LIA NALBANTIDOU – http://www.lianalbantidou.com Independent Photographer, Practicing Artist & Photography Educator based in Thessaloniki, GR Lecturer (part-time), School of Fine Arts – University of Western Macedonia, Florina, GR
EDUCATION Postgraduate Program Project Area Body Internationale Frauenuniversität University of Hannover, DEU (2000) BFA in Photography Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, Ohio, USA (1991)
INT’L WORK EXPERIENCE | INTERNSHIPS (1991-92) Leo Castelli Gallery / 578 Broadway, NYC, USA Baron / Boisanté Editions, NYC, USA Cheryl Pelavin Editions, NYC, USA Smithsonian Institution / National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, USA
GRANTS | SHORTLISTS| DISTINCTIONS | ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2020 Photography Project Development Grant, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Athens 2019 Exhibition Production Grant, MIET – National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Thessaloniki 2018 Artist-in-residence, Crete Photo Experience, Thalori Traditional Village, Crete Island 2016 Shortlist: Encontros da Imagem Photobook Market, Braga, PRT 2015 Artist-in-residence: Photography Edition Eagles Palace Hotel, Chalkidiki 2014 Research Grant: C-So-Seen Educational Platform, J.F.Costopoulos Foundation, Athens 2013 Shortlist: Kassel Dummy Award – Fotobookfestival 6th Edition, Kassel, DEU 2001 Book Publication Grant, J.F. Costopoulos Foundation, Athens 2000 Artist-in-residence: Stiftelsen Kulturhuset USF Bergen – European City of Culture, NOR 2000 Scholarship, Internationale Frauenuniversität / Expo 2000, Hannover, DEU 1997 Distinction, DB Architekturbild, Stuttgart, DEU 1991-87 Grant-in-Aid, The Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus – Ohio, USA
COMMISSIONS 2010 Inauguration Ceremony, Onassis Cultural Centre (Concept & Design by Michael Marmarinos), Athens Original Photography Production & Exhibition by Lia Nalbantidou & Stratos Kalafatis 2007 Gruppenporträt Einer Stadt: Deutsch-Griechische Zusammenarbeit im Heutigen Thessaloniki (Vertraute Fremde), Goethe-Institut, Thessaloniki Original Photography Production & Exhibition on the occasion of the German Presidency of the EU 2006 Vie Commune, Salonique! ÇaVa? One Century, One School, One Mission, Institut Français de Thessalonique & Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki Original Photography Production & Exhibition for the 100 Years of the French Institute in Thessaloniki
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Urban Secret Garden – A Reading Postcards & Video Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 2019 Urban Secret Garden – A Reading 360°Tour & Poster & Press Release MIET – National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation / Villa Kapandji, Thessaloniki 2003 The Secure, Private Domain of My Home (1996 – 2001) – Zero to Five, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 1999 The Secure Private Domain of My Home, Artissima – 6th Edition, Palazzo Nervi, Turin, ITA 1996 New Images, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 1995 New Images, Photosynkyria – 8th Edition, Alli Poli Gallery, Thessaloniki 1993 Recordings: The Train as a Metaphor, Photosynkyria – 6th Edition, OASTH Bus Stops, Thessaloniki 1993 Studies 1 – 7, Alli Poli Gallery, Thessaloniki
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 All Together Now Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 2020 Layers / Επίπεδα / Schichten Kunstmuseum, Bochum, DEU 2018 Photo-Graphē Between the Visual and the Literary Benaki Museum – Pireos 138, Athens 2017 Local Stories DL Gallery, Piraeus 2017 The Photobook Exhibition Athens Photo Festival – 10th Edition, Benaki Museum – Pireos 138, Athens 2017 Artists's books for everything & Link2 Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen - Weserburg Museum of Modern Art Bremen, DEU 2014 Ano Poli: A stroll in the city, Casa Bianca Municipal Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014 Logos V - City Narratives, Photo Biennale Thessaloniki Museum of Photography & Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki 2014 Tempus Ritualis Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki 2014 Tempus Ritualis, Galerie am Körnerpark, Berlin, DEU 2012 Spiti, Kethea Diavasi, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 2011 Spiti, Kethea Diavasi, Technopolis (Gazi), Athens 2009 Face to Faces Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art – 2nd Edition, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki 2006 Salonique! ÇaVa? One Century, One School, One Mission: photography paths 1906 – 2006 – Institut Français & Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki 2005 Circum(de)scribed Worlds Teloglion Foundation of Art, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 2005 Circum(de)scribed Worlds, International Month of Photography – 12th Edition, Athens 2004 Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfinden, Stuttgart, DEU 2004 Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Stadtgalerie, Kiel, DEU 2004 Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle, DEU 2004 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Griechenland Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, DEU 2004 Self Aboutness: Contemporary Greek Photography ARCO Madrid, Canal Isabel II, Madrid, ESP 2003 Brave New World, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 2003 Repositories of Time, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki 2003 Free Transit (?), European Summit, Zappeion Megaron, Athens 2003 Free Transit (?), European Summit, Porto Carras Grand Resort, Chalkidiki 2003 Art Athina – 11th Edition, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 2003 Acquisitions 2001 – 2002, Photography and Video, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens 2002 The Spirit of Family: Photographic Approaches, Photographic Center of Skopelos, Skopelos Island 2001 Territoires et Communautés, Rethymnon Center of Contemporary Art, Crete Island 2001 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal, CAN 2000 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, CAN 2000 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, CAN 2000 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, X-Centrum, Pilzen, CZE 2000 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Moravian Gallery, Brno, CZE 2000 BIG Torino: Biennale Internationale Arte Giovane – 1st Edition, Cavalerizza, Turin, ITA 2000 Art Athina – 8th Edition, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens 2000 Territoires et Communautés, Photographic Center of Skopelos, Skopelos Island 2000 Territoires et Communautés, Municipal Art Gallery / G.I. Katsigras Museum, Larissa 2000 Got You under my Skin, Forum of Keen Art Gallery, Thessaloniki 1999 Territoires et Communautés, Galerie du Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse, FRA 1999 Inside / Outside, Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, USA 1998 Aspects De La Photographie Hellenique, Septembre de la Photo, Atelier D’Art Contemporain, Nice, FRA 1998 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete Island 1998 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, GBR 1997 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Mesiac Fotografie, Bratislava, SVK 1997 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 1997 Architektur schwarzweiß | Architecture in Black-and-White, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DEU 1997 Art Athina – 5th Edition, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
PHOTOBOOK EVENTS 2020 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs Athens Art Book Fair – 2nd Edition (The Local Edition): Kypseli Municipal Market, Athens (Covid-19 cancellation) 2019 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs Athens Art Book Fair & Link2 – 1st Edition: Stoa Kairi, Athens 2019 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Miss Read, The Berlin Art Book Fair – 11th Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DEU 2018 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Platforms Project – 5th Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens 2018 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs Photobook Launch, European Culture Days: Thessaloniki | The Facets of a City Finissage | cur. Dr. I.Siehe Museum Europäischer Kulturen SMB, Berlin, DEU 2018 Photographs, two books and a story Photobooks Presentation, Photo Club Kavala, Kavala 2018 Aspects of Balkan Artists' books Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Fair – 3rd Edition | cur. T. Raptis – Photography Center of Thessaloniki, HELEXPO, Thessaloniki 2018 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Fair – 3rd Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, HELEXPO, Thessaloniki 2018 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Miss Read, The Berlin Art Book Fair – 10th Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, HKW, Berlin, DEU 2018 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Istanbul Photobook Festival – 3rd Edition | Self-Publications, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, TUR 2018 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Thessaloniki Int’l Book Fair – 15th Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, HELEXPO, Thessaloniki 2017 Photographs & stories about books Photobook Launch, Photography Center of Thessaloniki, Café Bazaar, Thessaloniki 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Lisbon’s Photobook Fair – 8th Edition | cur. STET, Lisbon, PRT 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Fair – 2nd Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, HELEXPO, Thessaloniki 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Artists' Books Mini Market Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen – Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, DEU 2017 Photobooks Presentation, Photographiki Omada Komotinis, Komotini 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Miss Read, The Berlin Art Book Fair – 9th Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, HKW, Berlin, DEU 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs Photobook Launch, Miss Read Offstage public platform, HKW, Berlin, DEU 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Thessaloniki Int’l Book Fair – 14th Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, HELEXPO, Thessaloniki 2017 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Foto Gang & Link2 – 3rd Edition, Fondazione Studio Marangoni Gallery, Florence, ITA 2016 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs Photobook Launch, Hellenic Photographic Society of Crete, Herakleion, Crete Island 2016 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Fiebre Photobook & Link2 – 3rd Edition | Self-Publications, Matadero - Casa Del Lector, Madrid, ESP 2016 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Encontros da Imagem Festival – 25th Edition | Photobook Market, Braga, PRT 2016 Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs, Art Athina – 21st Edition | cur. Cube Art Editions, Athens 2013 Urban Secret Garden – why the night, The Tokyo Art Book Fair | cur. T. IInuma & Book Storage | Kyoto & Tohoku Universities of Art & Design & Hagiso Gallery, Tokyo, JPN 2013 Urban Secret Garden – why the night, Milan Image Art Fair, Superstudio Più, Milan, ITA 2013 Urban Secret Garden – why the night, PhotoΙreland, Moxie Studios, Dublin, IRL 2013 Urban Secret Garden – why the night, Le Bal, Paris, FRA 2013 Urban Secret Garden – why the night Dummy Fotobookfestival Kassel Dummy Award – 6th Edition, Documenta Halle, Kassel, DEU
CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTIONS | ARTISTS’ BOOKS LIBRARIES 2019 J.F.Costopoulos Foundation, Art Library Collection, Athens 2018 Gulbenkian Art Library & Link2 Lisbon, PRT 2017 Benaki Museum, Photographic Archives, Athens 2017 Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Art Library Collection, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen, DEU 2017 Fondazione Studio Marangoni Library, Florence, ITA 2016 Orbis Yale University Library Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, USA 2016 National Superior School of Photography Library, Arles, FRA 2016 Encontros da Imagem, Photobook Library, Braga, PRT 2016 Aperture Library, NYC, USA 2016 Turma Biblioteca Buenos Aires, ARG 2013 Kassel Dummy Archive, Kassel, DEU 2013 PhotoIreland Collection The Library Project – 4 Temple Bar, Dublin, IRL 2003 Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki 2001 EMST / National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens 1997 Architekturbild EV Stuttgart, DEU
PHOTOBOOKS | SOLO CATALOGS 2016 Urban Secret Garden: a trilogy book of photographs & Link2 Lia Nalbantidou, Thessaloniki: Self-publication, 128 pgs. (+34 hidden pgs.) [text & photos by the artist] 2013 Urban Secret Garden: why the night Lia Nalbantidou, Thessaloniki: Self-publication, 76 pgs [text & photos by the artist] 2002 The Secure, Private Domain of My Home (1996-2001) - Zero to Five Lia Nalbantidou, Athens: Cube Art Editions, 2002, 64 pgs. [text & photos by the artist] ISBN: 978-960-87534-0-8 (GR) & ISBN: 978-960-87534-1-5 (EN) 1996 New Images (exhibition catalog) Lia Nalbantidou, Thessaloniki: Self-publication, 1996, 32 pgs. [of self and space: text by C. Cafopoulos]
BOOKS| GROUP CATALOGS ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝΕΤ_The Greek Books in Print Hellenic Foundation for Culture Lia Nalbantidou 2019 Artists's books for everything ed. Dr. Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Bremen: Centre for Artistsʼ Publications, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, ISBN: 978-3-946059-14-1 2019 A city of Female Gender – 60 years anniversary publication, eds. H. Papaioannou & E. Radi, Thessaloniki: Tzimas Cosmetics, ISBN: 978-618-84317-0-6 2018 Aspects of Balkan Photography, ed. T. Raptis, Photography Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki: Eneken 2015 Eagles Palace Artists in Residence, ed. T. Karafyllidou, Thessaloniki, ISBN: 978-618-82318-0-1 2014 Ano Poli: A stroll in the city ed. H. Papaioannou, Thessaloniki: University Studio Press, ISBN: 978-960-12-2194-6 2014 Photo Biennale 22: Logos V ed. V. Ioakimidis & V. Vasdeki, Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, ISBN: 978-960-6788-11-6 2014 Hypergraphia, the writings of David Sylvian 1980 - 2014 ed. D. Sylvian, London: Opium (Arts) Ltd., ISBN-13: 978-0950955032 2011 Spiti, ed. D. Zacharopoulos, Athens: Kethea Diavasi 2009 Face to Faces, Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art – 2nd Edition, ed. A. Grammatikopoulou,Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, ISBN: 978-960-89534-9-9 2008 Contemporary Greek Photography: A Century in Thirty Years, ed. K. Ioannidis, Athens: Futura, ISBN: 960-6654-76-1 2006 Salonique!ÇaVa? Vie Commun eds. A. Grammatikopoulou & V. Ioakimidis, Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Museum of Photography & Zitros Publications, ISBN: 978-960-89064-1-9 2006 Positive Charges: MRI Project, eds. T. Misirloglou & V. Amanatidis, Thessaloniki: Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, ISBN: 960-89041-0-2 2004 Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Griechenland eds. A. Tolnay & H. Papaioannou, Berlin: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, ISBN-10: 3899040945 & ISBN-13: 978-3899040944 2004 Corporealities: In(ter)ventions in an omnipresent topic, eds. Body Project, Königstein / Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag, ISBN: 3-89741-123-7 2004 Self-Aboutness: Fotografia Griega Contemporanea, ed. M. Karra, Madrid: Communidad de Madrid & Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, ISBN: 84-451-2628-8 2003 Free Transit (?), ed. N. Argyropoulou, Athens: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Greek EU Presidency 2003 Repositories of Time, ed. K. Antoniadis, Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, ISBN: 960-87039-9-9 2003 The Power of Visual Logos: Greek Women Artists 1990-2000, ed. Dr. Z. Kosmidou. Athens: International Center for the Arts and Nature, ISBN: 960-87164-0-3 2002 KorpoRealitäten - In(ter)ventionen zu einem Omnipräsenten Thema, eds. Body Project, Königstein / Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag, ISBN: 3-89741-101-6 2002 The Spirit of Family: Photographic Approaches ed. V. Ioakimidis, Skopelos: Municipality of Skopelos & Hellenic Ministry of Culture, ISBN: 960-86033-4-X 2001 Territoires et Communautés, ed. V. Ioakimidis, Rethymno: Centre for Contemporary Art, ISBN: 978-960-8074-08-8 2000 BIG Torino / biennial of emerging artists, ed. Denis Curti, Turin: Edizioni Lindau, ISBN: 88-7180-300-0 2000 Got You under My Skin, Thessaloniki: Forum of Keen Art Gallery 2000 Territoires et Communautés, ed. V. Ioakimidis, Larissa: Municipal Art Gallery – Katsigras Collection & Skopelos Photographic Centre, ISBN: 13-978-2913241138 1999 Territoires et Communautés, ed. V. Ioakimidis, Toulouse: Galerie Municipal du Chateau d’ Eau 1998 Inside/Outside Blind Spot no.12 ed. Kim Zorn Caputo, NYC: Photo-Based Art, Inc. ISSN: 1068-1647 1998 Aspects de la Photographie Hellénique Septembre de la Photo ed. V. Ioakimidis, Nice: Municipality of Nice & Hellenic Ministry of Culture 1997 Architektur Schwarzweiss: Europäischer Architekturfotografie – Preis 1997 DB Architekturbild ed. W. Dechau, Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags – Anstalt 1997 Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975 – 1995 ed. J. Stathatos, Thessaloniki: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art 1995 Photosynkyria – 8th Edition: ed. A. Georgiou, Thessaloniki: Camera Obscura 1993 Photosynkyria – 6th Edition: ed. A. Georgiou, Thessaloniki: Camera Obscura
REVIEWS | PRESS SMCK Magazine / #2 REBEL (Athens) – Thessaloniki’s Secret Gardens @ the middle page 22-23 / 10.2020 Mataroa Magazine (Thessaloniki) – Nanou, Chryssa. Lia Nalbantidou: The Urban Floral Prints / 04.2020 Dreamideamachine – Michalarou, Efi. Lia Nalbantidou: Urban Secret Garden – A Reading / 11.04.2020 Aldebaran Urban Secret Garden – A Reading | Lia Nalbantidou | Solo Exhibition / 10.02.2020 IFocus Urban Secret Garden – A Reading | Lia Nalbantidou | Solo Exhibition / 13.02.2020 Fotografos Magazine (Athens) Papadimitropoulos, Panayotis. In widening the boundaries / 07.2019 FMag Urban Secret Garden – A Reading / 07.05.2019 Parallaxi (Thessaloniki) The Urban Secret Garden waiting for you in Thessaloniki / 07.05.2019 Parallaxi (Thessaloniki) Free guided tours in the Unrban Secret Garden of Thessaloniki / 28.05.2019 Griechenland Zeitung (Athens) Dimitriadis, Andrea. Thessaloniki in Fotos: Vernderung des Stadtbildes / 17.07.2019 Photologio – Kafiri, Evi. Lia Nalbantidou: From dusk to dawn / 28.05.2019 To Periodiko Urban Secret Garden – A Reading | Lia Nalbantidou | Solo Exhibition / 24.04.19 Municipal TV100 Urban Secret Garden – A Reading exhibition at Villa Kapandji / 16.05.2019 Urbanautica – Manousogiannaki, Lina. Urban Secret Garden / 02.11.2017 Diablog.eu (Berlin) Urban Secret Garden - Kuenstlerbuch Einer Fotografin / 06.07.2017 MAPS – Malavenda, Teodora & Crosta, Ilaria. Urban Secret Garden / 06.2017 Lifo – Almanac (Athens) Urban Secret Garden – a trilogy book of photographs / 05.12.2016 Kiosk Der Demokratie Blog (Hannover) Urban Secret Garden – Lia Nalbantidou / 26.10.15 Lifo – Magic Circus (Athens) Urban Secret Garden – Mediterranean air – Lia Nalbantidou / 02.07.2014 Griechenland Zeitung (Athens) – Dimitriadis, Andrea. Vertraute Fremde: Deutsch – griechische Zusammenarbeit / 31.01.2007 Geniş Açı Photography Magazine no.37 (Istanbul) ISSN: 1302-275X – Kuleli, Berna. Evimizin Gϋvenli Özel Alanindan: fotograf dϋnyasina bir aylasim / 15.09 – 15.11.2004 Makedonia Newspaper | Panselinos Magazine (Thessaloniki) – Koukos, Stelios. The Secure, Private Domain of my Home (1996 – 2001) – Zero to Five / 11.01.2004 Fotografos Photography Magazine (Athens) Xydakis, Nikos. From the Intimate to the Metaphysic / 03.2003 Fotografos Photography Magazine (Athens) Xydakis, Nikos. In the Time of Books / 02.2003 Difono Art Magazine (Athens) – Mihail, Katia. Indoor Landscapes / 03.2001 Agelioforos Newspaper (Thessaloniki) – Retzios, Tasos. Greek Light in Turin / 10.04.2000 Independent Saturday Magazine (London) – Stathatos, John. It’s all Greek to them / 23.05.1998 Close Up Magazine (Thessaloniki) – Kallitsis, Christos. Zoom on Nice / 10.1998 Zoom Photography Magazine (Milan) ISSN: 012/778 – Romano, Gianni. Lia Nalbantidou / 09.1997 ARTI – Art Today Review (Αθήνα) – New Greek Artists: A Selective Panorama / 10 – 12.1996 Publicus Magazine (Thessaloniki) – Lia Nalbantidou talks about her work / 01.1994 Ta Nea Tis Technis Newspaper (Athens) – Tsingou, Emily. Lia Nalbantidou: Stations: Buses and Landscapes / 12.1994 Sema Art Magazine (Athens) – Lia Nalbantidou in Alli Poli of Thessaloniki / 04.1993