Education
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Degree of Master of Arts (Art and Design), Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, GPA: 4.8/5 (2020)
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, First Class Honours (2016)
Exhibitions
2022 Can You See Work? III, solo curatorial project (group show/co-working and micro-residency project/film&tv program) and artist participation, VENT Space, Tallin, Estonia
2022 Vuosaari Art Sale, group art sale, Villa Lill Kallvik, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Thrifts & Prints Art Sale, group art sale, KOREN Process Space, Athens, Greece
2022 Poster Exhibition, group exhibition and closing event of the Decolonizing Salon work group, 1927 Art Space, Athens, Greece
2022 Exhibition of 1st Contemporary Shadow Puppet Theatre Festival, group exhibition, participation with Acquaforte printmaking group, Romantso, Athens, Greece
2021-22 Kypselian Salon 2021, Snehta Residency annual group exhibition, Snehta, Athens, Greece
2021 Roma Arte in Nuvola, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021 Art Athina, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2020 Community Auction I, group exhibition, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2020 Come Together...Right Now..., group exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 Mainostauko (Ad Break), outdoor poster exhibition,collaboration withPaola Jalili and Else Lagerspetz as the D.U. Collective, Vaanta, Finland
2019 Can You See Work?, curatorial project developed and presented in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, group exhibition, student action, community development, development of small-scale artist residencies, Otaniemi, Finland
2019 What Are We Now?, group exhibition, Beta Space, Otaniemi, Finland
2018 Souvenirs D’Athenes, group exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Art Athina, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Notes, solo exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Art House Disclosure, group exhibition, Art House, Otaniemi, Finland
2018 Images Tropes and Narratives: Sharing Control, group exhibition, Marek Gallery, collaboration with Adrian Mc Grath and with Paola Jalili and Else Lagerspetz as the D.U. Collective, Wolkesdorf, Austria
2016 Girls Will Be Beuys, group exhibition, Buskers Bar, Dundee, Scotland
2016 First Proof New Printmakers, group exhibition, DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland
2016 Emerging Talent, final year Degree Show, DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland
2016 PROJECTile, group exhibition, Cooper Gallery Project Space, Dundee, Scotland
2016 Where Our Minds Are Now, group exhibition, Tin Roof, Dundee, Scotland
2015 Ice Cream With The Enemy, group exhibition, Tin Roof and Hairdresser’s, Dundee & Glasgow, Scotland
Conferences
2021 Peripheries in Parallax: Brave New Peripheries Conference, presentation of experimental talk: Work/Unwork: A Place to Live In, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2021 20th Nordic Migration Research Conference and 17th ETMU Conference, presentation of experimental talk: What is in a Body?, University of Helsinki, Finland
2019 Slow Academy Conference, presentation of experimental talk: Fault Lines in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Loukko Center of Subcultures, Helsinki, Finland
2019 The Best Fears of Our Life Seminar, presentation of experimental Talk: Fault Lines in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Kauppakeskus Redi, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Floating Peripheries Conference: Sites, Senses and Situations, participation with the production of an experimental public artwork: Some Thoughts About Work, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Publications
2022 Upcoming: Work/Unwork, artists’ book publication, published by Else Lagerspetz (Pirate Papers Publishing), Estonia
2019 Naya’s Biggest Fears in Life, artist’ poster series, published by Paola Jalili, illustrated by Essi Ruuskanen/Else Lagerspetz/Laura Leif/Saara Mahbouba/Shubhangi Singh, Finland
2019 RUUKKU #12 Peripheries in Artistic Research, article contribution, online Journal Publication, Finland
2018 ViCCA Journal The Home Issue: Creative Practices Within and Around the Home, contribution of photographs, Journal Publication, Finland
Funding & Awards
2022 Eesti Kultuurkapitali (Cultural Endowment of Estonia), project production grant for Work/Unwork publication project in collaboration with Else Lagerspetz, Estonia
2022 ARTWORKS Fellowship, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Greece
2022 C.R.O.W. Award (Certificate for Research of Outstanding Worth), Aalto University, Finland
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), Artist Working Grant for Work/Unwork publication project, in collaboration with Else Lagerspetz, Finland
2019 Aalto ARTS Grant for the co-curation of self organized exhibition and art event Can You See Work? in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Finland
2017 Masters Degree Scholarship from NEON Arts and Culture Foundation, Greece
2016 Alan Woods Memorial Prize for Best Dissertation in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Scotland
Languages: Greek & English
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Degree of Master of Arts (Art and Design), Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, GPA: 4.8/5 (2020)
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, First Class Honours (2016)
Exhibitions
2022 Can You See Work? III, solo curatorial project (group show/co-working and micro-residency project/film&tv program) and artist participation, VENT Space, Tallin, Estonia
2022 Vuosaari Art Sale, group art sale, Villa Lill Kallvik, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Thrifts & Prints Art Sale, group art sale, KOREN Process Space, Athens, Greece
2022 Poster Exhibition, group exhibition and closing event of the Decolonizing Salon work group, 1927 Art Space, Athens, Greece
2022 Exhibition of 1st Contemporary Shadow Puppet Theatre Festival, group exhibition, participation with Acquaforte printmaking group, Romantso, Athens, Greece
2021-22 Kypselian Salon 2021, Snehta Residency annual group exhibition, Snehta, Athens, Greece
2021 Roma Arte in Nuvola, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021 Art Athina, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2020 Community Auction I, group exhibition, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2020 Come Together...Right Now..., group exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 Mainostauko (Ad Break), outdoor poster exhibition,collaboration withPaola Jalili and Else Lagerspetz as the D.U. Collective, Vaanta, Finland
2019 Can You See Work?, curatorial project developed and presented in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, group exhibition, student action, community development, development of small-scale artist residencies, Otaniemi, Finland
2019 What Are We Now?, group exhibition, Beta Space, Otaniemi, Finland
2018 Souvenirs D’Athenes, group exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Art Athina, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Notes, solo exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Art House Disclosure, group exhibition, Art House, Otaniemi, Finland
2018 Images Tropes and Narratives: Sharing Control, group exhibition, Marek Gallery, collaboration with Adrian Mc Grath and with Paola Jalili and Else Lagerspetz as the D.U. Collective, Wolkesdorf, Austria
2016 Girls Will Be Beuys, group exhibition, Buskers Bar, Dundee, Scotland
2016 First Proof New Printmakers, group exhibition, DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland
2016 Emerging Talent, final year Degree Show, DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland
2016 PROJECTile, group exhibition, Cooper Gallery Project Space, Dundee, Scotland
2016 Where Our Minds Are Now, group exhibition, Tin Roof, Dundee, Scotland
2015 Ice Cream With The Enemy, group exhibition, Tin Roof and Hairdresser’s, Dundee & Glasgow, Scotland
Conferences
2021 Peripheries in Parallax: Brave New Peripheries Conference, presentation of experimental talk: Work/Unwork: A Place to Live In, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2021 20th Nordic Migration Research Conference and 17th ETMU Conference, presentation of experimental talk: What is in a Body?, University of Helsinki, Finland
2019 Slow Academy Conference, presentation of experimental talk: Fault Lines in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Loukko Center of Subcultures, Helsinki, Finland
2019 The Best Fears of Our Life Seminar, presentation of experimental Talk: Fault Lines in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Kauppakeskus Redi, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Floating Peripheries Conference: Sites, Senses and Situations, participation with the production of an experimental public artwork: Some Thoughts About Work, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Publications
2022 Upcoming: Work/Unwork, artists’ book publication, published by Else Lagerspetz (Pirate Papers Publishing), Estonia
2019 Naya’s Biggest Fears in Life, artist’ poster series, published by Paola Jalili, illustrated by Essi Ruuskanen/Else Lagerspetz/Laura Leif/Saara Mahbouba/Shubhangi Singh, Finland
2019 RUUKKU #12 Peripheries in Artistic Research, article contribution, online Journal Publication, Finland
2018 ViCCA Journal The Home Issue: Creative Practices Within and Around the Home, contribution of photographs, Journal Publication, Finland
Funding & Awards
2022 Eesti Kultuurkapitali (Cultural Endowment of Estonia), project production grant for Work/Unwork publication project in collaboration with Else Lagerspetz, Estonia
2022 ARTWORKS Fellowship, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Greece
2022 C.R.O.W. Award (Certificate for Research of Outstanding Worth), Aalto University, Finland
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), Artist Working Grant for Work/Unwork publication project, in collaboration with Else Lagerspetz, Finland
2019 Aalto ARTS Grant for the co-curation of self organized exhibition and art event Can You See Work? in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Finland
2017 Masters Degree Scholarship from NEON Arts and Culture Foundation, Greece
2016 Alan Woods Memorial Prize for Best Dissertation in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Scotland
Languages: Greek & English