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KATERINA KANA (Cyprus, Nicosia b. 1973 / act: Athens) |
Katerina Kana was born in Nicosia of Cyprus in 1973. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Camberwell College of Arts, London (1991), at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London (1993), and at the the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (1995). In 1996 she received the FIACRE Prize for Research in the Fine Arts, of the French Ministry of Culture, and the Residency Grant from the Elizabeth Foundation, New York and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Katerina Kana has had many personal exhibitions, including Medals of Honour at Galerie OZ, Paris (1995); Les Philosophes a Manger at Galerie du Temple, Paris (1995); Le Repas at Centre d'Art Contemporain, Troyes France (1995); Une Histoire at Galerie Robespiere of the Ville de Grande-Synthe, France (1995); Travesty at Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens (1995); Be Your Guide at Galerie Renos Xippas of Paris (1996); Playing D at Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco (1996); Gorilla Bride at CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, France (1997); Blue Pigs at the Musée Geo-Charles, France (1998); Blue Pigs & Nurses at Lehmann & Maupin Gallery of New York (1998); Day Nine at The Kitchen Theater of New York (1999); Absolut Kana - Absolut Originals at Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens (1999); Hotel Room at Intercontinental Hotel Athens (1999); Fabula at Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia (1999); About Eden, Epikentro Gallery, Athens (2000); and the upcoming exhibition at E31 Gallery of Athens 2006. Kana has also taken part in many group exhibitions, including Absolut Vodka: L’Ego Absolut at the Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs of the Musée du Louvre, Paris (2000); Magic Software at Technopolis of Athens and Mylos Art Center of Thessaloniki (2000); Fabula at Thessaloniki Dance Festival (2000); Images Mobiles at Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art and the Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Cyprus (2000); Kypria International Festival of the Ministry of Education and Culture (2000); Doubles at Unlimited Gallery, Athens (2000); La Belle et la Bête of Laiki Cultural Group, Frac Corse of Corcica, Drac Alsace, the Centre d'Art Contemporain of Brussels, and the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (2001); Through the Eyes of a One-Use Camera at A. Antonopoulou Gallery of Athens (2002); Collage & Photos at Oxymoro of Athens (2002); Koukles at Mommys Bar, Athens (2002); Masquerade at Selini Gallery of Athens (2006); Into the Pill: Magik's House & Dust My Ass at E 31 Gallery of Athens (2006); The Hunter & the Rabbit at the Athens Video Art Festival and BAC International Festival of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (2006).
Katerina Kana currently lives and works in Athens.
[Megakles 08/2006]
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