About – Vassiliki Koukou

In her artwork Vassiliki Koukou uses abstraction and surrealist representation to invoke a sense of the mythical and the magical. Her sculptures appear often as amalgamations between talismanic objects and wooden toys inspiring a sense of playfulness. In this contributes further the use of a vibrant colour palette and the figurative, human-like features of her sculptures. The use of the line and flat colourations allow her to inherit a primitive matière which she then incorporates through assemblages and collages in her sculptures and paintings.

Awards

2020: “Gre-Taste: The Taste Of Greece”, B&M Theocharakis Foundation For The Fine Arts and Music

2019: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Ikastikos Kiklos DL

Solo Exhibition

2024: “Where flowers are singing”, Zoumboulakis gallery, curated by Angeliki Baras

2024:”Leafscapes of the Unseen”, Goulandris National History Museum, curated by Angeliki Baras

2022:”At first I was a child”,Bold Type Boutique Hotel, curated by Marina Miliou Theocharaki, Patras

2020: “The Secret Garden Of Equal Life”, SNEHTA Residency, Athens

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023: “Resilient by Nature”, Zoumboulakis gallery, curated by Georgia Liapi, Athens

2022: “NFT”, Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens

2022: “Greek KAΛEIDOSCOPE”, Chrysanthos Panas Private Collection, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens

2022: “Open- Ended”, Zoumboulakis gallery, curated by Georgia Liapi, Athens

2021: “Adrania II”, Bageion Hotel, curated by the Krank, Athens

2021: “The Shape of Water”, Herakleidon Museum, curated by Angelos Antonopoulos, Asimina Kaniari, Nikos Podias, Athens

2021: “Chronic kidney disease: A silent epidemic”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens

2021:”Volcan of Santorini project”, Zoumboulakis gallery, Thira, Santorini

2021: “Learn to Swim”, Zoumboulakis gallery, curated by Georgia Liapi, Athens

2021: “Art on Boards | The skate project”, Zoumboulakis gallery in collaboration with “The Skateroom”, Mum Institute and Free Movement Skateboarding, Athens

2021: “THE EMPTY GALLERY” SHRINE Gallery, Usa, New York City

2021: “Not Applicable”, Cream Athens, curated by Nia Hefe Filiogianni

2021: “Back Home “,Snehta Residency, Athens

2020: “Graduates 17_18_19”, curated by Iliana Fokianaki, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens

2020: “Adraneia” Art project hosted at OKUPA, curated by the Krank, Athens

2020: Artens Festival “What do you mean you are not happy”, Under the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Topic: Gender- Based Violence, Athens

2020: “Back to Athens7” International Art Festival, group “HABITAT”, collaboration of the Austrian Embassy and Cheapart, curated by Ioli Katsarou, Athens

2020: “Art Instead”, Phoenix Gallery, Athens

2020: “Counting approximately 1,5M”, A.Antonopoulou Gallery, Athens

2020: “Rooms Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Kappatos Gallery, Athens

2019-2020: Megaro Maksimou presidents of Greece office, Athens

2019-2020: “Water Democracy”, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens

2019: “Come together…right now…”, Alibi Gallery, Athens

2019: New Museum of OSE, Athens

2019: Platforms Project Independent Art Fair, A’ Painting Lab, Athens School Of Fine Arts

2019: “Rosa’s New Clothes”, Ikastikos Kiklos DL, Athens

2018: “Athens World Book Capital”, under the support of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens

2018: “Virus*”, Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens

2018: Exhibition and workshop “ART TAKE OVER II: Days of Art”, The Mall Athens

2018: “Kabas Fields”, Municipality Gallery of Kabas Pallini, Athens

2018: “4th International Festival Of Poetry in Athens” Acropolis Metro station, Athens

2018: Poetic Functions 2018 – Unleash the Future/ Aparsis editors, old train station of Peloponisos OSE, Athens

2018: WEDO, Platforms Project, Athens School of Fine Arts

2018: “Clean Art”, Municipal Gallery of Markopoulos

2018: “Anatasi”, Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus

2017-2018: “Painters and sculptors are etching…”, Sotiris Felios Collection, Athens

2017: “Terrains Vagues” at T.A.F. / The Art Foundation, Athens

2017: “Dierchomenoi project”, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens

2017: “Dierchomenoi project” at Municipal Art Gallery of Flisvos, Old Faliro under the auspices of Unicef, Athens

2014: “Stephanos Delta 150 years since his birth”, Hellenic-American Educational Foundation Athens College- Psychico College Theater, Athens

Art Performances

2022: “Who am I”- Olina, music video clip, released by Mellowsophy Music

2020: “A Metamorphosis?”, Performance Rooms Kappatos Gallery-St. George Lycabettus Hotel (as a performer and as a curator), Athens

2017: ”COME KNIT – it is our family affair”, participation in George Tsakiris performance, Dépôt Art Gallery, Athens

2017: Documenta14, participation in Ibrahim Mahama’s performance, Athens

Internships

2018: B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts& Music

2018: Hellenic-American Educational Foundation Athens College- Psychico College, Middle School Art Department

2012: Architectural firm Doxiadis+

Workshops, Projects, Educational Programs:

2020- : Art Educator, Hellenic-American Educational Foundation Athens College- Psychico College, Athens

2020- 2021 : Art Educator, Ionios School, Athens

2019- 2020: Created “Street ART” educational program, for B.&M. Theocharakis Visual Arts Foundation, Athens

2019: Spaces and Spheres of Democracy: Reading ancient drama through politically tinted spectacles, participation to seminars and workshops of International Academic Forum (Forum Internationale Wissenschaf t) .The forum curated by the Michalis Cacoyannis Foundation. Also Academic Institutions in Greece and abroad took part such us: Department of Theater Studie- University of Athens, Freie University of Berlin, University of Buchum, University of Exeter, Arts Council Greece and more. Leaders of the seminars and workshops were, Jonas Tinius, Anna M. Pasco Bolta, Ilan Bachl and more.

2018: School Of Earthquake Diplomacy Project, collaboration with the artist Navine Dossos/ Biennale of Istanbul (Turkey)

2018: Took part in the educational program of Jenny Marketou and Goethe- Institut “Civic Garden” in Athens School of Fine Arts

2018: Participate voluntarily in Art Athina Art Fair and at Art Athina Educational Project, Athens

2018: Voluntarily art lessons and art as a therapy to people with mental illness in art residencies “Ipokratis 1”, Athens

2016: Participated with a team of art students from ASFA to a project for visual configuration of the interior and the exterior of the First High School of Kifissia, Athens

2015-2018: Voluntarily art lessons to children at Exoraistikos Cultural Association “ILISOS”, Athens