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| Antonia Papatzanaki |
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Antonia Papatzanaki is a sculptress currently living and working in New York City. Born in Chania, on the island of Crete in Greece in 1960, Papatzanaki was educated in Athens, Vienna and acquired the MFA at Pratt Institute in New York City. She is the recipient of numerous awards, many of which received the first prize for public art work installations. Papatzanaki has exhibited her works in 11 solo exhibitions, numerous group exhibitions in Europe and the United States, and has many public works on permanent display throughout Greece. Works by Antonia Papatzanaki are in the Vorres Museum in Athens, the Contemporary Art Center of Rethymnon, in Crete, and numerous private collections. In addition to critical essays that analyze her work in five solo exhibition catalogues, more than one hundred articles and reviews of Antonia Papatzanaki's works have been published in art periodicals and newspapers in Greece and New York.
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| About the Artist |
Antonia Papatzanaki
Artist statement
My work concerns the nature of the structure of reality. I found myself between natural and geometrical structures. Between my natural senses and my inclination to use abstract forms and ideas often inspired by Philosophy and Science.
I am working with light, the essential element of our visual perception. My works are self-luminous; light emanates from their interior. A constant dialogue exists between the light of the work and the ambient light of the surroundings, creating an experience of heightened awareness of its qualities, and its relation to time for the spectator. Directly connected to life and metaphorically to truth, since without it most life and vision do not exist, light is a heavily loaded universal symbol. The dual substance of light -mass and energy- corresponds to the duality of human nature as mind and body.
In my work light is formed as it passes through transparent or translucent materials, which penetrate opaque metal surfaces. Structured on a grid, linear signs of light constitute a luminous form from the repetition of an industrial-made glass rod. The lengths of the rods vary and are placed with shifted axes, creating shadows within the light area changing the luminosity of the forms according to the angle from which they are viewed. Currently, I am transferring my drawings to Plexiglas through Laser etching. The cuts glow as the light passes through the molecules of Plexiglas revealing the drawing. I am also working with Plexiglas sheets, that on their linear or curvilinear sections the light refracts as it passes from the body of the material. Formally the work has two aspects: one linear- geometric and one natural- organic that depends on the spectator�s point of view.
My work charts the relation between: light and darkness, matter and energy, mass and weightlessness, inside and outside, geometric and organic, fragmentation and unity, the hand made and the industrially produced, and finally the viewer and the art object. The structure of the work and its references are an entity waiting for the viewer to experience and discover.
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Agora
2000 Polyester-fiberglass, Stainless Steel, Fluorescent lights. An outdoor installation, consisting of twelve cylinders of a 40 centimeters diameter, and heights ranging from 2,40 to 4,10 meters. |
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The photo presents the work as it was installed in a space of approximately 1000 square meters at Battery Park, New York City, from November 2000 to November 2001 |
Untitled 18506
2005 Bronze, Glass, Light 96 x 220 x 30 cm |
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Passage
2002 Bronze, Plexiglas, Light 75 x 214 x 26 cm |
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Untitled 92501
2003 Bronze, Plexiglas, Light 125 x 140 x 25 centimeters |
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Lighthouse
2004 Corten Steel, Glass, Light 6,80 x 6,80x 16 meters height |
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The work is permanently installed at “Kato Patisia” Square Metro Station, Acharnon and Stratigou Kalari Street, Athens, Greece. |
Untitled 17502, 17503
2005 Laser etched Plexiglas, Aluminum, Light 43 x 38 x 5 cm, each |
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Untitled 18503
2005 Bronze, Plexiglas, Light 66 x 86 x 25 centimeters |
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Untitled 18511
2006 Stainless Steel, Plexiglas, Light 100 x 118 x 25 centimeters |
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| Education and biography |
Education
1997-2000 Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, New York.
1988-1989 Certificate of Studies in sculpture, at "Hochschule fur Angenwandte Kunst" in W. Bertoni�s Workshop, in Vienna, Austria.
1981-1986 Bachelors Degree, Sculpture major, in the Graduate School of Fine Arts in Athens, Greece.
1978-1981 Certificate of Studies in ceramics, YMCA, Athens, Greece.
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Antonia Papatzanaki Recent Works, Tsatsis Projects / Artforum, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007 Visions of Light, 112 Gallery, Chashsama, New York, USA.
2005 Squared Light, Titanium-Yiayiannos Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2002 Light Boxes, Yiayiannos Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2000-2001 Agora Installation, Battery Park, New York, USA.
2000 Agora, An outdoor installation, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
1998 Titanium Gallery, Athens, Greece.
1996 Milonoyianni Gallery, Chania, Crete, Greece.
1993 The Vafopoulio Cultural Center, and the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1992 Bosch Gallery, Athens, Greece.
1990 Pleiades Gallery, Athens, Greece.
1989 Hellenic Tourist Organization premises in Vienna, Austria
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 “New: Illusion or Reality”, 4rth Biennale, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
2006 "Portraits of Chania Collectors, Taste as passion and socio-historical index", Municipal Gallery of Chania.
2005 "Tri-State Juried Exhibition - Artistic Fragmentsï", Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York.
2003 "Ekade", Contemporary Art Center of Rethymnon, Crete.
2001 "Women Works: A Retrospective of Public Artists in New York City Parks" New York City/Parks& Recreation, The Arsenal, New York.
1999 "War - Artists Bulletin Board", Postmasters, New York.
"Techno-Art 2000", Art Club Gallery, Traveling Exhibition: Thessaloniki, Komotini, and Kavala.
"Contemporary Greek Artists", Tzamia-Crystalla Gallery, Chania.
1997 "Color, poetry of light" Municipal Cultural Center, Traveling Exhibition: Hermoupolis and Athens
1995 "Ichthys", Egnatia Foundation, Pierides Museum, Traveling Exhibition: Metsovo, Athens-Greece, Nicosia -Cyprus.
1994 "Contemporary Chanian Artist", Municipality of Chania, Neoria, Chania.
1993 "1st Art Athena" 93-Contemporary Art Forum, Athens.
1992 "The Third Mission", The Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens.
"A dedication to the poet Kalvos", Traveling Exhibition, the Municipal Library of Zakynthos, and the Goulandris-Horn Foundation, Athens.
1991 "Couples in Sculpture, Three Generations- A Meeting Point", Pleiades Gallery Athens.
"War-Father of All?", Pleiades Gallery, Athens.
"Sculpture Greque Contemporaine", Maison de Architecture, Paris.
"Contemporary Greek Sculpture", Old Archeological Museum, Thessaloniki.
1990 "Fairytale, 25 Contemporary Representative Interpretations", Pleiades Gallery, Athens.
1989 Sculpture Symposium organized by Oka-Reidersbach, Austria.
1988 "Journeys through Contemporary Sculpture" Pleiades Gallery, Athens.
1987 "Seven Young Sculptors" Modern Art Museum- Foundation of Vasilios and Eliza Goulandris, Andros.
"Woman and Art", K. Palamas Building, Athens.
Awards
2005 Katonah Museum of Art, Honorable Mention at the "Tri-State Juried Exhibition - Artistic Fragments", Katonah, New York.
2003 First prize in the International Public Art Competition for the creation, construction and installation of a sculpture at "Kato Patisia" Square Metro Station, Athens, Greece.
2001 Foundation for Hellenic Culture, Grant for the installation of Agora at Battery Park, New York.
2000 Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Grant for the installation of Agora at Battery Park, New York.
2000 Pratt Institute, Certificate of Excellence Award for Outstanding Merit in Graduate Fine Arts.
1999 Gerondelis Foundation, Lynn, MA, Grant for studies at Pratt Institute.
1996 Greek State Scholarships Foundation S.S.F, Scholarship for studies in the U.S.A.
1992 First prize in Pan-Hellenic Competition for the creation of the monument "In Memory of the Lost Airmen" in Thessaloniki Greece.
1989 First prize in Pan-Hellenic Competition for the creation of the monument "In Memory of the Victims of the Heraklion Shipwreck" in Chania, Crete, Greece.
1988 F.V.S. zu Hamburg Foundation, Herder Scholarship
(Herder-Studienstipendium) for studies in Austria, nominated by sculptor Christos Capralos.
1985 Greek State Scholarships Foundation S.S.F, Financial Award for Student of Outstanding Merit.
Sculptures on Permanent Display in Public Places
-Lighthouse, at "Kato Patisia" Metro Station, Acharnon and Str. Kalari Street, Athens.
-Bust of Theodore Vardinogiannis at P.N.K. Hospital of Crete, Hrakleion.
-Bust of the poet Nikos Kavadias, outside the 3rd Primary School, Suda, Crete.
-Monument "In Memory of the Lost Airmen", on Alexander the Great Avenue, Thessaloniki.
-Monument "In Memory of the Hanged during the 1833 Uprising" in the homonymous Square, Mournies, Crete.
-Monument "In Tribute to Admiral Nearchos" in the Upper Gate of the Naval Base, Suda, Crete.
-Monument "In Memory of the Heraklion Shipwreck Victims" in the Venetian Harbor, Chania, Crete.
Selected Collections
Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece.
Contemporary Art Center of Rethymnon, Greece.
Minoa Hotel, Chania, Greece.
Headquarters of Natural Gas Co, Athens, Greece.
Numerous private collections in Europe and the USA.
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