EGLI PETTA / ΑΙΓΛΗ ΠΕΤΤΑ
www.egli-petta.com
Egli Petta was born 1981 in Athens. She is a member of Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (painting department). She has studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at the University of Sunderland (with 2:1 grade). After she did her MA in Drawing as Process at Kingston University in London and she decided to continue her studies in Museum, galleries sector at the University of Manchester. Her personal journey in art begins in an early age as she grows up in family orientated environment. Throughout her career as an artist she is interested of the human movement and the figure representation throughout painting and how drawing can explore ways to introduce different cultural backgrounds from materials such as charcoal to oil painting. She is also exhibiting her work internationally. At the moment she works for Spyros Vassiliou Museum in Acropolis, Athens.
Solo Exhibitions
23-07 until 28-8 2011 ‘Journeys and Protagonists’, Spyros Vassiliou Summer Residence, Spyrou Vassiliou & Glafkipou Dionysou, Eretria, Evia,Greece.
27-9 until 16-10 2010 ‘Between Thought & Action, in touch with the soul’, Art Zone 42 Gallery, L.Konstantinou Street, Athens. October 2009 ‘Influences and experiences from my journey in Seoul’ Gallery Café, Andrianou 33, Thiseio, Athens.
Group Exhibitions
2011
14-17th October 2011, Landmark Art Fair, Stand No69, Landmark Art Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, South West of London, TW 11 9NN, United Kingdom.17-22nd June 2011, exhibition through the time as a volunteer in the Worldwide Special Olympics Athens 2011, ‘Red House Cultural Centre’ in Chalkida, Evia, Greece.
12-13th ?pril 2011, exhibition ‘Politics&Globalisation’, First Look at the Brick Lane Gallery, 196 Brick Lane Gallery, London, U.K.
2010
28 December 2010 until 20th January 2011, ‘Art Way Group’ in Art Nouveau Art Space, Xalandri, Athens.30 July until 29th August 2010, ‘Calliope’s art gallery’, Chios Island, Greece.
May 2010, ‘The Oasis of Mind’, participation in Battersea Art Fair, Battersea Park, London.
January 2010, participation on ‘2009 Bazaar’, Kourd gallery, Fanarioton and 2 Kassianis str., Lycabettus, Athens.
2009
December 2009-January 2010, ‘The Human Figure in Arts’ organized by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece in Athens, Texnopolis.May 2009, Museum Nights Opening Late Exhibition in The Angelos & Leto Katakouzenos Foundation, 4 Amalias Avenue on 5th floor, 105 57, Athens, Greece.
2008 and before
June 2007, participation with series of ‘Still Life paintings’ in St.Peters & St.Pauls Church Hall, Richmond upon Thames, London.June 2006, RK Burt Gallery, drawing project.
July 2006, ‘Memories from travelling’, Waterloo Gallery, London.
May 2006, ‘Windows and Landscapes’, participation in Battersea Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
October 2004, MA exhibition of Kingston University, London.
June 2003, BA exhibition of University of Sunderland, U.K.
Awards and Scholarships
2006-2007 Grant for Drawing research from Rootstein Hopkins Foundation, Burns Court, Park Hill Rd Surrey, and London with collaboration of Hong Ik University in Seoul, South Korea.
1995 Painting Award of competition in Museum of Greek Children’s Art,
9 Kodrou Street, Plaka, Athens, Greece.
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