Apostolou Eugenia

Born in Sudan.
Lives and works in Athens.
Studied in London at the Central School of Art and Design (1974 – 1978) and at the
Royal College of Art (1979 – 1982).

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 – Solo exhibition titled Exercises in Tail Autotomy at Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center – Athens

2009 – Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Retrospective Show – Curator Denis Zacharopoulos

2010 – Museum Alex Mylona, Athens
2007 – Gallery Nees Morfes, Athens
2002 – Gallery Nees Morfes, Athens
1997 – Diana Gallery, Athens – curator Julia Gazetopoulou
1995 – Kreonidis Gallery, Athens
1992 – Kreonidis Gallery, Athens – curator Maria Kotzamani
1989 – Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
1984 – Desmos Gallery, Athens

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 – “Someone else’s Nostalgia ” -Curator Sofia Makrigiorgou- Crux Gallery,Athens
2020 –  Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymnon.
2020 – ‘All together now’-  Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center ,Athens
2019 – Art Athina-Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre,Athens
2019 – Hyle -Curator Alexios Papazacharias
2018 – ‘What is this’ – curator Alexios Papazacharias – CAT Projects, Larissa
2018 – Platforms Project -CAT projects – curator Alexios Papazacharias – School of Fine Art, Athens
2018 – ‘An exercise on values’ – curator Alexios Papazacharias – Haus N Athen, Athens
2018 – ‘Theorimata’ – curator Konstantinos Proimos, AICA Hellas – EMST, Athens
2017 – New Acquisitions – curator Katerina Koskina – EMST, Athens
2017 – ‘Αntidoron’ – curator Katerina Koskina, Tina Pandi, Stamatis Schizakis – EMST at Documenta 14, Kassel    
2017 – ‘A certain blue of the sea’ – curator Sozita Goudouna – Ionian Parliament, Corfu
2017 – ‘Gestalt’ – curator Dimitris Antonitsis – Hydra School Projects, Hydra
2017 – ‘Integral 1’ – curator Ileana Tounta, Dimitris Antonitsis  -Ileana tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
2017 – ‘Ten chapters’ – curator Maria Marangou –Contemporary Art Center of Crete, Rethymnon 
2016 – ‘Tramontana’ – curator Alexios Papazacharias – Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center – Athens
2016 – ‘Spiritual Materialism’ – curator Dimitris Antonitsis – Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
2016 – ‘5’ – Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens
2016 – ‘Whispers’ – curator Maria Marangou – State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2015 – ‘Whispers’ – curator Maria Marangou – Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymnon.
2014 – ‘Like’ – Ekfrasi Gallery- Athens – curator Angelos Skourtis 
2014 – Re-Culture – Skayiopoulio Foundation – Patras – curator Dorothea Konteletzidou 
2014 – ‘Painting Matters’ – Elika Gallery – Athens 
2013 –  Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, ‘Plans for a summer’ – Athens 2013 – 7th International Silence Film Festival of Athens, International group art show, Caid ‘Violence’ – curator Maria Marangou
2013 – RE-culture – Skayiopoulio Foundation, Patras – ‘Fear’ – curator Maria Marangou
2012 – Institute of Contemporary Greek Art – Abstract Further Abstraction – curator Maria Marangou
2011 – REMAP Acrobat reading – curator Alexios Papazacharias
2010 – Zoumboulaki Gallery, Athens, Curators Christophoros Marinos, Paulina Kosmadaki – European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi – curator Efi Andreadi
2010-09 – Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Crete and House of Cyprus, Atnens – curator Maria Marangou
2009 – Benaki Museum, Athens, Nees ‘Morfes Gallery, 50 Years After’
2007 – Gallery Nees Morfes, Athens
2006 – Medusa Gallery, Athens – curator Maria Marangou
2005 – Greece – China exchange – Art Athina ’05, Nees Morfes Gallery, Helexpo Athens – Visions, Kappatos Gallery – Imperial  Hotel, Athens and Macedonia Palace, Thessaloniki
2004 – Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens – Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
2003 – French Institute, Thessaloniki – curator Dorothea Konteletzidou – Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
2002 – Cultural Exchanges in the Meditteranean, Tunis – Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
2001 – Historical Museum of Hydra, Hydra – curator Niki Kanagini – Vafopoulion Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki – curator Dorothea Konteletzidou
1999 – 01 – Retrospective of Desmos Gallery, Deste Foundation, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki and Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
2000 – Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete at D. Pieridis Foundation
1997 – Hilton Hotel, Athens
1996 – Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete – “Elytron”- curator Maria Marangou
1995 – Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki – “Elytron”- curator Maria Marangou – XLVI Biennal of  Venice, Italy – “Elytron”- curator Maria Marangou
1994 – Thema Gallery, Athens
1991 – Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
1990 – Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens – Desmos Gallery, Athens
1988 – Intercontinental Hotel, Athens
1986 – International Art Exposition, New York
1982 – Betty Sandford Gallery, London
            – Christie’s Inaugural Show, London
            – Royal College of Art, London

 

DISTINCTIONS

1995 – XLVI Venice Biennal, ‘Elytron’ exhibition, Curator Maria Maragkou Catalogue
2012 – A.I.C.A Hellas
Art critics award for retrospective exhibitions:
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art,Thessaloniki, 2009
Alex Mylona Museum, Athens, 2010
Curator Denys Zacharopoulos

 

CATALOGUE ESSAYS

Catalogue essays:
Denys Zacharopoulos – Art critic, Curator, Artistic Director
at Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
Maria Maragkou – Art critic, Curator, Director of Museum of Modern Art of Crete
Maria Kotzamani – Art critic and Curator
Dorothea Konteletzidou – Art critic and Curator, Lecturer

 

REVIEWS BY ART CRITICS IN ART MAGAZINES AND THE PRESS

Maria Maragkou – Eleftherotipia newspaper
Krista Konstantinidi – Estia Newspaper
Alexios Papazacharias – Kaput online magazine
Manos Stefanidis – Arti Magazine
Dorothea Konteletzidou – Arti magazine
Maria Kotzamani – Eikones magazine
Alexandra Koroxenidi – Athens Plus newspaper
Stephanie Bailey – Artforum online magazine

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Solo Exhibition Catalogues: 1984, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2009
Dictionary of Greek Artists, Melissa Editions
The Hellenic Museum by Manos Stephanidis
The power of visual logos by Zoe Kosmidou
Contemporary Greek Artists, Melissa Editions
MMCA Catalogue of Collections
MMAC Catalogue of Collections
Nees Morfes Gallery- Fifty Years
ARTI magazine 1992 ,1995 ,1998

 

COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Museum of Modern Art of Crete, Rethymnon
Eurobank,  Greece
Alpha Bank, Greece
KIKPE Foundation
Pantion University ,Athens
Works are included in various private collections.


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