Christina Calbari lives and works in Athens
EDUCATION:
2003 Master in Digital Arts, School of Fine Arts Athens
2000 Bachelor in Painting, School of Fine Arts Athens
1999 Painting & Photography, Universitat der Kunste Berlin, UdK
DISTINCTIONS & GRANTS:
2020 Art Grant from the Greek Ministry of Culture for research on the relation between Visual Arts and Theater
2018 Art Grant from the Biehler von Dorrer Foundation, Munich
2001 1st Photography Award at the ΙV Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
1997 Stipendium by IKY Foundation, Greeece
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Home / Voyage, Espace L, Geneva, Switzerland
2023 The excursion, City of Athens Arts Center, Athens, Greece (curator: Christoforos Marinos)
2023 Hinterland, Francoise Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
2022 Exodus, Batagianni Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 Unveiled_Francoise Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
2015 Suspended_Francoise Heitsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
2013 Fantasiosis_Joey Ramone Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2012 Game Traps_ArtCore Gallery, Bari, Italy
2011 Paignia_Batagianni Gallery, Athens
2008 Stigmata_Batagianni Gallery, Athens
2007 Improvisations_Photographic Centre of Lectoure, France
2005 Childhood Abused_Batagianni Gallery, Athens
2002 Short Stories of Entrapment_Athens Gallery, Athens
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & THEATER PROJECTS:
2022
Maison d' Artistes, Francoise Heitsch Gallery Residency Space, Saint-Raphael, France
2021
Paper positions Munich - the show (with Francoise Heitsch Gallery) Karl & Fabel Art Auction House, Munich, Germany
Revalue_ Francoise Heitsch Gallery, Munich
Rethinking_Minou Art Space, Athens, Greece
Reading & Writing_Tatiana Dimou Art Space, Patras Greece
2020
Visualising Humanity_Network of Contemporary Culture Museums Athens
Set & Costume Design_Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens - Edmond by David Mamet
2019
Set & Costume Design_Herodion Ancient Theater of Athens - Women Assembly by Aristofanes
Set & Costume Design_Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens - Tales from Vienna Woods by Von Hovard
2018
Art-Athina '18, Francoise Heitsch Gallery Booth (Munich), Athens
Beloved collaborative Performance with video artist Manuela Hartel
Fantasiosis_foyer exhibition - HochXTheater Munich
Set & Costume Design_Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens - The Maids by Jean Jenet
Set Design_Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens - Duente by Lorca
2017
7th Beijing Biennial China 'The Body, The Soul and The Place -Contemporary Greek Artists'
Beloved collaborative Performance with Manuela Hartel_Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens
Costume Design_ Stegi Onassis Foundation - The Divine Comedy by Dante
2016
Art-Athina '16, Francoise Heitsch Gallery (Munich), Athens
Elles, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Costume Design_ Athens Greek Festival - Apologies 4 & 5 by Efthimis Filippou
Costume Design_ Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens - Diafores Epiloges Petros by Efthimis Filippou
2015
Imagomundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondatione Querini Stampalia, Venice
Set & Costume Design_Theatro Technis Karolos Koun Athens - Immanuel Kant by T. Berhard
2014
Painting III, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Art-Athina '14, Joey Ramone Gallery Booth (Rotterdam), Athens
Set Deign_Argo Theater Athens - Wit by M. Edson
Set & Costume Design_Neos Kosmos Theater Athens - Loot by John Orton
2013
Surprise & Reprise, RamFoundation, Rotterdam
Athens Pride, The Breeder gallery, Athens
Set Design_Argo Theater Athens - New Blood by M. Calbari
2012
Kunstvlaii 2012- Festival of Independents, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Attraction of the Opposites (Art Rotterdam), Cucosa, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
StartHub Project, Spazio Meme, Carpi (Modena)/Arte Accessibile, Milan/Stroke, Munich/Fabrica Fluxus, Bari
2011
Art Below, London, UK
2010
Iraqimemorial, Sheppard Arts Gallery, Nevada, USA
Theofagia, Athens Cultural Center, Greece
Black Field, Greek Film Archive Foundation, Athens, Greece
2009
Unfolding Absence, Athens Photo Festival 09, Greece
Political-Personal, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennial, Greece
2008
Women Only, Pinakothiki Margari, Amfilohia, Greece
The Big Sleep, Dimotiki Pinakothiki, Kalamata, Greece
Art-Athina Fair ‘08, Batagianni Gallery stand, Athens
Places: Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki/ Benaki Museum, Athens
2007
Action Field Kodra 07, Artist in Residency Program, Thessaloniki
Gedi Koule Prisons- International Workshop, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Who is there?, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Unfair, Galleries Exhibition, Batagianni Gallery, Imperial Hotel, Athens
Crossing the Borders-Visual Arts in Greece, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Greek Art in 21th Century –The Beltsios Collection, Trikala, Greece
The Photographic Portrait, Tsichritzi Visual Arts Institute, Athens /Skopelos Photographic Center
2005
Circum(de)scribed worlds, Telloglio Arts Foundation, Thessaloniki /Hellenic American Union, Athens
Curator (with K. Daflos) of the exhibition "Transitional Athens", Byzantine Museum Athens
Curator of the exhibition "Drawing AIDs", Technopolis Athens
2004
Contemporary Greek Photography, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin/Galerie der Stadt Sindelfinger, Stuttgart/
Stadtgalerie, Kiel/ Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle
2003
ArtLink@Sotheby's International Young Art 2003, The Genia ShreiberArt Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel/
Sotheby's Amsterdam, Holland/ MARS Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Repositories of Time, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki
2001
ΙV Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy
Emerging artists, Athens Gallery, Athens
Graduates Exhibition, The Factory, School of Fine Arts, Athens
