LYDIA VENIERI

BORN Born in Athens, Greece Lives and works in New York EDUCATION Studied at the Ecole Nationale, Superieure des Beaux Arts SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2014 2012 2011

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Burning Bright, Tiger, tiger, Stux Gallery, New York, NY The Dolphin Conspiracy, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris The Doplhpin Conspiracy, Gallery Lola Nikolauo, Thessaloniki SOS, Gallery Isabel Aninat, Santiago de Chile The Last Conflict, Stux Gallery, NY, USA. Theogeny, Stephen A. Shwarzman Building, New York Public Library NY, USA. The Dolphin Conspiracy, Curated by Nadia Argyropoulou, The Museum of Bath of the Winds, Athens, GR. Sculptures in the Garden, Curated by Liana Scoules, Botanical Gardens of Kefalonia, Kosmtatos Foundation, GR. Low Blow, Stux Gallery, New York, NY No Evil, Terra Gallery Tokyo, Japan (Cat.) NEXT Art Fair, Stux Gallery, Chicago, IL War Games, Stux Gallery, New York Scope Basel International Art Fair, Stux Gallery, Basel, Switzerland Art Miami, Stux Gallery, Miami, FL The Nightly News, curated by Kathleen Goncharov and Stephan Stoyanov, Luxe New York Forever After, Gallery 3, Athens The Venieri Tarot, Gallery Quang, Paris War Games, Gallery Luxe, FIAC 2006, Paris The Last Conflict, Location One, New York For Ever After, Luxe, New York Oh, You Beautiful Doll, curated by Douglas F. Maxwell, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York ARTISSIMA 12, Luxe Gallery, Turin Platonic Exodus - FIAC 2005, Luxe Gallery, Paris It's Not About Sex, Luxe Gallery, New York

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Propos d'Europe IV, Fondation Hippocrene, Agence de Rob Mallet- Stevens, Paris Art Athina, Luxe Gallery, Athens Flash Art Fair, Luxe Gallery, Milan Diva, Luxe Gallery, New York For Ever After, Gallery Quang, Paris Sleeping Beauty Conscience, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York FIAC 2004, Gallery Luxe, Paris Art in General, Studio Visit, New York Tower of Symbols Outdoor sculpture for the Summer Olympics, Athens Athens Hibernation – Summer Olympics, Vernikos Foundation, Kastella, Athens Hibernation, Luxe Gallery, New York Drawings, Luxe Gallery, New York Alive In New York, Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York Centre Culturel Hellenique, Paris FIAC 2002, VideoNovella, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris Atelier Mallet Stevens, Paris Centre Cultural de Marrousi, Athens Hibernation, Gallerie Three, Athens Hibernation, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris Summer Celebration, Sundaram Targore Gallery, New York Storm On Moon, Selini Gallery, Athens Greek Gods and Heroes, Centre for Contemporary Art in Dordrecht, Netherlands Beyond Being, Space Untitled, New York Greek Contemporary Art, Glassing Gallery, Munster, Germany Beyond Being, Galerie Three, Athens L'Oeil De La Galerie "Samy Kinge", Selini Galerie, Athens Axiome Lambda, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris Beyond Being, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece A Water Melon, Beneton, Cinema Phiri, Athens Pret Art Porter, Dakis Ioannou Fondation, Athens Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Dazarma Museum, Falum, Sweden Touch of Art in Ordinary Objects, Selini Gallery, Athens Opening of Posibilites, Hewlett Packard, Gazi, Athens Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Vaiden Castle, Luxembourg Art Quake, Benakiom Museum, Athens Who is Nostalgic, Galerie Vourkariani, Kia, Greece Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, National Gallery of Greece, Athens Triptych, Downtown Gallery, Athens Art & Technology Festival, Eleana Tounta Gallery, Athens Trash Art, Gazi, Athens Flying Art, Municipality of Athens, Varvakio Square, Athens Two Strangers on the Moon, Galerie Selini, Athens. Cool Memories ?, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece Manifesta 1, Rotterdam Pandora's Box, Women/Beyond Borders, California & Basel Switzerland

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Anima Mundis, Art Space X, Athens International Video Art Festival, Syracuse, Italy FIAC 1995, "Fin", Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris Espace EIFFEL Branely, Paris Manifeste Tellurique III, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris Manifeste Tellurique II, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece Manifeste Tellurique I, Gallerie d'Athens, Athens Premiere Rencontre Internationale de Sculpture, Centre Culturel Europeen de Delphes, Delphes, Greece Anima Mundis, Banque Franco-Hellenique, Larissa Ermata. Errance du Sacre, Galerie Montenay, Paris Spira I. Douze Createurs Grecs, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid Metamorphoses du Moderne, Pinacotheque Nationale Athens Exposition personnelle, Galerie Asbaek Pilon, Copenhagan Exposition personnelle,Les Sistres du Temps, Ancien Musee Archeologique Municipalite de Thessalonique, Thessalonique, Greece Biennale Internationale de Jeunes Createurs, Musee Skirnion, Athens Espirt et Corps, sous les auspices du Ministere de la Culture Greece, Zappion Athens Celebration de la Terre, organisation par Earth Trust, Centre Culturel du Parc de la Liberte, Athens Humour et Revolution, organisee a l'occation de 200 ans de la Revolution Franciase, Biennale de Cannes, Cannes et Barcelone, Barcelona Image et Lettre, Galerie Niki Diana Marquardt, Paris Salon de Montrouge, Paris FIAC 1988, Galerie Samy Kinge, Grande Palais, Paris Les Figures De Lydia, Galerie Medoussa, Athens Exposition de l'Institue Francais d'Athenes, Salle Costis Palamas, Athens Exposition Panhellenique, Piree, Greece Carte Blanche, a l'occation de l'anniversaire de 10 ans du Centre George Pompidou, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris Exposition personnelle, Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris Paris Salon des Comparaisons, Grande Palais, Paris Biennale de Jeunes Createurs de la Mediterannee Europeenne, Thessalonique, Greece Salon de Mai, Grande Palais, Paris Exposition a l'Ateilier de Yankel, Galeire Bernanos, Paris

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS Medal for Sculpture, Academie Francaise de Paris Tower of Symbols, Open Air Sculpture, Central Athens, 2004 Wall of Symbols, Sculpture, Atelier Mallet Stevens, Paris Lydia on Broadway.com, CD-ROM sponsored by Art Magazine and Hewlett Packard Infinity, Collaboration with artist Takis on the sculpture. Commande en plein air d'une serie de sculputre Eros et Psyche, Commande d'une serie de sculptures pour l'Incitation a la Creation, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Hippocrene Foundation, Paris, France Abbaye de Montmajour, Renault Foundation, Arles, France European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece National Gallery, Athens, Greece Dakis Ioannou Collection, Athens, Greece Fournos Center of Art and Technology, Athens, Greece Alexander Iolas Foundation, Athens, Greece Maria Callas Foundation, Greece Shriro Foundation, Monte Carlo, France Japanese Foundation, C.B. Collection, Tokyo, Japan ARTICLES “No Evil” Series, Jean Miyake Downey, Japan Focus, April 2008 Photography Fall 2007, John Haber, Haberarts, April 2008 War Games at Stux Gallery, Holden, Holden’s Bloge, November 2007 Lydia Venieri’s Politically Charged Dollies, Abby Hertz, Few Reviews, November 2007 Decouverte: Lydia Vinieri, Pierrick Thebault, November 2007 ShowOff: les enfant aussi, Connaissance des Arts, October 2007 Lydia Venieri, The Caretaker, BOE Gazette, October 2007 The Nightly News, Lieven De Boeck, Absolute Arts, January 2007 Il Mercato e le Sue Passioni, Lucia Spadano, Segno, November 2007 Mary hrbacek, Lydia Venieri at STUX Gallery, M, November 2007 Lydia Venieri – War Games, le Parisien, October 2007 War Games, Sandra Lapaz, AM New York, September 2007 Art Under Siege, Julia Morton, New York Press, September 2007 Cult Carnage, R.C Baker, Village Voice, January 2007 Vision To Visuals: War games, Baldev Duggal, Digital PhotoPro, November 2007 Nature Wins Back the Planet, Xenia Givoglu, Glow, July 2006 Lydia Venieri, Sarah Tanguy, Sculpture, September 2005 Hibernation, Natalie Angles, Location One, 2004 Theatrical Universe, Arian Lazaridi, Vogue, May 2004 Between Heaven and Earth, Katerina Asimakopoulou/Kostas Piagadas, Vogue, May 2003 Art Sales: Battle of the Art Fairs, Colin Gleadell, Daily Telegraph, October 3, 2003 Myth Maker, Flavia Bigi, Soloarte, 2002 Dolls in the Snow, Henri-Francois Debailleux, Liberation, April 2002 New York Stories, Nina Maria Pashalidou/Caliope, Life&Style, June 2001 Sketches and Words, Taki Maurotas, Marie Claire, May 2000 With the Guarantee of the Imagination, Fotini Bloyianni, Panselinos, August 2000 Delphi, Elenor Heartney Hellas Sculpture, Winter 1999 CD_ROM or not CD-ROM, Aspasia Dimitriadi, Art Magazine, 1996 Lydia Venieri, A Sculpture Pierces the Universe, Thanassis Lalas, To Periodiko, 1994 The Meeting, Elenor Heartney, Arti, 1994 Sculptures in Delphi, LL, Eleutherotypia, 1994

The Mythical World of Lydia Venieri, Tonia Bogdano/Tasos, Paylidis, Madame Figaro, 1994 Lydia Venieri, Nikos Dakalopthanasis, Art Magazine, 1994 The Poetic Universe of Lydia Venieri in Paris, Agapi Tsahpinoglou/Antoine Rosé, Elle Deco, 1992 Lydia’s Universe, Elite, 1992 The Sistres of Times, George Yanopoulo/Athena Kyriakidou, SL, December 1990 This Little Great World, Veneri in Thesalonica, Takis maurotas, Pantheon, December 17, 1990 Biennale Intrnationale de Jeunes Createurs, Anne Danberg, Art Press, 1989 Lydia Venieri, Dora Rogan, Kathimerini, December 1988 L’activite cultura, Kanal Magazine, 1986