ANNI KALTSIDOU

Anni Kaltsidou was born, lives and works in Thessaloniki. She studied Economics and Visual Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating from the latter faculty with Honors. Her work includes installations in public spaces, videos, and performances.

She has shown her work in solo exhibitions at the Roman Forum of Thessaloniki during the Parallel Programme of the Thessaloniki 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art, at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, at the Cultural Center of Municipality of Neapolis-Thessaloniki, as well as at gallery Artis Causa. She has participated in group exhibitions in Greece, Austria, France, Germany and Serbia. Her videos have been shown at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece) and at festivals in Great Britain, India, Austria, France, and the USA.

Works of hers are included in the collections of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and MOMus Museums, in public and private collections and have been presented at conferences on Archaeology, Psychoanalysis and Philosophy.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2022
“Losses”

Hellenic Telecommunications Organitation, Thessaloniki. Curator: Giannis Argyriadis

2017
“Α-ΠΟΛ(ε)ΙΣ”

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Curator: Styliana Galiniki, General Coordination: Polyxeni Adam Veleni

2015
“Visual Intersections at Thessaloniki’s Roman Forum”

Thessaloniki's Roman Forum, Parallel Programme 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki. Curator: Maria D. Kagiadaki. General Coordination: Stamatios Th. Chondrogiannis.

2014
“On the marks of the nails”

Artis Causa, Thessaloniki. Preamble: Emmanuel Mavrommatis

2011
“ΗELIOS”

Cultural Center of Municipality of Neapolis, Thessaloniki.


PERFORMANCES - HAPPENINGS:

2023
“Entangled while walking Ι”

Prespes, International Encounters/Conference, Walking  Visions/Visions for Walking.

“Entangled while walking ΙI”

Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens: Theorimata - SOMA. An antagonistic arena, International Association of ArtCritics-Greek Section. Curator: Maria Kagiadaki

2015
“Tridute to las Incantatas”

performance on the opening day of the solo exhibition “Visual Intersections at Thessaloniki’s Roman Forum”, Thessaloniki's Roman Forum, Parallel Programme 5 th Biennale of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki.

“My gift in return”

happening at the end of the solo exhibition “Visual Intersections at Thessaloniki's Roman Forum”. Parallel Programme 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki.

2013
“EAT DRINK AND BE HAPPY”

happening, Municipality of Thessaloniki, 49th DIMITRIA Closing Party, Maison Crystal, Thessaloniki.

2011
“EAT DRINK AND BE HAPPY”

happening, ANAKATA, former camp Pavlou Mela, Thessaloniki, IRIS, Thessaloniki. Curator: Elli Chrysidou

“Laspes”

happening, School of Fine Arts, Thessaloniki.

“EAT DRINK AND BE HAPPY”

performance, School of Fine Arts, Thessaloniki.

2010
“Metamorphosis”

performance, former camp Kodra, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki.

2009
“Action with colours”

happening, School of Fine Arts, Thessaloniki.


SCREENINGS (selection):

2016
“For a morsel of land”

Espace Peugeot, Paris (2016), Video Art Miden screenings @ TWIXT lab, Athens.

2015
“The Refugees”

Short Film Festival, Drama/GR (2016), Gainsborough/UK Torrance Art Museum/LA USA, Shilong/India. Cologne International Festival Network/ Germany, Espace Peugeot, Paris (2016).

“Sound Stories of Thessaloniki”

Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Byzantine Museum, Thessaloniki (2017). Espace Peugeot, Paris (2016).

“Terra Ingognita”

Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Byzantine Museum, Thessaloniki (2017).

2014
“Prometheus”

“Market & Gift, Spectres of Hospitality” NBG, Cultural Foundation of Thessaloniki.

2011
“Fields”

Festival Miden, Kalamata, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki.


ARTWORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE FOR CHARITY (selection):

2016
“For one another”

Toms,Thessaloniki. The proceeds from the sale of the artworks were earmarked for charity. Curator: Aliki Tsirliagkou

2012
“Rock Paintings and Contemporary art”

Alistrati, Aggitis river canyon, participation in a land art installation.

2010
“Agios Panteleimon old people's home and hospital”

 Created a work of art inside the building with the hospitalized and other artists.

2009
“Would you like to tell you a fairytale?”

25 years ITHAKI. The creation of artworks took place in the drug rehabilitation center Ithaki together with the help of the patients.


RESIDENCIES:

2015

Stayed in Vienna and participated in a Municipality of Vienna Cultural Centre programme.

2013

Stayed in the village Laimos near Prespa Lake and created a work of art on the premises of the Old Canning Company.

2012

Stayed in Dresden, Germany and participated in an international programme with artists from the USA and Sweden.

2011

Stayed at Nis, Serbia University. Workshop of the Belgrade School of Fine Arts in collaboration with the city's theatre to create masks and dolls.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection):

2024
“Art oblivion's antidote”

Thessaloniki's Cultural Center Isla – Hane. Curator: V. Karkatselis

2023
“Entangled while walking ΙI”

Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens: Theorimata – SOMA. An antagonistic arena, International Association of Art Critics. Curator: Maria Kagiadaki

2021
“KAIROS Recall of Earth II”

AIL -Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab Vienna. Curator: Sophia Panteliadou

2019
“KAIROS Recall of Earth”

National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Thessaloniki. Curator: Sophia Panteliadou

2017
“Walking through Thessaloniki /Vienna”

Byzantine Museum,Thessaloniki, Künstlerhaus Vienna. Curator: Sophia Panteliadou

“Migration”

Espace Peugeot, Melkart Gallery, Paris. Curator: Philippos Vazakas

2016
“For one another”

Toms Flagship Thessaloniki. Curator: Aliki Tsirliagkou.

2015
“Thirty-eight one occasion”

Gallery Eirmos, Thessaloniki.

“Art introjection”

Casa Bianca, Τhessaloniki. Parallel Programme 5th Biennale of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki. Curator: Maria Kenanidou

“Cities (In)-visible, Ungovernable, Unfortified”

Cultural Center of Chania, Krete. Curators: V. Tsalamata, M. Giannadakis, D. Siaterli. Documentation Texts: John Bolis

2014
“Art and law”

Goethe Institut, Thessaloniki. Curator: Stavros Panagiotakis

“Market & gift, spectres of hospitality”

National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation Thessaloniki. Curator: Sophia Panteliadou

2013
“Athens Print Festival II”

National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Athens. Curator: Manolis Yiannadakis

“Soul in the Laimos II”

Prespa Lake, Old Canning Company. Curator: Kondosphyris Harris

2012
“Residenten”

Gallery Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz, Dresden, Germany.

“Horseman - Constallation horseman”

Folklife & Ethnological Museum of Macedonia - Thrace, Thessaloniki.

“DI.P.ART Festival”

Quarters (former military camp Kodra), Kalamaria, Thessaloniki. Curators: Vaia Ougiarou, Stavros Panagiotakis

“(In)-Visible Cities”

Bookshop of National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation Thessaloniki, Engraving Lab Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Curator: Manolis Yiannadakis

2011
“Ichopolis II”

collaborative audio work, Actionfield Kodra 2011, former military camp Kodra, Kalamaria,Thessaloniki. Curator: Εvi Baniotopoulou

“I stok Jje zapadno odd zapada”

Pavilion of the Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, Nis, Serbia.

2010
“4th Year”

Gallery Papatzikou,Veria.

2009
“Engraving”

Museum of Contemporary art, Florina. Curator: Manolis Yiannadakis

“Would you like me to tell you a fairy tale?”

25 years ITHAKI, M.M.C.A, Thessaloniki.

“AUTH 10+1 years engraving faculty”

Vaso Katraki Museum. Curator: Manolis Yiannadakis


WORKSHOPS:

2014
“Workshop Performance with ULAY”

49th DIMITRIA, Thessaloniki. Workshop Coordination: Alexandros Plomaritis. Attendance and perform with Ulay, a pioneer of physical art. Research of the relationship between photography and physical limits of the body napping the boundaries of love and cohabitation through the living representation.

2011
“Performance now v.2: Body/space”

3rd Thessaloniki's Βiennale of Contemporary Art. 2 nd Festival Performance. Curator: Eirini Papakonstantinou

“Puppet Design and craft workshop”

School of Fine Arts of Belgrade, in Nis-Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade Serbia.


PRESENTATION OF HER PROJECT AT A SESSION (OPTION):

2018
“The "Incantadas" of Thessaloniki in contemporary artistic creation”

Kagiadaki D. Maria. Proceedings of the two-day scientific conference "The work of magic art: history, uses and meanings of the Incantadas monument of Thessaloniki", Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, University of Ioannina.

“Poststructuralism and Beckett”

Chloe Koliris, Athens. Association of Greek Archaeologists.

2015
“The importance of the archaeological site in the creation of performance: the example of the Roman Agora and the Byzantine Baths of Thessaloniki”

AEMTH, Faculty of Philosophy AUTH.


CONTINUING TRAINING IN VISUAL STUDIES:

2018-19

Attending the Department's 4th and 5th year Scenegraphy Courses Cinema of the School of Fine Arts of AUTH with professor Mr. Antonis Daglidis.


SEMINARS:

2014-15

Attending "Art Introjection" courses. Coordinator: Maria Kenanidou, Speakers: Kon/nos Gemenetzis (Psychoanalyst), Chloe Koliris (Psychiatrist-Analyst), Nikolaos Sevastakis (Professor of Political Philosophy at the Department of Political Sciences), Haris Kambouridis (Art Historian -Semiologist), Theophilos Trampoulis (Curator - Author), Dimitris Tanoudis (Author). Organization Psychology-Art.

2012-13

Attending courses on mixing ambient sounds - object noises at the Contemporary Art Center. Coordinator: Irini Papakonstantinou.

2011-12

Attending Art-Therapy courses with psychiatrist Pavlos Vassiliadis. Carrier the “Psychology-Art”.

2009-10

Courses in recording and mixing ambient sounds. Rapporteur: Konrad Bayer. DYNAMO Gallery.