NATASSA MARKIDOU
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Natassa Markidou was born in Athens. She studied photography at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens. She holds an MA and a PhD in History and Aesthetics of Photography from the University of Westminster, U.K. Since 1990, she exhibits widely in both solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Her work forms part of the collection of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography and the Dutch Museet For Fotokunst, Brandts Klaedefabrik. She is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts, School of Applied Arts and Culture at the University of West Attica. She also works as an independent curator and editor. She has published the monograph Constructions (2008) and the photographic theory book Photography: Critical Readings (2015).
natmark@uniwa.gr
Group exhibitions
| 2018 | The Human Condition, Photosynkyria in the Collection of MMOCA - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2017-2018 | Sacred Places, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2016 | Reflections in Art, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece |
| 2015 | Imago Mundi: Traces of Today, Map of the New Art, Fontazione Giorgio Cinisep, Island of San Giorgio, Venice, Italy |
| 2013 | I chose to…in Art and Life, Art Center, Parko Eleutherias, Athens, Greece |
| 2013 | Greek Seas, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| 2010 | 25 Years After, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| 2005 | Attack on Representation, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2002 | Objects, Works from the permanent collection of the Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2001 | Photography and the Imaginary, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2000 | Image and Icon: Greek Photography 1975-1995, Karsh - Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto , Marche Bonsecours, Μontreal, Canada |
| 1999 | City Images, Ios Art Space, Athens, Greece |
| 1999 | Photographic Trajectories in the Aegean, Greek Cultural Center, New York, USA |
| 1998 | Image and Icon: Greek Photography 1975-1995, Centre of Contemporary Art, Rethymnon, Greece |
| 1998 | Image and Icon: Greek Photography 1975-1995, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, Great Britain |
| 1998 | Focalisations du Regard Brussels, Belgium |
| 1997 | Image and Icon: Greek Photography 1975-1995, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1997 | Image and Icon: Greek Photography 1975-1995, Mesiac Fotografie, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 1997 | Photographic Trajectories in the Aegean, Photographic Center of Scopelos, Greece |
| 1996 | Myth and Landscape, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece |
| 1992 | Images of a Collective Memory, Houston Fotofest ’92, Houston, USA |
| 1991 | Biennale des Jeunes Createurs D’Europe de la Mediterranee , Marseille, France |
| 1989 | 11 Young Greek Photographers. Complex Guy Favreau, Montreal Canada |
Solo exhibitions
| 2009 | Still Lifes 2007-2009, Mercato, Kythera, Greece |
| 2009 | Still Lifes 2007-2009, Gallery Aenaon, Athens, Greece |
| 2001 | Monuments, Gallery AAS, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1998 | Diary 1991-1997, Gallery Epsilon, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1998 | Diary 1991-1997, Photography Centre of Athens, Greece |
| 1994 | Rituals, Fotografisk Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1993 | Rituals, Mylos, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1992 | Rituals, Fotocentre Tony Prim, Primavera Fotografica, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1990 | Night Creatures, Photosynkyria ’90, Thessaloniki, Greece |
References
| 2017 | On Nature and Truthfulness, Hercules Papaioannou, Editions Nefeli, pp. 26, 27, 50 |
| 2016 | The History of European Photography, 1970-2000, Volume III Editing Prof. Václav Macek , Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, pages 344, 349 |
| 2014 | Latent Image 3η Edition, «The Codification of the Photographic Message», Costis Antoniadis, Hellenic Centre of Photography Publishing, p. 134 |
| 2013 | Second Hand Photographs: 1985-2013, Editing Costis Antoniadis, Text Hercules Papaioannou, Benaki Museum Publication, p. 17 |
| 2008 | Contemporary Greek Photography, Kostas Ioannidis, Futura Publishing, pp. 98-99, 100, 109 |
| 2006 | The Cindy Shermans: inszenierte Identitäten: Fotogeschichten von 1840 bis 2005, Fritz Franz Vogel, Böhlau Publishing, Koln, p. 507 |
| 2003 | European Photography Guide, Vladimir Birgus, Lea Gryze, European Photography |
| 2000 | Shifting Horizons: Women Landscape Photography Now, Editing Liz Wells, I.B. Tauris, London, pp. 104-109 |
Grants / Commisions
| 2009 | The photobook Constructions nominated as one of the best photobooks of the year in the Second Fotobook-Festival in Kassel, Germany |
| 2008 | The photobook Constructions won the Kythera Photographic Encounters Book Award, Greece |
| 1998 | State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for postgraduate studies in Great Britain |
| 1997 | Commissioned to photograph for the Photographic Centre of Scopelos, Greece |
| 1996 | Commissioned to photograph for the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece |
| 1992 | Invited by UK Projects to work in situ, Newcastle, Great Britain |
| 1991 | Biennale of Young Artists from the European Countries os the Mediterranean, Marseille, France |
Catalogues (selected)
| 2016 | Delphic Highlights, the collection of the European Cultural Center of Delphi |
| 2015 | Greece: Traces of Today, Contemporary Artists from Greece, Imago Mundi, Benetton-Fabrica |
| 2013 | Greek Seas, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| 2009 | Photobook Festival 2008 + 09, Kassel, Germany |
| 2009 | Athens Photo Festival, Greece |
| 2009 | WIP, Web Magazine, Issue No 4 Wip4.pdf |
| 2005 | Photosynkyria, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki. Greece |
| 2003 | Photosynkyria, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki. Greece |
| 2002 | Photography and Greek Landscape: The Mythic Arcadia and the Mythologies of the Real International Photographic Encounters, Patra, Greece |
| 2001 | Photography and Greek Landscape: The Mythic Arcadia and the Mythologies of the Real Photography Center of Athens, Greece |
| 2001 | Photography and Greek Landscape: The Mythic Arcadia and the Mythologies of the Real Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2001 | Image and Icon, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto and Marche Bonsecours, Montreal, Canada, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czechia |
| 2001 | Photosynkyria, Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1999 | The Permanent Collection Volume II, Photography, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki |
| 1999 | City Images, Ios Art Space, Athens, Greece |
| 1998 | Photosynkyria, Camera Obscura, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1998 | Photoarchive 1975-97, Archive of the Contemporary Greek Photographic Production, Photography Center of Athens |
| 1997 | Photographic Trajectories in the Aegean, Photographic Center of Scopelos, Greece |
| 1997 | Image and Icon: Greek Photography 1975-1995, Ministry of Culture, Greece |
| 1996 | The Invention of Landscape, Greek Landscape and Greek Photography 1870-1995, CD ROM |
| 1996 | Myth and Landscape, European Cultural Center of Delphi, Greece |
| 1993 | Photosynkyria, Camera Obscura, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1992 | KATALOG, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1992 | NEW LIGHTS, Newcastle, Great Britain |
| 1992 | PRIMAVERA FOTOGRAFICA, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1992 | Images of a Collective Memory –Contemporary Greek Photography, Fotofest '92, Houston, USA |
| 1992 | Entefktirio, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1991 | Biennale des Jeunes Createurs D’Europe de la Mediterranee, Greece |
| 1990 | Biennale des Jeunes Createurs D’Europe de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France |
| 1989 | Young Greek Photographers, International Month of Photography, Athens |
| 1989 | 11 Photographes Grecs Contemporains, Complex Guy Favreau, Montreal, Canada |
Collections
Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klaedefabrik, Copenhagen
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece
Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki, Greece
European Cultural Centre of Delphi,, Greece
Benetton Art Collection
Curating and Editing (selected)
| 2018 | SelfImages, Exhibition Curating and Catalogue Editing, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece. |
| 2016 | Wip No 19, Editing, Web Magazine, wip.gr |
| 2016 | Extreme Antithesis, Curating Group Exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens Photo Festival, photofestival.gr |
| 2013 | City Edges, Curating Group Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, Athens Photo Festival, photofestival.gr |
| 2012 | Edgelands, Curating Solo Exhibition, Babis Kougemitros, Manifactura gallery, Athens Photo Festival |
| 2009 | 20-35, Curating Group Exhibition M55 gallery, Athens Photo Festival |
| 2006 | Human Marks, Curating Solo Exhibition, Panagiotis Ilias, Art Space Athinais |
| 1999 | Periorasis, Photobook Editing, Dimitris Geros |
| 1997 | Itineraries I, Curating Group Exhibition, Cultural Center Melina Merkouri, Athens |
| 1995 | Fragments of Images, Curating Group Exhibition, Photography Center of Athens |
Websites
Fotobook-Festival in Kassel, Germany
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection
Kythera Photographic Encounters
Natassa Markidou - Constructions, Hellenic Centre for Photography, 2008, Athens – Photobooks Josef Chladek
Publications
Constructions (2008)
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Monograph, Photobook, Hellenic Centre of Photography, Athens. Text Hercules Papaioannou (Texts in Greek and English ), 34 photographs, 120 pages
Photography: Critical Readings (2015)
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Essays on Photography Theory, Private Publishing, 216 pages
SelfImages (2018)
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Writing and editing of the publication Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, 108 pages