MARIA LIANOU
Born in 1976, in Limassol, Cyprus
Lives and works in Cyprus and Greece
WEBSITE
- 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