Antigoni Pagona

Antigoni Pagona was born in Athens, Greece in 1977. One year later, her family moved to Monaco where she grew up.

She studied Art and English in UK and Hotel Management in ​Switzerland. In 2002 she decided to move back to Athens, where she started working in the shipping industry.

While in Greece she also studied Art & Interior design and took photography classes with Luminus photographers. Since graduating in 2017, she has been able to devote more time to her passion for painting, drawing and photography. She has had 2 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows in Greece and abroad.

She currently lives and works in Athens where she has her studio, and both her painting and photographic works are in private collections in Athens, Dubai, Switzerland and Monaco.


ARTIST'S STATEMENT
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"Without the ability to actualize an idea or concept, art would not exist.

My creative work includes painting / drawing, photography, design, interior architecture. I believe that insights in art are supported by cross-disciplinary practice and I find that my work in one discipline will influence my work in another.

My work is a constant search for the best way to interpret the ideas that I have about myself a...

​❣ 1997 - 1999 -> Les Roches, Bluche-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland
- F&B (Food & Beverage) Certificate

❣ 1999 - 2000 -> Hotel Institute of Montreux, Switzerland
- Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management
- American Hotels & Motels Association Certificates in:
* ​Convention Management and Service
* Hospitality Human Resources Management
* Managerial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry
* Hospitality Industry Training
* Managing for Quality in the Hospitality Industry

❣ 2011 - 2017 -> AKTO College, Athens Greece (affiliated with Middlesex University, London)
​ - BA (Honours) in Interior Architecture
- AutoCAD 2D & 3D Certificate
- Photoshop

❣ 2017 - 2018 -> Workshops in Street Photography with Luminus Photographers

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

❣ 2018 -> Photography exhibition "Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud" - L ,a ,boutique, Athens, Greece

❣ 2021 -> Photography exhibition "Apoplous" - Gallery tou Notou, Piraeus, Greece​


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

❣ 2019 -> Photography exhibition "Minimalism" - MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy

❣ 2019 -> Art exhibition "A Flower for A Poem" - Aqua Gallery, Art Hotel, Santorini, Greece

❣ 2019 -> Gemluc art contest exhibition "Silence, Le Bruit Court" - Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco

❣ 2019 -> Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2019" - Luxembourg

❣ 2019 -> Art exhibition "The 5th Element" - Gallery tou Notou, Piraeus, Greece

❣ 2020 -> Art digital exhibition "Artbox.Project Barcelona 1.0" - Barcelona, Spain

❣ 2020 -> Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2020" - Luxembourg

❣ 2021 -> Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2021" - Luxembourg

❣ 2022 -> Art exhibition "My Fate... The Sea" - Adamantia Art Space, Neimporio, Andros, Greece

❣ 2022 -> Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2022" - Luxembourg

❣ 2022 -> Art exhibition "Yellow" - Greek-French Association, Athens, Greece

❣ 2022 -> Art exhibition "Orange" - Greek-French Association, Athens, Greece

❣ 2022 -> Art digital exhibition "Artbox.Project New York 2.0" - New York...