Eleni Kamma
born in 1973 in Athens, lives and works in Brussels und Maastricht
Guest artist at Villa Romana in August 2010 and May 2011
Biography
2011
IASPIS Residency Program, Stockholm
2010
Wiels-Artist-In-Residency Program, Brussels
2008 – 2009
Post-Graduate Fine Art Research participant, Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht
2001 – 2002
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1995 – 2000
Abschluss in Malerei, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens
1992 – 1995
Mathematik-Fakultät, University of Patras, Patras, GR
Awards
2007
Lissone 2007 Premio Stima
5th DESTE Prize - nomine
Bubbles and Harlequins (2009), HD Animation,
4.51 min, colour, sound, English
PLANT (2009), Series of cyanotype monoprints,
Dimensions of each print: 65cm X 50 cm
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Forgotten Ties, Nadja Villene, Lieges, BE
2007
Once past the years of green emotion, Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge, Athens
2005
Eleni Kamma, Vamiali’s, Athens
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2009
Panorama of European cinema, Exhibition: Projections, Athens
Tower-Tower. Nikos Alexiou-The Collection, Bazeos Tower, Naxos, GR
Expanded ecologies. Perspectives in a time of emergency, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens *
2008
Collage, Cut, Paste, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Bargain Prices on Elephant gun, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
Chanting Baldessari, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht *
Women Only, works from the Beltsios collection, Margaris Foundation, Amfilohia, GR *
Video Relay 07051830, Muzz Project space, Kyoto, JP
Freeze! Who is there?, 1st International Moscow Young Biennial, Moscow
L’amiral serche une maison a louer, Nadja Villene, Lieges, BE
L’Art en Europe, Domain Pommery, Reims, FR *
Athensville, Athens Art Fair, Athens
2007
Visual Arts in Greece, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
In Present Tense. Young Greek Artists, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens *
Lissone 2007 Award, Lissone, Museum of Contemporary Art, Milano
Stronghold, Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge, Athens
Not only possible, but also necessary: optimism in the age of global war, 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Antrepo 3, Istanbul *
Other Spaces, 1st Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennial: Heterotopias, Thessaloniki *
5th DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation, Athens *
2006
Apolis, Hellenic-American Union, Athens *
Take My Breath Away, Gallerie La Centrale-Powerhouse, Montreal, CA
Drawing Screen, Tint Gallery-Museum of Cinema, Thessaloniki
What remains is future, Old girl school of Patras, Patras, GR *
An outing: Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill Art and Culture Center, Trikala, GR *
Architectural Transparencies, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
AnotherProduct, Cornerhouse, Manchester
The Collection-Nikos Alexiou, Mac Gallery, XXII International Festival, Sarajevo
Positive Charges, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Centre, Thessaloniki *
2005
New Acquisitions, Athenaeum Intercontinental, permanent Collection, Sicily
Other Voices, Other Rooms, Museum of Modern Art-Le Ciminiere, Catania, IT
Protaseis-Version IV, Action Field Codra, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki *
Photosingiria, Thessaloniki "Visions. Nikos Alexiou Collection", Athen Imperial, Athen, Macedonia Palace, Thessaloniki
2004
Manderley, Astoria Hotel, Thessaloniki
Autotopia, NERV, Athens
Domestic Alien, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens *
Parasite, DIY space, Athens
The Drawing Project, Vamiali’s, Athens
2003
20 Rooms 2003, Kappatos Gallery, St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens *
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
7 Young Artists, Spirer Tobacco Warehouse, Volos, GR
Collaborations
2003 - 2004
Organisation of the project Nerv Artikel L’atelier est mort, VIVE l’atelier!
Lectures / Presentations
2009
Maastricht University, NL
Live well together in a lasting way, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
2008
The space between; towards an architecture of acceptance. Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
2006
(Untitled), Montreal, Canada: La Centrale Gallerie Powerhouse
2005
Local Folk, No 2, February 2005, Athens