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MARIA LALOU

http://reaction-lalou.com is born in -Greece, in 1977 lives in Van Ostadestraat 100H 1072TC Amsterdam-NL e: lalou[at]reaction-lalou.com t: +31 (0)6 81 78 0 774

`Walking through the trap of virtual world. Looking for the relation of space – time and identity within space time. Investigating fragmentation of the mind and nuance of the identity sculpting the duality of the intermediary space of conscious and subconscious. The space from Person A to Person B to Object . I react on objects, using them as narrators in spatial installations as extensions of architecture, accumulated performances and film. … when a craft becomes the source of a provoking storytelling is where the material becomes the form we escape from.´

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 Arti en Amicitae, Amsterdam (to be confirmed)

2011 outLINE Gallery, Supper Effect – Interdisciplinary project, curated from Alice Smits Amsterdam Netherlands

2010 Maktab Anbar Museum - Living Spaces-2nd AllArtNOW Festival,in Damascus-Syria, curated by Abir Boukhari, May

2010 Aikishla Gallery Damascus/Syria, curated by Abir Boukhari, May

2010 Industrial Museum of Athens Technopolis-6th Athens Video/*Art Festival, Athens-, curated from Antonia Piliarinou, May

2010 Outpost Project Space, Slotervaart-Netherlands, curated from Alexander Kronne, April

2009 Manobra Festival, in Sao Paolo-, curated fromFernando Velazquez, December

2009 Industrial Museum of Athens-Technopolis EnTechno Electronics Festival, in Athens-Greece, September

2009 Rondo Szduki Gallery in Katowice-, curated from Annick Bureaud, Nina Czecledy and Christiana Galanopoulou, October

2009 2nd Biennale of - Museum of Contemporary Art - in Thessaloniki-Greece, curated from Annick Bureaud, Nina Czecledy and Christiana Galanopoulou,May

2007 Gerrit Rietceld Academie, Amsterdam Netherlands- January

2007 De Oude Kerk Museum, Amsterdam Netherlands, curated from Paul van den Bergh and Andre Klein, January-April 1 MARIA LALOU

2006 Kullo Galllery, Tallin-, curated by Mare Saare and TiinaSarapu, May

2006 Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam Netherlands, curated by June

2005 Fort Vuren , Gorinchem-Netherlands, curaterd from Richard Meitner and Mieke Groot, April

2005 Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam Netherlands, June

Solo Exhibitions

2007 De Oude Kerk Museum – curated from Hebert van Hasselt, AmsterdamNetherlands

2006 Pavillion Project Space - Academie, Amsterdam- Netherlands

2002 aaart gallery - a.antonopoulou.art gallery , curated by Angeliki Antonopoulou, Athens-Greece

Performances

2011 outLINE Gallery, Supper Effect – Interdisciplinary project, Amsterdam Netherlands

2010 Ministry of Culture and Turism, “the ” Performance, Turkey

2010 Sultan Ahmet Parki-Art in Public Space, “the Bridge” Istanbul -Turkey

2010 Maktab Anbar Museum- 2nd AllArtNOW-Living Spaces, ‘The Ritual’- Damascus-Syria

2010 Industrial Museum of Athens Technopolis, ‘Evaporating Thoughts ‘, Athens-Greece

2009 VeemVloer, “The Assistant’ - Medical Body ‘by Kaisu Koski, Amsterdam- Netherlands

2007 , Clinic of Homoepathetic Medicine , Interactiveaccumulated performance, Amsterdam

2006 Beaurs van Berlage, Rietveld naar Den Beurs- ‘Clinic of Homoepathetic Medicine’, Interactive accumulated performance Amsterdam

2005 Beaurs van Berlage, Rietveld naar den Beurs -‘Breath’ , glass bra – Amsterdam

Grants-Awards

2011 AFK, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst

2010 NIASD-Netherlands Institute for Academic Studies

2008-09 Euro Culture-2009 The European Lab for Interactive Artist - e-MobilArt

2007-’04 IB Groep State Foundation Netherlands

2004 IKY State Scholarship Foundation Greece

2000 IKY State Scholarship Foundation Greece

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Selected Publications

2010 MIT PRESS -Leonardo Journal, Oracle ‘theggroup’ October 2010

2010 Baladna Journal,interview from Lauren Williams, issue 119, 27th May 2010, Damascus-Syria, May 2010

2010 Living Spaces - 2nd AllArtNOW Festival, June 2010

2010 6th Athens Video Art Festival 2010 May 2010

2009 2nd Biennale of Thessaloniki - e-MobiLArt catalogue, May 2009

2009 National Glass Museum of Netherlands, December 2010

2007 Fjoezzz 3o/4 issue 2007. Interview from Piet Augustijn Netherlands, 2007

2007 Rietveld in de Kerk exhibition catalogue January 2007

2007 European Glass Symposium–Discovery-Tallin catalogue-publication Estonian Academy of Arts.

2002 Athinorama publication for solo exhibition at aaart gallery in Greece, November 2002

Residencies-Degrees

2009-10 National Museum of Glass in Leerdam Netherlands, September 2009- January2010

2009 V2, Institute for Unstable Media a week residency with artists initiative ‘theggroup’ -

2008-‘09 e-MobiLArt , The European Lab for Interactive Artists, Athens, , Rovaniemi May 2008-November 2009

2007-‘04 Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam Netherlands . BFA in Fine Arts- Glass

2004-1997 Technological Institute of Athens-Greece. BSc in Interior Architecture, Design and Constructive Technology

2001-’00 ’s Designskole in . Product and Industrial Design

1995-’92 Kosteas Geitonas Lyceum in Athens. Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

1990-‘95 Kodaly Conservatorium, Mid Degree in classical piano, harmony, music theory, composition

Collaborations

2011 Raymond Van Ee, professor of Experimental Phychology Leuven presentation lecture in an art, science and cognition project, a per formative lab for mirror neurons by using glass material structure as a the leading material in the design concept.

2011 Ronald Boer, artist – landscape architect-researcher and cook, researching the food concept and visuals on the interdisciplinary project supper effect.

2011 Mischa Rakier, Invited Artist to create a site specific work in the context of the work Infinity Palace in the mirror program events 'Supper Effect'

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2008-09 Kaisu Koski Initiative with Kaisu Koski - Finish performance/media artist and researcher. ‘Visitors Hour’ Amsterdam ‐October 2008 - performance in Vem Vloer Amsterdam

2008-09 theggroup Interactive Artists Initiative Maria Lalou with Julia Carboneras composer, Etienne de ,-artist Evi Malisianou- interaction designer, Fernando Velazquez architect -artist –researcher. Design and development of responsive environment Oracle.

2004 Richard Meitner.Artist's Internship – architectural study -design and implementation of cases for exhibition, Amsterdam-Netherlands

2003-’01 Neo Katoikein c.o. Senior Interior and Furniture Designer, and Sales Management. 2001-2003 Athens-Greece

2003 Ottavio Barasti Freelance Designer Design and appliance in the exhibition space of the firm. November 2003.Athens-Greece

2000 Inferno Glassworks Senior Designer-Glassmaker at Charlie Meaker’s studio. June-August 2000 Bornholm-Denmark

2000 Space Interiors. Interior Architect and Furniture Designer October 1999-January 2000.Athens-Greece

Research

2011 Supper Effect – Interdisciplinary project-Material Study- Cognitive Research Concept – design - production- fonding of interdisciplinary project 'Supper effect'. A project where applied sciences- architectural study and design research are placed together for an interactive performance event .Study of the architectural location of an old civic hospital of Amsterdam in the context of 'Infinity Palace' a reflective installation . http://reaction-lalou.com/suppereffect.htm

2011 Puzzle/ Interdisciplinary project. Theater stage as a lab for neurolingustics. Concept – stage design – research. Thater perfeomance resarch on language and cognition. Perfromance Residency/ workshop proposal. (2011)

2010 Economic Express or Mobility Express-Social Interaction cross discipline project evolving in a voyage, site specific performance installations and film. Design perfroemance, producation and fonding. Screen writing , glass design and performance actions in relation to human interaction based on stimulation and perception in relation to the historical information of Architectural sites. (2010) (http://reaction-lalou.com/Virtual%20Thoughts.htm )

2010 Bubblescope – Architectural study of space through instrument. material research, design study of a kaleidoscopic instrument, hand on making. Research on the shape of cylinder and circle within the chemical properties of Soda glass - in the glass/lab of National Museum of Netherlands. Sculptural object- observation tool Http://reaction-lalou.com/bubblescope.htm

2008-'09 Oracle–responsive environment research on the theme of Autopoesis, implementation and production of exhibition of the Art work-‘’Part of the international collaborative platform e-MobiLArt lab, a group of invited theorists, artists-scientists. http://theggroup.info/images.html http://www2.media.uoa.gr/~charitos/emobilart/index.html

2005-'07 mt- kinesthetic sculpture Material Study - Piezoelectric Materials – Extensive study in piezoelectric materials sampling - responsive to sound. use of Micro Fibre Composites (MFC –design of NASA) hands on work in electronics, ceramics glass and gummy Collaboration with and Materials. http://reaction-lalou.com/mt-videodoc.htm

2003 'Κινηματοχώρος' Space-Movement-Cinema-Architectural study Design Proposal for the maintenance of an industrial building in the historical centre of Athens. Conceptual approach of a architectural conjunction between real and fictional world. design group of ‘Zigogianni-Kourteli-Lalou’

2000-'01 SUN-Lighing Design-Birka Energy Design Competition for Young Designers of Nordic Countries (2001). Research in behavioural patterns and their relation to light. Design of light structure and programming for users that they live in the northern hemisphere. Tests with halogen and fibre optics, concluding to the use of LED lights.

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Conferences-Workshops

2011 FONDS BKVB, NWO_& MAHKU -'Promoveren in de Kunsten', Kunst en Wetenschap -Netherlands

2010 SKOR Foundation Art in Public Space, The Populist Front, De Balie Amsterdam-Netherlands

2010 SICA, Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities ‘Çhanging , Changing Arts’, Amsterdam –Netherlands

2010 Royal Academy of Arts, Phd Conference ‘Artist as a Researcher’, den Haag Netherlands

2010 SICA ,Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities-‘Grand café Meditteranée’-Art in the Middle East , Amsterdam-Netherlands

2009 V2_AR Ecosystem, invited designer-artist - V2 Institute of Unstable Media Rotterdam Netherlands

2009 Gerrit Rietveld Academie European Glass Symposium-Scratching the Surface-Matters of Perception, Netherlands

2009 Contemporary Museum of Art Thessaloniki, The European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists- e-MobiLArt, Greece

2009 University of Lapland, The European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists- e- MobiLArt, Finalnd

2009 Applied Art School of Vienna The European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists- e-MobiLArt,

2008 National And Kapodistrian University of Athens The European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists- e-MobiLArt, Greece

2008 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, ‘Yasmin’ Art & Science Platform

2006 Academy of Fine Arts Tallin International Meeting and Seminar of Glass Education ,Estonia

2004 North Lands Creative Glass Architecture and Light Masterclasses with Ted Sawyer, Lybster-Scotland

Education-Teaching

2009-10 International School of Amsterdam, September 2009 - March 2010.

2007-05 Hogeschool van Amsterdam- Electonic Engineering department March 2005- June 2007

2004 Northlands Creative Glass _Scotland Architecture and Light September 2004

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