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studies

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.

research program participation / artist-in-residence

2016 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-residenceCite 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.

extra training / conference presentations & papers

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.
Art Education Union, attending seminars for Primary Art education.

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
2023

2022

Escapism in Athens, curated by Mary Cox + Panagiotis Voulgaris, FokiaNou Art Space, Athens.

Leptogeos, curated by Evangelia Kairaki, European Centre / Contemporary Space Athens.
What defines us,
curated by Mary Cox + Panagiotis Voulgaris, FokiaNou art space, Athens.
Unfold 2022, 
a MouSou project, curated by Maria Nymfiadi + Lea Petrou, Athens London Venice.
Re-Imagine, 
curated by Eleni Gatsa, Imagine gallery, Athens.
Weaving The Future IV, 
curated by Efi Michalarou, Maison Grecque, Paris.

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, 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, a solo exhibition / one-day event 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.
Love Difference Ice-cream and sweets as cultural passports, CAMeC Modern & Contemporary Art Center, La Spezia.
Intrude Art & Life 366
, curated by Mr Shen Qibin, Zendai MOMA Museum, Shanghai.
The World One Minutes, curated by the One Minutes Foundation, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing.
MIR festival, Melina Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens.
Festival Miden 2008, Kalamata.
Palmoi II, curated by Giannis Roussos, Onassis Cardiac Syrgery Center, Athens.
Le Silo, curated by Teresa Castro, Jennifer Verraes, Grain de Blé, Marie Canet & Evgenia Giannouri, Betonsalon gallery, Paris.
Into the pill, Art Athina ’08, 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.
Menu for 2, event in collaboration with Maria Nymfiadi, Greece.

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.
Cite International Des Arts, open studio, Paris.
What If, Reflections On Choice, curated by Helena Koumbouzis & Gulsen Bal, Athens.
One Day, All These Will be Yours, RCA, Howie st. London.
Interim Show, The Henry Moore Gallery, RCA, 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 guielines, 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.
Lea Petrou, Rooms ToLet exhibition catalogue, Action Field KODRA ’06, Thessaloniki.
Lea Petrou, text by Olga Danyilopoulou, The Scarecrow exhibition catalogue, Averoff Museum, Metsovo.
An evening without mountial, Eleftherotypia 29/06, Athens.
Lost in the net, Athinorama # 306, 23/30, Athens.
www.thelossproject.net, OZON # 36, Athens.
www.thelossproject.net, LIFO # 14, 09/03, 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.
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