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Lydia Venieri is a major[1] Greek artist, and a descendant of the Greek branch of the Venier family[2] . Born in Athens, she studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, and later lived in Paris. She is currently living in New York. Her web site dates from 1995, and showed some of the first Internet-based art.[3][4]

Venieri is well known for her evocative sculpture installations which bridge mythology with current events, and for her ability to combine humor with self reflection on human conditions in our times, through her characters that are taken from mythology, history, fairy tales and daily life. In her stories dreams reinforce reality and reality reinforce dreams.

The provocative visualizations of the universe of Venieri's work offer a Potnian statement about the world in flux in which we live.

Solo exhibitions

2011 THE DOLPHIN CONSPIRACY, [5] Gallery Lola Nikolauo, Thessaloniki

SOS, Gallery Isabel Aninat, Santiago de Chile

The Last Conflict, [6], Stux Gallery, New York

2010 Bathhouse of the Winds[7], Athens
Phallic Lotus, 2004

2008 See No Evil, Terra Gallery Tokyo, Japan

2007 War Games, Stux Gallery, New York

War Games, Gallery Lola Nikalou, Thessalonica
See No Evil,911, 2008


2006 Forever After, Gallery 3, Athens

For Ever After, Luxe, New York

2005 For Ever After, Gallery Quang, Paris

2004 Athens Hibernation – Summer Olympics, Vernikos

Sleeping Beauty Conscience, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York

Foundation, Kastella, Athens

Hibernation, Luxe Gallery, New York

2002 Hibernation, Gallerie Three, Athens

Hibernation, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris

2001 Summer Celebration, Sundaram Targore Gallery, New York

Beyond Being, Space Untitled, New York

2000 Beyond Being, Galerie Three, Athens

Axiome Lambda, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris

Beyond Being, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece

1999 Who is Nostalgic, Galerie Vourkariani, Kia, Greece

1997 Two Strangers on the Moon, Galerie Selini, Athens

Cool Memories, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece

1995 Anima Mundis, Art Space X, Athens

Manifeste Tellurique III, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris

1994 Manifeste Tellurique II, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece

Manifeste Tellurique I, Gallerie d'Athens, Athens

1993 Anima Mundis, Banque Franco-Hellenique, Larissa

1990 Exposition personnelle, Galerie Asbaek Pilon, Copenhagen

1988 FIAC 1988, Galerie Samy Kinge, Grande Palais, Paris

Les Figures De Lydia, Galerie Medoussa, Athens

1986 Exposition personnelle, Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris
[edit] Group exhibitions

2008 Scope 08, Terra Gallery, Miami

Art Miami 08, Stux Gallery, Miami

Moscow 2008, Terra Gallery, Moscow

From Head to Toe, Stux Gallery, New York

NEXT Art Fair, Stux Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art

War Games, Gallery Quang, Show Off!, Paris

Scope Basel International Art Fair, Stux Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

Art Athina, Luxe Gallery, Athens

Art Chicago, Luxe Gallery, Chicago

Art Miami, Stux Gallery, Miami, FL

The Nightly News, curated by Kathleen Goncharov and Stephan Stoyanov, Luxe, New York

2006 War Games, Gallery Luxe, FIAC 2006, Paris

Tarot, Gallery Quang, FIAC 2006, Paris

The Last Conflict, Location One,[8] New York

The Venieri Tarot, Gallery Quang, Paris

Oh, You Beautiful Doll, curated by Douglas F. Maxwell, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York

2005 ARTISSIMA 12, Luxe Gallery, Turin

Platonic Exodus - FIAC 2005, Luxe Gallery, Paris

It's Not About Sex, Luxe Gallery, New York

Propos d'Europe IV, Fondation Hippocrene,

Agence de Rob Mallet- Stevens, Paris

Art Athina, Luxe Gallery, Athens

Flash Art Fair, Luxe Gallery, Milan

Diva, Luxe Gallery, New York

2004 Drawings, Luxe Gallery, New York

FIAC 2004, Gallery Luxe, Paris

Art in General, Studio Visit, New York

Tower of Symbols, Summer Olympics, Athens

2003 Alive In New York, Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York

Centre Culturel Hellenique, Paris

2002 Lydia Venieri, Atelier Mallet Stevens, Paris

FIAC 2002, VideoNovella, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris

Lydia Venieri, Centre Cultural de Marrousi, Athens

2001 Storm On Moon, Selini Gallery, Athens

Greek Gods and Heroes, Centre for Contemporary Art in Dordrecht, Netherlands

2000 Greek Contemporary Art, Glassing Gallery, Munster, Germany

L'Oeil De La Galerie "Samy Kinge", Selini Galerie, Athens

1999 A Water Melon, Beneton, Cinema Phiri, Athens

Pret Art Porter, Dakis Ioannou Fondation, Athens

Approaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden

Approaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s,Dazarma Museum, Falum, Sweden

Touch of Art in Ordinary Objects, Selini Gallery, Athens

Opening of Possibilities, Hewlett Packard, Gazi, Athens

Approaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Vaiden Castle, Luxembourg

Art Quake, Benakiom Museum, Athens

Approaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, National Gallery of Greece, Athens 1998 Triptych, Downtown Gallery, Athens

Art & Technology Festival, Eleana Tounta Gallery, Athens

Trash Art, Gazi, Athens

Croix Rouge, Athens

Flying Art, Municipality of Athens, Varvakio Square, Athens

1997 42nd Salon de Montrouge, Paris

1996 Manifesta 1, Rotterdam Pandora's Box, Women/Beyond Borders, California and Basel, Switzerland[9]

1995 International Video Art Festival, Syracuse, Italy

FIAC 1995, "Fin", Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris

Lydia Venieri, Espace EIFFEL Branely, Paris

1994 Premiere Rencontre Internationale de Sculpture,

Centre Culturel Europeen de Delphes, Delphes, Greece

1992 Ermata. Errance du Sacre, Galerie Montenay, Paris

Spira I. Douze Createurs Grecs, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid

Metamorphoses du Moderne, Pinacotheque Nationale Athens

1990 Exposition personnelle, Les Sistres du Temps, Ancien Musee Archeologique Municipalite de Thessalonique, Thessalonique, Greece

1989 Biennale Internationale de Jeunes Createurs, Musee Skirnion, Athens

Espirt et Corps, sous les auspices du Ministere de la Culture Greece, Zappion Athens

Celebration de la Terre, organisation par Earth Trust, Centre Culturel du Parc de la Liberte, Athens

Humour et Revolution, organisee a l'occation de 200 ans de la Revolution Franciase, Biennale de Cannes, Cannes et Barcelone, Barcelona

1988 Image et Lettre, Galerie Niki Diana Marquardt, Paris

Salon de Montrouge, Paris

Exposition de l'Institute Francais d'Athenes, Salle Costis Palamas, Athens

1987 Exposition Panhellenique, Piree, Greece
Madame Pompidou discussing with Lydia Venieri her sculpture installation, "La Femme Decoupee" during Carte Blanche at the Georges Pompidou center, 1987

Carte Blanche, a l'occation de l'anniversaire de 10 ans du Centre George Pompidou, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris

Paris Salon des Comparaisons, Grande Palais, Paris

Biennale de Jeunes Createurs de la Mediterannee Europeenne, Thessalonique, Greece

1985 Salon de Mai, Grande Palais, Paris

1983 Exposition a l'Ateilier de Yankel, Galeire Bernanos, Paris
iPhone Art

Moonlight, 2009
Animations and Movies

Tomorrow, 2006

Epilisy, 2005

Last Confilict, 2005

For Ever After, 2004

Sleeping Beauty Conscience, 2002

Martha, 1996

Egg, 1995
Books

Moonlight, Lydia Venieri, 2006

Beyond Being, Lydia Venieri, 2000

60 Drawings for Healthy Perversions by Tzimy Panousi, 1995
Internet Art

Fin, http://www.venieri.com/fin/

Her Story, http://www.venieri.com/herstory/

Apology, http://www.venieri.com/apology/

Temple, http://www.venieri.com/icon/

Tarot, http://www.venieri.com/tarot/

Isis, http://www.venieri.com/isis/
Theatre

Set design for Sarah & Lorraine by Marc Israel-Le Pelletier, Sanford Meisner Theatre, New York.

Set design for Sarah & Lorraine by Marc Israel-Le Pelletier, Storefront Theatre, Chicago.

Set design for Hellenic Orchestra's tour of USSR, Soviet Union

Set design & costumes for The Lady from Ancona, Anatolia of my Soul: 75 years since the Asian Minor Catastrophy, Theatre of Northern Greece, Drama & Lykabetus Theatre Atheans, 1997

Set design for "Inventaires" de Philippe Minyana, directed by Elia Kountis, l'Institute Francais d'Athenes.

Set design for Daphnis & Cloe, Octana Theatrical Group, Apothiki, Athens the lady form Ancona, Anatolia of my Soul: 75 years since the Asian Minor Catastrophy, Lykabetus Theatre, Athenia n Festival, 1997

The Five Seasons, Dance theater Octana 1995
Awards and Commissions
Four meter tower built from iron for the Athens Olympics. here shown at Parthenis Darsilion, Athens, 2004

Medal for Sculpture, Académie française de Paris, 2004

Tower of Symbols, Open Air Sculpture, Central Athens, 2004

Wall of Symbols, Sculpture, Atelier Mallet Stevens, Paris

Lydia on Broadway.com, CD-ROM sponsored by Art Magazine and Hewlett Packard

"Infinity", Collaboration with artist Takis on the sculpture.

Commande en plein air d'une serie de sculputre Eros et Psyche, Fondation Alexandre Iolas, Athenes

Commande d'une serie de sculptures pour l'Incitation à la Creation, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles

Carte Blanche, a l'occation de l'anniversaire de 10 ans du Centre George Pompidou, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris

Commande en plein air d'une serie de sculputre Eros et Psyche, Fondation Alexandre Iolas, Athenes

Commande d'une serie de sculptures pour l'Incitation à la Creation, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles

Carte Blanche, a l'occation de l'anniversaire de 10 ans du Centre George Pompidou, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris
Exhibition Catalogues

No Evil, Beth Wilson, 2008

Oh You beautiful Doll, Douglas F. Maxwell, 2006

For Ever After, Niko Daskalothanassi, 2005

Olympic 2004, Nelly Kyriazi, 2004

Alive in New York, Nadia Argyropoulou, 2003

Hibernation, Marek Bartelik, 2002

Propos d'Europe, Jean Guyot and Pascale le Thorel, 2002

Pandora's Box, Women Beyond Borders, Sania Papa, 2000

Truthful and Authentic Communication, Sania Papa, 2000

Beyond Being, Lydia Venieri, 2000

Approaching Hellinism, Nelly Kyriazi, 1999

Lydia's Cool Memories, Sania Papa, 1997

Who is Nostalgic, Nikos Dalaretos, 1999

Manifesta, 1996

Telluric Manifesto, Sania Papa, 1994

Anima Mundis, Takis, 1993

Ermata, Wanderings of the Sacred, Sania Papa, 1992

Spira, Sania Papa, 1992

Metamorphose of the Modern, Anna Kafetzi, 1991

Chimes of Time, Jacques Lacarriere, 1990

Humor ad Revolution, Cannes & Barselona, 1989

Spirit and Body, Dora Rogan, 1989

The Gods Revist, Pierrre Giquel, 1988

The Figures of Lydia, Demosthenes Davvetas, 1988

Lydia Venieri -FIAC 88, Nicole Kinge, 1988

Lydia Venieri, Gerard Barriere, 1988

Carte Blanche, Centre George Pompidou, 1987
Articles

"Lydia Venieri - Caramelos amargos, Thomas Vio,Art AlLimite, No33, 2008

"No Evil" Series, Jean Miyake Downey, Japan Focus, April, 2008

Photography Fall 2007, John Haber, Haberarts, April 2008

War Games by Lydia Venieri, Yatser, November 2007

War Games at Stux Gallery, Holden, Holden's Blog, November 2007

Lydia Venieri's Politically Charged Dollies, Abby Hertz, Few Reviews, November 2007

Decouverte: Lydia Venieri, Pierrick Thebault, November 2007

ShowOff: les enfant aussi, Connaissance des Arts, October 2007

Lydia Veneiri, The Caretaker, BOE Gazette, October 2007

The Nightly News, Lieven De Boeck, AbsoluteArts, January 2007

Il Mercato e le Sue Passioni, Lucia Spadano, Segno, November 2007

Mary Hrbacek, Lydia Venieri at Stux Gallery, M, November 2007

Lydia Venieri - War Games, le Parisien, October 2007

War Games, Sandra Lapaz ,AM New York, September 2007

Art Under Siege, Julia Morton, New York Press, September 2007

Cult Carnage, R.C Baker, Village Voice, January 2007

Vision To Visuals: War games, Baldev Duggal, Digital PhotoPro, November 2007

Nature Wins Back the Planet,Glow, Xenia Givoglu, July 2006

Lydia Venieri, Sarah Tanguy, Sculpture, September 2005

Hibernation, Nadia Argyropoulou, Marie Claire, 2004

Hibernation, Natalie Angles, Location One, 2004

Theatrical Universe, Arian Lazaridi, Vogue, May 2004

Between Heaven and Earth, Katerina Asimakopoulou/Kostas Pigadas, Vogue, May 2003

Art Sales: Battle of the Art Fairs, Colin Gleadell, Daily Telegraph, 3 October 2003

Myth Maker, Flavia Bigi, Soloarte, 2002

Lydia Venieri, Kathimerini, 2002

Sleeping beauty Awakes, Paraskevi Katiergi, Ta Nea, 21/10/02

Maison Decoration, Oct 2002

Dolls in the Snow, Henrie-Francois De Bailleux, Liberation, April 2002

New York Stories, Nina maria Pashalidou/Caliope, Life & Style, June 2001

Sketches and Words, Taki Maurotas, Marie Claire, May 2000

Naughty Sketches, Hary Savopoulos, Agelioforos, 16/4/2002

Ellie's melting Ice Cream, Thessalokini, 12/4/2002

With the Guarantee of the Imagination, Fotini Bloyianni, Panselinos, August 2000

Harpers Bazzar, George Carouzakis/Camilo Nollas May 2000

Beyond Being, Ego, Apr 2000

Eli's Big Trip, Enimerosi, Apr 2000

Delphi, Elenor Heartney Hellas Sculpture, Winter 1999

Trash Art, Ozon, Oct 1998

The Athenians, Ana Mihalitsianou, L'Officiel, 1998

Trash Art, Klick, Oct 1998

Trash Art, Ependtis, 19/9/98

Trash Art, Yanni Dimitriadi, Diphano, 1998

Two Days in Gazi, Kathimerini, 18/9/98

Art with Trash, Michalis Petrides, Eleutherotypia, 11/9/98

Art with Trash, Exousia, 8/9/98

Two Strangers in the Moon, Eleutheros Typos, 25/9/97

This Little World, Seventeen, Flora Camhi, December 1997

Lydia Venieri: My Relation with the Computer is Platonic. Her Internet Work Since 1994, Amaryssia, 25/11/96

CD_ROM or not CD-ROM, Aspasia Dimitriadi, Art Magazine, 1996

Anima Mundis/ Memory Installation, Athinorama, Nov 1995

Pandoras Box, Art Magazine,

The Sound of the Body, Maria Maragou, Eleutherotypia, 4/11/95

Time Environment & Humans, Angelo Polydoro, Amarysia, 2/6/1995

Lydia Venieri by Nikos Stathoulis, Apogeumatini, 1995

Telluric Manifeto, Sania Papa, Inside, Mar 1995

Lydia Venieri's show in Larisa, Eleutreria, 25/4/1995

Telluric Manifesto, Henrie-Francois De Bailleux, Liberation, 1995

At the Planet of Art, Olivia Manzari, Votre Beautué, Feb 1995

Telluric Manifesto, Nikos Dakalothanasis, Art Magazine, 1995

Anima Mundis, Arti, Eleni Pyrioti, Oct 1995

Successful Meeting of Creation in Delphi, Amanda Mihalopoulou, Kathimerini, 10/8/1994

Sculptures Under the Shadow of Apollo, Maria Maragou, Eleutherotypia, 8/8/94

The Meeting, Elenor Heartney, Arti, 1994

With the Winds of Glory, Maria Hasapi, Amaryssia, 17/10/94

Art with Lava, Dimitra Rouboula, Ethnos, 7/10/94

Sculpture pierces the Universe, Thanasis Lalas, To Perodiko, 1994

The Telluric Manifesto, Marina Pisperi, Reumata, Nov/Dec 1994

Sculputres in Delphi, LL, Eleutherotypia, 1994

The Mythical World of Lydia Venieri, Tonia Bogdano/Tasos Paylidis, Madame Figaro, 1994

Lydia Venieri, Nikos Dakalothanasis, Art Magazine, 1994

The Art of Memory, Amanda Mihalakopoulou, Elle, 1994

Person, Ta Nea, 1/8/94

Internet Sculpture, Irini Mitropoulos, Adesmeutos, 1994

The Poetic Universe of Lydia Venieri, Agape Tsahpinoglou/Antoine Rosés, Elle Decor, 1992

Lydia's Universe, Elite, 1992

Lydia Venieri an Active Volcano, Dossi Iordanidou, Diva, December 1991

Lydia Venieri, Alex du Val, Max, 1991

With Volcanic Lava, Nikos Stathoulis, Votre Beautué, Jan 1991

The Guts of Earth, Sania Papa, Art Magazine, 1991

Universal Harmony, La Mia Casa, Nov 1990

The Sistres of Time, George Yanopoulo/Athena Kyriakidou, SL, December 1990

The Sistres of Time, Sania Papa, Sima, 1990

Lydia Venieri, Apogeumatini, 16/12/90

Universal Harmonies at the New Mosque, Olga Bati, Gynaika, 1990

This little great world, Veneri in Thesalonica, Takis Maurotas, Pantheon , 17 December 1990

Young creators, Anne Danberg, Art Press, 1989

Lydia Venieri, Dora Rogan, Kathimerini, 11/12/1988

L'Activite Culturelle, Canal Magazine, 1986
External links

homepage
Stux Gallery - Lydia Venieri
Gallery Quang
Galleri S.E, Norway
lydia venieri on Vimeo

References

^ Bibliographie D'histoire de L'art By Institut de l'information scientifique et technique (France), Getty Art History Information Program, Comité français d'histoire de l'art, College Art Association of America, Art Libraries Society of North America Published by Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut de l'information scientifique et technique, 1995 Item notes: vol.5 no.4 1995
^ I Raggvagli Di Parnasso: Or Advertisements from Parnassus, in Two Centuries, with the Politick Touch Stone (1656)
^ What's New: March 1995 - http://www.iasfbo.inaf.it/extras/Services/Local/WhatsNew/95/whats-new-9503.html
^ By Aimé Césaire, Annick Thébia-Melsan, Gérard Lamoureux, Martinique Conseil régional, International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (Organization), Unesco Published by Maisonneuve & Larose, 2000 ISBN 2706814233, 9782706814235
^ http://www.industrynews.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4402%3Alola-nikolaou-art-gallery-1310-1211-&catid=122%3Aellada&Itemid=315
^ The Last Conflict, Stux Gallery, New York
^ The Bathhouse of the Winds, Athens
^ Location One
^ Manifesta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifesta

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