Biography

Biography of Alexandra Marati

ALEXANDRA MARATI LIVES AND WORKS IN THESSALONIKI AND VIENNA. NOW, WORKS AS FREELANCE ARTIST AND CURATOR.

2000 MA IN FINE ARTS AT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS IN VIENNA.
(UNIVERSITÄT FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST IN WIEN, PROF. CH. LUDWIG ATTERSEE).
SHE ALSO DEALT WITH GRAPHIC ARTS, SHOWROOM DECORATING, CLOTH AND BOOK COVER DESIGN, TRANSLATED AUSTRIAN WRITERS INTO GREEK,  FOUNDER OF ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY IN THESSALONIKI (2007-2017).
LONG TERM RESIDENCIES: BUENOS AIRES – ARGENTINA (2000-2003), MADRID – SPAIN (2005), ISTANBUL – TURKEY (2012), CANTABRIA – SPAIN (2013), ART RESIDENCIES KEMIJÄRVI –LAPLAND– FINLAND (2011) AND TAMPERE ART RESIDENCY – FINLAND (2016).

 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023, BIODYNAMIC GARDEN, CHOBOT GALLERY, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, OPENING SPEECH AND TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN HARTWIG KNACK
  • 2023, LET’S MAKE ART, KIDSLAB – CICA MUSEUM, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • 2022, GUERRE ET PAIX, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE LARISSA, WITH FRÉDÉRIC BERGER-CARDI, TEXT BY ALEXANDRA MARATI
  • 2022, GUERRE ET PAIX, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE THESSALONIQUE , WITH FRÉDÉRIC BERGER-CARDI, TEXT BY ALEXANDRA MARATI
  • 2021, VIRAL, DONOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS GALLERY – THESSALONIKI, TEXTS BY ART HISTORIANS HARTWIG KNACK, THALEA STEFANIDOU, SANIA PAPA
  • 2020, PERITECHNON - KARTERIS GALLERY, ATHENS
  • 2020, IM SOG DER ZEIT, GALERIE DALIKO – KREMS, AUSTRIA, OPENING SPEECH AND TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN HARTWIG KNACK
  • 2019, PHANTASMA-GO-RIA, DONOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS GALLERY – THESSALONIKI , TEXT BY ART HISTORIANS THOULI MISIRLOGLOU AND HARTWIG KNACK
  • 2017, EX-PLORATIONS, KAPLANON GALLERIES – ATHENS, TEXT BY CHRISTINA SOTIROPOULOU
  • 2016, ART SHOWROOMS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OTE – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY GIANNIS ARGIRIADIS
  • 2015, ARTIFACT GALLERY - NY, USA, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN THALEA STEFANIDOU
  • 2015, RITE OF SPRING, CHOROS 18 ART SPACE – THESSALONIKI, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN THALEA STEFANIDOU
  • 2014, EPI-PHANIES, EXHIBITION WITH GIORGOS DIVARIS, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART – FLORINA, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN ANTHI ARGIRIOU
  • 2013, GARDENS AND MIRRORS, CHOROS 18 ART SPACE – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY ART HISTORIAN THALEA STEFANIDOU.
  • 2012, ORFEOS 20 GALLERY - XANTHI
  • 2012, PNOES, TECHNOHOROS GALLERY – ATHENS, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN LENA KOKKINI
  • 2012, PAPATZIKOU GALLERY – VERIA, CURATED BY GIORGOS TSAKIRIS
  • 2009, ASPHYXIA, CHOBOT GALLERY – VIENNA, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN MARIA KENANIDOU
  • 2009, LA GUERRILLA OF THE ECOTYPES, ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY – THESSALONIKI, TEXTS BY ART HISTORIANS SANIA PAPA, THODORIS MARKOGLOU
  • 2005, DIANA GALLERY – ATHENS, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN DOROTHEA KONTELETZIDOU
  • 2003, PARATIRITIS – THESSALONIKI
  • 2002, PARATIRITIS – THESSALONIKI, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN DOROTHEA KONTELETZIDOU
  • 2001, ZAMORA - ARTE- BUENOS AIRES, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN CESAR MAGRINI
  • 1999, DIAGONIOS – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY ART HISTORIAN DOROTHEA KONTELETZIDOU

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION

  • 2023, GROUP EXHIBITION, PERITECHNON KARTERIS GALLERY ATHENS
  • 2023 ART-ATHINA, WITH PERITECHNON KARTERIS GALLERY ATHENS
  • 2023, DIPOLA GROUP, LABYRINTH, RED HOUSE, CHALKIDA, GREECE, TEXT BY ART HISTORIAN EFTHIMIS LAZONGAS
  • 2023, INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF PAINTING 2023 MOLDOVA, NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF MOLDOVA, CHISINAU, MOLDOVA, CURATED BY MUSEUM DIRECTOR TUDOR ZBÂRNEA
  • 2022-23, GEOCULTURE, BIENNALE 8 THESSALONIKI, EXHIBITION NATURE TRACERS, MOMus - STATE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, WITH BIODYNAMIC GARDEN INSTALLATION, CURATED BY MUSEUM DIRECTOR MARIA TSANTSANOGLOU
  • 2023, ENCLOSED SPACE, KUNSTRAUM BRAUER, COLOGNE, CURATED BY KAI RICHTER
  • 2022, THREE DIMENSIONS, CHANIA–ART, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHANIA–CRETE, CURATED BY IOANNIS ARHONTAKIS AND ART HISTORIAN KONSTANTINOS PROIMOS
  • 2022, PAPER-ART FAIR NYC WITH DONOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS GALLERY, NEW YORK 
  • 2022, COVERS OF ART CATALOGUES BY KÜNSTLERHAUS VIENNA ARTISTS- KÜNSTLERHAUS VIENNA
  • 2022, ENCLOSED SPACE, BcmA GALLERY, BERLIN, CURATED BY KAI RICHTER
  • 2022, DIPOLA GROUP, ETERNAL WOMB, DIGENAKIS WINERY, HERAKLION, CRETE, CURATED BY DIMITRIS LAMBROU
  • 2022, DIPOLA GROUP, STIGMA, MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF PIRAEUS, CURATED BY DIMITRIS LAMBROU
  • 2022, COMMON ESTATE, MOMus - MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY ART HISTORIANS THODORIS MARKOGLOU AND KATERINA SIROGLOU
  • 2021, TAKE AWAY, PERITECHNON KARTERIS GALLERY ATHENS
  • 2021, ART ATHINA VIRTUAL WITH DONOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS GALLERY
  • 2021, 50 JAHRE GALERIE CHOBOT – VIENNA, CURATED BY DAGMAR CHOBOT
  • 2021, REVOLUTION 1821, WAR MUSEUM  ATHENS
  • 2021, ART "IN THE STAIRWELL" GROUP EXHIBITION, PAPATZIKOU GALLERY–VERIA
  • 2020, ART-ATHINA 2020, PARTICIPATION WITH DONOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS GALLERY
  • 2019, ART-ATHINA 2019, PARTICIPATION WITH DONOPOULOS INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS GALLERY
  • 2018, MY CITY: EUROPE AT DIMITRIA FESTIVAL – THESSALONIKI, YENI MOSQUE EXHIBITION CENTRE, CURATED BY ALEXANDRA MARATI AND AUSTRIAN GALLERIST THOMAS MARK, TEXT BY ALEXANDRA MARATI
  • 2018 LONG TERM CONVICTS, TSICHRITZIS FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS – ATHENS, CURATED BY NIKOLENA KALAITZAKI
  • 2017, WALKING THROUGH THESSALONIKI-VIENNA, KÜNSTLERHAUS VIENNA, CURATED BY SOFIA PANTELIADOU, CURATOR OF GABRIEL GALLERY, VIENNA
  • 2017, WALKING THROUGH THESSALONIKI-VIENNA, MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE CULTURE-THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY SOFIA PANTELIADOU, CURATOR OF GABRIEL GALLERY, VIENNA
  • 2017, CIRCLE, ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY ART HISTORIAN THALEA STEFANIDOU
  • 2017, ART-THESSALONIKI 2017, PARTICIPATION WITH KAPLANON GALLERIES
  • 2016, SMALL DIMENSION, PAPATZIKOU GALLERY–VERIA
  • 2016, ART-THESSALONIKI 2016, PARTICIPATION WITH ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY – THESSALONIKI
  • 2016, ART-THESSALONIKI, PARTICIPATION WITH PAPATZIKOU GALLERY – VERIA
  • 2016, ART-THESSALONIKI, PARTICIPATION WITH UFOFABRIK GALLERY- MOENA,ITALY
  • 2016, TRIBUTE TO NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS, KAPLANON GALLERIES–,ATHENS
  • 2016, ART-ZURICH 2016, WITH KAPLANON GALLERIES–ATHENS
  • 2016, NOMAD, CHANIA-ART 2016–CRETE, CURATED BY IOANNIS ARHONTAKIS
  • 2016, FAREWELL TO SUMMERTIME, ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY–THESSALONIKI
  • 2016, TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, KAPLANON GALLERIES–ATHENS
  • 2015, KOPELOUZOS MUSEUM–ATHENS
  • 2015, CHANIA-ART 2015 – CRETE CURATED BY IOANNIS ARCHONTAKIS
  • 2015, ARTMARKET, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART – THESSALONIKI
  • 2015, KOTH UNDERGROUND FESTIVAL, BLOCK 33–THESSALONIKI
  • 2015, ΑRT-VILNIUS, PARTICIPATION WITH UFOFABRIK CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
  • 2015, ART –ATHINA, PARTICIPATION WITH UFOFABRIK CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
  • 2015, ΑDA ART GALLERY– BARCELONA
  • 2015, SUPPARTING STUDENTS– NEW YORK 2015
  • 2014, LAW AND ART, GOETHE INSTITUT – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY STAVROS PANAGIOTAKIS AND ALEXANDRA MARATI
  • 2014, 4 YEARS, CHOROS 18 ART SPACE  - THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY STAVROS PANAGIOTAKIS
  • 2014, INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR ISTANBUL, CURATED BY ART HISTORIANS NIKOS MIKONIATIS, THALEA STEFANIDOU
  • 2014, AGORA & GABE(AUSTRIAN AND GREEK ARTISTS), MIET (CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF NATIONAL BANK) – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY SOFIA PANTELIADOU, CURATOR OF GABRIEL GALLERY, VIENNA
  • 2014, SIX STEPS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, CASA BIANCA – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY ART HISTORIAN THALEA STEFANIDOU
  • 2014, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ELAIOURGEION - CHANIA CRETE, CURATED BY ART HISTORIAN PEGGY KOUNENAKI AND IOANNIS ARHONTAKIS
  • 2014, ART-ATHINA 2014, PARTICIPATION WITH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART-CHANIA– CRETE
  • 2014, 4 SEASONS, ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY - THESSALONIKI
  • 2013, ART BAZAAR, CHOROS 18 ART SPACE ART SPACE– THESSALONIKI
  • 2013, ART BAZAAR, ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY– THESSALONIKI
  • 2013, ART BAZAAR, PAPATZIKOU GALLERY - VERIA
  • 2013, CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL ART FAIR, WITH ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY
  • 2013, PINELO GALLERY - ISTANBUL
  • 2013, CHANIA-ART –CRETE, CURATED BY IOANNIS ARHONTAKIS
  • 2013, FRAMES OF MIND, CHOROS 18 ART SPACE - THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY STAVROS PANAGIOTAKIS
  • 2013, FRAMES OF MIND, ALATZA IMARET – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY STAVROS PANAGIOTAKIS
  • 2013, DOSTLUK, ART CENTER,MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS
  • 2012, PRINT FESTIVAL - ATHENS
  • 2012, FEEDHOPE, EXHIBITION, MUNICIPALITY KORDELIO – THESSALONIKI (SECOND PRIZE AWARD)
  • 2012, 5 YEARS ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY - THESSALONIKI
  • 2012, MEDECINS DU MONDE, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE THESSALONIQUE
  • 2012, DESIGN EXHIBITION-MACEDONIAN  MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART– THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY ART HISTORIAN ALIKI TSIRLIANGOU
  • 2012, KODRA FIELD FESTIVAL, ABOUT ART & TECHNOLOGY - THESSALONIKI
  • 2012, FUCK AIDS EXHIBITION – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY NIKOS GIAVROPOULOS
  • 2011, PAPATZIKOU GALLERY - VERIA
  • 2011, SYMBIOSIS-XV BIENNALE DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE, PARTICIPATION WITH AN OUTDOOR BIG PYRAMID INSTALLATION CURATED BY CHRISTOS SAVIDIS AND MARIA KENANIDOU
  • 2011, BERLINER LISTE – BERLIN WITH ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY
  • 2011, GALLERY KAPLANON 5 - ATHENS
  • 2011, ART-ATHINA 2011 WITH ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY
  • 2011, VLASSIS GALLERY – THESSALONIKI
  • 2011, THRACEAN FOUNDATION OF ART AND TRADITION - XANTHI
  • 2010, ACTION FIELD KODRA – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY MARIA KENANIDOU
  • 2010, OPEN 13 LIDO-VENICE, INSTALLATION EX-EL-IX-I-S, CURATED BY CHRISTOS SAVVIDIS AND ART HISTORIAN THALEA STEFANIDOU
  • 2010, ART-ATHINA 2010 WITH ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY
  • 2010, JAFFA-MUSEUM TEL-AVIV
  • 2009, BIENNALE CHIANCIANO 2009
  • 2009, ART ATHINA 2009 WITH ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY
  • 2008, SELECTION-ART FAIR MOSCOW ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY
  • 2008, EMMAGOSS GALLERY – DRESDEN
  • 2008, EUROPA SIND WIR ALLE, ARTMARK GALLERY – VIENNA, CURATED BY THOMAS MARK
  • 2008, BIENNALE 1, “JOURNEYS” MOMus - STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART – THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY MUSEUM CURATOR IOANNIS BOLIS
  • 2007-2011 ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY – THESSALONIKI, VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS
  • 2007, SANI PROJECT, TSATSIS PROJECTS-ARTFORUM GALLERY– THESSALONIKI
  • 2000-2006, DIANA GALLERY – ATHENS / X TIMES, CHEAP ART – THESSALONIKI / 2X, PARATIRITIS GALLERY – THESSALONIKI / CITY MAGAZINE, MYLOS ART SPACE THESSALONIKI 
  • 1994-2000 VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS, PARTICIPATING WITH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS IN VIENNA

 

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