Eleni Kamma (CY/GR)
Born 1973, Athens, Greece. Lives and works in Brussels and Maastricht.

Studies
2001 - 2002MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, Great Britain
1995 - 2000Degree in Painting, Athens School of Fine Art, Athens, Greece
1992 - 1995  Faculty of Mathematics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Residencies (Forthcoming)
2011 IASPIS Residency Program, Stockholm, Sweden
Aug 2010 and May 2011 Guest Artist at Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
2010 Wiels Artist-In-Residency Program, Brussels, Belgium

Grants
2008-2009 Post-Graduate Fine Art Research participant,
Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Awards
– Lissone 2007 Premio Stima
– 5th DESTE Prize nominee, 2007

Solo Shows
2010 (Forthcoming)
– Solo exhibition at HEDAH, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2009
– Forgotten Ties, Nadja Villene, Liège, Belgium

2007
– Once past the years of green emotion, Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge,
Athens, Greece

2005
– Eleni Kamma. Vamiali’s, Athens, Greece

Selected Group Shows
2010
– Mixed & Mastered: Greek video art from the 00s, Centre for Visual Introspection, Bucharest, Romania (Screening), curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou & Christopher Marinos
– Wuthering Heights, Siakos-Hanappe, Athens, Greece
– Bubbles and Harlequins, Theater aan den Vreithof, Maastricht, The Netherlands
– Voyage in Arcadia, curator Els Hannape, Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece

2009
– Panorama of European cinema, organised by the Municipality of Athens, Exhibition: Projections, curated by Katerina Tselou, Athens, Greece.
– Tower-Tower. Nikos Alexiou-The Collection. Bazeos Tower, Naxos, Greece.
– Expanded ecologies. Perspectives in a time of emergency, curator Daphne Vitali, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.

2008
– Collage, Cut, Paste, curator Thodoris Markoglou, State museum of Contemporary Art, Thesaloniki, Greece.
– Bargain Prices on Elephant gun, curator Katerina Nikou, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece.
– Chanting Baldessari, curator Paula van den Bosch, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
– Women Only, works from the Beltsios collection, curator Sotiris Bahtsetzis, Margaris Foundation, Amfilohia, Greece.
– Video Relay 07051830, Muzz Project space, Kyoto, Japan.
– Freeze! Who is there? 1st International Moscow Young Biennial,
chief curator Daria Pyrkina, Moscow, Russian Federation.
– L’amiral serche une maison a louer, Nadja Villene, Lieges, Belgium.
– L’Art en Europe, Domain Pommery, Rheims, France.
– Athensville, curator Marina Fokidis, Athens Art Fair, Athens, Greece.

2007
– Visual Arts in Greece, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.
– In Present Tense. Young Greek Artists. Curators Dafne Vitali, Tina Pandi, Stamatis Schizakis, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.
Lissone 2007 Award, Lissone, Museum of Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy.
– Stronghold, Loraini Alimantiri/gazonrouge, Athens, Greece.
– Not only possible, but also necessary: optimism in the age of global war. 10th International Istanbul Biennial, curator Hou Hanru, Antrepo 3, Istanbul, Turkey.
– Other Spaces, 1st Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennial: “Heterotopias”,curator Apostolos Kalfopoulos, Thessaloniki, Greece.
5th DESTE Prize, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece.

2006
– Apolis, Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece. Curated by Kostis Velonis.
– Take My Breath Away, Gallerie La Centrale-Powerhouse, Montreal, Canada (curated by Noemi Mc Comber).
– Drawing Screen, Tint Gallery-Museum of Cinema, Thesaloniki, Greece. Curator Sotiris Bahtsetzis.
– What remains is future, old girl school of Patras, Patras, Greece. Curator Nadja Argiropoulou.
– An outing: Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill Art and Culture Center, Trikala, Greece. Curator Sotirios Bahtsetzis. – Architectural Transparencies, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece. Curator Christina Petrinou.
– AnotherProduct, Cornerhouse, Manchester, U.K.
– The Collection-Nikos Alexiou, Mac Gallery, XXII International Festival Sarajevo.
– Positive Charges, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Centre, Thesaloniki, Greece. Curators Thouli Misirloglou and Vasilis Amanatidis.

2005
– New Acquisitions. Athenaeum Intercontinental, permanent Collection, Athens, Greece.
– Other Voices, Other Rooms, Museum of Modern Art-Le Ciminiere, Catania, Sicily. Curator Alessandro Riva.
– Protaseis-Version IV, Action Field Codra, Kalamaria, Thesaloniki, Greece. Curated by Augustinos Zenakos and Xenia Kalpatsoglou.
– Photosingiria, Thesaloniki, Greece
– Visions. Nikos Alexiou Collection, Athens Imperial, Athens, Macedonia Palace, Thesaloniki, Greece.

2004
– Manderley. Astoria Hotel, Thesaloniki, Greece, curator Xenia Kalpatsoglou.
– Autotopia. NERV, Athens, Greece.
– Domestic Alien. Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens. Curator Kostis Velonis.
– Parasite. DIY space, Athens, Greece. Curated by Em-Kei.
– The Drawing Project. Vamiali’s, Athens, Greece.

2003
– 20 Rooms 2003. Kappatos Gallery, St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens, Greece. Curator Margarita Kataga.
– Science Fiction Double Feature, AAS, Birmingham, U.K.
– E.T.NBSL, NERV, Athens, Greece

2002
– Long Way Home. Goldsmiths College, London, U.K.

2001
– SubArt. The House, Chelsea College of Art, London, U.K. Curated by Luke Dowd.
– 7 Young Artists. Spirer Tobacco Warehouse, Volos, Greece.

Collaborative Works
2003-04
– Creation of the group E.T. with Takayuki Yamamoto and set-up of the project space
– Nerv

Exhibition Catalogues
– Expanded Ecologies. Perspectives in a Time of Emergency. Texts by Daphne Vitali, Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, Demos Tsantilis, the artists, Athens 2009

– Jan van Eyck Yearbook 2008, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2009
– CHANTING BALDESSARI. A Masterclass. Bonnefantenmuseum. Preface: Glen Rubsamen, Paula van den Bosch. Texts and interviews: Agata Jastrzabek, 2008.
– Women Only. Greek women artists from the Beltsios collection. Text: Sotirios Bachtsetzis. 2008.
– L’Art Contemporain en Europe. Beaux Arts editions. Text: Alexandra Koroxenidis, 2008.
– Young Greek Artists. In Present Tense, 2007.
– Premio Lissone, 2007.
– Not only possible but also necessary. Optimism in the age of global war. Catalogue and guide to the 10th International Istanbul Biennial. September 2007.
– Other spaces, Thessaloniki, 2007.
– DESTE PRIZE, 2007.
– Eleni Kamma, Once past the years of green emotion. Text: Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, Athens, Greece. Gazonrouge.
– Apolis. Hellenic-American Union, Athens. Texts: Kostis Velonis.
– Drawing Screen, 2006. Text: Sotirios Bahtetzis.
– What remains is future, fanzine #2. What remains is future…and all that jazz. Nadja Argiropoulou, September 2006.
– What remains is future, fanzine #1. Readiness exercises for young Greek artists. September 2006.
– An outing. Contemporary art in Greece in the 21st century. Texts: Sotirios Bahtetzis, 2006.
– Positive loads. Texts: Thouli Misirloglou, Vasilis Amanatidis. Thessaloniki Centre Of Contemporary Art, Thesaloniki, Greece 2006.
– Protaseis-Version IV, Action Field Codra. Texts by Augustinos Zenakos and Xenia Kalpatsoglou.
– Altre voci altre stanze. Prossima fermata: Grecia, Text: Dafne Vitali, 2005.
– Domestic Alien, Text: Kostis Velonis, catalogue of the show, 2004.
– 20 Rooms 2003, Text: Margarita Kataga, Athens 2003.

Articles

– L’atelier est mort, VIVE l’atelier! October 2009
– Tussen Tulp en Turkse Tegel, by Emile Hollman. In: Zuiderlucht, October 2008
– Exhibition for young artists (12/12/2007) In: Kathimerini. Margarita Pournara
– Choices. (19 – 25 April). In: Athens voice, 164.
– Interview by Pari Spinou. (13 May). In: &7, 286.

Reviews

– The candidates for the DESTE prize. In: The news of art, 155. 
Despina Zeukili.
(21 – 28 June).
– DESTE prize 2007. In: Athinorama, 371.
Despina Zeukili. (10 – 17 May).
– Eleni Kamma at gazonrouge. From the parasite to the garden. In: Athinorama, 365.
– Valentina Sansone. Focus Greece. In: Flash Art , 256.
Kostas Ioannidis.
– Privative a and its itineraries. In: The Athens contemporary art review, 9.
Elias Maglinis. (20 May).
– Six candidates for the DESTE award. In: Kathimerini.

– Maria Maragou. (7 May). Is it or not? In: Eleutherotypia.
– Rania Georgiadou. (6 May). Hortus contextus. In: Epsilon, 838.
– Pari Spinou. (7 – 8 April). Six up for DESTE. In: &7, 281.
– (21 February). Six artists up for DESTE award. In: Kathimerini.

2006
– Vasilika Sarilaki. The Beltsios collection. Contemporary Greek art in the 21st century. In: Highlights, 23, p. 76.

– Katerina Zaxaropoulou. (10 – 16 December). Well-timed Apolis. [review]. In: Sunday Ethnos.
– Maria Maragou. (18 December). Sheltered by exile. In: Eleutherotypia.
– 
Andrea Gilbert. (16 December). Apolis. 
At home in the world. In: Uncovered city, 2.

– Augustinos Zenakos. (10 December). Apolis but captured. In: Sunday Vima.
– Christine Redfern. (23 – 29 November). Stop breathing. In: Montreal mirror.
– Katerina Zaxaropoulou. (1 – 7 October). New Greek art. In: Sunday Ethnos.
– 
Alexandra Koroxenidis. (27 September). Innovative project captures beat of the Greek art scene. In: Kathimerini. (24 September).
– What remains is future. In: Sunday Vima.
– Pari Spinou. (10 September). Visual artists on the desks. In: Eleutherotypia.
– Despina Zeukili. Architectural transparencies. In: Athinorama, 308.

– Despina Zeukili. Parasite. In: Athinorama, 208.
– Marina Fokidis. (20 July). 
An outing in the countryside. In: LIFOp. 30.
– Augustinos Zenakos. (2 July). Shows in the countryside. Whatever remains is future in Patras. In: To Vima.
– Dosi Iordanidou. Laboratories of ideas. In: Maison, June.
 Natassa Adamou. (April).
– Transparency and awkwardness. In: The Athens contemporary art review, 3.

2005
– Christina Petrinou. (Untitled). In: Time out, 117.
– 
Elena Parpa. (11 September). Fields of visual action. In: Fileleutheros.

2004
– Andrea Gilbert. The drawing project. In: Time out, 63.

2003
– Despina Zeukili. 20 rooms. In: Athinorama, 186.

Lectures/Presentations
2009
– Maastricht University, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, University College Course: The Presence of Art: Reinterpreting Modern and Contemporary Art
Maastricht, The Netherlands
– Live well together in a lasting way, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht.

2008
– The space between; towards an architecture of acceptance. Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht.

2006
– (Untitled) Montreal, Canada:La Centrale Gallerie Powerhouse.

2005
– Local Folk, No 2, February 2005, Athens.