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• Education•
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Degree of Master of Arts (Art and Design), Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art (2020)
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Ar t and Design, University of Dundee, Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (2016)
•Solo Exhibitions•
2022 Can You See Work? (iii), solo curatorial project with artist participation (group show/coworking and micro-residency project/film & tv program), VENT Space, Tallinn, Estonia
2018 Notes, solo show, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
•Duo Exhibitions•
2024 Fruits, Unite!, duo show in collaboration with Lotta Esko, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2024 Fruits, Unite!, duo show in collaboration with Lotta Esko, Yö Galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Can You See Work? (ii), duo curatorial project in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, group exhibition/student action/community development/development of small-scale artist residencies, Terrace Gallery, Väre, Otaniemi, Finland
•Group Exhibitions•
2024 The Poem Returns as an Echo: Dialogues with Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982), group exhibition curated by Caterina Stamou, participation with the performance: What is in a Body?, ISET Contemporary Greek Art Institue at the National Gallery, Athens, Greece
2022 Poster Exhibition, group exhibition and closing event of the Decolonizing Salon workshop, 1927 Art Space, Athens, Greece
2022 Exhibition of 1st Contemporary Shadow Puppet Theatre Festival, group exhibition, participation with Acquaforte Printmaking Group, Romantso, Athens, Greece
2022 Kypselian Salon 2021, Snehta Residency annual group exhibition, Snehta, Athens, Greece
2021 Roma Arte in Nuvola, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021 Art Athina, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2020 Community Auction I, group art sale, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2020 Come Together...Right Now..., group exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 Mainostauko (Ad Break), group outdoor poster exhibition, collaboration with Paola Jalili and Else Lagerspetz as the D.U. Collective, Vaanta, Finland
2019 What Are We Now?, group exhibition, Beta Space, Otaniemi, Finland
2018 Souvenirs D’Athènes, group exhibition, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Art Athina, art fair, participation with Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Images Tropes and Narratives: Sharing Control, group exhibition, collaboration with Adrian Mc Grath and the D.U. Collective (Paola Jalili/Else Lagerspetz/Naya Magaliou), Marek Gallery, Wolkesdorf, Austria
2016 Girls Will Be Beuys, group exhibition, Buskers Bar, Dundee, Scotland
2016 Where Our Minds Are Now, group exhibition, Tin Roof, Dundee, Scotland
•Residencies•
2024 Project Development Residency at 1927 Art Space, in collaboration with Alexandre Collet, residency director Aktina Stathaki, Athens, Greece
2019 Floating Peripheries Conference: Sites, Senses and Situations, participation as artist in residence with the production of an experimental public artwork, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2017 Taking Time/Prendendo Tempo, organised by The Museum of Loss and Renewal, residency undertaken in collaboration with The Collective Responsible For, Filignano, Italy
2016 Nature, Art & Habitat Residency/Natura, Arte e Habitat (nahr), Taleggio Valley, Italy
•Festivals & Events•
2023 Athens Art Book Fair, participation as publishers with the D.U. Collective (Paola Jalili/Else Lagerspetz/Naya Magaliou), National Conservatory, Athens, Greece
2021-22 Participating artist in Decolonizing Salon Project, 1927 Art Space and Decolonize Hellas, Athens, Greece
2020 Participating artist in communal cooking project/event Kitchen Philosophy, Pori Biennale, Reposaari, Finland
2019 Participation in cooking project, Shelter/Suoja Festival-Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland
2019 Participation in cooking project, Epistemic Hospitalities Event supported by Frame Finland, Bioart Society’s SOLU Space, Helsinki, Finland
•Conferences•
2021 Peripheries in Parallax: Brave New Peripheries Conference, presentation of experimental talk Work/Unwork: A Place to Live In, Aalto University, Otaniemi, Finland
2021 20th Nordic Migration Research Conference and 17th ETMU Conference, presentation of experimental talk What is in a Body?, University of Helsinki, Finland
2019 Slow Academy Conference, presentation of experimental talk Fault Lines in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Loukko Center of Subcultures, Helsinki, Finland
2019 The Best Fears of Our Life Seminar, presentation of experimental talk Fault Lines in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Kauppakeskus Redi, Helsinki, Finland
•Publications•
2024 Junk Mail Series: Issue #1, contribution of short text What is in a Body?, artwork by Alejandra Alarcón, published by Ei Mainoksia, Kiitos!, Finland
2023 Work/Unwork, personal artist book, graphic design by Else Lagerspetz, published by Pirate Papers and Knock! Knock! Books, Estonia
2019 Naya’s Biggest Fears in Life, artist poster series, published and designed by Paola Jalili, illustrated by Essi Ruuskanen/Else Lagerspetz/Laura Leif/Saara Mahbouba/Shubhangi Singh, Finland
2019 RUUKKU #12 Peripheries in Artistic Research, article contribution, online Journal Publication, Finland
2018 ViCCA Journal: The Home Issue: Creative Practices Within and Around the Home, contribution of artwork, Journal Publication, Finland
•Funding & Awards•
2023 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), project production grant for Fruits Unite! with Lotta Esko, Finland
2022 ARTWORKS Fellowship, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Greece
2022 Eesti Kultuurkapitali (Cultural Endowment of Estonia), project production grant for Work/Unwork publication project with Else Lagerspetz, Estonia
2022 C.R.O.W. Award (Commendation on Research of Outstanding Worth), awarded for Masters Thesis research, ViCCA, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), artist working grant for Work/Unwork publication project with Else Lagerspetz, Finland
2019 Aalto ARTS Grant for the co-curation of self organised exhibition and art event Can You See Work?(ii) in collaboration with Shubhangi Singh, Finland
2017 NEON Arts and Culture Foundation, Masters Degree Scholarship, Greece
2016 Alan Woods Memorial Prize for best dissertation, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Scotland