Artist’s Statement
This work is part of the La Comédie Humaine series. It is a reference to Honoré de Balzac’s work La Comédie Humaine, and my sarcastic commentary on the human condition, past and present, as we come to realize how little we are worth in the grand scheme of things, which subjugates us to its will, and how truly alone we lived in the years of covid-19.
I create a space which is not realistic. It is the microcosm of my skin, in the sense of an identity code. I used a high-resolution scanner to discover visual fields on my skin which were not perceivable by the naked eye. The human forms ensued from 17 iron matrices, shaped with acetylene flame, roughly 21 to 29cm. high. I worked on both their front and back sides using the etching and aquatint methods. They were scanned in high resolution and were then digitally multiplied, in order to create webs of human unions ad infinitum.
Short Biography
Born in Athens. 1973 BFA, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna,Italy. 1983 MFA in Printmaking, Slade School of Fine Arts, University College of London, United Kingdom.1983 Papermaking, London College of Printing, United Kingdom. From 2005-2015 She was Head of the 2d Printmaking Studio, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece. She is now Emeritus Professor, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece. She practices expanded printmaking using digital technology.
International Exhibitions:
2022 “3rd International Digital Art Triennial” Próféta Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. 2020 “10th International Printmaking Biennial Douro”, Chaves Museum, Chaves, Portugal. 2019 “4th Global Print Douro 2019”, Douro Museum, Régua, Portugal.2018 “9th International Printmaking Biennial Douro”, Espaço Miguel Torga Museum, S. Martinho de Anta, Portugal. 2018 “1st International Triennial of Graphic Arts Livno” National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2017 “1st International Triennial of Graphic Arts Livno” Franciscan Museum, Art Gallery Gorica, Livno, Bosnia.2017 “3rd Global Print 2017”
2012-2013 Print Triennial Krakow, Poland in Vienna, Istanbul and Falun.
International Recognitions and Awards:
2022 Honorable Mention “Enter into Art-Lounge2/4 Book project and contest Fairytale Art for Mozart”, Rediroma Verlag Publications, Remscheid, Germany.2021 Jury’s 2nd Prize-Print ”6th Enter into Art 2020-21 International contest 2020-21 in Germany-for the book “Art Retreat-Living with Pictures”, Rediroma Verlag Publications, Remscheid, Germany.2008 First Prize,“1st Print Triennial” Helios Printmaking Centre, Neapolis, Thessaloniki, Greece.1998 Prize of Belgrade Academy of Fine Arts, “5th Belgrade International Printmaking Biennial”, Belgrade Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.First Prize in Graphic Art, Municipality Serra San Quirico, Italy, 1980 / First Printmaking Prize, House of Arts and Letters, Athens, Greece, 1985 /Artitudes Award, New York Fine Art Competition N.Y. U.S.A. 1989 / The Award at the International Art Competition I.A.G. Monaco: 1979, 1977, 1976
Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award 2019, Marquis Who’s Who U.S.A./ Fifteen international distinctions.
Major Solo Exhibitions as invited artist (Selection): Teloglion Foundation of Art, A.U.Th.Thessaloniki, 2018/The House of Cyprus, 2018 / Italian Institute of Culture in Athens, 2016 / Italian Institute of Culture in Berlin, in the context of the 14th International Literature Festival in Berlin and the celebration of Italian Presidency of the EU Council, 2014 / Athens School of Fine Arts, 2014, 2008, 2004 / Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012 / Numismatic Museum of Athens, Greece, 2012 / Institute of Contemporary Art ISET, Athens, Greece, 2012 / Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece MIET, Athens, Greece, 2011 /Mikloς Borsos Museum of Gÿor, Hungary, 2009 / National Gallery Villa Vermes, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, 2008 / Municipal Museum of Arts, Gÿor, Hungary, 2007 in the context of the 9th Biennial “The Masters of Graphic Arts” / Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006 / LELAC 18e Salon International de Printemps, Foires Internationales, Luxembourg, 2003 /Chappelle du Rahm, Luxembourg, 2002 / Bratislava City Gallery Slovakia, 2002 / solo exhibition at the 21st Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts, Egypt, 2001and 2003/Nadezda Petrovic Gallery, Čačak, Serbia, 2001/ Galerija, FLU, Belgrade University, Serbia, 2001, in the context of her award at the 5th Int. Biennial of Belgrade, 1998/ Stadthalle Deidesheim, Germany, 1994/ Maliotis Cultural Center, Boston, U.S.A. 1990 / Hellenic Exhibition Centre, London, 1984 / University College of London, Slade School of Fine Art, London, 1983 / Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 1983 etc.
Jury member: 8th International Biennale, of Dry Point Uzice, Serbia 2005/ 5th ‘Enter into Art’ 2019 international competition, Germany / Invited commissioner:5th & 6th Print Biennale Győr, Hungary, 1999, 2001