ANTONIA PAPATZANAKI

 

EDUCATION

2000    MFA in Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, New York

1989  Certificate of Studies in Sculpture, W. Bertoni’s Workshop, Vienna, Austria

1986    BFA in Sculpture, School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece

1981    Certificate of Studies in Ceramics, YMCA, Athens, Greece

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITONS

 2013   Refractions, Ekfrasi-Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery, Athens, Greece

2010  Robust Matter and Image, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymno, Greece

2009 Light; the Shortest Path, Evdomi Opsi Art Gallery, Chania, Greece

2008  Antonia Papatzanakii Recent Works, Tsatsis Projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki, Greece

2007  Visions of Light, 112 Gallery, Chashsama, New York

2005  Squared Light, Titanium-Yiayiannos Gallery, Athens, Greece

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015  History-Irony, Vorres Museum, Paiania, Greece

2014 The Rule of Low and the Right to be Human, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Athens School of Fine Arts

2013  Offering, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece

2013 Black-White Dreams, Olive Press-Art Factory, Dromonero, Crete, Greece

2013   Convert Narratives, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York

 

SELECTED AWARDS

2003  First Prize for the International Public Art Competition

2001  New York Foundation for Hellenic Culture Grant

1992  First Prize for the Pan-Hellenic Competition

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS  

The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece                                   Marangos Construction Corp., New York

Aura City Hotel, Chania, Greece

Minoa Palace Hotel, Platanias, Greece

California Art Products, California,USA                                                      Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Greece

Copelouzos Family Collection, Athens, Greece                                       Natural Gas Co. Headquarters, Athens, Greece

Ionas Hotel, Chania, Greece     

 Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece

K.V. Lambiris Architects, New York

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

These wall light sculptures are based on the juxtaposition of rigid and translucent materials, which allow the transmission of light. The work addresses the question of exceeding limits. By surpassing the material limits of the work, light saturates the space and alludes to the possibility that human consciousness can transcend material reality. A constant dialogue exists between the artificial light of the work and the ambient light of the surroundings, creating an experience of heightened awareness of its qualities and its relation to time for the spectator. Formally the work has two aspects; one linear-geometric and the other the natural-organic that depends on the spectator’s point of view. The work relates sculpture, architecture and the experience of light.