Born in Thessaloniki in 1956
Studies: University of Fine Arts in Nancy, France 1975-1980
Professor at the University of Fine Arts in Saint-Etienne, France 1990-2007
Studies: University of Fine Arts in Nancy, France 1975-1980
Professor at the University of Fine Arts in Saint-Etienne, France 1990-2007
Born in Thessaloniki 1956. Studied at the Ecole nationale des beaux-arts in Nancy. Has taught in the Thessaloniki branch (the French Institute) of the Saint-Etienne School of Fine Arts since 1991. Apart from painting, has also been involved in stage design, children's book illustration, and posters (received first poster prize in the 21st Demetria Festival, Thessaloniki, and in the 2nd Biennale for Young European Artists of the Mediterranean). Has held 13 solo exhibitions since 1981, in Greece, Yugoslavia, and Germany, and shown her work in many group exhibitions.
The relationship between space and light has been central to Chrysidou's artistic inquiry from the outset of her career. In her environment titled Parallel Moments (1986), she created in colour an exceptionally inspiring space bearing the clear traces of human action. In other installations, she uses colour conceptually to suggest mass and texture.
Genesis and decay are concepts that engage her attention today, and she gives them physical form using a variety of materials (such as wood, bone, plaster, and poster paper) together with colour. The composition rapidly outgrows the conventional bounds of the field and becomes part of real space. The image is fragmentarily rendered or merely hinted at, and the materials are transmuted by the action of such elements as fire.
The relationship between space and light has been central to Chrysidou's artistic inquiry from the outset of her career. In her environment titled Parallel Moments (1986), she created in colour an exceptionally inspiring space bearing the clear traces of human action. In other installations, she uses colour conceptually to suggest mass and texture.
Genesis and decay are concepts that engage her attention today, and she gives them physical form using a variety of materials (such as wood, bone, plaster, and poster paper) together with colour. The composition rapidly outgrows the conventional bounds of the field and becomes part of real space. The image is fragmentarily rendered or merely hinted at, and the materials are transmuted by the action of such elements as fire.
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2017 Gallery Dupardieu, Nice, France
2016 D'Arte Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2016 Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2015 Pinello Art Gallery TUYAP, Istanbul Turkey
2010 Gallery Dupardieu, Nice France
2010 Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2002 Zefxis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2002 Mylos Art Gallery, Lipton, Thessaloniki Greece
2001 Dianna Downtown Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1999 Yeni Camii, Thessaloniki Greece
1998 Paratiritis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1997 Mylos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1993 Eirmos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1991 French Institute, Thessaloniki Greece
1990 Nees Morfes Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1989 Vafopouleio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki Greece
1988 Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
1986 Kohlias Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1984 Nees Morfes Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1982 Kreonidis Art Gallery, Athens Greece
2016 D'Arte Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2016 Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2015 Pinello Art Gallery TUYAP, Istanbul Turkey
2010 Gallery Dupardieu, Nice France
2010 Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2002 Zefxis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2002 Mylos Art Gallery, Lipton, Thessaloniki Greece
2001 Dianna Downtown Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1999 Yeni Camii, Thessaloniki Greece
1998 Paratiritis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1997 Mylos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1993 Eirmos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1991 French Institute, Thessaloniki Greece
1990 Nees Morfes Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1989 Vafopouleio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki Greece
1988 Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
1986 Kohlias Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
1984 Nees Morfes Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1982 Kreonidis Art Gallery, Athens Greece
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2017 Museum of Art of the 20th and the 21st Centuries. "Right To The Future". St. Petersburg, Russia
2017 7th Beijing Biennial of Contemporary Art. "The Body, The Soul and the Place". Beijing, China
2017 The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, New York, USA
2016 State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2015 Art Athina, Papatzikou Art Gallery, Greece
2014 Biennale of UMAM, Cagnes-sur-Mer France
2013 Depardieu Art Galley “Cosmopolitis”, Nice France
2013 Artis Causa Gallery,CI Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Art Athina, Papatzikou Art Gallery, Greece
2010 “Artisterium 3”, Tbilisi Georgia
2010 “Chic Art Faire”, Depardieu Art Gallery, Paris France
2010 “Masquerades”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2009 Choros 18 Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2008 “Collage”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2008 State Museum of Contemporary Art/Palace of Khaan, Bachchisaray-Crimean
2006 22nd International Festival of Sarajevo
2005 “Cosmopolis,Microcosmos X,Macrocosmos”, State Museum of Contemporary Art
2005 “Visions” Kappatos Art Gallery, Hotel Imperial, Athens & Hotel Makedonia Palace, Thessaloniki Greece
2005 “BIDA” 16th Bienal Internacional Del Deporte En El Arte, Thessaloniki Greece & Les Atarazanas, Seville Spain
2005 Conference Artistes et Resaux Europeens, Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Etienne France
2004 “ATHINA BY ART”, AICA, Athens Greece
2004 “Action Field Kodra”, Thessaloniki Greece
2003 “Open Studios”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2003 “Balkan Women Artists”, Sofia Bulgary
2003 “Sketches, Sensitive personal facts”, French Institute, Thessaloniki Greece
2003 “4 Greek Artists”, Nylon Art Gallery, Istanbul Turkey
2002 “Fine Arts School of Saint-Etienne”, MEDIUM Art Gallery, Bratislava Slovakia
2002 “Sex… When all others do politics”, Zefxis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2001 “Matter-Work,Work-Matter”, Vafopouleio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki Greece
2000 “The Body”, Vafopouleio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki Greece
2000 “Women Artists”, UNESCO, Macedonian Studies Association, Thessaloniki Greece
1999 “8 Interventions in the city”, Historical Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece
1999 “On dirait la mer”, Marseille France
1998 “Hearing the Silence”, Titanium Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1998 “Cahier du Triangle”, Palazzo de Enzo, Bologna Italy
1997 Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe, Zefxis Art Gallery
1997 “EKO-TOPIA IX”, Athens Greece
1997 “Cahier du Triangle”, French Institute of Thessaloniki
1996 “Cahier du Triangle”, Saint-Etienne France
1995 “Artistic Interventions”, Airport of Thessaloniki
1993 Art Athina, Eirmos Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1993 “From two Dimensions to Space”, Zappeion, Athens Greece
1990 “Water and Europe”, Tours France
1987 4th Bienalle of Sculpture, Skironio Museum, Megaro Attikis, Athens Greece
1987 “Tribute to Dyrer”, Vroslav Poland
1987 “100 Years Kovak”, Budapest Hungary
1987 “International meeting of Artists”, Prilep Skopje
2017 7th Beijing Biennial of Contemporary Art. "The Body, The Soul and the Place". Beijing, China
2017 The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, New York, USA
2016 State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2015 Art Athina, Papatzikou Art Gallery, Greece
2014 Biennale of UMAM, Cagnes-sur-Mer France
2013 Depardieu Art Galley “Cosmopolitis”, Nice France
2013 Artis Causa Gallery,CI Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Art Athina, Papatzikou Art Gallery, Greece
2010 “Artisterium 3”, Tbilisi Georgia
2010 “Chic Art Faire”, Depardieu Art Gallery, Paris France
2010 “Masquerades”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2009 Choros 18 Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2008 “Collage”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2008 State Museum of Contemporary Art/Palace of Khaan, Bachchisaray-Crimean
2006 22nd International Festival of Sarajevo
2005 “Cosmopolis,Microcosmos X,Macrocosmos”, State Museum of Contemporary Art
2005 “Visions” Kappatos Art Gallery, Hotel Imperial, Athens & Hotel Makedonia Palace, Thessaloniki Greece
2005 “BIDA” 16th Bienal Internacional Del Deporte En El Arte, Thessaloniki Greece & Les Atarazanas, Seville Spain
2005 Conference Artistes et Resaux Europeens, Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Etienne France
2004 “ATHINA BY ART”, AICA, Athens Greece
2004 “Action Field Kodra”, Thessaloniki Greece
2003 “Open Studios”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece
2003 “Balkan Women Artists”, Sofia Bulgary
2003 “Sketches, Sensitive personal facts”, French Institute, Thessaloniki Greece
2003 “4 Greek Artists”, Nylon Art Gallery, Istanbul Turkey
2002 “Fine Arts School of Saint-Etienne”, MEDIUM Art Gallery, Bratislava Slovakia
2002 “Sex… When all others do politics”, Zefxis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki Greece
2001 “Matter-Work,Work-Matter”, Vafopouleio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki Greece
2000 “The Body”, Vafopouleio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki Greece
2000 “Women Artists”, UNESCO, Macedonian Studies Association, Thessaloniki Greece
1999 “8 Interventions in the city”, Historical Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece
1999 “On dirait la mer”, Marseille France
1998 “Hearing the Silence”, Titanium Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1998 “Cahier du Triangle”, Palazzo de Enzo, Bologna Italy
1997 Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe, Zefxis Art Gallery
1997 “EKO-TOPIA IX”, Athens Greece
1997 “Cahier du Triangle”, French Institute of Thessaloniki
1996 “Cahier du Triangle”, Saint-Etienne France
1995 “Artistic Interventions”, Airport of Thessaloniki
1993 Art Athina, Eirmos Art Gallery, Athens Greece
1993 “From two Dimensions to Space”, Zappeion, Athens Greece
1990 “Water and Europe”, Tours France
1987 4th Bienalle of Sculpture, Skironio Museum, Megaro Attikis, Athens Greece
1987 “Tribute to Dyrer”, Vroslav Poland
1987 “100 Years Kovak”, Budapest Hungary
1987 “International meeting of Artists”, Prilep Skopje
