ARTIST PROFILE

Penelope Vlassopoulou

  • Greece (b. 1977 in Athens)
  • Currently in Athens, Greece.
  • Multidisciplinary artist exploring the poetic potential of urban elements and the city as a link to common human experience.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • Artists' Cards II, Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece.
  • Obsession: Love, Ritual, Collection, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • Lost Space, João Cocteau Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2013

  • Artists' Cards, Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece.

2010

  • Greek Artists' books: Contemporary Artworks and Editions, ART-ATHINA International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Athens, Greece.

2008

  • Image, Space, Action, Technopolis, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Athens, Greece.

2007

  • Artists Books II, Q box Gallery, Athens, Greece.

2006

  • Book Arts Fair, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Washington, United States.

LOCATION

  • Born 1977 in Athens, Greece.
  • Lives and works in Athens, Greece.

EDUCATION

  • 2003 - 2004
    Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
    Realized one year of the Athens School of Fine Arts studies in Painting (Ruel, Shimkovitz)
  • 2001 - 2006
    Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
    Higher Educational Institute (HEI) Degree in Painting (I. Valavanides)
  • 1995 - 2000
    Athens Technological Institute, Athens, Greece
    BA in Technology of Graphic Arts

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2013
    Distinction for the redesign of the newspaper of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece
    Design & Design international design awards, Paris, France
  • 2003
    Scholarship to study at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium
    State Scholarship Foundation of Greece, Athens, Greece

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2014 - Present
    Berlinerpool arts network, Berlin, Germany
  • 2006 - Present
    Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Athens, Greece

COLLECTIONS

  • National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Athens, Greece
  • Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece