LYDIA VENIERI
Born in Athens, Greece
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
Studied at the Ecole Nationale, Superieure des Beaux Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 See No Evil, Gallery Terra Tokyo, Japan (Cat.)
NEXT Art Fair, Stux Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 War Games, Stux Gallery, New York
New Photographs, Stux Gallery, New York
Scope Basel International Art Fair, Stux Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
The Nightly News, curated by Kathleen Goncharov and Stephan
Stoyanov, Luxe, New York
2006 Forever After, Gallery 3, Athens
The Venieri Tarot, Gallery Quang, Paris
War Games, Gallery Luxe, FIAC 2006, Paris
The Last Conflict, Location One, New York
For Ever After, Luxe, New York
Oh, You Beautiful Doll, curated by Douglas F. Maxwell, Andrea
Meislin Gallery, New York
2005 Forever After, Gallery Quang, Paris
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
For Ever After, Gallery Quang, Paris
2004 Sleeping Beauty Conscience, Mid-Manhattan Library, New York
FIAC 2004, Gallery Luxe, Paris
Art in General, Studio Visit, New York
Tower of Symbols Outdoor sculpture for the Summer Olympics, Athens
Athens Hibernation – Summer Olympics, Vernikos Foundation,
Kastella, Athens
Hibernation, Luxe Gallery, New York
Hibernation, Gallerie Three, Athens
Hibernation, Gallery Samy Kinge,Paris
Drawings, Luxe Gallery, New York
2003 Alive In New York, Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York
Centre Culturel Hellenique, Paris
2002 FIAC 2002, VideoNovella, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris
Atelier Mallet Stevens, Paris
Centre Cultural de Marrousi, Athens
2001 Summer Celebration, Sundaram Targore Gallery, New York
Storm On Moon, Selini Gallery, Athens
Greek Gods and Heroes, Centre for Contemporary Art in Dordrecht,
Netherlands
Beyond Being, Space Untitled, New York
2000 Greek Contemporary Art, Glassing Gallery, Munster, Germany
Beyond Being, Galerie Three, Athens
L\'Oeil De La Galerie "Samy Kinge", Selini Galerie, Athens
Axiome Lambda, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris
Beyond Being, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece
1999 A Water Melon, Beneton, Cinema Phiri, Athens
Pret Art Porter, Dakis Ioannou Fondation, Athens
Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Cultural Centre,
Stockholm, Sweden
Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Dazarma Museum,
Falum, Sweden
Touch of Art in Ordinary Objects, Selini Gallery, Athens
Opening of Posibilites, Hewlett Packard, Gazi, Athens
Aproaching Hellinism: Generation 80s & 90s, Vaiden Castle,
Luxembourg
Art Quake, Benakiom Museum, Athens
Who is Nostalgic, Galerie Vourkariani, Kia, Greece
Aproaching 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
Flying Art, Municipality of Athens, Varvakio Square, Athens
1997 Two Strangers on the Moon, Galerie Selini, Athens.
Cool Memories, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece
1996 Manifesta 1, Rotterdam
Pandora\'s Box, Women/Beyond Borders, California & Basel,
Switzerland
1995 Anima Mundis, Art Space X, Athens
International Video Art Festival, Syracuse, Italy
FIAC 1995, "Fin", Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris
Espace EIFFEL Branely, Paris
Manifeste Tellurique III, Gallerie Samy Kinge, Paris
1994 Manifeste Tellurique II, Galerie lola Nikolaou, Thessalonique, Greece
Manifeste Tellurique I, Gallerie d\'Athens, Athens
Premiere Rencontre Internationale de Sculpture, Centre Culturel
Europeen de Delphes, Delphes, Greece
1993 Anima Mundis, Banque Franco-Hellenique, Larissa
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, Galerie Asbaek Pilon, Copenhagan
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
FIAC 1988, Galerie Samy Kinge, Grande Palais, Paris
Les Figures De Lydia, Galerie Medoussa, Athens
Exposition de l\'Institue Francais d\'Athenes, Salle Costis Palamas, Athens
1987 Exposition Panhellenique, Piree, Greece
Carte Blanche, a l\'occation de l\'anniversaire de 10 ans du Centre George
Pompidou, Galeries Contemporaines, Paris
1986 Exposition personnelle, Galerie Samy Kinge, 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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Scope Miami, Terra Gallery
Art Miami, Stux Gallery
Moscow 2008, Terra Gallery
From Head to Toe, Stux Gallery, New York
NEXT Art Fair Chicago, Stux Gallery
2007 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
War Games, Gallery Quang, Show Off!, Paris
Scope Basel International Art Fair, Stux Gallery
Art Athina, Luxe Gallery, Athens
Art Chicago, Luxe Gallery
The Nightly News, curated by Kathleen Goncharov
And Stephan Stoyanov, Luxe, New York
2006 Tarot, Gallery Quang, FIAC 2006, Paris
The Last Conflict, Location One, New York
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, Foundation Hippocrene, Agence
De Rob Mallet-Stevens, Paris
Art Athina, Luxe Gallery, Milan
Diva, Luxe Gallery, New York
2004 Drawings, Luxe Gallery, New York
Tower of Symbols, Summer Olympics, Athens
2003 Alive in New York, Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York
2002 Atelier Mallet Stevens, Paris FIAC, Video Novella, Gallerie
Samy Kinge, Paris
2001 Storm On Moon, Selini Gallery, Athens
Greek Gods and Heroes, Centre for Contemporary Art,
Dordrecht, Netherlands
iPHONE ART
2009 Moonlight, 2009
ANIMATIONS AND MOVIES
Tomorrow, 2006
Epilisy, 2005
Last Conflict, 2005
Sleeping Beauty Conscience, 2002
Martha, 1996
Egg, 1995
BOOKS
Moonlight, 2006
Beyond Being, 2000
60 Drawings for Healthy Perversions by Tzimy Panousi, 1995
INTERNET ART
http://www.venieri.com/fin/
AWARDS and COMMISSIONS
Location One grant awarded by the John F. Costipoulous Foundation, 2006
Medal for Sculpture, Academie Francaise de Paris
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,
Commande d\'une serie de sculptures pour l\'Incitation a la Creation, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles