaloniki: Eterotopies
Public Screen "Venice"
2007 In Situations: Municipal Art Gallery "Brainstorming" Kalamata
2007 The Macedonian Museum of Art Collection at the Benaki Museum Athens
2007 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art "Memories" Thessaloniki
2007 The American College in Greece Art Collection, Athens
2006 KMST National Museum of Cont. Art Thessaloniki: "Masquerades."
2006 Homage to Pineloppi Delta, Athens College, GR
2004 Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct, Tweed Museum of Art, University of
Minnesota Duluth
2004 Ekecheiria, Schropf Gallery of Art, Chicago
2004 Art/Science, University of Richmond (Virginia) Museums
2004 Art/Science, Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts
2002 The Olympic Spirit, Athens Municipal Gallery
2003 Art/Science, Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts
2001 Art and Mathematics, Berkshire Community College
2000 Modern Odysseys: Modern Greek American Artists Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2000 Art and Mathematics, The Cooper Union, NY
2000 In Tandem, Eleni Mylonas + Ertugul Ates
Two person show at Marmara Gallery, NY
1999 Modern Odysseys: Modern Greek American Artists. Curated by Peter Selz & William Valerio, Queens Museum of Art, NY
1999 Modern Odysseys: New Faces. Curated by William Valerio Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York
1995 New York Studio School, paintings
1994 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
1993 Art Athina ‘93’, Athens
1991 Women of Vision', Konica Plaza, Tokyo
1990 New Voices in Gr/Am Art', The Cooper Union, NY, “Universal Salvage”
1990 Silent Voices, Perm. Installation, Ellis Island Museum, NY
1986 Freedom & Justice’, Alternative Museum, NY
1986 The Embellishment of the Statue of Liberty', Vanity Fair/Barney’s, NY Photographic print.
1985 Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, NY “Dog days of August”, “City Business” Photographic print with old ornate gold frame.
1984 Curwen Gallery, London, England, Ellis Island series
1984 Athenaeum Intercontinental, Athens, Greece
1983 Marcuse Pfeiffer Gallery, New York “Nudes.”
1983 Memories of Fire, Gallery 3, Athens
Collaboration with Lizzie Calligas
1982 European Exhibition of Art, Brussels, Belgium
1981 Nudes, The photographer’s Gallery, London
1981 Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1977 SoHo Photo Gallery, New York
1972 Shenley, a photographic portrait of a Mental Hospital. The Royal Photographic Society, London, England
SITE SPECIFIC PROJECTS:
2015 DELPHI Museum Dialogues with Omphalos
2001 Kyriakopoulos AE Lobby with Alexandros Tombazis Architect
1996 Argos Art Festival: Altar
Mixed media Installation--Steel, human scull photographs, canvas, butcher blocks--in a former slaughterhouse.
1989 'International Art Symposium', Permanent Installation, Crete, Greece “Haris: homage to the laborer” Rope construction, iron, armature, bolts, telegraph pole, rock. Outdoor installation on the waterfront.
CATALOGUES / MONOGRAPHS:
2014 The Cursed Serpent
2000 Quasi Periodic Space1999
1996 Fragments
1989 Universal Salvage
1985 Journey Through Ellis Island
VIDEOS:
2014 Delalis: The Cursed Serpent, single channel with sound.
2011 "Virtual Conversations" Thessaloniki Biennale,
Roaming Images, curated by Iara Bubnova
2007 Athens Biennial Destroy Athens: The Lamb of God
2001 “Venice” single Channel Video with sound
2000 Another Wolseley” Video Installation: Fireworks
“Another Wolseley” George
1999 “Quasi Periodic Matches” 8 minute Video loop
part of a triptych with two digital prints
1991 “Space Odyssey” Running time 8 mins.
Shows construction and installation of Space Odyssey series
1983/90 “Journey Through Ellis Island” Running time 20 mins. A sequence of stills from Ellis Island.
SELECTED ARTICLES / REVIEWS:
2000 ‘To Vima’ Painting with photographs by Katia Arfara
‘Athens News’
‘Eleftheros Typos”
‘Tahidromos”
‘To Vima’ Geometric Infinity by Katia Arfara
‘The National Herald’ Photographic Collages
Efi Andreadis essay in Quasi Periodic Space Catalogue
Naomi Spector essay in Quasi Periodic Space Catalogue
1999 ‘Klik’ Twelve NY Artists, George Armaos
‘Modern Odysseys’ Catalogue essay by Thalia Selz
‘Melissa Artist Reference Dictionary’ entry by Efi Strouza
1998 ‘Figaro Maison’ Ioannou/ Pikadas
1996 ‘To Vima’ A puzzle of photographs
'To Vima’ Centerfold
‘Kathimerini’ week’s highlights, Eleni Petasi
“House & Quality Living” Where art flourishes
1991 'Ta Nea' Haris Kambouridis
'Living' Dora Rogan
1991 'ELLE' Anna Riga
'Ikones' EVA, Kyveli Zahariou
'Tahydromos' Anastasia Zenakou
'Kathimerini' Eleni Petasi
1990 ‘New Voices’, Catalogue essay by April Kingsley
'American Photography VI', Booth- Clibborn/Rizzoli Intern.
1987 'Prosopa', Angelos Droulias
1985 'American Photography I', Booth-Clibborn/Harry Abrams
1985 'The Athenian', Elizabeth Herring
'Tachydromos' Aglaia Kremezi (also 1982, 1984)
‘To Vima’ Centerfold
1984 'Kathimerini', Maria Karavia
'Eikastika', Olga Bati
'Gyneka', Lia Papaefstratiou
1983 'Kathimerini', Dora Rogan
1982 'Eikastika', Olga Ioannou
'Mesimvrini', Kitsa Bontzou
1981 'Greek Accent', Angie Peteris
1980 'PRINT' magazine, profile
PRESENTATIONS OF ARTIST’S WORK ON TELEVISION
2017 ERT2 'The Age of Images' by Katerina Zacharopoulou
2000 NET 'Shaker' by Fei Karavitis
Antena TV 'Katse Kala' by Panayotis Tatsis
1999 Antena Satelite TV by Alexandra Spiridakis
1991 MEGA Channel 'Bravo Roula' Greeks of New York
PUBLICATIONS /BOOKS THAT INCLUDE WORKS BY ARTIST:
2000 Modern Odysseys: Modern Greek American Artists
1999 Melissa Artist Reference Dictionary
1991 Ellis Island: Chermayeff/Macmillan
Manhattan / Mus. of the City of NY
The Photographed Cat / Doubleday
1990 American Photography I / H. Abrams
1985 American Photography VI / Rizzoli International
1984 White by Design/Stuart Tab.& Chang P.5
Artist’s TALKS / LECTURES:
2006 School of Visual Arts New York, Artists Talk on Art
2002 New York Studio School Artist Lecture series
2000 ISAMA 2000 University of Albany, New York, On her work
International Society of the Arts, Mathematics and Architecture
1998 P.W.P Fashion Institute of Technology, NY On her work
1997 Camera Club of NY On her work
1994 P.W.P Nikon House NY On her work
TEACHING:
New School University / Parson’s School for Design 1994
“Directed Projects” An advanced course focusing on personal expression
COLLECTIONS:
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Athens College
The Goulandris Museum of Natural History (comission)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Ellis Island Museum
NYNEX
Warner Communications
Mamidakis Hotels
Lucent Technologies
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Athanasiadis
Anthi Doxiadis
Kali Doxiades
Petros Sabatacakis
Dakis Ioannou
Florika Kyriakopoulos
Gregoris Papadimitriou
Zaharias Portalakis
Marcuse Pfeiffer
Ileanna Tounta
Alexandra Vogiazidis
Peggy Zoumboulakis
Michalis Fotiades
Zacharias Portalakis
Mpitsiou
Nikos Vernikos
Other private collections.
Eleni Mylonas
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