Vicky Tsalamata (Athens). Studies: Accademia Di Belle Arti Di Bologna
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Vicky Tsalamata (Athens). Studies: Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy; Master of Art in Printmaking, University College of London, Slade; School of Fine Arts, London; Paper Art, London College of Printing, London. She is Emeritus Professor of Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts. She has had many solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. She was Head of the ASFA 2d Printmaking Studio, 1999 - 2016, which during her teaching became a high standard center for experimental and innovative printmaking, including non-toxic and digital practices. Career: Her international artistic practice consists of expanded print, international exhibitions, art projects as well as educational-collaborative work with postgraduate students, followed by curated educational exhibitions. She has presented an important number of 35 solo exhibitions, numerous, by honorary invitation, in Museums, Municipalities, Universities, and Institutions, in Greece and abroad: Major Solo Exhibitions as invited artist (Selection): Teloglion Foundation of Art, A.U.Th.Thessaloniki, 2018/The House of Cyprus, 2018 / Italian Institute of Culture in Athens, 2016 / Italian Institute of Culture in Berlin, in the context of the 14th International Literature Festival in Berlin and the celebration of Italian Presidency of the EU Council, 2014 / Athens School of Fine Arts, 2014, 2008, 2004 / Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012 / Numismatic Museum of Athens, Greece, 2012 / Institute of Contemporary Art ISET, Athens, Greece, 2012 / Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece MIET, Athens, Greece, 2011 /Mikloς Borsos Museum of Gÿor, Hungary, 2009 / National Gallery Villa Vermes, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, 2008 / Municipal Museum of Arts, Gÿor, Hungary, 2007 in the context of the 9th Biennial “The Masters of Graphic Arts” / Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006 / LELAC 18e Salon International de Printemps, Foires Internationales, Luxembourg, 2003 /Chappelle du Rahm, Luxembourg, 2002 / Bratislava City Gallery Slovakia, 2002 / solo exhibition at the 21st Alexandria Biennale, Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts, Egypt, 2001 and 2003/Nadezda Petrovic Gallery, Čačak, Serbia, 2001/ Galerija FLU, Belgrade University, Serbia, 2001, in the context of her award at the 5th International Biennial of Belgrade, 1998/ Stadthalle Deidesheim, Germany, 1994/ Maliotis Cultural Center, Boston, U.S.A., 1990 / Hellenic Exhibition Centre, London, 1984 / University College of London, Slade School of Fine Art, London, 1983 / Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 1983 etc. She has been Invited Commissioner and jury member in national and international print competitions and biennials around the world including the 8th International Printmaking Biennale, of Dry Point, Uzice, in Serbia 2005, the 5th ‘Enter into Art’ 2019 international competition in Germany and member of the Jury Committee in the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, for many years up until the present, Curator and Commissioner at the 5th & 6th Int. Biennale of Graphic Art, Municipal Museum of Arts Győr, Hungary, 1999, 2001. Throughout her career, she has participated in over 130 important invitational and juried international exhibitions, Biennials and Triennials across Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States: Heidelberg, Krakow, Warsaw, Torun, Slovakia, Falun, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Sint Niklaas, Belgrade, Győr, Paris, Chamaliėres, Biella, Rome, Florence, Douro (Portugal), Alexandria, Cairo, Kyoto, New York, New Delhi, Avana, Bucharest, Sofia, Livno (Bosnia), Istanbul, Novosibirsk, others. Honors, Prizes, Awards: Her work has been the recipient of major international awards, including the First Prize at the 1st Print Triennial, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008 / First Prize in Graphic Art, Municipality Serra San Quirico, Italy, 1980 / First Printmaking Prize, House of Arts and Letters, Athens, Greece, 1985 / The Prize of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Belgrade, at the 5th Belgrade Print Biennial, Serbia, 1998 / Awarded at the 18th Alexandria Biennial, in Egypt, 1994, National participation of Greece / Artitudes Award, New York Fine Art Competition N.Y. U.S.A. 1989 / The Award at the International Art Competition I.A.G. Monaco: 1979, 1977, 1976 / Her work has been awarded fifteen international distinctions. Residencies, Symposiums: She has been invited artist in residence, visiting artist and guest professor at numerous and prestigious institutions and international art symposiums all over the world where she presented the results of her research and innovative ideas on contemporary printmaking, including the Symposium and Residency at the Tiszausvaros Municipality, Hungary 1999; the Municipal Museum of Arts in Győr, Symposium and Residency, Hungary, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009; the National Museum of Belgrade, at the 17th National and International Open Graphic Art Workshop, in Serbia, 2000; the Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Completense de Madrid in Spain, 2001; the Čačak Symposium and Residency by the University of Applied Arts in Belgrade, 2004 and 2008; the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa, Italy, ECUME 2004; the Printmaking Centre of the Municipality of Neapolis in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004; the Višegrad International Printmaking Symposium and Residency, Serbia, 2007; the International Printmaking Symposium of Serbian Artists Association in Belgrade, Serbia, 2009; the International Printmaking Symposium and Residency, of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, 2011; the Workshop and Residency at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey, 2014; the Faculty of Fine Arts in Florina University of Western Macedonia in Greece, 2018; the Grafikwerkstatt Dresden Residency, of the Municipal printmaking workshop in Dresden, Germany, 2018. Curatorial experience: In her professional activity, Vicky Tsalamata curated many important print exhibitions nationally and internationally at the Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos in Athens: “Monoprint” at the G. Gounaropoulos Museum in Athens: “Stratis Tsirkas Trilogy” at the Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Municipality of Athens: “A.S.F.A B’ Printmaking Studio, Sixteen years of research in printmaking” at the Arts Centre Eleftherias Park in Athens: “Vth Belgrade Biennial two years later, Greek and Serbian participation” at the Tsichritzis Visual Arts Foundation in Kifissia, Athens: "Intaglio into focus” at the Stoa Tou Bibliou Art Halls in Athens: “Printmaking and Literature, Italo Calvino Invisible Cities” at the Art-Athina Platfoms Project in Athens: “Rethinking the Palimpsest City” at the Gavriilidis Editions Art Space in Athens: “Stratis Tsirkas, Konstantinos Kavafis, Italo Calvino” at the Cultural Center of Chania, Crete: “Cities, Invisible Cities, Drifting Cities, Open Cities’’ at the Palais Hirsch in Schwetzingen, in Germany: “Greek Contemporary Printmaking” at the Konschthaus Beim Engel in Luxembourg: “Zeitgenossiche Griechische Grafik” at the Xylon-Museum+Werkststatten in Schwetzingen, in Germany: “ Greek Relief Printmaking”, others. She has written and published many essays expressing her positions and her perspective on contemporary printmaking. Permanent Collections: Some of her work is collected notably by The National Gallery of Athens, Alexander Soutsos Museum, in Athens, Greece; The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, in Thessaloniki, Greece; The MOMus Museum of contemporary Art in Thassaloniki Greece; The Teloglion Foundation AUTh, in Thessaloniki, Greece; The Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa - GI Museum Katsigras, in Larissa, Greece; The National Museum of Serbia; The Sakima Art Museum in Okinawa, Japan; The Franciscan Museum and Gallery Gorica-Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo; The Municipal Museum of Arts in Győr, Hungary; The Florian Museum Baia-mare, Romania; The International Print Triennial Society Krakow, Poland; The Warsaw Print Triennial, Poland; The Galerija FLU of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Belgrade University, Serbia; The International Print Triennial in Belgrade, Serbia; Τhe Višegrad-Gradska Galerija, Bosnia; The Tiszaujvaros Cultural Center, Hungary; The Centro Cultural La General, Granada, Spain; The Exlibris, Stedelijk Museum, Sint Niklaas, Belgium; The Municipal Gallery of Athens, Greece; The Municipal Gallery of Cyclades, Greece; The Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece, “MIET” in Athens, Greece; The Alpha Banc Collection, in Athens, Greece; The Contemporary Greek Art Institute ISET in Athens, Greece and in private Collections. Her biographical note is included in 63rd through 69th editions of Who’s Who in America, as well as the 22nd through 33rd editions of Who’s Who in the World. Vicky Tsalamata was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who 2019 and she has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. www.ltachievers.com [email protected] http://vickytsalamata.eu/ .