Stratou Danae
The artist was born at 1964, in Athens, Greece.
She holds a BA (Hons) Fine Art – Sculpture, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London Institute (1983-88).
She teaches at the Athens Art School of Fine Arts (Masters of Fine Arts Degree).
In 2010 she initiated and co-founded the non-profit organization Vital Space. Vital Space is a global, interdisciplinary, cross-media art platform addressing the pressing issues of our time.
Selection of works
Black boxes, 2012, Black metal layer of aluminium
CUT - 7 dividing lines, 2007, Photography in Plexiglass, Tirage 1/3-3/3, 150x112 cm
CUT - 7 dividing lines, 2007, Photography in Plexiglass, Tirage 1/3-3/3, 150x112 cm
See Through, 2005, Photography in Plexiglass, Tirage 1/3-3/3, 150x112 cm
See Through, 2005, Photography in Plexiglass, Tirage 1/3-3/3, 150x112 cm
See Through, 2005, Photography in Plexiglass, Tirage 1/3-3/3, 150x112 cm
SoloExhibitions
2012
"Black Boxes!", Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Project Vital Space - Instabul. Curator Nicholas Tsoutas, *SCA Galleries (Sydney College of the Arts), Sydney, Australia
Project Vital Space - Instabul. Curator Nicholas Tsoutas, *SCA Galleries (Sydney College of the Arts), Sydney, Australia
2011
A solo presentation of The River of Life, *at the Old Bath House of the Winds. Organised by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens
2010
Solo Exhibition, ICESONGS , *at La Verriere (Fondation D' Enterprise Hermes). Curator Alice Morgain, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Breathing Circle, outdoor installation, *Sani Festival in collaboration with the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Curators Areti Leopolulou & Theodore Markoglou. Halkidiki, Greece
GroupExhibitions
2012
Participation at the Adelaide Festival. Exhibition RESTLESS - Adelaide International 2012 Curator Victoria Lynn. Project The Globalising Wall. Australia
2010
The presentation of her project Vital Space - Istanbul at Tophane in Istanbul. An invitation & commission by Istanbul Cultural Capital of Europe 2010, in the context of the international exhibition Lives and Works in Istanbul.
2008-2009
Water / Currents, Exhibition Series: The four elements of nature and man. Thessaloniki Museum of Photography. Curators: Gabriel Bauret & Vangelis Ioakimidis. Thessaloniki, Greece.
Art + Nature: Environment Action ’08, Villa Kazouli, co production of The State Museum of Contemporary Art &The Hellenic Ministry of Public Works and the Environment. Curator, Yannis Bolis. Athens, Greece
Art + Nature: Environment Action ’08, Villa Kazouli, co production of The State Museum of Contemporary Art &The Hellenic Ministry of Public Works and the Environment. Curator, Yannis Bolis. Athens, Greece
2008
Transexperiences - Greece 2008, 798 Space. National Museum of Contemporary Art / EMST. Curator, Dr. Anna Kafetsi. Beijing, China
Parallel City II, Outdoor installation in the context of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Art Photo Expo Miami. Participation with Zone D and Basia Embiricos Galleries. Miami, USA.
The Portrait of a Museum, Averoff Museum. Curators: Olga Mentzafou-Polyzou, Katherina Stathopoulou. Metsovo, Greece
Material Links, MOCA, Shanghai. Curator, Iris Kritikou. In the context of cultural year of Greece in China. Shanghai, China
Art Athina, exhibition Open Plan 2008, Curator, Bettina M. Busse. Participation with Zone-D Gallery. Athens, Greece
Parallel City II, Outdoor installation in the context of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Art Photo Expo Miami. Participation with Zone D and Basia Embiricos Galleries. Miami, USA.
The Portrait of a Museum, Averoff Museum. Curators: Olga Mentzafou-Polyzou, Katherina Stathopoulou. Metsovo, Greece
Material Links, MOCA, Shanghai. Curator, Iris Kritikou. In the context of cultural year of Greece in China. Shanghai, China
Art Athina, exhibition Open Plan 2008, Curator, Bettina M. Busse. Participation with Zone-D Gallery. Athens, Greece