ELESSA (ELENI ANAGNOSTATOS) - Greece
Contacts : eanagnosta@mail.com
About her Art
Born in Athens, Greece in 1973
STUDIES
2010-2014 Masters in Graphic Arts and Multimedia, Hellenic Open University.
1992-1997 Intergrated Masters in Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts
EXHIBITIONS
Using “Elessa” as an artist’s pseudonym (which has been declared to the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece) she has participated in the following art exhibitions with works of art including paintings, engravings and etchings, art photography, constructions, installations and performances:
Solo Exhibition:
· «Window Open to a Children’s World», Vassilis Rotas Cultural Center, Nea Makri, Greece, July 2012.
Three-Person Exhibition:
· Big scale Photographic Installation entitled “Undiagnosed” in a three-person photography exhibition (Arvaniti Μ., Elessa, Karamouzi R.), Kambas Warehouses, Municipality of Pallini, Greece, November 2006.
Group Exhibitions (37):
· «Mega Art in Sicilia», Villa delle Arti, Contea Museo Caravaggio, San Giovanni La Punta, Sicily, Italy, 15-29/9/2023
· «Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2023», Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum and Inbe Art Space. Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa-shi, Tokushima, Japan, 7/10-12/11/20223
· «Impressions», Olympic Municipal Gallery of Amarousio «Spyros Louis», Greece (organized by the Greek Printmakers’ Association), 22/3/2023-22/4/2023,
· «The Human Dream», Cultural Center of Nea Ionia, Volos, Greece (organized by the Greek Printmakers’ Association), 10/12/2022-15/1/2023
· «Printmaking from Prehistory to the Greece of Today» , N. Kessanlis Gallery, Athens School of Fine Arts (organized by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), 29/12/2021-28/1/2022
· «200+, years 1821-2021: About Freedom», Literary Society Parnassos, Athens, Greece (organized by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), 20/12/2021-16/1/2022
· «Two Centuries of Freedom», Center for Fine and Applied Arts, Pallini, Greece (organized by Visual Artists of Mesogaia Society) 19/9-2/10/2021
· «200+ About Freedom», Agora Argyri, Patras (organized by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), 20/9-20/10/2021
· «Bairakia, Panatieres, Flamboura» Trikoupeio Megaro, Mesologgi, Greece, 5-10/12/2021
· «Platforms Project 2020-21», Orizontas Gegonoton Kiosk (group installation), N. Kessanlis Gallery, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece, 21-24/10/2021
· «Platforms Project NET 2021» (digital exhibition), 27/5-10/6/2021
· «Symbiosis – With Eyes Open », Center for Fine and Applied Arts, Pallini, Greece, 19/9-3/10/2020
· «Platforms Project NET 2020», (digital exhibition), "For A Handmade Truth", Orizontas Gegonoton Group (group video installation), 14-31/5/2020
· «From Up High», Center for Fine and Applied Arts, Pallini, Greece, 18-30/9/2019
· «Future and Tradition», Cultural Center of the Municipality of Markopoulos, Attica, Greece, 5-20/6/2019
· Platforms Project 2019, «Body-Healing», Orizontas Gegonoton Kiosk #35, N. Kessanlis Gallery, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece,, 16-19/5/2019
· «The Boats We Injured», Adamandas Military Shelter, Milos, Greece, 4-31/5/2019
· «Art Educators Create», Melina Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 15-30/5/2019
· «The Boats We Injured» Antonis Tritsis Environmental Awareness Park, Athens, Greece, 16/3-7/4/2019
· «The Boats We Injured», Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, Greece, 12-30/9/2018
· «Cambas Estate», Center for Fine and Applied Arts, Pallini, Greece, 19-29/9/2018
· «Clean Art», Cultural Center of the Municipality of Markopoulos, Attica, Greece, 21/4-4/5/2018
· «Our Cottage in Utopia», Agora Argyri, Patras, Greece, 1-15/12/2017
· «Redefining Childhood» I.R.8 Gallery, Athens, Greece, 11/11/2017-10/12/2017
· Painting Exhibition of Visual Artists of Mesogaia, incorporated in the «Sfitteia 2017» festival, Koropi, Greece, 2017
· «Meso-gaia», Pantazidis Gallery/ Marble Art Center, Athens, Greece June 2017,
· «The Book», Municipal Library of Koropi, Attica, Greece, March 2017,
· «Common Point», Sofitel Hotel, Athens Airport, Greece, summer of 2014
· «Exhibition of Visual Artists of Mesogaia », Anagnostou Winery, in the framework of the 15th Scientific Meeting of Southeastern Attica, Koropi, Greece, October 2013
· «Horizons», Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, Greece, 2012,
· «Art Against Addiction», Apollo Multipurpose Hall of the Prefecture of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece, 2010,
· «Education, Art, Hope», Apollo Multipurpose Hall of the Prefecture of Piraeus, Greece, 2010
· «Art Bazaar at Diabasi», fundraising for counter-addiction programs» 2008,
· «Contemporary Ceramics and Photography» , Center for Fine and Applied Arts, Pallini, Greece, 2006
· «In Mesogaia 2» Center for Fine and Applied Arts, Pallini, Greece, 2006
· «In Mesogaia», Vorres Museum, Paiania, Greece, 2004
· Exhibition of the Graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts, National Gallery, Athens, Greece, 1998
MEMBERSHIP IN ASSOCIATIONS
ü Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece
ü Visual Artists of Mesogaia Society
ü Union of Art Educators of Greece
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
1997-2023 Visual Artist
1999-2023 Art Educator in General, and specialized Music and Art High Schools
Experience as a Teacher Trainer in Visual Art and Educational Seminars
Publications in the Journal “Eikastiki Paideia” of the Union of Art Educators of Greece
Participation in many cultural educational programs