Alexandra Athanassiades
Alexandra Athanassiades was born in 1961 in Athens, where she still lives and works.
Her higher education began in Switzerland, at Lugano's Franklin College. In 1982 she graduated with distinction from Oxford University's Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at St. Anne's College and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Print Making. In 1984 she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Columbia University, New York.
Since 1984 she has shown her work in many solo and numerous group exhibitions in Athens, Delphi, Ancient Messene, Poros, Larissa, Thessaloniki, Herakleion, Patmos, Ioannina, Paris, New York, Connecticut, Brussels, London and Monte Carlo, where in 1995 she won the Princess Grace Foundation Award.
Several of Alexandra's works are in important collections around the world and her sculptures are on permanent exhibition at Jean-Jacques Dutko Gallery in Paris and Zoumboulakis Gallery in Athens.
(photo: Ioanna Jejumi)
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 Galerie Dutko, Paris, France
2022 "Shaping the Intangible", Goulandis Museum, Andros, Greece.
2022 "Dreamscapes" Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2019 “Alexandra Athanassiades”, Ecali Club, Athens, Greece. (Exhibition and screening of the Documentary ‘Fragments’ by Marianna Economou based on the artists work.)
“Alexandra Athanassiades”, Tatoi Club, Athens , Greece. (Exhibition and screening of the Documentary ‘ Fragments’)
2018 “Alexandra Athanassiades: Beyond Cavafy’s Written Word”, Gennadius Library, Ioannis Makriyannis Wing, Athens, Greece
2017 “Fragments”, Citronne Gallery, Poros, Greece
2016 “Horses and Αrmour”, Archaeological Site of Messene, Messene, Greece
2014 “Horses of the Sun”, Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall (sculpture exhibition and design of the Good Luck Charm for the 2015), Athens, Greece
2012 Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
Ecali Club, Athens, Greece
2009 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2007 Kouros Gallery, New York, USA
European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece
2001 Kouros Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
1999 Pierides Museum, Athens, Greece
1994 Galerie de l’Arcade, Paris, France
1992 Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
1989 Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023. Art Paris, (rep: Dutko Gallery-Paris)
"Eleven Women Artists United for Children", Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
"Parallel Viewing", Art from the Bank of Greece Collection, B.&M. Theocharakis Foundation
Ecali Club, Athens, Greece
2022 "Animal Tales", Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
"Hippos", Gennadius Library, Athens, Greece
2020 “News From the Studios - A Life - Affirming Show” Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
“Diachrony”, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece.
2019 “Giorgos Seferis: When the Light Dances I Speak Justly”, Tellogleio Foundation of the Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.
“Games and Toys”, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Galerie Dutko, Paris, France.
2018 “Inner Outfits”, Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece
“C.P. Cavafy: Historia Arcana – A Hidden History”, King’s College – Hellenic Centre, London, UK
2017 “Monuments” (represented by Dutko Gallery – London), London, UK
“Giorgos Seferis: When the Light Dances I Speak Justly”, B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, Athens, Greece
“60 Artists for the Open Door”, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
Galerie Dutko, Paris, France
“Small Paintings”, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2016 “C.P. Cavafy: Historia Arcana – A Hidden History”, Historical Museum of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
“C.P. Cavafy: Historia Arcana – A Hidden History”, Hellenic Society of Preservation of Culture & Environment, Patmos, Greece
Galerie Dutko, Paris, France
2015 “The Armory Show” (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko – Paris), New York
“Kouroi and Kores”, Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Connecticut, USA
“Now Open”, Dutko Gallery, London, UK
“PAD LONDON 2015” (represented by Dutko Gallery – London), London, UK
“Summer 2015”, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
Galerie Dutko, Paris, France
“C.P. Cavafy: Historia Arcana – A Hidden History”, Byzantine Museum, Ioannina, Greece
“Small Paintings”, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, Greece
2014 “Imago Mundi: Traces of Today”, Luciano Benetton Collection
“The Art of Giving II”, Desmos, Athinais Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
“Nautilus: Navigating Greece”, BOZAR, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
“BRAFA 2014” (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko – Paris), Brussels, Belgium
2013 “Journey to the End of Night”, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
“C.P. Cavafy: ‘Pictured’. 40 Greek Creators”, B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music, Athens Greece
“C.P. Cavafy. This Little Pencil Portrait”, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece
“BRAFA 2013” (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko – Paris), Brussels, Belgium
“PAD LONDON 2013” (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko – Paris), London, UK
“Warriors”, Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Connecticut, USA
“The Art Of Giving”, Desmos, Athinais Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
201 “The Other Greece”, Kouros Gallery, New York, USA (to benefit the Fulbright Foundation)
201 “Heroes”, Onassis Cultural Center, New York, USA
“BRAFA 2011” (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko – Paris), Brussels, Belgium
2010 “Art Athina 2010” (represented by Kouros Gallery – New York) Athens, Greece
“Forest, Life, Civilization”, “Leonidas Kanellopoulos” Cultural Centre, Elefsina, Greece
“Forest, Life, Civilization”, Ilias Lalaounis Museum, Athens, Greece
“Departures”, Athinais Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
“IETT 2010”, Athens, Greece
“Marathon: In the Work of Eight Contemporary Artists”, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece
2009 “Art Athina 2009” (represented by Kouros Gallery – New York), Athens, Greece
“35 Artists for Democracy”, Zappeion Megaron, Athens, Greece
“About the Horse”, Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
2008 Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
2007 “Ithaca Regained” (curated by Irving Sandler), Kouros Gallery, New York, USA
2005 “Table Top Sculptures”, Kouros Gallery, New York, USA
“The Horse in Art”, Gallery Ekfrasi, Athens, Greece
“Art Athina 2005” (represented by Kouros Gallery – New York), Athens, Greece
2004 “Aux Frontières de l’Héroisme. Les Acrites dans l’Europe Médiévale”, Musée Nationale des Arts et Traditions Populaires, Paris, France
“Aux Frontières de l’Héroisme. Les Acrites dans l’Europe Médiévale”, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
“Kaléidoscope”, Champs Élysées, Paris, France
“Art Athina 2004” (represented by Kouros Gallery – New York), Athens, Greece
2003 “Art Athina 2003” (represented by Kouros Gallery – New York), Athens, Greece
2002 “Kaléidoscope”, Dionyssiou Areopagitou Street, Athens, Greece
1996 Galerie Jean-Jaques Dutko, Paris, France
“Art Athina 1996” (represented by Zina Athanassiadou Gallery – Thessaloniki), Athens, Greece
1995 “XXIXe Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo”, Pté de Monaco, winner of the Princess Grace Foundation Award, Monte Carlo, Monaco
1994 Galerie de l’Arcade, Paris, France
1993 “Regards Sur la Femme”, Musée de la Monnaie, Paris, France
Galerie de l’Arcade, Paris, France
Galerie Jean-Luc Méchiche, Paris, France
1992 “Dêpot 92”, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
1984 “New Artists, Mixed Media”, 112 Greene Street Gallery, New York, USA
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Designed and created sets for the following performances:
2017 La Clemenza di Tito, set design for Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall, Athens, Greece
1987 Strindberg-Stindberg, for the Diplous Eros Theatrical Company, Athens, Greece
1985 City Life, for Abiogenesis Dance Group, New York, USA
1984 Places, for Abiogenesis Dance Group, New York, USA
1983 Narcolepsy, for Abiogenesis Dance Group, New York, USA
PUBLIC WORK
2023. Horse Collage, Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece
2019 Two Murals at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece
2018 Murals and Horse Sculpture at the Bodossakis Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Horse Sculpture at Athens College, Athens, Greece.
2014 Two Murals at Athens College Kindergarten, Athens, Greece.
Horse and Armour sculptures at the Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece.
2011 Armour sculpture at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, USA.
DOCUMENTARIES on the Artists Work
2018 “Fragments”, by Marianna Economou, official entry at the Thessaloniki Film Festival 2018, produced by Marni Films and Doc 3.
2016 “Art in Ancient Messene”, by Corinne Chandler for ‘Athens Living’.
2012 “Paris 2012” by Josef Tupay, screened at Galerie Dutko, Paris, France.
“Galerie Dutko”, by Gregoire Couvert.
2009 “Benaki Museum”, by Josef Tupay.
“Benaki Musuem”, by Manolis Kazamias.
“Studio Visit”, by Corinne Chandler for ‘Athens Living’.