Maria Loizidou

Cropping Up

7 October - 6 December 2014

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  BIOGRAPHY
 

Maria Loizidou was born in 1958 in Limassol, Cyprus.  She lives and works in Nicosia.  She is a member of the association AA+U For Architecture, Art and Urbanism. Maria Loizidou is represented by Kalfayan Galleries, Athens – Thessaloniki.

 

EDUCATION

1976 – 1981 

École des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France.

 

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

2018

Residency program at VHGD in Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Europe's Cultural Capital 2018

2ο Award, university of Cyprus, association Chryssanty Constantino, Lara Anna Scharf, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2017

2ο Award, CNCS, Le centre National du Costume de scène de Moulins, association AA&U, FR

2014

Shortlisted, Curate Award, Fondazione Prada and the Qatar Museums Authority.

2013

Award, MARI Monument, association Socratis Stratis, Nicosia CY2014

2009

Award, 15th International Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics, Châteauroux, France.

2005

3rd Award Park of Peace, AA+U, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1998

1st Award Public Works Building, collaboration with Socratis Stratis, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1996

2nd Award, Industrial Developments Building, Nicosia, Cyrpus.

1st European Award, Iraklion, Crete, Association Socratis Stratis, Akis Ioannides, Kyriakos, Koundouros, Greece.

1992

2nd award, Fire Service Building, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1987

Scholarship Pratt Institute, New York, USA.

1983                  

Leventis Foundation Scholarship, Cyprus.

1982                  

Foundation of France Scholarship, Paris, France.

 

1981                

Award Prix de Paris, Villa Peyzieux, Paris, France.

1980                 

Award Hélène Linossieur, Lyon, France.

 

RECENT ARTIST TALK

 ‘The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Archaeological Practices in Contemporary Cypriot Art’, Artists in discussion, British Museum, London, Athens.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2024

“The Place I am Not”, Freud Museum, London.

“The Place I Am Not”, The Hellenic Centre, London.

2023

“Moi Balbuzard Migrant”, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris.

2022

“What happens to me is written up there”, Art Walk Festival, EINS Gallery, Limassol.

2018

MLNY (Maria Loizidou and Natalie Yiaxi), Party Contemporary, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2017

‘déshabilé’ (Curator: Yves Sabourin), Benaki Museum (Menti Building), Athens.

2016

La statue aux yeux ouverts pour mieux entendre, Galerie Saint Séverin, Paris, France.

2015

“A Transfer” / City Project, (curated by Syrago Tsiara), Kerameikos Archaeological Space and Museum. Commissioned by NEON (founded by Dimitris Daskalopoulos).

2014

“Cropping Up”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, Greece.

“Curating Body, The Cached Space”, Cyprus Museum, Lefkosia, Cyprus.

2013

“Collective Autobiography”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece.

“Tout est possible – Everything is possible”, Drawing Now Paris 2013, Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Galerie Maria Lund, Carousel du Louvre, Paris, France.

2011

“Trans Scapes”, Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus.

“Privileged Access”, Kalfayan Galleries, Thessaloniki, Greece. 

“The pattern of 4+1 asphyxiascapes”, AD Gallery, Athens, Greece.

2009                   

“Cartographies”, AD Gallery, Athens, Greece.

2008                        

“Living Small”, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.

2007                 

“Self Other”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2006                        

“Genin”, Performance, Attis Theatre, Athens, Greece.

2003                   

AD Gallery, Athens, Greece.

“Dark Rooms”, Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplio, Greece.

2002                   

“The Wreck of Serenity”, Fortezza Castle, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece.

2001                   

“Let’s get Lost”, Diatopos Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2000                   

“Trauma”, Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1997      

Gardens of the Anastassios G. Leventis Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1995                   

“Drawings”, Gallery Schageshof, Willich, Germany.               

“For an Imaginary Square”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1994                   

House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece.               

AD Gallery, Athens, Greece.

1993                    

Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1992                   

Gallery Schageshof, Willich, Germany.                       

Leventis Municipal Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1991                   

Desmos Gallery, Athens, Greece.

1990                   

Odos Athinon Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.

1989                   

Morphi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.

Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1987                   

Diaspro Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1986                   

Galerie Conflluence, Paris, France.                              

French Cultural Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus.

1985                   

Caisse d’ Epargne, Paris, France.

1984                  

Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, Cyprus.                

Cité des Arts, Paris, France.                                

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2023

“The Butterfly Effect”, Mouzakis Factory, Athens.

2022

“A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020”, Whitechapel Gallery, London.

“CONFINEMENTS”, NEON Grants, Make Rizes Politismou, Dromokaiteio, Athens.

 ‘Dream On’ (curated by Dimitris Paliokrassas), Old Tabacco Factory, Organised by NEON, Athens.

 ‘Ruins and Fragments’, Gagosian Gallery, Athens.

2021

‘Portals’ (Curated by Elina Kountouri and Madeleine Grynsztejn), Public Tobacco Factory – Hellenic Parliament Library and Printing House in Athens. Organised by NEON.

‘Vivace et Troppo - le verre à l’état libre’ (curator: Yves Sabourin), Le garage, Centre d’art d’Amboise, France.

2019-2020

“Weavings: Painting and tapestry in Greece from 1960 to the present”, benaki Museum –Pireos Annex, Athens.

2019

“The palace at 4 p.m.” (curator Iwona Blazwick, Director of Whitechapel Gallery, London). Organized by NEON. Archaeological Museum, Myconos, Greece.

2018

“Resilient Futures” (curator: Syrago Tsiara), Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki.

2017

Documenta 14 (Antidoron, EMST, Friedericianum), Kassel.

“Contemporary Art From Cyprus” (Curated by  Britta von Campenhausen). An exhibition organised by the European Central Bank in cooperation with the Central Bank of Cyprus European Central Bank, Frankfurt.

20 September until 1 December 2017

 “Thread” (curator: Areti Leopoulou), Kalfayan Galleries, Athens.

Beijing Biennale: Group show organized by the State Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki.

"Whispers" (curated by Maria Marangou), The Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki of the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki.

2016

“Genii Loci. Greek Art, 1930 – today” (group show), Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Symptom Projects (group show), Old Hospital of Amfissa and the Archaeological Museum of Delfi, Greece (curated by Niki Papaspyrou and Kostas Christopoulos)

“overseas” (curator: Galini Noti), ACG Art Gallery – The American College of Greece, Athens.

2015

“Whispers”, (Curator: Maria Marangou), Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, rethymnon, Greece.

“170 x 170“ (curated by Yves Sabourin), Atelier Pinton, Paris.

“Exercises in Orientation”, Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck School of Arts, London.

2014

Antallaxima (crated by Syrago Tsiara), Mytilini, Greece.

“Community & Territory”, Yeosu International Art Festival, Yeosu Cultures & Arts Park, South Korea.

“Body Memory” (curated by Syrago Tsiara), Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2013

“12 x 12”, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France.

“Other Indications”, NiMAC – The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus.

“Violence?” (curated by Maria Maragkou), Caid, Athens, Greece.

“ART ON PAPER +1”, Galerie Maria Lund, Brussels, Belgium.

“Tradition - Reversal”, 4th Thessaloniki Biennale: “Old Intersections – Make it New”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Warehouse B1 (port area), Thessaloniki, Greece.

“Tresses 13 dés-tresse et délacet treize”, La Maison des Tresses et Lacets, La Terasse-sur-le Dorlay, France.

“Shining Through” (curated by Mark Noll), Zone D, Athens. Greece.

2012

“Archipelago”, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, France.

“GPS/memoscapes, Mapping Cyprus: Contemporary views”, Bozar: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

“GPS/memoscapes, In Crisis: Terra Mediterranea”, NiMAC: Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus.

“How to make a garden”, Phytotio - Visual Art Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

“Blanche est la couleur, Hommage à Thomas Gleb (1912-1991)”, Passage de Retz, Paris, France.

“Sacré Blanc! Homage à Thomas Gleb”, Musée Jean – Lurçat, Angers, France.

2011

“Drawing Stories (2)”, Contemporary Art Centre Ileana Tounta, Athens, Greece.

2010

“Drawing Stories”, Gallery 50-1, Limassol, Cyprus.               

“Digitalis”, Cairo Biennale, Egypt.

“Iles Jamais Trouvées”, Musée de l’Art Moderne, Saint Etienne, France.

“Islands Never Found”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.

“Cabinets of Miracles”, Zone D, Athens, Greece.

“Blank Paper Hysterias”, K-Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.

“Métissages, L’Art Contemporain en Textile”, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Rochefort, France.

“Et si la Guirlande de Julie était en Laine…”, Château National, Rambouillet, France.

“Islands Never Found”, Palazzo Ducal, Genova, Italy.

2009                

2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Biennale Internationale de la Céramique, Châteauroux, France.

“Portraits de Chaussures, Histoire de Pieds