C.Amalia Charikiopoulou
Education
2013-2015 Central Saint Martins (CSM), Master in Fine Arts, London, UK
2004 – 2012 DEREE-Thee American College of Greece, Bachelor in Philosophy, Art-History, Visual Arts, Athens, GR
2002 Kent Institute of Art and Design (KIAD), Foundation in Art and Design, Kent, UK
On going
-Initiator and coordinator of ‘LAVREOTIKI NPO’ and ‘Lavreotiki art project’. The vision and aim is to promote contemporary art practices/ issues and to contribute in the understanding of cultural heritage, within and beyond Lavreotiki. Particularly, for Lavreotiki art project 12 contemporary international artists were invited to explore the cultural heritage of Lavreotiki and to participate in the group exhibition ‘Lavreotiki’s Land’. Regarding Lavreotiki, it is the SE area at the tip of Attica, Greece. Already before antiquity, Lavreotiki was an industrial centre, where mining and metallurgical activity took place. Today, it is considered a multilayered place and an open-air museum. lavreotikiartproject https://www.instagram.com/lavreotikiartproject/ and the online publication
-Blog
-Coordinator 'Lost: a field guide' a research program that engages with artists and professionals so as to lead online and onsite of projects. Part of it is the use of the Instagram account Lost.afieldguide https://www.instagram.com/lost.afieldguide/
Participation
The Angel Azrail, a film project by Mustafa Boga, Betonsalon-Centre of art and research, Paris, FR-2020; A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Vol.2, Aegina Island, GR-2019; Never Below 0, SNEHTA, Athens, GR-2018; Beyond Human Impulse, A-Dash, GR-2018; On Art Residencies, TwixtLab, GR-2018; Tragedy, Margarethe Drextel & MEME & Communitism, Athens, GR-2017; A-Letheia, Documenta14' & SNEHTA, Athens, GR-2017; The Place in the End, TAF: The Art Foundation, Athens, GR-2017; Studio Welcome, Yellow Brick, Athens, GR- 2016; Artists’ Cards, Elika Gallery, Athens, GR-2016; Subtle and Strong, Municipality of Amorgos & Ministry of Culture, Amorgos Island, GR-2016; Wilderness_AMORGOS Art Residency, Municipality of Amorgos & Ministry of Culture, Amorgos Island, GR-2016; Athenian Nights, State of Concept Gallery, Athens, GR-2015; Granfalloon, Lethaby Gallery, CSM, London, Uk- 2015; Print Jam, Parfit Gallery, Croydon College, London, Uk-2015; Aestivation, CSM, London, UK-2015; Big Space, CSM, London, UK-2014; The in-tension2, 'Excentricités V' & Espace 24 Inst. Supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Bessanson, FR-2014; No Country for Young Men, Bozar Expo, BE- 2014; Voix de la Mediterranee, Unesco & Institut du Monde Arab, FR -2013; The in-tension, Athens Photo Festival & Hellenic Centre of Photography, Beton7 Gallery-Athens, GR-2013; Art-Athena, Athens, GR-2013; Social Dream Lab; From Athens, Greece, De Young Museum, SF- 2013; Athen’s Photo Festival -2012, 2013; EPONYMOUS, EEA TURKEY, Ayvalik, TR-2012; Art-Athena, Athens, GR-2010
Curatorial & Coordination
Lavreotiki’s Land, Lavreotiki, Lavrion Technological Cultural Park, September 2023;
A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Vol.2, Aegina Island, GR-2019; A Field Guide to Getting Lost, TAF: The Art Foundation, Athens, GR-2018; The Place in The End, TAF: The Art Foundation, Athens, GR-2017; Subtle and Strong, Amorgos Island, GR-2016; Wilderness_Amorgos art residency, Amorgos Island, 2016
Achievements
Selected for the T.A.F / The Art Foundation Curatorial Open Call, T.A.F & Flux Laboratory, Athens, GR-2018
European Academy of Participation-EAP, Erasmus+European Union & UAL & Goethe Institut, Bucharest, Romania, 2018
Shortlisted for the Despina residency program at Largo das Artes, Despina residency & Central Saint Martins, 2013
Festival Voix de la Mediterranee, Unesco & Insitute du Monde Arab, Lodeve, France, 2013
Heritage Greece, DEREE-The American College of Greece, Greece, 2010
Selected for the curatorial plan of the exhibition Frances Rich- La Gazelle, DEREE-The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece, 2010