Antonia Papatzanaki

Antonia Papatzanaki is a renowned Greek artist who lives and works in NYC. She is known for her light-sculptures exploring the material properties, formal qualities, and conceptual intricacies of light, and her constant interest in into the structure and nature of reality.
She was educated in the Athens School of Fine Arts, the Vienna Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, and acquired her MFA from Pratt Institute in NY. Papatzanaki is the recipient of many prestigious awards in addition to winning competitions for the creation of public art.
Papatzanaki has exhibited widely — notable among her many solo exhibitions are Thank you for My Beaths, selected bus stop screens, Manhattan, New York, 2021; Microscopies, Consulate General of Greece in New York, 2019; Cellular, Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece, 2019; Photometries, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, 2018; Stratifications, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC, 2016; Refractions, Ekfrasi-Υianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2013; Robust Matter and Image, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymnon, 2010; etc.
She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Art Dagao 1, Chengde, China, 2019-2020; Transplants: Greek Diaspora...

1997-2000 Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, New York.

1988-1989 Certificate of Studies in sculpture, at “Hochschule für Angenwandte Kunst” in W. Bertoni’s Workshop, in Vienna, Austria.

1981-1986 Bachelors Degree, Sculpture major, School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.

1978-1981 Certificate of Studies in ceramics, YMCA, Athens, Greece.

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Microscopies, Consulate General of Greece, New York, USA

2019 Cellular, Herakleidon Museum, Athens, Greece

2018 Photometries, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Crete, Greece

2016 Stratifications, The President’s Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

2013 Refractions, Ekfrasi - Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery, Athens, Greece

2010 Robust Matter and Image, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymno, Greece

2009 Light; The Shortest Path, Evdomi Opsi Art Gallery, Chania, Greece

2008 Antonia Papatzanaki Recent Works, Tsatsis Projects / Artforum, Thessaloniki, Greece

2007 Visions of Light, 112 Gallery, Chashsama, New York, USA

2005 Light Squared, Titanium - Yiayiannos Gallery, Athens,
Greece

2002 Light Boxes, Yiayiannos Gallery, Athens, Greece

2000-2001 Agora, installation, Battery Park, New York, USA

2000 Agora, installation, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA

1998 Antonia Papatzanaki, Titanium Gallery, Athens, Greece

1996 Nature Likes to Hide Itself, Mylonoyianni Gallery, Chania, Crete, Greece

1993 The Vafopouleio, Cultural Center, and the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece

1992 Bosch Gallery, Athens, Greece

1990 Pleiades Gallery, Athens, Greece

1989 Hellenic To...