CV

EDUCATION

1982 Apolytirio (Senior High School Certificate) - Arsakeio Palaio Psychiko, Greece.
1988 Ptyhio (BA) Economics - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
1993 Diplom Designerin - Universität der Kuenste (UdK), Berlin.

TRAINING

1980 Bronze in 4x100. National School Championship, Track & Field. Greece.
1987 1st Dan (Black belt) - Japan Karate Association.
1995 Christie's Inc. New York - 19th century European painting department. Internship.
2000 Reuters Journalism - Communication seminars for staff members, London and Athens.

FOUNDING

2017 - today "FaveLAB" - International Artist In Residence and Exhibition Programme, Athens. With Christoph Ziegler.

AWARDS / GRANTS / NOMINATIONS

2020 Nominated for the Herbert Hofmann Prize/Schmuck Munich (Jewellery).
2018 Nominated for the European Prize for Applied Art, Mons, Belgium (Jewellery).
2017 Nominated for the Herbert Hofmann Prize/Schmuck Munich (Jewellery).
2014 Nominated for the Altonale Art Festival Prize Hamburg (Performance/Installation).
2011-2012 Grant including Artist Residency to develop two Art & Communication projects, Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen Foundation, Germany.
2011 Art Hotel Dulac, Artist In Residence grant, Amsterdam (Textile art/Performance).
2009 Artist In Residence grant at Ted Noten Atelier Amsterdam/ "Red Light Design" Project (Embroidery/Object).
2008 The Fulbright Foundation Award for Mid Career Artists. Research grant for studying the Greek embroidery collection at The Textile Museum' in Washington D.C.
2007 Nominated for the New Traditional Jewellery Award, Sieraad International Art Jewellery Fair, Amsterdam.
2006 Selected Maker. Honorary title and e-Marketing grant by Crafts Council England (Non precious jewellery.
1998 The EU Media grant to write film script, Brussels.
1989-1993 The Alexander S. Onassis Benefit Foundation scholarship to study at UdK, Berlin.
1987 The Goethe Institut German Language & Culture grant. Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Germany.

CURATING

2020 "Helen's dress". AIR, workshops & group exhibition for "Vamvakou Revival", Greece - a project funded by S. Niarchos Foundation (Textile art/Performance). With Christoph Ziegler.
2020 "Jewellery & Ecology". AIR, workshops & group exhibition for "Vamvakou Revival", Greece - a project funded by S. Niarchos Foundation. With Christoph Ziegler.
2019 "WERT/voll". A Double group show on Jewellery & Ecology at Federal Environment Agency Dessau & Grassi Museum Leipzig. With Christoph Ziegler.
2019 The Sacred & The Profane. Galerie Weltraum Munich. With Christoph Ziegler. (Jewellery/Object/Performance).
2019 "The Textile Quintett". AIR, workshop & group show at Tsikaliotis Tower, Leonidio, Greece. With Christoph Ziegler.
2018 "Initiation-Kallichoron". Group exhibition Galerie Florian Trampler Munich. (Jewellery/Object/Performance/Dance). With Christoph Ziegler.
2017 "Initiation". Group exhibition. Galerie Florian Trampler Munich. (Jewellery/Object/Performance). With Christoph Ziegler.
2017 "Initiation". Group exhibition. Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam. With Christoph Ziegler.
2016 "Test Drive" - Mobile group exhibition. (Jewellery/Object). With Christoph Ziegler.
2016 "Test Drive". Group exhibition. Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam. With: Christoph Ziegler.
2015 "Myths". Group exhibition. Galerie Weltraum Munich. (Jewellery/Object/Performance). With Christoph Ziegler.
2015 "Myths". Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam. With Christoph Ziegler.
2014 "Myths". Group exhibition. ((Jewellery/Object/Performance). Galerie Hinterconti, Hamburg. With Christoph Ziegler.
2013 "Myths". Group exhibition((Jewellery/Object/Performance/Dance). Galerie FunckRaumi, Berlin. With Christoph Ziegler.
2010 "A zame to Tsikaliota". AIR & group show. Tsikaliotis Tower, Leonidio, Greece.

EXHIBITIONS

a. SOLO (Selection)

2017 "Berlin - End of an era", Trianon Art Cinema, Athens. (Textile art/Photography).
2013 "Zyklus". Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency), Dessau. (Textile art/Object).
2012 "A Stitcher's Odyssey", Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam. (Textile art/Object).
2011 "The Olive Tree A Rooster Called Home", Coco-mat Concept Stores. Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam.(Textile art/Object).
2008 "Labyrinths", Sagiannos Gallery, Athens. (Jewellery/Textile art).
2008 "The Washington diary", Tsikatiolis Tower, Leonidio, Greece. (Textile art).
2004 "Going home", The Peloponnesean Folklore Foundation, Nafplio, Greece. (Painting).
2003 "Berlin, Paradoxical Landscapes", Manifactura Gallery, Athens. (Photography/Etching).
2002 "Going home", Tsikatiolis Tower, Leonidio, Greece. (Painting).
1993 "Manifestations of Normality", Universität der Künste Berlin. (Photography).

b. GROUP (Selection)

2019 "WERT/voll". Double exhibition at Federal Environment Agency Dessau and Grassi Museum Leipzig. (Jewellery).
2019 "Monumentality-Fragility". The European Prize for Applied Arts/ Jewellery. The National Gallery for Crafts and Design at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland.
2019 "Polymporhia". Fulbright Foundation. I-D ProjectArt, Athens. (Embroidery).
2019 "TheTextile Quintett". Embroidery. Tsikaliotis Tower, Leondio, Greece.
2019 "The Sacred & The Profane", Weltraum Gallery, Munich. (Jewellery/Performance).
2018 "Monumentality-Fragility". The European Prize for Applied Arts/ Jewellery. Museum of Art, Mons, Belgium.
2018 "Initiation-Kallichoron". Galerie Florian Trampler. Munich. (Jewellery/Performance).
2018 "Encounters". Augo Avgo Art Space, Leonidio, Greece. (Textile art).
2018 "Just Plastics". Selected artists special show at Eunique Design Fair Karlsruhe. (Jewellery).
2017 "angewanzt". Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich. (Jewellery).
2017 "Galerie Ra" at Frame / Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM), Munich. (Jewellery).
2017 "Trash & Treasures". Wagner Preziosen, Berlin. (Jewellery).
2017 "Initiation". Florian Trampler Gallery. Munich. (Textile art/Jewellery/Performance).
2017 "Schmucksonderchau 2017" at the Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM), Munich.(Jewellery).
2017 "Schmuckbegehren", Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. (Jewellery).
2017 "Komplizen des Frühlings". Galerie Werner Hermsen, Wiesbaden, Germany.(Jewellery).
2017 "Initiation". Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam.
2016 Grassimesse. Grassi Museum, Leipzig. (Jewellery).
2016 "Collective Identity". Greskewitz & Kleinitz Gallery, Hamburg. (Embroidery).
2016 "Test Drive". Rindermarktplatz/Willy Brandt Platz/ Isartor, Munich. (Jewellery).
2016 "Art Pulses". Onassis Cardiac Surgery Hospital, Athens. (Soft sculpture).
2016 "Myths", Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair Amsterdam.
2015 "Myths". Weltraum Gallery, Munich. (Jewellery).
2015 "Myths" Sieraad Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam.
2015 "Dialogue with Zen". Zen Center Athens. (Textile art).
2015 "Affordable Art & Design". Papenhuder57 Gallery, Hamburg. (Textile art).
2015 "Twisted". Augo Avgo Art Space, Leonidio, Greece. (Textile art).
2014 "Das Rapunzel Häuschen Nebenan". Entwurf Direkt Gallery. Altonale Art Festival, Hamburg. (Textile art/Performance).
2014 "Zwischenspiel". Studio F40-Thikwa Werkstatt für Theater und Kunst, Berlin. (Textile art).
2014 "WeltAusstellung GrensWerte". Kloster Bentlage, Germany. (Textile art).
2014 "Myths". Group exhibition. ((Jewellery/Object/Performance). Galerie Hinterconti, Hamburg.
2013 "Pornodolls" St.Pauli Museum, Hamburg. (Paper dolls).
2013 "ZLR präsentiert". Entwurf Direkt Gallery, Hamburg. (Textile art).
2013 "Myths". Group exhibition((Jewellery/Object/Performance/Dance). Galerie FunckRaumi, Berlin.
2012 'WildBookMarket. Art Book Fair, Rotterdam. (Textile books).
2011 Art supports Education. The Fulbright Foundation. Benaki Museum, Athens. (Embroidery).
2010 "A zame to Tsikaliota". Tsikaliotis Tower, Leonidio, Greece. (Soft sculpture/Textile art).
2010 "I Care A Lot". Idar-Oberstein University (Germany). Platina Gallery, Stockholm. Articula Gallery, Lisbon. (Soft sculpture).
2008 "Symbols of Faith", Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Jewellery).
2007 "Faith". Special exhibition at Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam.
2006 "Heirlooms". The Association for Contemporary Jewellery. St. Botolph's Church, London.
2006 The Brighton Craft Fair. (Jewellery).
2006 "Non precious jewellery". Diana Porter Contemporary Jewellery. Bristol.
2006 "Krama". Eleni Marneri Gallery, Athens.
2004 "Andy Warhol's Flowers". The Benaki Museum Shop. (Jewellery).
1999 "Art Bonds", Parko Eleftherias - Athens Municipalty Arts Center. (Textile art/Collage).

PERFORMANCES (Selection)

2017 Tarot Möbling. Nacht der Ästhetik, Goethe Institut Athens. With Christoph Ziegler.
2016 Tarot Möbling. 2025 e.V. Hamburg. With Christoph Ziegler.
2014 Tarot Möbling. 2025 e.V. Hamburg. With Christoph Ziegler.
2014 Der Rote Faden 14. Altonale Art Festival Hamburg. With Evgeni Mestetschkin.
2014 Stitchathon. Lange Nacht der Konsulate. General Consulate of Greece, Hamburg.
2012 Creative Tarot. Utopisches Institut/Open Museum. Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
2012 Stitchathon. Utopisches Institut Altona, Hamburg.
2012 Stitchathon. Camping, Gauloises Variété Liberté Festival, Hamburg.
2012 Stitchathon. Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam.
2011 Stitchathon. Griechische Kulturstiftung, Berlin.

PARTICIPATORY ART PROJECTS

2013 Trash-Safari. Federal Environment Agency. Dessau and Berlin.
2012 ZBS/"Ab in die Mitte!". Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation. With Christoph Ziegler.
2012 Bahnfasern zu Grenzverbindungen. GrensWerte / EUREGIO. Trash safari in the shuttle train between Münster-Enschede.
2011 Ich möchte Dir etwas sagen. Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation.
2011 Modeatelier - Ick Liebe Dir. Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation.

LECTURING (Selection)

2017 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Symposium: "Jewellery Matters". Pecha Kucha.
2016 Tsakonian Archives Congress. Prastos, Greece. Lecture.
2014 Zimmerhof Symposium, Germany. Lecture.
2014 "40 Years Federal Agency for the Environment". Dessau. Artist talk.
2013 Urbane Farm, Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau. Brainstorming.
2013 Design Sundays. Stillwerk Hamburg. Artist talk. With Christoph Ziegler.
2008 Embassy of Greece in Washington D.C. Lecture.

WORKSHOPS (Selection)

2019 "Objects of Desire". Grassi Museum Leipzig. With Christoph Ziegler.
2019 "The hidden river Ilissos". Onassis Library Athens. With Christoph Ziegler.
2016 "Magic jewellery". Altes Museum, Berlin. With Christoph Ziegler.
2014 "Textile". Thikwa Werkstatt für Theater und Kunst, Berlin.
2013 "Textile Upcycling". Federal Environment Agency, Dessau.
2013 "Textile Labyrinth". Thikwa Werkstatt für Theater und Kunst, Berlin.
2013/14 "The Odyssey". Schule am See, Hamburg. With Christoph Ziegler.
2012 "Communication for artists". Creative Economy Agency, Hamburg.
2012 "Communication for artists". Creative Economy Agency, Flensburg.
2012 "Tarot for artists". Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation.
2011 "Textile workshop for artists". Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation.
2010 "Magic jewellery". The Rooftile and Brickworks Museum N. & S. Tsalapatas, Volos.

COMMISSIONED WORK (Selection)

2014 Der Rote Faden 14. Altonale Art Festival Hamburg. With Evgeni Mestetschkin. (Performance in public space).
2012 ZBS/"Ab in die Mitte!". Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation. With Christoph Ziegler. (Performance in public space).
2009 Art In Site, London. (Tapestry sample).
2008 The Textile Museum Shop, Washington D.C. (Jewellery).
2008 The Hellenic Museum Shop, New York. (Jewellery).
2006-2008 Felt, London. (Jewellery).
2005-2006 Gadjo Dilo, London (Jewellery)
2005-2010 The Benaki Museum Shop, Athens (Jewellery). 2004-2005 The Peloponnesian Foundation Shop, Nafplio, Greece (Jewellery).
1994 Centre National d' Enseignement a Distance (CNED), Paris. Book illustration.

CATALOGUES / PUBLICATIONS

2020 "Sonderschau Schmuck 2020". IHM Handwerk & Design, Munich.
2018 "Monumentality-Fragility". The European Prize for Applied Arts. World Crafts Council.
2017 "Jewellery Matters". Abstract book. Rijks Museum. Amsterdam.
2017 "Sonderschau Schmuck 2017". IHM Handwerk & Design, Munich.
2017 Sieraad. International Jewellery Art Fair. 18th Edition. Amsterdam.
2016 "Art Pulses". The Alexander S. Onassis Benefit Foundation, Athens.
2016 "Grassimesse" 2016. Art Aurea.
2016 Sieraad. International Jewellery Art Fair. 17th Edition. Amsterdam.
2015 Sieraad. International Jewellery Art Fair. 16th Edition. Amsterdam.
2014 "WeltAusstellung GrensWerte". Kloster Bentlage, Germany.
2012 "WildBookMarket", De Wilde Weten, Rotterdam.
2012 "The Fulbright Alumni Art Series". The Fulbright Foundation Greece. (e-Catalogue).
2012 "Kunst & Energie", Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen Foundation.
2012 "Praxistest", Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen Foundation.
2012 "Ab in die Mitte!" Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation.
2011 "The Olive Tree A Rooster Called Home"- Exhibition e-catalogue. Belgium/Netherlands.
2008 "Adorn. The Jewellery Book". Thames & Hudson, London.
2006 "Heirlooms". The Association for Contemporary Jewellery, London.
2004 "Going home..." The Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplio.
1999 "Art bonds'. The Alexander S. Onassis Benefit Foundation, Athens.

INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

Grassi Museum Leipzig / The Onassis Benefit Foundation New York / The Fulbright Foundation Greece/ Het Wilde Weten Rotterdam/ Peloponnesean Folklore Foundation/ Municipality of Leonidio Greece.

JOURNALISM

1995 - 2019 Worked as an editor, correspondent, columnist and free lance writer, inter allia for: Reuters News Agency, Lambrakis Press, Avgi, O Poliits, Ependytis, Tempo-Newsweek, The Books' Journal, Amyna & Diplomatia, Klimt02, Findings-ACJ.

JURY MEMBER

2017 - today FaveLAB. International Artist Residency Programme Athens..
2020 "Helen's Dress". AIR, workshop and exhibition programme at Vamvakou Revival..
2020 "Objects of Desire". AIR, workshop and exhibition programme at Vamvakou Revival..
2019 "WERT/voll". International group exhibition at Federal Environment Agency and Grassi Museum..
2019 "The ZLR Jewellery Awards". Jewellery Week of Munich..
2010 Leonidio Municipality Artist In Residency Project "A zame to Tsikaliota".

VOLUNTEERING

2014 Stitchathon. Lange Nacht der Konsulate. General Consulate of Greece, Hamburg.
2010 "A zame to Tsikaliota". Designed and produced the AIR and group show project for the Municipality of Leonidio. Greece.
2010-2011 "Stitch 'N Bitch Athens". Organizing and chairing knitting and embroidery fee free public meetings.
2006-2008 "I Answer Students' Questions". Design students online mentoring for Crafts Council England.
1983-1988 Cleaning the dojo. Shotokan karate class. Technical University of Athens.

MEMBER OF

The Onassis Benefit Foundation Alumni Association.
The National Chamber of the Arts, Greece.