Art Bio
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Person Exhibitions | Selected Group Exhibitions | Site Specific Projects | Catalogues
/ Monographs | Videos | Selected Articles / Reviews | TV | Publications / Books | Lectures | Teaching | Collections
Born in Athens 1944.
Lives and works in New York and Athens.
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:
2002 “Venice” video installation Art Resources Transfer, 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 Color Coupler prints.
1985 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Kolonaki, Athens
“Journey through Ellis Island” series: Large scale Color Coupler prints.
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:
2008 “Silent Dialogues” ACG Art Athens.
2007 1st International Athens Biennial: Destroy Athens "The Lamb of God"
2007 1st International Biennale of Thessaloniki: Eterotopies
Public Screen Program "Venice Video"
2007 In Situations: "Brainstorming" Municipal Art Gallery Kalamata
2007 The Macedonian Museum of Art Collection at the Benaki Museum Athens
2007 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art "Memories" Thessaloniki
2006 Masquerades National Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki
2006 Homage to Pineloppi Delta, Athens College, GR
2004 “Ekecheiria” Schropf Gallerey of Art, Chicago
2004 “Art/Science” University of Richmond (Virginia) Museums
2004 “Art/Science” Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts
2002 “The Olympic Spirit”, Athems Municipal Gallery
2003 “Art/Science” Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts
2001 “Art and Mathematics” Berkshire Community College
2000 “Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century”
Moni Lazariston 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: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century”
Curated by Peter Selz & William Valerio
Queens Museum of Art, New York
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 Photographic print.
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
Two-person collaboration: photographs of and objects salvaged
from a fire.
1982 European Exhibition of Art, Brussels, Belgium
1981 'Manhattan', Museum of the City of New York
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:
1996 Argos Art Festival
Mixed media Installation--Steel, human scull photographs, canvas,
butcherblocks--in renovated 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:
2000 Quasi
Periodic Space
1996 Fragments
1989 Universal
Salvage
1985 Journey
Through Ellis Island
VIDEOS:
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 by Emmy Marcoglou.
2000 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 flourishes1991
'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 International
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:
1991 MEGA Channel ‘Bravo Roula” Greeks of New York
1999 Antena Satelite TV by Alexandra Spiridakis
2000 NET ‘Shaker’ by Fei Karavitis
Antena TV ‘Katse Kala” by Panayotis Tatsis
PUBLICATIONS
/BOOKS THAT INCLUDE WORKS BY ARTIST:
2000 Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Cebntury
1999 Melissa Artist Reference Dictionary
1991 Ellis Island: Chermayeff/Macmillan
Manhattan / Mus. of the City of NY
The Photographed Cat / Doubleday
1990 Am. Photography I / H. Abrams
1985 Am. Photography VI / Rizzoli Int.
1984 White by Design/Stuart Tab.& Chang
PUBLIC
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
American College of Athens Art Collection
Athens College Library
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:
Athanasiades
Anthi Doxiades
Kali Doxiades
Petros Sabatacakis
Dakis Ioannou
Florika Kyriakopoulos
Gregoris Papadimitriou
Zaharias Portalakis
Marcuse Pfeiffer
Ileanna Tounta
Alexandra Vogiazides
Peggy Zoumboulakis
Other private collections.