Athene Galiciadis Biography

 

Born 1978 in Altstetten, Switzerland.
Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.

Education

2006 – 2007
BA Visual Arts, Ecole cantonale d‘art de Lausanne, ECAL, Switzerland

2003 – 2005
Major in Visual Arts, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zhdk, Zurich, Switzerland

2001 – 2003
Art History, Institute for Art History, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Solo Exhibitions

2019
Soloshow, Projectspace Downstairs, Brooklyn NY, USA
Spiraling Shifts, Nidwaldner Museum, Stans, Switzerland, 

2017
i will wash your shadow, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland

2015
stool, table & empty sculptures, Liste Art Fair Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2014
like a virgin, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Planetaria, Galerie Emanuel Herve, Paris, France

2013
Sublunatic, sic! Raum für Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland

2012
Trouble Rainbow III (With Claudia Comte & Mélodie Mousset), BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Eight meter in my belly, Galerie/Artspace Milieu, Bern, Switzerland

2011
Trouble Rainbow II (With Claudia Comte & Mélodie Mousset), Favorite Goods, Los Angeles, USA
Trouble Rainbow (With Claudia Comte & Mélodie Mousset), Marie Laure Fleisch Galerie, Rome, Italy

2010
La Crotte du Diable, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland
Liste 15 – The Young Art Fair, Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Tanja Roscic & Athene Galiciadis & Friends, Freymond-Guth & Co. Fine arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Formale Wiederholunge & das Ende der Welt (With Ana Roldan), Camping, Mexico City, Mexico

2009
Kelch & Speer, Nada Art Fair Miami Beach 2009, Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Miami, FL, USA
Six Stolen Gifts, Kunst Zürich 2009, Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
The Reverse & The Reverse, Galerie/Artspace Milieu, Bern, Switzerland
Insomniac In Form, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

2008
Eva Green l‘aubergine et le vacuum-vacuum (With Marika Zisyadis), Athens, Greece
Sturm Sturm Sturm, Basta Espace d‘Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
Von Vergessen und Erinnern (With Cédric Carles), Wartesaal, Zurich, Switzerland

2007
Sterkobilin, Artspace Zwanzigquadratmeter, Berlin, Germany

2004
Second Girls. (With Tanja Roscic), Teenage Riot, Worlds End, Zurich, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions

2019
A chair, projected, curated by Burkhard Meltzer, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Il Grande Female, BolteLang, Zürich, Switzerland

2016
When Forms Become Attitude, curated by Kiki Seiler-Michalitsi, Kunst Raum Riehen, Switzerland
Your Memories Are Our Future, Manifesta 11 Parallel Event, Palais de Tokyo and Acrush, Zurich, Switzerland

2015
Old Friends New Ideas – Old Ideas New Friends, Milieu Artspace, Bern, Switzerland

2014
Associations New, SALTS, Basel, Switzerland
BolteLang Stadtbiotop 2014, Eleonorenstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Blackboard – White Page, Kantonsschule Zürich Nord, Zurich, Switzerland
Carte blanche a Emmanuel Herve, caroline pages gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

2013
Nils Bleibtreu, Athene Galiciadis, Thomas Raat, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland
Harum Scarum, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

2012
La jeunesse est un art. Jubiläum Manor Kunstpreis 2012, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
The Sweetest Urban Flower is Acumen, SE8, London, UK
Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland
Performing Structures, Wäscherei Kunstverein Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

2011
Rocket Engine I, La Vitrine, Paris
Rocket Engine II, Zoo Galerie, Nantes, France
Swiss Art Awards 2011, Basel, Switzerland
Wall Floor Piece, Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland

2010
Wood you rather…, K3-Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland
Werkschau 2010, Kanton Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Minipic, t‘as cotté ton biclou?, Pauline‘s, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The forever ending story, Museum of Art & Ideas, Hamburg, Germany

2009
Gipfeltreffen, KIT Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sleep, part 1: Autour de John Giorno. Une proposition de: Jeanne-Salomé Rochat pour Sang Bleu, Brachfeld, Paris, France
No You Couln‘t, Galerie/Artspace Milieu, Bern, Switzerland
Echo Magique, Kunstraum Sandra Romer, Chur, Switzerland
Werkschau 2009, Kanton Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Kawabanga, Espace Delrue „La Barthotheque“, Nantes, France
Neid, Zurich, Switzerland
Me and my friends invites, Insomniac In Form, Fanzine launch, Goldsmith, London, UK

2008
Made by Ecal, ECAL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Le Spectrarium, Fondation Suisse – Pavillon Le Corbusier, Paris, France
Zoo Art Fair, Galerie 1m3, London, UK
Gruppenausstellung Binz, Zurich, Switzerland
Werkstipendien des Kanton Zurich 2008, Zurich, Switzerland
Josef Hannibal, Now! Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Werk- und Ateliersstipendien der Stadt Zürich 2008, Helmhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Art Awards 2008, Basel, Switzerland
Black Diaspora, Out of this World, Montreux, Switzerland
Âtman Atmen. Vis, souffle et reviens, Out of this World, Montreux, Switzerland

2007
Chronicles of the Superego, Freymond-Guth & Co. Fine arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Athene Claudia Orlane, Galerie/Artspace Milieu, Bern, Switzerland
Projet pour un bâtiment vide, Les Caves du Palais, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Je vais te préparer une soupe, Ecal, Lausanne, Switzerland
Outre Tombe, Galerie 1m3, Lausanne, Switzerland
ijang jeon eun neomu ileo, Galerie Forde, Geneva, Switzerland

2005
Bekanntmachungen, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Raum für Räume, Shedhalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Bänkliaufzug, Action (Stipendien Schlesinger Stiftung), Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland

2004
DooDoo Action, 3. Internationale Dadafestwochen, ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland

2003
„RSP“ (reclaim the sea), Action with Cristina Golland and Agnieszka Puderecki, Zurich, Switzerland
Sculpfiction, 2. Internationale Dadafestwochen, ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland

2002
Mexico Lounge. Marcos somos todos, Künstlerhaus Plattenstrasse 32, ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland
Founding of „Maria“, the ACSA – Magazine, Switzerland

2001
Batumba, Message Salon, Cristina Golland & ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland
Spydergalaxy, Concert und Performance, ACSA & Waldorf, Zurich, Switzerland

2000
ACSA NYC Trip, Ausstellungsraum Anwandstrasse 9, ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland

1999
Schweizer Fernsehen, Short Films, ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland

1998
Lecture, Performance ACSA, Winterthur, Switzerland

1996
Founding of ACSA, Zurich, Switzerland

Publications

2019
Spiraling Shifts, Nidwaldner Kunstheft Nr. 14
Rhythm, Zines, Innenbooks, Zürich, Switzerland

2018
An Acrylic Glass Pyramid and Three Pendulums attached to a Triangle on a Table, Edition Patrick Frey, Switzerland

2016
Junge Konkrete – Athene Galiciadis, Du Magazin, Nr. 872

2012
La jeunesse est un art, exhibition catalogue, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Edizione Periferia, Switzerland
BCV, Collection d’Art de la Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Contemporain… ou bien?, Switzerland

2011
Trouble Rainbow, Nero, Michael Ned Holte, Rome, Italy
Favorite Goods, Trouble Rainbow 2, Writing for Dormitories / A Map of Social Dreaming, Los Angeles, USA

2009
KIT Lido, Gipfeltreffen, Junge Bildhauerei aus der Schweiz und aus Deutschland
Fanzine, Me & My Friends #7 by Athene Galiciadis, Insomniac in Form

Awards & Residencies

2017/18
Scholarship Schlesinger Foundation

2012
UBS Grant

2011
Swiss Art Awards
Prix Mobilière Suisse

2009
Werkbeitrag Bildende Kunst Kanton Zürich

2008
Scholarship of the City of Zurich in Paris

2007
Award of the Ernest Manganel Foundation
Nomination for the Nationale Suisse Art Prize

2005-06
Scholarship Schlesinger Foundation

Public Collections

2017
Kunstsammlung Kantonalbank Zürich
Roche

2014
Bundeskunstsammlung

2013
Kunstsammlung Kantonalbank Zürich

2010
Mobiliar Versicherung
Roche
Hauser & Wirth
Kantonale Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich

2009
Kantonale Kunstsammlung Kanton Zürich

2008
Art collection Cantonal Bank Vaud

 

 

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