Kanellou
Evita Kanellou was born in 1957 in Pyrgos Ilias, Greece.
She is a painter and a photographer, based in Athens and Mykonos where she organizes artistic gatherings during the summers.
She has a Bachelor of Arts, Major in Fine Art, Minor in History.
She started her studies in Deree College, the American College of Greece. She continued her studies and graduated from the University of La Verne, California, USA.
Her first retrospective exhibition took place in 2013, at the Latsis City Hall in Pyrgos Ilias, her home town.
She has exhibited her work in seven solo and more than sixty-five group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. She has presented her work at the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia, the Athens City Museum, the War Museum of Athens, the Heraklion Museum of Visual Arts of Heraklion Crete (METH), the Grand Palais in Paris and in several Municipal Public Art Galleries and historical buildings in Greece.
Her works can be found in public collections in Greece as well as in private collections in Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the USA.
Education
Deree College, GR
&
University of LaVerne, CA, USA
Bachelor of Arts | Major in Fine Arts & Minor in History
Exhibitions
Solo
2023
‘Fragments of the future’, Argo Gallery, Athens, GR
2021
‘Spring Formula’, Genesis Gallery, Athens, GR
2014
‘Axis Mundi’, Athens War Museum, Athens, GR
2013
‘Space and Colours 2003-2013’, Retrospective exhibition, Latsio City Hall, Pyrgos Ilias, GR
2012
‘Complexity’, Gallery Kourd, Lycabetus, Athens, GR
2010
‘...Moments in the Crowd...Personal moments…’, Gallery Kourd, Athens, GR
2004
‘…human moments and building wounds…in Ilia’, Photography Exhibition, Melina Hall, Athens, GR
2004
‘Light & Spirit’, Historical and Photographic Presentation of the Olympic Games, in collaboration with Beeba Christopoulou – Lekkas, Crystal Palace Hall, Astoria, New York
Selected Group
2024
'Ideas and Symbols', Athens City Museum, Athens, GR
2024
'Art Athina', Athens, GR
2024
‘Resonances: Contemporary Greek Art at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia’, Ancient Olympia, GR
2024
'Broken Mirror,' Argo Gallery, Athens, GR
2023
'Art Athina', Athens, GR
2023
‘Hellenic Anthem’, Mesologgi & Zakynthos, GR
2022
‘Rain’, STOart Korai, Athens, GR
2022
‘Five Elements’, Artevisione Gallery, Athens, GR
2022
‘Hellenic Anthem’, Larissa & Volos, GR
2021
’Hellenic Anthem’, Xanthi & Alexandroupoli, GR
2020
‘White Chapel’, Municipal Art Gallery, Mykonos, GR
2019
‘Abstract Poetry’, Tsichritzis Foundation for the Visual Arts, Athens, GR
2019
‘The route of truce’, War Museum, Athens, GR
2018
Salon des Independants, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2018
‘4 x 4’, Depot Art Gallery, Athens, GR
2017
‘Iliaka’, Hellenic French Art Gallery, Athens, GR
2017
‘The route of truce’, War Museum, Athens, GR
2017
’I remember’, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, GR
2016
‘Walking Attire’, Latsio City Hall, Pyrgos Ilias, GR
2014
‘Axis Mundi’, War Museum, Athens, GR