Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1979GR. Lives and works in Singapore)

Avora draws from her everyday life in Singapore as well as her Greek ancestry to explore a wide range of subject matter. Her vivid and dream-like paintings aim to weave together real and fictional elements. Through her mark-making, she investigates the potential for painting to transcend imagery by reducing it to basic colours, shapes, patterns and forms.

Solo exhibitions

2020: All Alone Together, SidexSide contemporary, online exhibition curated on sidexsidecontemporary.com
2015: Hellenic Cruise, New Court Gallery, Repton School, UK
2013: Grand Finale, Common View, National Theatre of Greece, Athens, Greece
2011: The Lonely Palace, Corfu Municipal Gallery, Corfu, Greece; The Splendid Years, The Apartment, Athens
2010: Dictionary of Ornaments, South Square Arts Centre, Bradford, UK
2009: The Tiger in the Theater (From Baroque to Superama), The Apartment, Athens; Story Weaver, Galerie Trubenbach, Cologne, Germany
2007: Against Nature (with Julia Kunin), Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
2006: In the Ruins, Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK; On the Verge, Amy Jo Spitalier, London, UK

Group exhibitions

2021: An Artistmarket-The show, Art Outreach, Singapore; Polychromatic Dreamscapes, American Club, Singapore, curated by Ferzin Patel
2020: FlatFiles 8x8 Art on paper, Online exhibition at FlatFile gallery https://flatfile.gallery/; Creatures, Beasts, Myths, online exhibit curated by the Vacant Museum, www.vacantmuseum.com; Delphian Open Call 2020, Delphian gallery, London
2019: Be.Long.ing, online exhibition curated by ilikeyourworkpodcast.com
2017: National Bank of Greece, Recent Acquisitions, NBG, Athens, Greece
2016: Culturelines sans Frontières, curated by Vassiliki Tzanakou, metamatic:taf, Athens, Greece
2015: ChemCraft, curated by CM projects, London, UK; Dis/placed, curated by Counterpoint Arts, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK
2014: Death and Dying, curated by David Lillington, MAG3, Vienna, Austria; Out of our Heads, curated by James Putnam and Vassiliki Tzanakou, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2012: SV12, Studio Voltaire, curated by Mike Nelson and Jenny Lomax London, UK; Vis Loci, The Griffin Gallery, curated by Liane Lang and George Major, London, UK; Journeys through the light, Hungate Contemporary, Norwich, UK
2011: Mir (The World of Faberge), Royal Academy, London, UK
2009: Paint-id, curated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Macedonian Museum of Art, Thessaloniki; toured to Alex Mylonas Museum, Athens, Greece (cat.); Summer Show, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2008: In Present Tense, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece (cat.)
2007: Decadence, Decay and the Demimonde, curated by Ben Austin, Home House, London, UK (cat.); Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK
2006: Defining the Contemporary, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
2005: Art Futures, Bloomberg Space, London, UK (cat.); The Wonderful Fund Collection, Le Musée de Marrakech, Morocco; The Wonderful Fund Collection, Palant House Gallery, London, UK (cat.); London Now: Are You in Love Yet, St. Petersburg Arts Center, Florida, USA; Acid Drops and Sugar Candy, Transition Gallery, London, UK
2004: Short Stories About Glamour, Hiscox Art Projects, London, UK (cat.); Summer Pursuits, STORE Gallery, London, UK; East End Academy, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, London, UK; Faith, Transition Gallery, London, UK; CAS, Osaka, Japan; Draft, Nairs Culture Centre, Scuol, Switzerland; Then 6… Developments, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK
2003: Oriel Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales (cat.); The Last Day I spent on Earth, Glasgow Project Room, Scotland; Put Out More Flags, curated by Christabel Stewart, Sutton Lane, London, UK

Press & publications

2020: Chromazone Mag, Issue 1; Create! Magazine, Volume 22; Friend of the Artist, Volume 12; BlueBee magazine, Issue 4
2019: ArtMaze Mag, Spring Issue 12
2017: NBG Recent Acquisitions
2015: Future Now, 100 Contemporary Artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize; Shortlisted for 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson
2009: Paint-id, Macedonian Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue
2008: In Present Tense, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Exhibition Catalogue
2007: Decadence, Decay and the Demimonde, London, Exhibition Catalogue
2006: Defining the Contemporary: The Whitechapel Gallery in association with Sotheby’s; Celeste Art Prize, Exhibition Catalogue; Draft Book: Nairs Foundation, Exhibition Catalogue
2005: Art’s Modern London Bridges, London, Exhibition Catalogue; The Wonderful Fund Collection Catalogue, London, Publication
2004: Short stories About Glamour, London, Exhibition Catalogue
2003: Tower Place Collection Catalogue: A Selection of Art at Tower Place, London, Exhibition Catalogue; Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Wales, Exhibition Catalogue; Initinere, Italy, Exhibition Catalogue; Arty Magazine, London, Artist Book
2002: DLA Art Award Catalogue, London, Exhibition Catalogue; 6 Rooms, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Exhibition Catalogue

Collections

National Bank of Greece, Greece

Ernst & Young Collection, UK

Marsh Collection, UK

The Wonderful Fund Collection, UK

Hiscox Collection, UK

The Slade Collection, UK

Teaching

2002-2018: St Paul’s School for Boys, London
2012-2014: Central Saint Martins College, UAL, Foundation Diploma in Art&Design, London