Eleni Kamma (CY/GR)
Born 1973, Athens, Greece. Lives and works in Brussels and Maastricht.
Studies
2001 – 2002– MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1995 – 2000– Degree in Painting, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens
1992 – 1995– Faculty of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece
Residencies
1 October – 31 December 2011: Duende, Rotterdam
May – July 2011 and August 2010: Guest Artist at Villa Romana, Florence
1 December 2010 – 31 March 2011: IASPIS Residency Program, Stockholm
January 2010 – December 2010: Wiels-Artist-In-Residency Program, Brussels
January 2008 – December 2009: Post-Graduate Fine Art Researcher,
Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht
Grants/Stipends/Awards
2011 Contribution to Working Budget, Fonds BKVB, The Netherlands
2010 Cyprus Ministry of Culture and Education
2009 Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
2008 Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
2007 Lissone 2007 Premio Stima, Lissone, Italy
2007 Shortlisted, 5th DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation, Athens
Solo Exibitions
2012 (Forthcoming)
– Alex Mylona Museum, Athens
– Villa Romana, Florence
– L'Observatoire-Maison Grégoire, Brussels
2011
– Enlever et Entretenir II, Wiels Project Room, Brussels
2010
– Enlever et Entretenir I, HEDAH, Maastricht
2009
– Forgotten Ties, Nadja Villene, Liège
2007
– Once past the years of green emotion, Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge, Athens
2005
– Eleni Kamma. Vamiali’s, Athens
Selected Group Shows
2012 (Forthcoming)
– On Dilettantism, ACC Gallery, Weimar and Halle 14, Leipzig
2011
– Drawing Room, Group show, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia
– Anonymously Yours, L'Observatoire-Maison Grégoire, Brussels
– Found in Translation, Chapter L, a project curated by Emmanuel Lambion,
– Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
– Movie Night Vol. 4: Global House Video Screenings, Kunsthalle Gwangiu, Korea
– (Screening 23 & 24 August)
– Botanies of Desire, Video Program with Eleni Kamma, Ravi Agarwal,
– Ciorian Muresan and Mustafa Hulusi, SALT Beyoglu, Istanbul
– Drawing Stories (2), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
– Picturing Nature, curated by Christine van den Bergh, Soledad Senlle gallery,
– Amsterdam
– Animacall – The Animation project 2011, State Museum of Contemporary Art,
– Thessaloniki
– Open House, Iaspis, Stockholm
2010
–
Drawing Stories, 50-1 Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
– Athens Visual Dialogues, curated by Marilena Karra. Works commissioned by
– the Onasseion Cultural Center, Athens
–
Weaving In and Out, curators Jodie Dinapoli and Ella Levitt, Tapestry,
– 124th and 2nd Ave in East Harlem,
New York
–
Mixed & Mastered: Greek video art from the 00s, curated by Xenia Kalpatsoglou
– and Christopher Marinos, Centre for Visual Introspection, Bucharest (screening)
– Wuthering Heights, Siakos-Hanappe, Athens
– Bubbles and Harlequins, Theater aan den Vreithof, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2009
– Panorama of European cinema, organised by the Municipality of Athens,
– Exhibition: Projections, curated by Katerina Tselou, Athens
– Tower-Tower. Nikos Alexiou-The Collection. Bazeos Tower, Naxos, Greece
– Expanded ecologies. Perspectives in a time of emergency, curator Daphne Vitali,
– National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
2008
– Collage, Cut, Paste, curator Thodoris Markoglou, State museum of
– Contemporary Art, Thesaloniki
– Bargain Prices on Elephant gun, curator Katerina Nikou, Ileana Tounta
– Contemporary Art Center, Athens
– Chanting Baldessari, curator Paula van den Bosch, Bonnefanten Museum,
– Maastricht
– Women Only, works from the Beltsios collection, curator Sotiris Bahtsetzis,
– Margaris Foundation, Amfilohia
– Video Relay 07051830, Muzz Project space, Kyoto
– Freeze! Who is there? 1st International Moscow Young Biennial,
– chief curator Daria Pyrkina, Moscow
– L’amiral serche une maison a louer, Nadja Villene, Liège
– L’Art en Europe, Domain Pommery, Rheims
– Athensville, curator Marina Fokidis, Athens Art Fair, Athens
2007
– Visual Arts in Greece, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
– In Present Tense. Young Greek Artists. Curators Dafne Vitali, Tina Pandi,
– Stamatis Schizakis, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
– Lissone 2007 Award, Lissone, Museum of Contemporary Art, Milan
– Stronghold, Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge, Athens
– Not only possible, but also necessary: optimism in the age of global war.
– 10th International Istanbul Biennial, curator Hou Hanru, Antrepo 3, Istanbul
– Other Spaces, 1st Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennial: “Heterotopias”,
– curator Apostolos Kalfopoulos, Thessaloniki, Greece
– 5th DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation, Athens
2006
– Apolis, Hellenic-American Union, Athens. Curated by Kostis Velonis.
– Take My Breath Away, Gallerie La Centrale-Powerhouse, Montreal
– (curated
by Noemi Mc Comber)
– Drawing Screen, Tint Gallery-Museum of Cinema, Thesaloniki
– (Curator Sotiris Bahtsetzis)
– What remains is future, old girl school of Patras, Patras
– (Curator Nadja Argiropoulou)
– An outing: Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill
– Art and Culture Center, Trikala, Greece. Curator Sotirios Bahtsetzis
– Architectural Transparencies, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
– (Curator Christina Petrinou)
– AnotherProduct, Cornerhouse, Manchester
– The Collection-Nikos Alexiou, Mac Gallery, XXII International Festival Sarajevo
– Positive Charges, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Centre, Thesaloniki
– (Curators Thouli Misirloglou and Vasilis Amanatidis)
2005
– New Acquisitions. Athenaeum Intercontinental, permanent Collection, Athens
– Other Voices, Other Rooms, Museum of Modern Art-Le Ciminiere, Catania, Sicily
– (Curator Alessandro Riva)
– Protaseis-Version IV, Action Field Codra, Kalamaria, Thesaloniki
– (Curated by Augustinos Zenakos and Xenia Kalpatsoglou)
– Photosingiria, Thesaloniki
– Visions. Nikos Alexiou Collection, Athens Imperial, Athens, Macedonia Palace,
– Thesaloniki
2004
– Manderley. Astoria Hotel, Thesaloniki, Greece (Curator Xenia Kalpatsoglou)
– Autotopia. NERV, Athens
– Domestic Alien. Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens.
– (Curator Kostis Velonis)
– Parasite. DIY space, Athens Curated by Em-Kei)
– The Drawing Project. Vamiali’s, Athens
2003
– 20 Rooms 2003. Kappatos Gallery, St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens
– ( Curator Margarita Kataga)
– Science Fiction Double Feature, AAS, Birmingham
– E.T.NBSL, NERV, Athens
2002
– Long Way Home. Goldsmiths College, London
2001
– SubArt. The House, Chelsea College of Art, London (Curated by Luke Dowd)
– 7 Young Artists. Spirer Tobacco Warehouse, Volos, Greece
Lectures/Presentations
2011
– Enlever et Entretenir (book presentation), The Printroom, Rotterdam
– (Untitled), Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
– (Untitled), Iaspis Residency Program, Stockholm
2010
– (Untitled), Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, Residency Program, Brussels
2009
– Live well together in a lasting way II, Maastricht University, Faculty of
– Humanities and Sciences, University College, Maastricht
– Live well together in a lasting way, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2008
– The space between; towards an architecture of acceptance.
– Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2006
– (Untitled) Montreal, Canada: La Centrale Gallerie Powerhouse
2005
– Local Folk, No 2, February 2005, Athens
Exhibition Catalogues
2011
– Anonymously Yours, Brussels
– Found in Translation, Casino Luxemburg
– Iaspis Open House, Stockholm
2010
– Jan van Eyck Yearbook 2009, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2009
– Thank you for your presentation, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
– Expanded Ecologies. Perspectives in a Time of Emergency.
– Texts by Daphne Vitali, Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, Demos Tsantilis, the artists, Athens
– Jan van Eyck Yearbook 2008, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2008
– CHANTING BALDESSARI. A Masterclass. Bonnefantenmuseum. Preface:
– Glen Rubsamen, Paula van den Bosch. Texts and interviews: Agata Jastrzabek,
– Women Only. Greek women artists from the Beltsios collection.
– Text: Sotirios Bachtsetzis
– L’Art Contemporain en Europe. Beaux Arts editions. Text: Alexandra Koroxenidis
2007
– Young Greek Artists. In Present Tense
– Premio Lissone
– Not only possible but also necessary. Optimism in the age of global war.
– Catalogue and
guide to the 10th International Istanbul Biennial. September 2007
– Other spaces, Thessaloniki
– DESTE PRIZE
– Eleni Kamma, Once past the years of green emotion. Text: Yorgos Tzirtzilakis,
– Athens. Gazonrouge
– Apolis. Hellenic-American Union, Athens. Texts: Kostis Velonis
2006
– Drawing Screen, 2006. Text: Sotirios Bahtetzis
– What remains is future, fanzine #2. What remains is future…and all that jazz.
– Nadja Argiropoulou,
September
– What remains is future, fanzine #1. Readiness exercises for young Greek artists.
– September
– An outing. Contemporary art in Greece in the 21st century.
– Texts: Sotirios Bahtetzis
– Positive loads. Texts: Thouli Misirloglou, Vasilis Amanatidis. Thessaloniki
– Centre Of Contemporary Art, Thesaloniki,
Greece
– Protaseis-Version IV, Action Field Codra. Texts by Augustinos Zenakos
– and Xenia Kalpatsoglou
2005
– Altre voci altre stanze. Prossima fermata: Grecia, Text: Dafne Vitali
2004
– Domestic Alien, Text: Kostis Velonis, catalogue of the show
2003
– 20 Rooms 2003, Text: Margarita Kataga, Athens
Articles
– Et la Grecia ci prova, Katerina Gregos interviewed by Ginevra Bria,
– Artribune magazine, nr. 1, 24 July 2011
– Visual Dialogues by Marilena Karra, November 2010.
– In: AΩ International online magazine, Issue 16
– L’atelier est mort, VIVE l’atelier! October 2009
– Tussen Tulp en Turkse Tegel, by Emile Hollman.
– In: Zuiderlucht, October 2008
– Exhibition for young artists (12/12/2007) In: Kathimerini. Margarita Pournara
– Choices. (19 – 25 April). In: Athens voice, 164
– Interview by Pari Spinou. (13 May). In: &7, 286
Reviews
2011
– Mens en natuur: verzamel ze allemaal. Liselotte ten Voorde,
–
in: www.tubelight.nl, 06.08.2011
2009
– Honore d’O & CO. In: H-Art. Collette Dubois, December issue
2007
– The candidates for the DESTE prize. In: The news of art, 155.
–
Despina Zeukili. (21 – 28 June)
– DESTE prize 2007. In: Athinorama, 371.
Despina Zeukili. (10 – 17 May)
– Eleni Kamma at gazonrouge. From the parasite to the garden.
– In: Athinorama, 365
– Valentina Sansone. Focus Greece. In: Flash Art, 256.
Kostas Ioannidis
– Privative a and its itineraries. In: The Athens Contemporary Art Review,
– 9.
Elias Maglinis. (20 May)
– Six candidates for the DESTE award. In: Kathimerini
– Maria Maragou. (7 May). Is it or not? In: Eleutherotypia
– Rania Georgiadou. (6 May). Hortus contextus. In: Epsilon, 838
– Pari Spinou. (7 – 8 April). Six up for DESTE. In: &7, 281
– (21 February). Six artists up for DESTE award. In: Kathimerini
2006
– Vasilika Sarilaki. The Beltsios collection. Contemporary Greek art
– in the 21st century. In: Highlights, 23, p. 76
– Katerina Zaxaropoulou. (10 – 16 December). Well-timed Apolis.
– [review]. In: Sunday Ethnos
– Maria Maragou. (18 December). Sheltered by exile. In: Eleutherotypia
–
Andrea Gilbert. (16 December). Apolis.
At home in the world.
– In: Uncovered city, 2
– Augustinos Zenakos. (10 December). Apolis but captured. In: Sunday Vima
– Christine Redfern. (23 – 29 November). Stop breathing. In: Montreal mirror
– Katerina Zaxaropoulou. (1 – 7 October). New Greek art. In: Sunday Ethnos
–
Alexandra Koroxenidis. (27 September). Innovative project captures beat
– of the Greek art scene. In: Kathimerini. (24 September)
– What remains is future. In: Sunday Vima
– Pari Spinou. (10 September). Visual artists on the desks. In: Eleutherotypia
– Despina Zeukili. Architectural transparencies. In: Athinorama, 308
– Despina Zeukili. Parasite. In: Athinorama, 208
– Marina Fokidis. (20 July).
An outing in the countryside. In: LIFOp. 30
– Augustinos Zenakos. (2 July). Shows in the countryside. Whatever remains
– is future in Patras. In: To Vima
– Dosi Iordanidou. Laboratories of ideas. In: Maison, June.
– Natassa Adamou. (April)
– Transparency and awkwardness. In: The Athens contemporary art review, 3
2005
– Christina Petrinou. (Untitled). In: Time out, 117
–
Elena Parpa. (11 September). Fields of visual action. In: Fileleutheros
2004
– Andrea Gilbert. The drawing project. In: Time out, 63
2003
– Despina Zeukili. 20 rooms. In: Athinorama, 186