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Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Vasileia Anaxagorou was born in Larnaca in 1992. In 2011 she graduated from the American Academy of Larnaca. She went on to study Politics and History at the University of Nottingham and Goldsmiths College, the University of London in the United Kingdom. She was then admitted to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she graduated as the top student of her department in BFA Fine Art. She continued her studies at the University of Oxford with the supervision of Katrina Palmer and Oreet Ashery, obtaining an MFA in Fine Art with distinction. Vasileia is currently working towards her doctoral research at the University of Cyprus with Professor Fabienne Baider, focusing on the sexual politics of the migrant and, more precisely, the asylum seeker at the University of Cyprus.
Anaxagorou’s work is interdisciplinary, overlapping in places with moving-image, performance, socially-engaged artworks, photography, painting, drawing, and text-based narratives. Through her work, she continually addresses themes from feminist and queer theory and uses her voice through art-making and research questioning gender representation in societal canons.
EDUCATION
- P.hD (candidate) Gender Studies University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2019
- MFA Fine Art (with Distinction) University of Oxford, United Kingdom 2020
- BFA Fine Art (GPA: 4.00 or 100%) School of Visual Arts, New York City 2018
- MA History Goldsmiths College, University of London 2015
- BA (Hons) Politics University of Nottingham, United Kingdom 2014
Certificate Secondary Education (90.67%) American Academy of Larnaca, Cyprus 2011
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCESAND PUBLICATIONS
- Invited Artist and Speaker “Endangered Bodies” Conference University of Lisbon, Portugal 2018
- Featured Artist “20Twenty” Magazine New York, United States 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- “the Carnivalesque as a social commentary: 2021” 2021
The O Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus - Multifaceted Visage” 2019
Alpha C.K. Art Gallery , Nicosia, Cyprus
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- “The O Gallery Opening” 2020
The O Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus - “A Woman Alone” 2020
The Pierides Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus “Red Cross Life” 2020 - Leventis Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- “Τhe Lefkosia Art Show” (Part II)” 2020
- Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- “The Lefkosia Art Show (Part I)” 2019
Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus - “Endangered Bodies Art Exhibition and International Conference” 2018
University of Lisbon , Lisbon, Portugal - “Contemporary Artists’ Books II” 2018
- Manifactura Gallery, Athens, Greece
- “Biennale Larnaca” 2018
The Pierides Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus - “Catalysts in the Morning Dew” 2018
SVA Gramercy Gallery, Manhattan, New York, United States - “Et tu, Art Brute?” 2018
Andrew Edlin Gallery, Manhattan, New York, United States - “Spring Salon” 2017
Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York - “Expressing your Unique Identity” 2017
SVA Flatiron Project Space, Manhattan, New York, United States - “Three-Fold” 2017
Camden Image Gallery, London, United Kingdom - “Fragile Land” 2016
Kypriaki Goneia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus - “Face of January” 2016
Camden Image Gallery, London, United Kingdom
ARTIST EXHIBITION DATES
10 28 May 21
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Gallery
GalleryWorks
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Grotesque Bodies
100 x 70 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Ape Culture
100 x 70 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Circusland I
120 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Happy Birthday Mr. President
120 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
How Bodies Entangle in the Carnivalesque
100 x 70 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Subversive Clown
70 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Calamity of the Carnivalesque
120 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Grotesque I Embody
100 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Persona of the Carnivalesque
120 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Abject I
30 x 30 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Abject II
40 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
An Intervention in an Existing Queerness 1
35 x 25 cm
Photography
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
An Intervention in an Existing Queerness 2
35 x 25 cm
Photography
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
An Intervention in an Existing Queerness 3
35 x 25 cm
Photography
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
An Intervention in an Existing Queerness 4
35 x 25 cm
Photography
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Circusland II
80 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Circusland III
80 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Circusland IV
80 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Endangered Body
80 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Participants of the Circusland I
29 x 21 cm
Mixed media on paper
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Participants of the Circusland II
29 x 21 cm
Mixed media on paper
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Participants of the Circusland III
29 x 21 cm
Mixed media on paper
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary
80 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Love I found in the Carnivalesque
120 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Three Phases of Circusland I
60 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Three Phases of Circusland II
60 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
The Three Phases of Circusland III
60 x 40 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Social Commentary
80 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
Vasileia Anaxagorou: “the Carnivalesque as a Social Commentary:2021”
Abject III
30 x 30 cm
Oil on canvas