Born 1979 in Athens
Lives and works in Belgium
Education
2003-2005 MA Photography/Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London (under the supervision of John Stezaker and Francette Pacteau)
2002-2003 PGDip in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1999-2002 BA in Fine Art, Byam Shaw School of Art, London
Awards & Prizes
Winner of the 5th DESTE PRIZE
Nominated for Paul Hamlyn Award For Visual Artists, Uk (2008)
Artist Residencies
2014-2015 Hisk, Ghent, Belgium
2011 Upload Art Project, Trento, Italy
2010 Volcano Extravaganza, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli, Italy
2010 Viafarini, Milan
2010 Diva (Danish International Visual Art Exchange Program), Copenhagen
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 “Rabbit Catcher”, Ulap/ Upload Art Project, Trento
2011 “Episodio 3”, L.Kanellopoulos Cultural Centre, Elefsina, Greece
2010 “Makita”, solo exhibition by Loukia Alavanou and Hannah Heilmann at Modtar Projects, Copenhagen
2010 “Next Door To Alice”, Rodeo, Istanbul
2009 “The Other, A Freud”, (as part of “Common View, Contemporary art at the National Theatre”, curated by Ghislaine Dantan and Eleni Koukou), National Theatre, Athens
2007 “Chop Chop”, upstairs berlin, Berlin
2007 “Loukia Alavanou”, Haas & Fischer Gallery, Zurich
2006 “Dead Real”, upstairs berlin, Berlin
2004 “Cactus”, The Breeder Projects, Athens
Selected Group Exhibitions and Festivals
2017 “Paratoxic Paradoxes”, new commissions of moving-image artists, commissioned by PCAI, commissioning curator Nadja Argyropoulou, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
“DESTE 2017, An Anniversary Exhibition”, Museum of Cycladic art, Athens, Greece
“Weaving Europe; The World as Meditation” , Pafos 2017 European Capital of Culture, curated by Efi Kyprianidou, Pafos, Cyprous
2016 62nd Oberhausen Short Film Festival, International Competition
2016 “The Equilibrists” (Organised by The New Museum, NY and the Deste Foundation Athens and curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Gary Carrion-Murayari and Helga Christoffersen), Benaki Museum, Athens
2015 ikob-Award, ikob – Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen, Belgium
2015 VIENNALE, Vienna International Film Festival, special programs, Austria
2015 “And No matter What the phone Rings”, Moscow Biennale, Special Events, Moscow
2015 “Soap” (curated by Nathalie Hartjes), Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
2015 ‘Kino Der Kunst 2015’ festival, Munich
2015 “It Takes Two To Make An Accident”, HISK, Ghent
2014 “No Country For Young Men” (curated by Katerina Gregos), Palais De Bozar, Brussels
2014 “Reverb”(curated by Evita Tsokanda and Eirini Eustathiou), SMFA, Boston, USA
2014 OPEN YOUR EYES, EMAF European Media Art Festival, Ostenberg, Germany
2014 “HISK Open Studios 2014”, HISK, Ghent
2014 “Body Memory” (curated by Syrago Tsiara), Contemporary Art Center/ State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2013 “Hell As Pavillion” (curated by Nadja Argyropoulou), Palais De Tokyo, Paris
2013 “In The Studio” (curated by Daily Lazy), Kunsthalle Athena, Athens
2013 “It Is A Place Of Force” (an independent project curated by Loukia Alavanou), ReMap4, Athens
2013 “Other Fictions” (curated by Tomas Lagermand and Stine Ljungdalh), Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen
2012 “Visual Dialogues at Plato’s Academy Recreation Park” (curated by Marilena Karra), Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens
2011 “Volcano Extravaganza”, Curated by Milovan Farronato and Rita Selvaggio, produced by Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli, Italy
2010 “Terrain Error”, Curated by Pamela Auchincloss and Susanne Prinz, Verein zur Forderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V., Berlin
2010 “Selections of the Artist Pension Trust Collection of new Media”, The Ice Palace, Miami
2010 “Conformers and Purposers”; Loukia Alavanou and Hannah Heilmann in collaboration with the classical ensemble EMV, HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning; Møstings hus, Copenhagen a.o.
2010 “Identuty, Body It” (curated by Takashi Azumaya), nca/ nichido contemporary art, Tokyo
2010 Memories And Encounters, Viafarini, Milan, Italy
2009 “Video.It, A Bridge Over The Mediterenean” (curated by Marina Fokidis), Fondazione Mertz, Torino
2009 MEDITERANEAN, Palazzo Rospigliosi (an event at Roma, The Road To Contemporary Art, curated by Elena Lydia Scipione), Rome
2009 “Four Young Female Artists”, Haas & Fischer Gallery, Zurich
2008 If Tomorrow Never Comes, Rodeo, Istanbul
2008 “Farmer’s Market” (curated by Fedja Klikovac), Handel Street Projects, London
2008 “La Bete Or the Object of Desire” (curated by Lisa K Samoto), t1+2 Gallery, London
2008 “Yours, Mine and Ours: Appropriation in Contemporary Art”, University Gallery, Colchester, UK
2007 “12th Biennial of Moving Images”, Geneva
2007 “100 days=100 videos”, Gl Strand, Copenhagen Kustforeningen Gl Stand, Copenhagen
2007 “DESTE PRIZE 2007”, DESTE Foundation, Athens
2007 “SATELLITE WORKS” (curated by Noemy Mc Comber), Centre de Production et de Diffusion en Art Actuel et Multidisciplinaire, Quebec
2007 “DIVINATION: Hamburg-Paris-London”, B22, Hamburg/ Bruswick Centre Gallery, London
2007 “EMERGENCY ROOM” (an art format brought in action by Thierry Geoffroy), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
2006 “100 TAGE=100 VIDEOS”, Kunstverein Heidelberg
2006 “Videos and More”, Vamiali’s Gallery, Athens
2006 “This ain’t no karaoke” (curated by Max Henry), Haas & Fischer Gallery, Zurich
2006 “Peach” (curated by Eva Martischnig), Gallery Eugen Lendl, Craz
2006 “Dreamworks”, Haas & Fischer Gallery, Zurich
2006 “ Solitude” (curated by Michael Bank Christoffersen), upstairs berlin, Berlin
2006 “What Remains is Future” (curated by Nadia Argyropoulou), Patras, Greece
2006 “Drawing Screen” (curated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis), Tint Gallery, Thessaloniki
2005 “SOUND ON VISION” (curated by Laure Prouvost), tank.tv
2005 “Pow Wow Now Syncopations; Art From Great Britain”, Watterling Gallery, Stockholm
2005 “Like Nowhere Else”, Royal College of Art, London
2005 “TIMESHARE” (curated by Melanie Jackson), Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
Selested Collections
The Dakis Joannou Collection
PCAI Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative
Celine & Heiner Bastian Collection
Gucci
The National Bank Of Greece Collection
Dimitris Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art
Harry David
Grants & Bursaries
2005 Study scholarship, Royal College of Art, London
2007 The Onassis Foundation Grant for artistic development abroad, Athens
Performance Lectures
2010 What if an Exhibition was a road move, a performance lecture by Loukia Alavanou and Aikaterini Gegisian, Spike Island, Bristol / Art Athina –as part of the Talks and Events program, Athens
Other Screenings and Events
2014 Limited Access Festival, (curated by Nima Bahrehmand), Parking Gallery Projects, Teheran, Iran
2014 Videozoom Greece, (curated by Maria Papaioanou and Maria Dialektaki), Trastevere Museum/ Sala Uno, Rome
2012 Lo Schermo dell’Arte – VISIO European Workshop on Artists, Florence.
2012 “Lustlands, A Family Noir under the sun and Other Experiences”, (curated by Nadja Argyropoulou and Lakis&Aris Ionnas), Thermisia, Greece
2011 “Portrait of Space”, A “Living Exhibition” organized by Teresa Gillespie and Rose Lejeune, Clonlea studios, Dublin
2010 “Happy End, A Transmitter to the ultimate way of contemporary Living” (Curated by Yu-Chen Wang BasementArtProjects.com, Filmprogramme Organised by Georgia Korossi), Yinka Shonibare’s Space- Guest Projects, London
2010 Screening of films by Mona Hatum, Melanie Jackson and Loukia Alavanou as part of “Time Archive Memory” (curated by Marigold Hodkinson), Centenary Show at the Byam Shaw School of Art, London
2009 “The Message” (curated by Sylvia Kouvali), “Art Park Programme- Art Dubai”, organised by Bidoun Magazine, Dubai
2008 “The State We’re In” (curated by November Paynter), a selection of videos from the collection of the Artist Pension Trust (Dubai), NADA VIDEO NIGHTS, New York
2008 “…of City and Time, Moving Image in Contemporary Greek Art”, Stefanos Tsivopoulos in collaboration with the Alternative Video/Film Festival as part of the program “Videography Of The Region”, Belgrade
2008 “Zemos98”, Festival Internacional, 11 edicion, Seville
2007 “Zooming Histories”, International festival of audio-visual arts VIDEOLOGIA, Volgograd, Russia
2006 “Top Of The Uk Art Pops” (curated by Inger Frygt), Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen
2005 “EMERGEANDSEE, Spring 04 Showreel”, Curzon Soho, London, Kino International, Budapest, Kino International, Berlin, Bauhaus University, Weimar
2004 “Gone in 60 seconds” (curated by Stuart Croft), Café Gallery, London
Bibliography/Press
Critic’s Guide: Athens, by Maria Nicholacopoulou, Frieze.com, 04 April 2017
The Equilibrists: A report from Greece, by Stephanie Baily, OCULA, 21 July 2016
Allegory of the Cave Painting, exhibition catalogue, text by Mihnea Mircan, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
Greek Artists Interpret Newsmaking Events At Grossman in: The Boston Globe, 16 September, 2014, USA
Bozar Presents: No Country For Young Men: Contemporary Greek art in Times Of Crisis, e-flux, 13 March 2014
Anamnesia: Private and Public Memory in Modern French Culture, Editor Peter Collier, Anna Magdalena Elsner and Olga Smith, (p. 295 on an essey by Carol Mavor), Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, Bern, 2009
Cold Sun: The New Season At Palais De Tokyo, e-flux, 06 Feb 2013
Volcano Extravaganza (Publication): ‘Rolling Stones, Roadside Picnic: Stromboli’, Salerno Editrice, Rome 2011
Alle Eolie estate d’arte con VOLCANO EXTRAVAGANZA, Flash Artonline.it, July 2011
Fiorucci Art Trust presents VOLCANO EXTRAVAGANZA, e-artnow, 04 July 2011
Extravagant Art in Stromboli, by Elena Bordignon, VOGUE (Italy), 08 August 2011
Viafarini presenta Souvenir d’Italie, in: Flashart online, Italy, 09 June 2010
Residency program for international artists in Milan at VIR Viafarini-in-residence in: Abitare Design Magazine, Milan, 14 July, 2010
Careof-Viafarini-Docva, l’arte contemporanea in Italia, in: ARTKEY, Italy, 14 July 2010
GROUP SHOW:4 Young Female Artistes, in Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 30 January 2009, p.53
Galerien Stenchen Gemeinsam In See, GROUP SHOW:4 Young Female Artistes, in Zueritipp, 15-21. January, 2009, P.49
Divination; Group Show, in “What’s On”, a-n Magazine, London, June 2008
Leisa Bamett, Desire on Desire, in: Vogue, Uk, 01 Sep 2008
Valentina Sansone, Artists Dictionary; a survey of contemporary greek art, in: Flash Art, October 2007
n.256, p.92
Caitlin Jones, Eyes on a Prize, in: Rhizome.org at New Museum of Contemporary Art, 02 October 2007
Artnet News, Deste Prize to Alavanou, in: Artnet, 27, Sep 2007
Artist in the Spotlight. Loukia Alavanou wins 2007 Deste Foundation Prize, in: Artforum.com, 26. September 2007
Deste Foundation, Loukia Alavanou wins the DESTE Prize 2007, in: e-flux, 26. September 2007
Chop Chop Tales & Recent Video Works. 2005-2007, upstairs berlin Berlin, Haas & Fischer, Zurich 2007 (catalogue)
The Deste-Prize 2007 for contemporary Greek artists, in: e-flux.com, Zugriff: 22. Mai 2007
Bpabeio Deste 2007, in: Artaz.gr, Zugriff: 03. Mai 2007
Galerie Upstairs, Weniger ist mehr, in: taz berlin, 17. Oktober 2007, p. 28
Divination II, European Art Festival Hamburg, OneZeroMore.COM, Germany, 20/10/’07
Deste Prize 2007 Announces Shortlisted Artists, Artipedia-Your Pulse On Contemporary Art, March 27, 2007
Solitude. London Artists Today, upstairs berlin, Berlin 2006 (catalogue)
Ulrich Tragatschnig, Pluschfeminismus, in: Der Falter, Nr. 40/60, October 6-12, 2006
Verspielte Frauen-Klischees, in: Kronenzeitung, October 11, 2006
Handarbeit und Rollenspiele, in: Der Standard, October 5, 2006)
Von Frauen und Fruchten, in: Der Grazer, October5, 2006
Maria Zimmermann Brendel, London Artists Today, in: etcetera. Revue de l’art 75, September-November 2006, p. 71-75
Stofftiere und Fitnesstrainer, in: Kleine Zeitung, 22. September 2006
Loukia Alavanou: Dead Real, in: kunsttermine, Mai – Juni – Juli 2006, p. 77
Johanna Hofleitner, Schauplatze, in: Die Presse, September 22, 2006
Matthias Busse, Merilyn und der Kaktus, in: Neues Deutschland, May 18, 2006
Bewegte Collagen, in: taz berlin, May 3, 2006, p.28
Gerhard Charles Rump, Londoner Einsamkeiten in der Galerie “upstairs”, in: Die Welt, March 10, 2006
Katrin Wittneven, Jugend-Still, in: Der Tagesspiegel, February 2006
Solitude: Young London Artists, in: Contemporary, January 2006, p.69
Nora Theiss, Bemerkenswert weiblich, in: ARTMAGAZINE.CC, Graz, October 2006
Despina Zeukeli, Video Xorkia by Loukia Alavanou, in: Athenorama, Athens, November 2006
- the athens contemporary art review, issue 4, Mai 2006
Video Xorkia by Loukia Alavanou, in: Athinorama, November 2006
Iphgenia Baal, Artist loukia alavanou is following in the grand tradition of the Hollywood remake, Dazed and Confused, London, 2005
Chris Bors, Reports from Athens, in: Magazine Reviews, art.net, 2004