Maria Lianou

MARIA LIANOU

Born in 1976, in Limassol, Cyprus
Lives and works in Cyprus and Greece

WEBSITE

EMAIL

  • emaillianou@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION

2008-2001: Athens School of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department (BA Honors)
2000-1994: Athens School of Fine Arts, Painting Department (BA Honors)

SOLO EXHIBITION

2014:CONDITION: DIVING BOARD III, Art Athina,

Platform Projects, The Symptom Projects, Athens, Greece

CONTACT POINT, Two Person Show, Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cy

2011:LIKE YOU, I FORGOT. 50-1 Gallery, ‘The Window Project’, Limassol, Cyprus

2011:NATURAL HAPPY PILL, Open Showstudio, Vitrina Project, Athens, Greece

2010:MASSAGE YOUR TENSION AWAY, Center of Contemporary Art Diatopos,

Nicosia, Cyprus

2007:ROMAN CHARITY (KOUROTROPHOI SERIES), Center of Contemporary Art

Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2017: SPINE-Α day devoted to Artist-Led publishing, Phytorio (Visual Artists Cyprus),

exhibition catalogue and a day event of short talks, Nicosia, Cyprus

Ambiguous bodies: timeless interpretations, Co-organised by NeMe

and the Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki, curated by Areti Leopoulou,

invited by NeMe, exhibition-seminar

VANITY: HOW TO ENJOY BURNING BRIDGES YOU HAVEN’T BUILT,

Garage, Curated by Evagoras Vanezis & Evagoria Dapola, Nicosia, Cyprus

2016:LANDSCAPES, SELECTIONS FROM THE STATE COLLECTION,Evagoras and

Kathleen Lanitis Foundation, curated dy Savvas Christodoulides, Limassol, Cyprus

LIMASSOL: THE AFTERMATH OF DEVELOPMENT, Contemporary Art Exhibition

(Social Housing Buildings)_Architectural Photography Exhibition (Heroes’ Square

Monument)_Guided Architectural Tour by the Rialto Theatre to the Misiaouli

& Kavazoglou Municipal Social Housing Buildings_Lectures (Limassol’s City Hall),

curated by visual artist Maria Lianou and architect Alexandros Christophinis,

organised by the Cyprus Architects Association_Rialto Theatre_Limassol

Municipality, World Architecture Day 2016, Limassol, Cyprus

2015:EPITOPOU15, Αndros, Greece

THE POETICS OF MATTER, Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus

2014:MINIMUM STRUCTURE, Romantso, curated by Apostolis Artinos, Athens, Greece

2013:CASA AMALIA, Salon de Vortex, The Symptom Projects,

HOMO UNIVERSALIS REVISITED, ReMap4,curated by MariaPapaioannou –

Maria Dialektaki, Athens, Greece

DAYZ OF GLORY, Warehouse, curated by Sofia Touboura – Pavlos Tsakonas,

Athens, Greece

2013:CASA AMALIA, Salon de Vortex, The Symptom Projects, curated by Apostolis

Artinos, Athens, Greece

PROKAT, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece

THE DI-OBSCURITY OF SEX / THE SYMPTOM 4, Amfissa Old Hospital, curators

The Symptom Projects, Amfissa, Greece

ARTWORK AS UTILITARIAN OBJECT A’, Center for Contemporary Art Diatopos,

Nicosia, Cyprus

2012:EXTREME EXERCISES, Lust Party#5, LUST OFFICE, curators Extra-Conjugale,

Athens, Greece

UNANSWERED PRAYERS, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece[

BOUND: 1. A boundary, a limit. / 2.tied / 3. to leap forward or upward; spring, co-

Curated by Sofia Touboura, Maria Lianou, Nana Sachini and Inter Alios curated

by Artemis Potamianou, OpenShowStudio, Athens, Greece. These projects,

although independently curated, are presented within the framework of Through

the Roadblocks, a 3 year NeMe  project, which will culminate in a 3 day

international conference and a month long exhibition in November 2012.

P O S T, ΗOSTED IN ATHENS organized by Daily Lazy Projects, Six Dogs,

Theater Embros, OpenShowStudio, Skouze3, Epaskt, The Association of Greek

Archaeologists, 3 137, Athens, Greece

PUBLIC DOMAIN, Supermarket Art Fair 2012, Lo and Behold project, curators

Artemis Potamianou – Giorgos Papadatos, Stockholm, Sweden

PHYSICAL FRICTION, Open Showstudio, Vitrina Project, (P O S T, Collaborative

Project) Athens, Greece

BACK TO ATHENS 2012, curators George-Dimitris Georgakopoulos,

VIDEODROME, curator Kika Kyriakakou, Camp, Athens, Greece

STORIES NO WORDS CAN TELL, six d.o.g.s, curators Maria Papaioannou –

Maria Dialektaki, Athens

WHY ART NOW, Open Showstudio, Athens, Greece

BRIGITTE’S VARDO OR ALMOST 15 MINUTES, Re-activation of theatre

“Embros” from Kinisi Mavili, (Collaborative Project/Installation/Performance/

Photography exhibition) Athens, Greece

2011: ANIMACALL: The animation project 2011, Curators: Syrago Tsiara – Domna

Gounari, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Warehouse B1,

Port,Thessaloniki, Greece

UNDISCLOSED RECIPIENTS, TAF The Art Foundation, curator Panos

Skouloudis, Athens, Greece

SUMMERTIME,  Center of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus

2010: MADATAC (Muestra Abierta de Arte Audiovisual Contemporáneo), Guest

countries with little-known audio-visual production/Cyprus, ‘Dialogues with

the Machine’ presented by Yiannis Colakides and Helene Black, co-founders and

co-directors of NeMe, Sala Berlanga, Madrid, Spain

LOVE AND HATE, Center of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus

CYPRIOT ARTISTS IN THE HOUSE OF CYPRUS, from the collection of the

House of Cyprus, curator Maria Ragia, Athens, Greece

LIMASSOL VISUAL ARTISTS AT THE CASTLE, curator Nadia Anaxagorou,

Medieval Castle in Limassol, Cyprus

2009: ART ATHINA 2009 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, (with Center of Contemporary

Art Diatopos), Athens, Greece THE BEEHIVE EXPERIMENT, by AWA-Artists with

Attitude – in collaboration with Stoa Aeschylou, OT301 gallery, Amsterdam

2008: BERLIN NOW-THEN WE TAKE BERLIN, curated project by Sarah Belden

(Curators without Borders gallery, Berlin), Art Athina 2008 International Art Fair,

Athens, Greece

IN TRANSITION RUSSIA 2008, NeMe project, project initiators Helene Black (CY)

+ Sheila Pinkel (US), Museum of Fine Arts Ekaterinburg and National Centre of

Contemporary Art Moscow, Τhree day international conference – ‘IN

TRANSITION: Cultural Identities in the Age of Transnational and Transcultural

Flux’ Russia

A4 PROJECT, curator Artemis Potamianou, Action Field Kodra 2008,

Thessaloniki, Greece

ISOLOMANIA, Curator Helene Black, “Under Construction: Alternative Museum

Spaces”, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus

THE MIRROR STAGE, Exhibition concept-curator Yiannis Colakides, NeMe,

Lanitis Foundation, Cyprus University of Technology, Lanitis Foundation,

Limassol, Cyprus

2007: PUBLIC SCREEN, 1st Thessalonica Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki,

Greece

TRAUMA QUEEN, Curators Harris Kondosphyris-Zoi Pappa, Independent

Exhibition Venue, “Mediterranean” Hotel, Athens, Greece

2006: 10th INTERNATIONAL CAIRO ART BIENNIAL 2006, Palace of Arts, Gezira Arts

Center, Cairo, Egypt

IN TRANSITION, exhibition concept Helene Black, Sheila Pinkel, Lanitis

Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus

MAJORITIES IN SILENCE Common Man, Bios, Athens

TEMPORARY IDENTITIES, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia.

INDIANA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART &

ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL, Indiana University Art Gallery, NY

THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD’ – THE VENUS MOUNTAIN, Collaboration of

A.S.F.A. and B’ Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens,

Cultural Center Lounge, University of Athens ‘Kostis Palamas’, Book Publication-

Exhibition-Two-Day Forum, Athens

2005: 12th BIENNALE YOUNG ARTISTS OF EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN,

‘Passion’, Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, Italy UNCLAIMED LUGGAGE, Circulo de

Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain

VIDEOART, Factory A.S.F.A. Athens, Greece

ET IN IRAQ EGO OR THE WAR GOES ON, A-Station, Athens Center for

Contemporary Art, Book Publication – Exhibition – Two-Day Forum, Athens,

Greece

ANTIBODY, (seminar: curating and organizing art exhibitions by Marina Fokidi),

Artower Agora, Athens, Greece

2003: FILM AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL, Lookout e-light, Athens, Greece

2002: SUBURBIA’, THE VAST AREAS OF ATHENIAN SUBURBS, A-Station-Athens

Center for Contemporary Art- Book Publication – Exhibition, Athens, Greece

 

SCHOLARSHIPS

2003-2001: Fund Scholarship of the Bank of Cyprus

2003-2001: Scholarship of Paullina Paulidi Institution

1999-1994: Athenian Institution of State Scholarship

 

AWARDS

2006: Honorary Prize: ‘Best Pavilion’ 10th International Cairo Art Biennial 2006, Cairo

1998: First Prize of the Olympic Painting Competition organized by Cyprus Olympic

Committee

1994: Second Prize of the young Painters’ competition of Cyprus

 

SELECTED PRESS/REVIEWS

2017: ARTNET NEWS, magazine online, 14 March 2017,‘Why Cyprus Is Europe’s

Most Exciting Art Hub Right Now’, by Cathryn Drake

2010: SYNTHESEIS magazine, Jun 2010, ‘Promises of Happiness’

text by Margarita Paraskevaidou, pg.66

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 15 May 2010, ‘The

simulacra of happiness in convenience pack’, an interview

with Giorgos Savvinides, pg.47

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 18 May 2010,

‘Happiness Simulators’, text by Giorgos Savvinides, pg.47

TIMEOUT Cyprus, May 2010, Don’t Miss… pg.14, Art,

‘Massage your tension away’,text by Xenia Tsamanta ,pg.124

POLITIS Cyprus newspaper, 17 May 2010, ‘Art and lightness’, pg.48

SIMERINI Cyprus newspaper, 19 May 2010, ‘Play with

desire and aside your tension’ pg.40

ALITHIA Cyprus newspaper, 21 May 2010, ‘Massage your tension away’

HARAVGI Cyprus newspaper, ‘euphoria, melancholy,

calm’, by Polina Sokratous

ARTERI magazine online, Jun 2010, Cover image, ‘Love

and Hate @ Diatopos’, pg.1-52-53, #12

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 6 Jun 2010, ‘Maria

Lianou’, review by Margarita Paraskevaidou, pg.46

2009: BOOKPRESS, ‘From boudoir to the library’ text by Sotiris

Vandoros, pg.3-28-29

SIMERINI Cyprus newspaper, 23 May 2009, ‘Center of

Contemporary Art Diatopos at Art Athina 2009’

ARTINFO magazine online, 28 May 2009, ‘Art-Athina

Makes a Comeback’ by Cathryn Drake

2008: ARTNET magazine online, May 2008, ‘Peripheral Vision’ by Kimberly Bradley

ARTERI magazine Nicosia, ‘Maria Lianou’ – Roman Charity 2007’, pg.06-11, #5

2007: POLITIS Cyprus newspaper, 21 Oct 2007, Art and Culture

‘Maria Lianou’: ‘Roman Charity’, pg.70

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 21 Oct 2007,

‘Roman Charity’/ Maria Lianou’, review by Margarita Paraskevaidou, pg.41

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 10 Oct 2007,

Culture – ‘Silicone Happiness’, text Giorgos Savvinides,pg.35

POLITIS Cyprus newspaper, 10 Oct 2007, pg.61

ALITHIA Cyprus newspaper, 10 Oct 2007, ‘In search of talents’, pg.28

TIMEOUT Cyprus, Oct 2007, ‘Face of the month – Maria

Lianou’, ‘Silicone Happiness’, text by Xenia Tsamanta, pg.10- 16-121

POLITIS Cyprus newspaper, The Sunday Paper, 7 Oct 2007,

Agenda ‘Fulfilling desires’, pg.74

POLITIS-PURPLE magazine, 7 Oct 2007, ‘Roman Charity’, pg.62-84

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 30 Sep 2007,

‘Roman Charity – Silicone… happiness’, an interview with

Giorgos Savvinides, pg.38

SIMERINI Cyprus newspaper, 30 Sep 2007, ‘There was

light and I stepped in – ‘New artistic proposition by Maria Lianou’, pg.38

SYNTHESEIS magazine, 7 Sep 2007, pg.74

SYNTHESEIS magazine, 7 Oct 2007, ‘Heaven made of

silicone’, text by Maria Panayiotou, pg.62

TA NEA Greece newspaper, 11 Sep 2007, ‘Holidays,

Tourism and traumas in the blender – Pain/Misery becomesart’, pg.41

ELEFTHEROTYPIA Greece newspaper, 14 Aug 2007,

‘Traumas need an appropriate sense of humor’, pg.29

2006: PHILELEFTHEROS, 16 Dec 2006, ‘Reviewing Cyprus in Cairo Art Biennial’ pg.41

2005: GAP, Greek Art Projects, Nov-Dec 2005, ‘12th Biennial of

Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’, a brief

correspondence. Maria Lianou’, pg.26-27, #6

POLITIS Cyprus newspaper, 8 Nov 2005, ‘12th Biennale

Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’, pg.55

SIMERINI Cyprus newspaper, 4 Oct 2005, ‘12th Biennale

Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’

PHILELEFTHEROS Cyprus newspaper, 4 Oct 2005, ‘12th

Biennale Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’

LA REPUBBLICA, Affari&Finanza, 26 Sep 2005,

Multimedia, L’evento di Napoli, text by Andrea Rustichelli, pg.25

 

SELECTED CATALOGUES / PUBLICATIONS

2016: LIMASSOL: THE AFTERMATH OF DEVELOPMENT, published by ANBAU,

curated by Maria Lianou – Alexandros Christophinis, (publ)

2010: MASSAGE YOUR TENSION AWAY Maria Lianou,

published by the artist, (publ)

DAIRY – LYKIO ELLINIDON AMMOCHOSTOU 80 YEARS,

curator Eleni Nikita, week 11

2008: IN TRANSITION RUSSIA 2008, published by (NCCA),

Russian Federation in collaboration with the Independent

Museum of contemporary Art (IMCA), the exhibition

platform of NeMe, (cat) pg.84-85-189

ROMAN CHARITY (Kourotrophoi Series), published by the artist, (publ)

ACTION FIELD KODRA 2008, A4 project, curator Artemis Potamianou, (cat)

THE MIRROR STAGE International Video Art Exhibition,

published by NeMe, (cat) pg.54

ISOLOMANIA, published by YK:EMX in collaboration with NeMe, (cat)

2007: TRAUMA QUEEN, Curators Harris Kondosphyris-Zoi

Pappa, published by Futura, (cat) pg.72-75

IN TRANSITION CYPRUS 2006, Book Publication, (cat) pg.117.

PUBLIC SCREEN BIENNALE: 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of

Contemporary Art, (cat) pg.36.

2006: 10th INTERNATIONAL CAIRO ART BIENNIAL 2006, Cairo,(cat)

10th INTERNATIONAL CAIRO ART BIENNIAL 2006,

Cairo, published by Ministry of Education and Culture–

Culture Services Cyprus, (cat)

2006: MAJORITIES IN SILENCE, Common Man’, (cat)

THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD – The Venus Mountain,

Workshop- Exhibition, (publ)

2005: 12th BIENNIAL OF YOUNG ARTISTS OF EUROPE AND

THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES, exhibition

catalogue, pg.12-13-26-27

2004: ET IN IRAQ EGO or the war goes on, curator Varvara

Papadopoulou, published by Plethron, (publ) pg.180-195

2003: ANTIBODY, (seminar: curating and organizing art

exhibitions by Marina Fokidi), (cat)

2002: NO LIMITS, THE VAST AREAS OF ATHENIAN SUBURBS,

published by Futura, (publ) pg.205-10

 

Filmography

FEEL FULLY CHARGED, 2011, 1′ 20”

TRANSIT, 2007, 2′ 35”

FLOW, 2000, 2′ 32”

SOLILOQUY, 2003, loop

RECEPTION CARPET, 2003, video installation

MONUMENT, 2003, video installation

ΑΝΤΙΕΞΟΥΘΕΝΟΤΙΚH ΣΥΣΚΕΥΗ, 2002, video installation

 

Film screenings

2010:MADATAC (Muestra Abierta de Arte Audiovisual Contemporáneo), Guest countries

with little-known audio-  visual production/Cyprus, ‘Dialogues with the Machine’

presented by Yiannis Colakides and Helene Black, co-founders and co-directors of

NeMe, Sala Berlanga, Madrid, Spain

2008:IN TRANSITION RUSSIA 2008, NeMe project, project initiators Helene Black (CY)

+ Sheila Pinkel (US), Museum of Fine Arts Ekaterinburg and National Centre of

Contemporary Art Moscow, Τhree day international conference – ‘IN

TRANSITION: Cultural Identities in the Age of Transnational and Transcultural

Flux’ Russia

2008:ISOLOMANIA, Curator Helene Black, “Under Construction: Alternative Museum

Spaces”, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus

THE MIRROR STAGE, Exhibition concept-curator Yiannis Colakides, NeMe,

Lanitis Foundation, Cyprus University of Technology, Lanitis Foundation,

Limassol, Cy

2006:TEMPORARY IDENTITIES, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia.

INDIANA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART & ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL, Indiana

University Art Gallery, NY

2005:VIDEOART, Factory A.S.F.A. Athens, Greece