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studies |
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| 2022 | PhD student, Athens School of Fine Art. |
| 2000-02 | MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London. |
| 1997-00 | BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central St. Martins College of Art, London. |
| 1996-97 | Foundation Course, Chelsea College of Art, London. |
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research program participation / artist-in-residence |
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| 2023
2016 |
Artist-in-residence, NAHR, Taleggio Valley, Italian Alps.
Artist-in-residence, artAmari, Rethymno, Crete. |
| 2011 | Artist-in-residence, Galichnik, Skopje. |
| 2010 | Artist-in-residence, Leonidio Tower Arts Residence, Greece. |
| 2003-04 | Centre for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu research program, Japan. |
| 2001 | Artist-in-residence Cite International des Arts Residence, Paris. |
| prizes / awards / funds / scholarships | |
| 2014 | Passwort 3, a drawing competition prize, concept & organization by Reinhold Weber, Zeicheninstitut, Kassel, Germany. |
| 2012 | A Stavros Niarchos Foundation fund for realizing the “Blue Knights”, an art-educational & environmental program for primary schools of the Small Cyclades islands. |
| 2008 | 2nd prize of Jannis and Joe Spyropoulos Foundation, Athens. |
| 2003-04 | Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Athens. CCA Kitakyushu, fee bursary. |
| 2002-03 | ACAVA (Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual Arts), “first base” one-year free studio space award, London. |
| 2001-02 | Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Athens. Millenium Award, Peabody Trust, fund for photo-video workshop for children, London. Royal College of Art, London, residency award at Cite International des Arts, Paris. Royal college of Art, London, fee bursary. |
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extra training / conference presentations & papers |
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| 2018 | 3rd Ηellenic Conference on “Education in the 21st Century: Looking for Innovation, Art and Creativity”, presentation of a workshop, co-organization: The School of Life and Education of EKEDISY, the Pedagogical Society of Greece, the Greek Section of IBBY and Moraitis School. |
| 2016 | Certified Teacher for Europe (t4e) with distinguished paper. Paper presented at the 72nd educational seminar region of west Attica, “Good practices applied in educational practice”, Perama Elementary school. |
| 2015 |
Paper & interactive workshop presentation at Scientific Conference “Academic Excellence and Charisma”, Nea Genia Ziridis. |
| 2014 | IB / In School workshop: Making the PYP Happen in the Classroom, PYP category 1, International School of Piraeus (ISP). 15-day Workshop on digital culture, to update knowledge of Fine and Applied Art graduates’ concerning the use of digital media, department of Product and Systems Design Engineering of the University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece. |
| 2008 | IBAEM-MYP workshop Basel, Switzerland. |
| selected solo & group exhibitions / visual art events / festivals | |
| 2024
2022-3 |
The Unknown Island, two-person exhibition curated by Gelly Gryntaki, Historical Library of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation & Metro Station Dimotiko Theatro, Piraeus 2024. Embrace Empathy, curated by Olga Daniylopoulou, Vorres Museum, Paiania 2024. The Butterfly Effect, curated by Kostas Prapoglou, Mouzakis Butterfly Textile Factory, Athens 2023. |
| 2021 | Travel App, curated by Mary Cox + Panagiotis Voulgaris, FokiaNou Art Space, Athens. 1821, Visual of a Revolution, curated by Eleni Gatsa, The War Museum and Imagine Gallery, Athens. The Party Project, organized and curated by Panajotis Daramaras, Dionisis Mataragas, Foivos Sofikitis, Chalandri, Athens. |
| 2020 | Quarantine Exhibition, organized and curated by Space 52 + Dionisis Chrystofilogiannis, Athens. |
| 2019 | Remembering Remembered, organized and curated by Panajiotis Daramaras + Lea Petrou, Chalandri, Athens. Unfold, a MouSou project, organized and curated by Maria Nymfiadi and Lea Petrou, Venice. |
| 2018 | Ephemeral gardens, Tinos Art Gathering, organized by Kinono Art Project, curated by Nikos Podias, Tinos island. |
| 2017 | 2 Decades +, Spyropoulos Awards, organized and curated by Olga Daniylopoulou, Vorres Museu, Peania, Athens. Orientation, organized and curated by Steffi Jüngling, Carola Ruf & Friedrich W. Block, Kunsttempel, Kassel, Germany. [Open] Call #2 ThessaloNiki, organized and curated by P. Voulgaris, D. Maltabe and L. Petrou, part of the collateral events of the 6thThessaloniki Biennale. 36° 47’ 7.4” Β 24° 34’ 50” Δ meeting point, organized and curated by Andriani Ventouri & Maria Gouveli, Kimolos island. [Open] Call #1 Stream, Rock, Terrace, organized and curated by P. Voulgaris, D. Maltabe and L. Petrou, Athens. |
| 2016 | Palmoi III, organized by the Onassis Foundation Scholars Association, Onassis Cardiac Syrgery Center, Athens. Art Walk, Terra Firma, curated by Andriani Ventouri & Maria Gouveli, Kimolos island. Re-housing, day conference curated by Myrto Kiourti, SGT Onassis Cultural center, small stage. (Test) in between, participation in the solo show of Katerina Athanasiou, Beton 7 Center for the Arts, Athens. |
| 2015 | The Bankorgs, Performance Dinners No. 8, curated by Maria Paschalidou, Bios Tesla, Athens. Starting Points, 1 building, 3 sculptures, 1 documentary, curated by Andriani Ventouri & Maria Gouveli, Kimolos island. |
| 2014 | Locked in, curated by Eleutheria Stamati & Ioanna Myrka, Beton 7 center for the arts, Athens. 1st Video Art Exhibition, Digital Art Collections, Ionian festival, N. Smyrni, Athens. Password 3, curated by Henning Lutze, Bernhard Skopnik and Reinhold Weber, Zeichen Institut, Kassel. uP, curated by Dinos Nikolaou & Iphigenia Papamikroulea, metamatic:taf, Athens. One Hundred Boats, One Hundred Waters, in collaboration with students of the International School of Piraeus, Cake pastry shops, Piraeus. |
| 2013 | Save, curated by Giorgos Tserionis, Pindaros Hotel, Athens. Wanna Play? organized by Playroom, 6 Dogs, Athens. |
| 2012 | A Space in 500 Pieces, solo exhibition curated by Ana Frangovska, multimedia center Mala Stanica, Skopje. My Athens, a MouSou project, www.mousouproject.com, Technohoros gallery, Athens. |
| 2011 | On Cooking, curated by Bia Papadopoulou, Technohoros gallery, Athens. |
| 2010 | A Space in 300 Pieces, solo exhibition supported by the Arcade EAP, Nicosia, Cyprus. Give me a Sign, supported by the Cleanjunkies, Synergeio Theater and deBop.gr, Artville Gallery, Athens. Α thrilling AIR at a Tower haunted with history, Leonidio, Greece. Art Athina 2010, Jannis Spyropoulos Awards 2006-2009, the Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo) Athens. Onassis Foundation Video Art, Bios, Athens. Three Days With Six Dogs, organized by into the pill, 6 Dogs, Athens. |
| 2009 | Pastry Love Difference, Café de l’île, Centre International d’Art et du Paysage, ile de Vassivière. In Dire(ct) Democracy, curated by Gelly Grindaki & Margarita Kataga, School of Fine Arts, Athens. Intothepill. Vol. 1 / Greek Contemporary Video Art, Synch Festival, Athens. City One Minutes, organized by the One Minute Foundation, the Athenian part is curated by Adonis Pittas, www.cityoneminutes.org. |
| 2008 |
Love[in] a different kefte, in collaboration with Maria Nymfiadi, Cake pastry shops, Athens. |
| 2007 | Karaoke Poetry Bar, curated by intothepill, 1 st Athens Biennial. Nightcomers, curated by Adnan Yildiz, Ovul Durmusoglu, Marcus Graf, Borga Kanturk, Pelin Uran, 10 th Istanbul Biennial. Public Screen, 1st Thessaloniki Biennial. Visibility, curated by Maria Paschalidou, Athens, fruit market of Attiki & Cheap Art, Athens. Strange Screen Festival 6, organized by into the pill, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum. Trauma Queen, curated by Zoe Pappa, Harris Kondosphyris & Christian Rupp, Mediterranean Hotel, Athens. Asymmetric Sight-Scene, organized by into the pill, parallel to Her (his)tory, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens. Motel, curated by Alexandros Apostolides & Panagiota Apostolopoulou, International Festival 2007, Anc. Olympia. People, curated by Marina Athanassiadou & Margarita Kataga, Art Athina ’07 & Action Field Kodra ’07. Art in not Mute, Ersta Konsthall gallery, Sweden. Athens Video Art Festival 07, Technopolis-Gazi, Athens. |
| 2006 | Blind Date #12, curated by Adonis Volanakis, Athens. Rooms To Let, curated by Effie Halyvopoulou, Action Field KODRA-06. The Scarecrow, curated by Olga Daniylopoulou, Nico De Oliveira & Nicola Oxley, Averoff Museum, Metsovo, Greece. |
| 2005 |
Visions, curated by Irene Gerogianni, organized by Kappatos gallery, Imperial & Macedonia Palace Hotels, Athens & Thessaloniki. |
| 2004 | CCA Kitakyushu open studios, Japan. |
| 2003 | Video screening, Enyen gallery café bar, Tokyo, Japan. CCA Kitakyushu, Maeda studio, Japan. Ladies & gentlemen, one day event, ACAVA studios, London. |
| 2002 | What If, Reflections On Living Across Differences, curated by Helena Koumbouzis & Gulsen Bal, Devlet Resim Heykel Muzesi- Opera Oeydani- Ulus, Ankara. Open For Inspiration, RCA Degree Show 2002, London. |
| 2001 |
What If, In Residence, In Transit, curated by Helena Koumbouzis & Gulsen Bal, 82, Teasdale st, London. |
| 2000 | ACAVA Open Studios, Cremer St. London. {X}HIBIT 2000, Davies St. Gallery, London. Central St. Martins Degree Show 2000, London. |
| 1999 | Between The Two Shores, Greenwich Citizens Gallery, London. Out of the Bubble, Lethaby Galleries, London. The body&bodily experiences, Notting Hill Arts Club, London. Nite Lites, Notting Hill Arts Club, London. Dislocation, Notting Hill Arts Club, London. |
| professional activity concerning school & musem education | |
| 2018 | Hellenic American Educational Foundation (HAEF), an IB world school, MYP visual art teacher, Athens. |
| 2017-18 | Moraitis primary school, visual art teacher, the lesson is held in English language, Athens. |
| 2016-17 | Platon high school, an IB world school (International Baccalaureate) for all years (PYP, MYP, IB), visual art teacher from 6st to 10th grade (MYP), the lesson was held in English language, Athens. Mikro Dimotiko primary school, Vari. |
| 2015 | Author responsible for the development and elaboration of the national curriculum and educator’s guidelines, Music and Art High Schools Greece, Course: “Photography and Multimedia”. |
| 2013-16 | ISP International School of Piraeus, an IB world school (International Baccalaureate) for primary years (PYP), visual art teacher from 1st to 6th grade, the lesson was held in English language, Piraeus. |
| 2004-16 | Nea Genia Ziridis, primary school, visual art teacher from 1st to 6th grade, Athens. |
| 2012-13 | Blue Knights, an art educational & environmental program, which was realized at the small Cyclades islands’ primary schools, in collaboration with the museo – pedagogist and children’s story writer Alkistis Halikia. The project is endorsed by the Greek Ministry of Education and is fully funded by the “Stavros Niarchos Foundation”. Argiri – Laimou, pre-school education, visual art teacher from 1.5 – 6 yrs old students, Athens. MoυSoυ, art participatory projects often related to the educational process, founding member. |
| 2004-12 | Herakleidon museum, Art & Mathematics, independent visual art educator for all age school and college visiting students, Athens. |
| 2008-09 | Nea Genia Ziridis school, IB Diploma visual art teacher’s assistant, Athens. |
| 2003 | CCA Kitakyushu, children’s workshop with Olafur Eliasson & Einar Thorsteinn, Japan. CCA Kitakyushu, children’s animation workshop assisting Ken’ichiro Mogi, Japan. Hoxton Hall, leading art, drawing, photography, printing workshops and music instruments’ construction workshop, London. |
| 2002 | Tiverton Primary School, leading photography and moving image workshop, sponsored by Peabody Trust, London. |
| 2000 | Camden Arts Centre, assisting Luci Brennan during the after school art club at Hampstead Community Centre, London. Camden Arts Centre, assisting Thomas Gosenbruch during a 2 day visual arts-workshop held at Kentish Town City Farm, London. |
| selected publications / catalogues / press | |
| 2022 | Re-Imagine, exhibition catalogue, Athens. Weaving The Future IV, exhibition catalogue, Paris. |
| 2021 | 1821, Visual of a Revolution, exhibition catalogue, Athens. The Party Project, exhibition catalogue, Athens. |
| 2020 | Quarantine Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Athens. |
| 2019 | Remembering Remembered, exhibition catalogue, Athens. |
| 2017 | 2 Decades +, Spyropoulos Awards, exhibition catalogue, Athens. Orientation, exhibition catalogue, Kassel. [Open] Call #2 ThessaloNiki, exhibition catalogue, 6thThessaloniki Biennale. |
| 2016 | Palmoi III, exhibition catalogue, Athens. Re-housing, day conference catalogue, SGT Onassis Cultural center, Athens. |
| 2015 | Imago Mundi, Traces of Today, Benetton Collection catalogue, Italy. |
| 2012 | A Space in 500 Pieces, exhibition catalogue, Skopje. Galichnik Arts Residency 2011, exhibition catalogue. |
| 2009 | In Dire(ct) Democracy, exhibition catalogue, School of Fine Arts, Athens. Intothepill. Vol. 1 / Greek Contemporary Video Art, exhibition catalogue, Synch Festival, Athens. Lea Petrou, ΑΩ Alexander S. Onassis public benefit foundation magazine # 45, 12/09, Athens. |
| 2008 | Love[in] a different kefte, recipe & visitors’ book, Athens. A sweet exhibition: Love[in] a different kefte, I Cook Greek magazine # 13, Athens. Art bonding with coffee and sweets, Athinorama # 410, 20-27/03, Athens. Intrude Art & Life 366, # 04, Zendai MOMA Museum, Shanghai. The World One Minutes, video & literature, exhibition catalogue, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing. MIR festival, exhibition catalogue, Athens. Palmoi II, exhibition catalogue, Athens. LIFO # 106, 03/04/08, Athens. Trauma Queen, exhibition catalogue, Athens. From bazar to hamam. Art outside, conference proceedings, Warehouse B1 port, Thessaloniki. Into the pill, Art Athina ’08, exhibition catalogue, Athens. |
| 2007 | This month’s art piece, Lea Petrou: This is you, this is me, by Stavros Tsigoglou, Art News # 162, 10/07, Athens. Lea Petrou, ΑΩ Alexander S. Onassis public benefit foundation magazine # 35, 03/07, Athens. Karaoke Poetry Bar, exhibition catalogue, Athens. Nightcomers, exhibition catalogue, Istanbul. Public Screen, exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki. Visibility, Highlights # 30, Athens. Visibility, Athinorama # 385, Athens. Art went to the market, BHMagazino # 364, Athens. Visibility on the city streets, Eleftheros Typos 28/09/07, Athens. Motel, exhibition catalogue, Anc. Olympia. People, Art Athina ’07 & Action Field Kodra exhibition catalogues, Athens. Athens Video Art Festival ’07, exhibition catalogue, Athens. |
| 2006 |
Blind Date #12, exhibition catalogue, Athens. |
| 2005 | Biopolitics, GAP # 4, Athens. Lea Petrou, text by Irene Gerogianni, Visions exhibition catalogue, Athens. Lea Petrou & Gerogianni at Visions 2005, Time out # 102, 07/2005, Athens. Lea Petrou, ΑΩ Alexander S. Onassis public benefit foundation magazine # 27, 03/05, Athens. |
| 2004 | CCA Kitakyushu Research program 2003-4 publication, Kitakyushu. |
| 2002 | The Show 2002, Royal College of Art exhibition catalogue, London. What if, Reflections on Living across Differences, exhibition catalogue, Ankara. |
| 2001 | What if, in Residence, in Transit, exhibition catalogue, London. What if, Reflections on Choice, exhibition catalogue, Athens. What if, Reflections On Choice, Athinorama, 21-27/09, Athens. London Calling, Athinorama, Athens, 5-10/10, Athens. What if, in Residence in Transit, Create, # 18, 24/11, London. What if, Reflections on Choice, Eleftherotipia, 26&23/09, Athens. What if, in Residence, in Transit, Kibris, 30/11, London. Conflict of Private and Public Life, Herald Tribune, Athens. Honey Sample Collection, Honeybee Science, # 22, No.2, Japan. Honey Sample Collection, The National Geographic, China. What if, in Residence..., London Gazette, 15/11 and 29/11, London. Interaction Between Identity & Culture, Londra Express, 21/11. What if, Reflections on Choice, Skala, November, Istanbul. Honey Sample Collection, The Scottish Beekeeper, May, Scotland. |
| 2000 | Central St, Martins Degree Show, exhibition catalogue, London. {X}HIBIT 2000, exhibition catalogue, London. |
