59th Venice Art Biennale, Greek Pavilion
Alavanou will represent Greece at the Venice Biennale 2022. The exhibition at the Greek Pavilion will be curated by Heinz Peter Schwerfel
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The Artist is a Fellow at ONX Studio for the years 2021 and 2022. ONX, organised by Onassis USA and the New Museum in NY, is a residency program focusing on artists working with XR
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19.09.20 – 4.10.20
Quartier am Hafen, Cologne
Artists: Loukia Alavanou, Johanna Reich, Dominik Geis
Curated by Wilko Austermann
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In the digital realm, the Video program returns to its roots. It includes videos of artists such as Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Loukia Alavanou, Leto Kattou, and George Drivas – selected in collaboration with organizations and collections such as Daata Editions, DESTE Foundation, Daskalopoulos Collection, POLYECO Contemporary Art Initiative, along with independent artists and project spaces, such as Enterprise projects. The Video program is curated by Art Athina Artistic Director, Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos.
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“Put Your Loving Hand Out”, Online Solo Exhibition at Handel Street Projects, London
From 15/05/2020 to 15/07/2020
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Solo Exhibition of Loukia Alavanou at Hit Gallery in Bratislava
Curated by Lýdia Pribišová
November 21 – December 19, 2019
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The HISK Connection at KANAL Centre Pompidou
23/05/2019 — 16/06/2019
Curator: Antony Hudek
Assistant curators: Atena Abrahimia, Mobina Mohammadi Tabar and Astrid Vereycken
Artists: Loukia Alavanou, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Hadassah Emmerich, Vincent Geyskens, Hamza Halloubi, Pepa Ivanova, Clare Noonan, Meggy Rustamova, Sarah & Charles and Benjamin Verhoeven
Organised by Vlaamse Kring voor Esthetica, Dirk Derom
A collaboration with Curatorial Studies, KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Gent
With the support of Minister Sven Gatz
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Tomorrows, urban fictions for possible futures
27/03 to 02/06 2019
Le Lieu Unique, Nantes
Curator: Daphne Dragona, Panos Dragonas
Artists : Constantinos A. Doxiadis / Stefania Strouza & The New Raw / Morehshin Allahyari & Daniel Rourke avec ARTEKLAB, Geraldine Juárez, Darlene Farris-LaBar et Antonio Esparza / Design Earth / Heba Amin / Aristide Antonas / Zissis Kotionis / Zenovia Toloudi – Studio Z / Liam Young / Point Supreme / Takis Ch. Zenetos / Kyriaki Goni / Loukia Alavanou / Petros Moris / Lina Theodorou / AREA – Architecture Research Athens / James Bridle / Adam Harvey / !Mediengruppe Bitnik / Lydia Kallipoliti & Andreas Theodoridis avec Xueping Li, Erica Vinson, Dakota Pace et Seraphim Le / Manolis Daskalakis-Lemos / Pinar Yoldas
Co-directed with the Onassis STEGI – Athens
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Review by Cathryn Drake at ARTFORUM, Summer Issue, 2018
A review of “To New Horrizons”, a Retrospective exhibition of Loukia Alavanou curated bu iLiana Fokianaki
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26/10/2018 – 09/12/2018
Curators: Stefanie Hessler / Poka-Yio / Kostis Stafylakis
Participating artists: Spyros Aggelopoulos*, Monira Al Qadiri, Loukia Alavanou, Korakrit Arunanondchai & Alex Gvojic, Ivana Bašić, Tianzhuo Chen, Chim Pom, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti*, Brody Condon*, Celia Daskopoulou, Ted Davis, Danielle Dean, JP Downer, Nina Runa Essendrop*, Georgia Fambris, Cao Fei, Ed Fornieles*, Angelos Frentzos, Sarah Friend, Front Deutscher Äpfel, Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė, Eva Giannakopoulou, Gigas, Joey Holder, Carsten Höller, Callum Leo Hughes*, Actually Huizenga (of Patriarchy), Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman & Daniel Keller, Binelde Hyrcan, Maryam Jafri, Sascha Jahn & TheBoundCollective, Jakub Jansa, Geumhyung Jeong, Kahlil Joseph, Florence Jung, Raja’a Khalid*, Joy Kolaitis, Peter V. Kritikos, Laboratory for Microclimates*, Euripides Laskaridis / Osmosis*, Delaine Le Bas*, Candice Lin, Fei Liu, Rachel Maclean, Basim Magdy, Miltos Manetas, Marianne Maric, Eva and Franco Mattes, Metahaven, Quenton Miller, Molleindustria, Shana Moulton, Sirous Namazi*, Narcissister, New Models, Pinar Öğrenci, Marisa Olson, Uģis Olte & Morten Traavik, Omsk Social Club*, Ilias Papailiakis, Eva Papamargariti*, Yuri Pattison*, Heather Phillipson, Signe Pierce*, AnnaMaria Pinaka*, Wong Ping, Michail Pirgelis, Agnieszka Polska, Lykourgos Porfyris*, Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Johannes Paul Raether*, Jon Rafman*, Kosta Rapadopoulos / Jasin Challah, Tabita Rezaire, Roee Rosen, Iepe Rubingh, Saeborg, Tai Shani*, Heji Shin, Aliza Shvarts*, Helle Siljeholm*, Marianna Simnett, Linnéa Sjöberg, Panos Sklavenitis*, Marilia Stagkouraki, Jenna Sutela, The Agency, The Domestic Godless*, The Peng! Collective*, Ryan Trecartin, Theo Triantafyllidis, Anna Uddenberg*, Nicole Wermers, Tori Wränes, Lauren Wy, Lu Yang, Young Boy Dancing Group, Costas Zapas, Zhala*
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Loukia Alavanou participated at FEATURE EXPANDED and was the recipient of a full scholarship
20 – 25 June 2018, HOME, Manchester
July – October online sessions
14 – 18 November 2018, Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival, Florence
directed by Leonardo Bigazzi and Sarah Perks
Lo schermo dell’arte and HOME, Manchester’s art centre, present the 4th edition of the European intensive training programme for visual artists developing and producing their first feature film
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Resilient Futures at Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art
June 5, 2018 | PCAI Piraeus
June 27 – September 23, 2018 | Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki Port, Warehouse B1
An exhibition co-produced by Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (PCAI)
and the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki (CACT)
Curator: Syrago Tsiara
Participating artists: Loukia Alavanou, George Drivas, Mary Zygouri, Hertog and Nadler, Vassilis Karouk, Eva Kotatkova, Oliver Ressler – Zanny Begg, Mika Rottenberg, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Maria Loizidou
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Screening of Bananaland at the 34th Hamburg International Short Film Festival – Deframed Competition
07 June, 19.30, 08 June, 17.45 2018
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02 March – 28 April 2018, Athens, Greece
A landmark exhibition on the work of one of the most interesting artists of the contemporary art greek scene, Loukia Alavanou, curated by iLiana Fokianaki. For this exhibition, the artist will present together with her older works the first act of her new virtual reality project entitled “New Horizons – Pilot”, commissioned and produced by Onassis Culture. This pilot project acts as a precursor to a new unity of works consisting of two visual arts films with 3D stereoscopic virtual reality shots (VR180) and has as a departure point both the conceptual and technological strategies of the futuristic film “To New Horizons” produced for the Futurama exhibition in 1940 as part of the international exhibition EXPO – 1939 in New York.
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GUCCI – A Collaborative Meme Project
The #tfwgucci campaign, ‘a collaborative meme project’ saw Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele commission artists to adapt memes.
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Screening of Bananaland at Dortmund / Cologne International Women’s Film Festival – Panorama Section
26 April 2018, 22.15
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Weaving Europe: The World As Meditation
Pafos 2017 European Capital Of Culture
02 December until 31 December 2017, Paphos, Cyprus
Group exhibition. Participating Artists: Κimsooja, Johan Grimonperz, Cat Mazza, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Loukia Alavanou, Fernando Sanchez Castillo, Cristina Lucas, Eva Borner, Francesca Fini, Anne Wilson, Janis Jefferis, Diane Wood Conroy, Sarah-Joy Ford, Nikos Gyftakis, Anastasia Mina, Christos Avraam, Yiannis Sakellis, Kousoulides, Anna Lytridou, Eleni Nikodimou, Erato Chatzisavva. Curated by Efi Kyprianidou.
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Screening of ‘Bananaland’ at the 34th Kasseler Dokfest, Short Film Compilation “Contaminated”
15 November 2018, 17.30pm
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An exhibition with newly commissioned moving-image works organized by Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (PCAI) in collaboration with the Benaki Museum, Athens
22 March to 22 May 2017
Commissioning curator: Nadja Argyropoulou. Commissioned artists: Loukia Alavanou, Sophia Al Maria, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Vasilis P. Karouk, Anja Kirschner, Eva Kotatkova, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Eva Papamargariti, Agnieszka Polska, Mika Rottenberg, Wu Tsang
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DESTE Prize, An Anniversary Exhibition
Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
from 5 April to 17 September 2017
Participating artists: Panayota Tzamourani, Georgia Sagri, Maria Papadimitriou, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Loukia Alavanou, Eirene Efstathiou, Anastasia Douka, Kostas Sahpazis and Angelo Plessas
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Marthe Ramm Fortun on Loukia Alavanou at Kumstkritikk
Text by Marthe Ramm Fortun about Loukia Alavanou’s work, Kunstkritikk, 03/08/2016
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Group exhibition 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, Until October 23 2016
With Loukia Alavanou, Dimitris Ameladiotis, Maria Anastassiou, Eleni Bagaki, Margarita Bofiliou, Marianna Christofides, Manolis Daskalakis-Lemos, Petros Efstathiadis, Eirene Efstathiou, Zoi Gaitanidou, Giorgos Gerontides, Stelios Kallinikou, Yannis Karpouzis, Lito Kattou, KERNEL, Ioannis Koliopoulos, Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Orestis Mavroudis, Irini Miga, Olga Migliaressi-Phoca, Petros Moris, Persefoni Myrtsou & Eva Giannakopoulou, Malvina Panagiotidi, Aliki Panagiotopoulou, Eva Papamargariti, Zoë Paul, Sofia Stevi, Anastasis Stratakis, Valinia Svoronou, Paky Vlassopoulou, Myrto Xanthopoulou, Natalie Yiaxi
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Group exhibition sponsored by NEON, curated by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos. 9-25 June 2016, Circuits and Currents, Athens
Participating artists: Loukia Alavanou / Benjamin Verhoeven, Andreas Angelidakis / Dakis Joannou, Antonakis / James McLardy, Dimitrios Antonitsis / Meret Oppenheim, Manolis Daskalakis Lemos / Florian Goldmann, Panos Haralabous / George Lappas, Dionisis Kavallieratos / Elise Provencher and Fillipos Kavakas, Konstantin Kakanias / Νan Goldin, Katerina Kana / Nino Stelzl, Stelios Karamanolis and Toula Ploumi / Rhinoceros (Audio drama), Miltos Manetas / Petra Cortright, Theo Michael / Francis Alÿs, Maria Papadimitriou / Martin Kippenberger, Katerina Würthle and Michel Würthle, Panos Papadopoulos / Elisabeth Penkel, Rena Papaspyrou / Bia Davou, Angelo Plessas / Zoë Paul and Santiago Taccetti, Mima Razelou / Takis, Kostas Sahpazis / Zoe Giabouldaki, Panos Tsagaris / Rachel Garrard, Alexandros Tzannis / Markus Selg, Jannis Varelas / Ben Wolf Noam, Kostas Varotsos / Michelangelo Pistoletto, Kostis Velonis / Johannes Schweiger, Poka Yio / Yorgos Vakirtzis
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New Commission for the Production of the Film “Sleeping Hero 4”
Commissioned by The Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens for the occasion of “Hypnos Project” Exhibition (curated by Theophilos Tramboulis, Yorgos Tzirtzilakis), Athens, 18/04- 19/06 2016
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Screening of The Hunter at Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, V ’15
The short film “The Hunter” participates at Vienna International Film Festival, Austria
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Nominated for the IKOB Intenational Award 2015
Ikob, Museum für Zeitgenössische, Eupen, Belgium