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EDUCATION2014 – 2016 Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Class of Thomas Rug, postgraduate studies, Germany2006 – 2012 University of Ioannina, School of Fine Arts, Diploma, Greece
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS2024Residency grant - Drawing a Thread, Salzkammergut European Capital of Culture 2024, (Supported by Culture Moves Europe) AT 2022Working grant Neustart Kultur by Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, DE2021 Scholarship support from the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig, DEARTWORKS Award - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program, Athens, GRResidency grant - Government of Upper Austria at Salzamt, Linz, AT2020Work-Scholarship of the "Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Sachsen" in the context of the program Denkzeit, DEInternational Summer Academy, class of Noële Ody and Toni Schmale, Salzburg, ATResidency grant - Be Mobile-Create Together, led by the Institut français de Turquie, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ankara, the Goethe-Institut and the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Istanbul, TR2019Atelier residence in Zurich, CH2017 International Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts /Sculpture studio of Belle Shafir, Dresden,DE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2021Who says, Who knows, What pink tastes, Deska, Usti nad Labem, CZ2016Hüllen, Burg2 Galerie, Halle (Saale), DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2024Void into the distance, Kunstraum Ortloff, Leipzig, DEStranges I know: Remapping Emotional Landscapes, curated by Iana Pitenko, Culterim, Berlin, DE2023Witersaloon, Shower Gallery, Leipzig, DENo time to have you lurking, Bistro21, curated by GOMO, Leipzig, DEXeno Festival, curated by Christina Mot, Lesvos, GR Contemporary Womanhood 1.0: σύγχρονες θηλυκότητες, curated by Faidra Vasileiadou, MOMus- Museum Alex Mylona, Athens, GRWhen the heart of a pig has hardened, dice it small, by KIRKI Projects, Onos, Tinos, GRArt Theorema Krisis at Fondazione Imago Mundi, Benetton Foundation, curated by Claudio Scorretti and Irina Ungureanu, Treviso, Italy, ITPower Hause, curated by Katharina Wendler, Schiller-Museum, Weimar, DE2022Vessel for Soul, Galerie d'Art dans le Haut, Paris, FR Skulpturenpark Neustadt II, Leipzig, DEDas sind die Worte, die du benutzt hast, LindeNOW Festival, Leipzig, DESilky Lights, curated by Rali Benkova, Brückenloft, Leipzig, DEOFF WATER II, curated by Alizée Gazeau, Sainte Anne Gallery, Paris, FRUnstable Equilibrium, curated by Silvia Gaetti, A&O Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE2021OFF WATER, curated by Alizée Gazeau, Gr_und, Berlin, DEGeschichtete Verortung, Tapetenwerk, Halle CO1, Leipzig, DENothing´s Gonna Change My World?, raum www (Daniel Hahn & Johannes Mundinger), Gr_und, Berlin, DESeasonal Black, curated by Johanna Hertel and Rali Benkova, Werkschauhalle, Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, DE2020Mögliche Werke, curated by Jana Luck and Cara Wenzke, Blech-raum für Kunst Halle e.V., Halle (Saale), DE20195x5@8, curated by Elli Leventaki, Eight- critical institute for arts and politics, Athens, GRNot a Straight Line, with Stepahne Clor, curated by Elli Leventaki, TAF(Theartfoundation), Athens, GR2018 An Imperceptible rhythm, with Stephane Clor, Fetti Amore, Leipzig, DEInternational Paper Art Triennal, City Gallery, Deggendorf, DELinien (Rayures), with Stephane Clor, curated by Aicha Deloux, Krudedude, Leipzig, DE2017First International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA/NPAK) Yerevan, ARMΓραμμή // point, with Lauriane Dine, Die Box, Leipzig, DESoft Sculpture – Hard Thoughts, curated by Mirjana Bajic, Gallery SULUJ, Belgrad, SRBShow (Riesa efau), curated by Susanne Altmann Motorenhalle, Dresden, DEStip(p)visite, Rösslstube e.V., curated by Belle Shafir, Dresden, DEPhilema, performance curated by Carole Lallemand and Despina Charitonidi, Handstand & Moral, Leipzig, DE2015draw! 100 Skizzenbücher für 100 Jahre BURG, Cafe Konsum, Halle (Saale), DE
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS2024ARTWORKS publication, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Athens 2023 Contemporary Womanhood 1.0: σύγχρονες θηλυκότητες, Exhibition catalogue, MOMus- Museum Alex Mylona, AthensArt Theorema #3, Krisis at Fondazione Imago Mundi, Benetton Foundation, Italy2022Das Erotik Magazin, Erotik+Mythos, Leipzig2021Geschichtete Verortung, Exhibition catalogue, Leipzig Nothing´s Gonna Change My World?, Exhibition catalogue, raum www (Daniel Hahn & Johannes Mundinger), BerlinFLUT Vol.03 Magazin für gegenwärtige Erotik, JenaLes Nouveaux Riches, Interview2020Be Mobile-Create Together, residency publication, published in 2020 by Institut français de Turquie, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ankara, the Goethe-Institut and the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Istanbul, TRPossible projects, Interview#Horst und Edeltraut, Interview 2018 Papier Global4 Paper, Puplished from Stadtmuseum Handwerkmuseum, Deggendorf, ISBN 978-3-929363-44-92017The Slider, Investigating Belgrade´s art scene, OnlineInternational Print Biennale Yerevan, Published from Foundation KulturDialog ArmenienSoft Sculpture – Hard Thoughts, Published from SULUJ Galerie, BelgradPhilema, concept and editorial staff Carole Lallemand, Pete Vance and Despina Charitonidi
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