IOANNA PANTAZOPOULOU
Born 1984 in Athens/Greece, currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
2008-2009: MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
2007-2008: Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
2004-2007: BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
2003-2004: BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020: ‘UNDOMESTICATED’, Paolita Concept, London, UK
2018: ‘PIRATE ARCADE’ curated by Jesse Greenberg, Solo Show, One River School Of Art & Design, Allendale, NJ, U.S.A.
‘Lucky Charms & Magic Potions’, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, Athens, Greece
‘Ioanna Pantazopoulou / Mariah Dekkenga’, Two person Show, Situations Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2017: ‘Ioanna Pantazopoulou / Brian Chippendale ’,Two Person Show, SAFE GALLERY, New York, U.S.A.
2014: ʻLost & Found: Soul Substitutes IIʼ, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, Athens, Greece
ʻSoul Substitutesʼ, Primetime Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2012: ʻR.E. (Reconfigured Etiquette)ʼ, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, Athens, Greece
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020: ‘ALL TOGETHER NOW’, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, Athens, Greece
‘HYPOTHETICAL FUNCTION’ curated by Ben Tollefson, SCAD deFINE ART 2020, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, U.S.A.
2019: ’20 FOREVER’: 2nd Hydra Art Walk, Hydra School Projects, Hydra, Greece
‘Emfylo-ποιείν / to construct the Gender ’, a.antonopoulou.art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018: BAM and Onassis Cultural Center New York present: NEXT WAVE ART ‘Speaking Truth to Power’, BAM Harvey Theater, New York, U.S.A.
NEXT WAVE ART: ‘Towards a New Archaeology’, BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building, New York, U.S.A.
‘Assemblage: An Organically Grown Exhibition’, CULTURE LAB, West Palm Beach, U.S.A.
‘Transplants: Contemporary Hellenic-American Diaspora Artists’ curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos, Shiva Gallery, New York
2017: JAG PROJECTS & SAFE GALLERY Presents: ‘Lucky 14’, Special Projects, NADA MIAMI, Ice Palace Studios, Miami, U.S.A.
‘HOT MUD FEST’, curated by Jesse A Greenberg, JAG-PROJECTS, Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
NEON presents: ‘EROS-THANATOS’, curated by Stavros Kavalaris, Athens, Greece
‘ART ATHINA 2017’, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, Faliron Pavilion, Athens, Greece
‘INTEGRAL I’, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis & Galini Lazani, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, Athens, Greece
2016: NEON presents: ‘FLYING OVER THE ABYSS’ curated by Dimitris Paleocrassas & Maria Marangou, Athens Conservatoire, Athens, Greece
‘NOT MY BRIDGE NOT MY WATER’, AETOPOULOS’, Athens, Greece
‘LOW-GRADE EUPHORIA’, Pfizer Building, 630 Flushing Avenue, New York, U.S.A.
‘DRIIPP’ curated by Lalita Salander & Patrick Jaojoco,SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW, New York,U.S.A.
‘Precarity Centre’ curated by They Are Here, Grand Union Gallery, Birmingham, U.K.
2015: ‘KENOPHOBIA’, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece
2014: ʻTricksterʼ, a.antonopoulou.art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2013: ʻContemporary Treasures- Part 1ʼ, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, REMAP 4, Athens, Greece
ʻWhite House Biennialʼ curated by Nicos Charalambidis, Open Case 303, Athens, Greece
ʻHydra School Projectsʼ, Art Athina:18th International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Greece
2012: ʻVanishing Pointʼ, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011: ʻTheir Wonderlandsʼ curated by They Are Here, MAC Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.
ʻLIKE A W(E)DGEʼ, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center, REMAP 3, Athens, Greece
ʻNOOR: Death In Jaipurʼ curated by Nadia Gerazouni & Nea Gallery presents:, REMAP 3, Athens, Greece
'Dissipatio HG', Chiostro di Voltorre, Gavirate (VA), Italy
ʻ10+1 HSP & The Art of This Centuryʼ curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Museum Alex Mylona-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2010: ʻCHAGALLESQUEʼ, Hydra School Projects, Hydra, Greece
ʻAway Dayʼ: POST Artists Network, Wandle Park, Colliers Wood, London, U.K.
ʻPUBLICTOPIA-Indoorsʼ, Thermopilon 27, Athens, Greece
ʻFoolish People: A Red Threatening Skyʼ, The Old Abattoir, Clerkenwell, London, U.K.
ʻSurprise 2,ʼ Technopolis, Athens, Greece
Michael Landyʼs ARTBIN, South London Gallery, London, U.K.
2009: ʻCommon Grounds,ʼ The City of Athens Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
ʻCondensation 2009ʼ, Bodhi Gallery, London, U.K.
ʻFood For Thought,ʼ The Gallery at Willesden Green, London, U.K.
ʻBoarding Gateʼ, K-Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
August Art: ʻOn CDOs and Double Clubsʼ, London East Festival, Wharf Studios, London, U.K.
2008: ʻChelsea Motelʼ, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
ʻThirteenʼ, Union Tavern, London, U.K.
ʻInauguration Of The Pleasure Domeʼ, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
ʻMetastasisʼ, Window Gallery, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
2007: ʻFreshly Scratchedʼ, Battersea Arts Centre, London, U.K.
ʻUsurpanʼ, Notting Hill Arts Club, London, U.K.
ʻThe Morgue,ʼ Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
ʻArt in Mind-Part IIʼ, Brick Lane Gallery, London, U.K.
2006: ʻConnectivityʼ, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, U.K.
2005: ʻARS MAGNAʼ, Empire Gallery, London, U.K.
RESIDENCIES
May-June ʼ11: PIRATE CAMP ʻThe Stateless Pavilionʼ, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
October 2019: 100 SCULPTORS OF TOMORROW, By Kurt Beers, THAMES & HUDSON, p. 174-175
September 2018: Art Monthly Magazine, Issue No. 419, ‘Athens Round-up: Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center’, Review by Vassilios Doupas, p. 34
April 2017: FRIEZE Magazine, REVIEW-Flying Over The Abyss, Review by Cathryn Drake, p. 144
April 2014: The New York Times, Weekend Arts II, April 4th 2014, Review by Martha Schwendener p. C29
April 2011: Hydra School Projects HSP 10+1 by Dimitrios Antonitsis p.264, 265, 276, 285
January 2011: Fabrik Magazine, Issue no. 11, Review by Peter Frank, p. 67-68
October 2010: Flash Art-International, ʻCHAGALLESQUEʼ Review by Fivos Sakalis, p.130
AWARDS
2017: SMACK MELLON Hot Picks 2017, New York, USA
October 2010: Fabrik Magazine Juried Competition: Second Prize Winner, Los Angeles, USA