Alexandra Athanassiades was born in 1961 in Athens, Greece where she still lives and works.
Her higher education began in Switzerland, at Lugano’s Franklin College. In 1982 she graduated with distinction from Oxford University’s Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at St. Anne’s College and was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Printmaking. In 1984 she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from New York’s Columbia University.
Since 1984 she has shown her work in several solo and group exhibitions in Athens, Delphi, Ancient Messene, Poros, Larissa, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Patmos, Ioannina, Paris, New York Connecticut , Brussels, London and Monte Carlo where in 1995 she won the Princess Grace Foundation Award.
Several of Alexandra’s works are in important collections around the world and on permanent exhibition at Dutko gallery in Paris and Zoumboulakis Gallery in Athens.
Selection of works
Horse XC(B), 2012, Bronze,33 x 26 x 11 cm
Horse XCI, 2012, Wood and iron, 90 x 83 x 23 cm
Horse ΧCVI, 2012, Wood and iron, 116 x 195 x 13 cm
Alexandra Athanassiades, Ecali club, Athens, Greece (Exhibition and screening of the Documentary "Fragments" by Marianna Economou based on the artists work.)
Alexandra Athanassiades, Tatoi club, Athens, Greece (Exhibition and screening of the Documentary "Fragments" )
2018
«Erga pera apo tis grafes tou Kavafi» [Works beyond Kavafis' scripts], American School of Classical Studies at Athens, (Ionnis Makrigiannis wing) Athens
2017
«Fragments», Gallery Citronne, Poros
Permanent installation of a horse's sculpture , Athens College
2016
"Thorakes kai aloga" [Chains and horses], Messini Archeological Space, Messini
2014
"Ta aloga tou Iliou" [Helios' Horses] Megaron, Athens Consertt Hall (in parallel with the sculpture exhibition, designed for the "Friends of Music" Society's lucky charm in 2015), Athens
News from the Studios – A life-affirming show, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens.
Diachrony, Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece
Installation of 2 murals Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece.
2019
"Games & Toys", Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2018
« K.P. Kavafis: Apokrifi Istoria», King’s College – Hellenic Centre, London
Once upon a time..., Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2017
«Monuments» (on behalf of Dutko Gallery - London), London
«Giorgos Seferis: Otan to fos choreuei milo dikaia», B. & M. Theocharakis Visual Arts Foundation, Athens
«Small Paintings», Zoumboulakis Galleries 2015 & 2017, Athens
2015
«The Armory Show» (on behalf of Galerie Dutko - Paris), New York
«Kouroi kai Kores», Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Connecticut
«Now Open», Dutko Gallery, London
«PAD LONDON 2015» (Dutko Gallery) 2015 & 2017, London
«Summer 2015», Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2014
"Nautilus, Navigating Greece" BOZAR, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
"BRAFA 2014" Brussels, Belgium, (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko ,Paris)
«Imago Mundi: Traces of Today», Luciano Benetton Collection
«Duo Toichoi» [Two walls], permanent installation, Athens College Kindergarden
2013
"BRAFA 2013" Brussels , Belgium, (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko ,Paris)
"PAD LONDON 2013", London,UK (represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko ,Paris)
"Warriors" Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center,Connecticut,U.S.A.
"C.P. Cavafy, This Little Pencil Portrait" European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece
"Journey to the End of Night" Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
"C.P. Cavafy ,Pictured, 40 Greek Creators" B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music, Athens, Greece
"Desmos –The Art Of Giving"-Silent Auction, Athinais Cultural Center,Athens,Greece
2012
"The Other Greece" Kouros Gallery,New York ,USA (To benefit the Fullbright Foundation)
2011
"Heroes" Onassis Cultural Center, New York, USA
"BRAFA 2011" Brussels,Belgium(represented by Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko ,Paris)
2010
"Art Athina 2010", Athens,Greece (represented by Kouros Gallery, New York)
"Forest, Life, Civilization" Ilias Lalaounis Museum, Athens, Greece
"Forest, Life, Civilization" Leonidas Kanellopoulos Museum, Athens, Greece
"Departures" Athinais Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
"IETT 2010" Athens, Greece
"Marathon in the work of Eight Contemporary Artists" European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece
2009
"Art Athina 2009",Athens, Greece (represented by Kouros Gallery, New York)
"35 Artists for Democracy" Zappeion Megaron, Athens, Greece
"About the Horse" Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
2008
Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris, France
2007
"Ithaca Regained" Kouros Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Irving Sandler)
2005
"Table Top Sculptures" Kouros Gallery, New York, USA
"The Horse in Art" Gallery Ekfrasi, Athens, Greece
"Art Athina 2005",Athens, Greece (represented by Kouros Gallery, New York)
2004
"Aux Frontières de l'Héroisme, les Acrites Dans l'Europe Médiévale", Musée Nationale des Arts et Traditions Populaires,Paris
"Aux Frontières de l'Héroisme, les Acrites Dans l'Europe Médiévale",
Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
"Art Athina 2004" ,Athens, Greece (represented by Kouros Gallery, New York)
"Kaleidoscope" Champs Elysées, Paris
2003
"Art Athina 2003",Athens, Greece (represented by Kouros Gallery, New York)
Horse XC(B), 2012, Bronze,33 x 26 x 11 cm
Horse XCI, 2012, Wood and iron, 90 x 83 x 23 cm
Horse ΧCVI, 2012, Wood and iron, 116 x 195 x 13 cm
Linear II, 2012, Iron, 114 x 100 x 20 cm
