About
Evangelia A. Athanasiadou
I was born and raised in Thessaloniki, but I have studied and worked in various cities, with my most recent station being Chania.
This factor is reflected in the form and content of my work as I consider it necessary to have a reference to and connection with the social-cultural context of the place where an artwork is created and addressed.
My work consists of two pillars. In the first one, my artistic/experimental work, starting from my undergraduate studies, I deal with issues of perceiving and exploring epistemological, ontological, phenomenal, and semantic levels of sensory experience.
In the second one, which has emerged as a research interest in recent years during my postgraduate studies, I approach issues related to the sociological dimension of art, specifically applied-clinical action in the field.
Since 2018, I have worked in and coordinated participatory art projects with mixed groups of people as well as groups that operate with a solidarity/cooperative methodology and principles based on social justice.
Member of the Art Chamber of Greece
• Member of the I.A.A (International Association of Art) UNESCO NGO partner
• Member of the International Jury at the Eurasian Art Union
• Partner with NextArt.co
• Member of the Association of Educational Art Courses (EN.EK.EM.)
• My works and texts have been published by: Art22, ERT, Balkan Culture,
LandeEscape, Pikap Community, University of Western Macedonia, etc.
• Independent partner of Center for the Prevention of Addiction and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health
Heraklion
CV
Education
2020 – 2021 University of the Aegean
Art therapy: Visual arts based
2018 – 2020 University of the Aegean
MSc, Applied Clinical Sociology & Arts
2018 – 2019 University of the Aegean
Annual Specialization Program in Special Education
2017 – 2018 University of the Aegean
Psychology
2010 – 2015 Integrated Master. Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Western Macedonia, based οn the city of Florina, Greece
Experience
2020 – 2021 Center for the Prevention of Addiction and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health Heraklion
2019 – 2020 Internship Program
Center for the Prevention of Addiction and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health Heraklion
2018 Volunteer Assistant TIF-Helexpo
3rd Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair
Organized by TIF HELEXPO - P. TSATSIS
2017 – 2023 Art Teacher - Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs: Veria, Thessaloniki, Heraklion,Chania, Greece
2016 – 2017 Art teacher, Promitheas high school, Volos, Greece,
Organizations
International Association of Art - UNESCO NGO partner / Art teachers Greece/
Exhibitions & Festivals
2022
Municipal Gallery of Heraklion, Heraklion
2022
Museum-Library, Stratis Eleftheriadis Teriade, Mytilene, Greece
2021, Timișoara Art Museum, Romania
2021, Folklore & Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace, Thessaloniki
2021, Fortezza, Rethymno, Crete
2020, Casa Bianca, Thessaloniki
2019, Center for Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Chania
2019, French Institute, Thessaloniki
2018, Museum of Macedonian Struggle, Thessaloniki
2018, Yeni Mosque, Larissa
2015, Municipal Gallery of Larissa, Larissa
2015, Gallery Aristotle, Florina
2015, Performance Public Square Organized by Artist Mischa Kuball, 4th Thessaloniki Performance Festival - Biennale 5, International Fair - HELEXPO
2015, Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kozani, Kozani
2015 "Beings & Cubes" solo exhibition, Gallery Aristotle, Florina
2015, Vault 4 Art -festival, Athens
2014 Quar-t Gallery Artis Causa, Thessaloniki
2012, Gallery Technohoros, Greece, Athens
2012, Gallery Lola Nikolaou, Greece, Thessaloniki
Projects & Programmes
2021-2022
Coordination in collaboration with the Hiking Club of Heraklion on the project "Walking with Art". This hike program includes art practices for primary and secondary students, teachers, educators, and parents.
2020-2021
Coordination in collaboration with the KESAN (Center for the Prevention of Addiction and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health Heraklion) on the program "Journeys Through Art and Coexistence" at secondary schools in Heraklion.
2019-2020
Coordination in collaboration with the KESAN (Center for the Prevention of Addiction and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health Heraklion) on a participatory action research project in primary schools in Heraklion: "Empowering School Life Through Intervention Art Based on Participatory Action Research."
2019
"Combining Visual and Narrative Action as a Means of Developing Collective Empathy" - an experiential workshop for parents, teachers, and students in P.E. Imathia (coordination).
2019
Experiential Exhibition Workshops "Under the Same Sky". In collaboration with Afuxenidou, N. Papageorgiou, E. Veria, and the Veria Art Center.
2018
Director of the elementary art project "Journey" in Primary Education of Imathia. Collaborators: Afuxenidou, N. Papageorgiou, E. (Collaborative project) and the project "Desert Villages" in P.E. Imathia. Collaborators: Tsakona, Ch. Papathanassiou, Z.
2018
Participation in the international and experimental collaborative project "10 Minutes Toward Perfection" on art empowerment organized by artist Katrina Case.
2017
Participation in a student project on bullying prevention at a school festival in Heraklion.
Publications
2021
Participation in the research project "COVID – MAPPING: Mapping and Visualization of the Pandemic Image in Urban Public Space," at the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, the University of West Attica, the University of Thessaly, and the Technical University of Crete. Role: drafting, organization, and coordination by Tsakiri E.
2020
MSc Thesis, "Empowering school life through Intervention Art based on Participatory Action Research," supervised by Professor Yiannis Ziogas of Fine Arts and Professor Anastasia Zissi of Social Psychology, as part of the Postgraduate Studies Program in "Applied Clinical Sociology and Art" at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of the Aegean, based on the island of Lesvos, Mytilene, in collaboration with the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Western Macedonia, based in the city of Florina.
2019
Award in the poetry competition "Dimofelia" with the theme "Myrtis the Song of Silence," in Athens.
2018
Award in the "Dimofelia 2017" poetry competition and publication of texts, including "Love in the Years of Fear" in the collective volume.
2016
Interviewed by Katherine Williams and Josh Ryder, curators of LandEscape, Anniversary Edition, 8th edition, landescape@europe.com.
2015
Thesis titled "Beings & Cubes," supervised by Kondosphyris Harris, Professor of Fine Arts, at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Western Macedonia located in Florina.