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ELENI MYLONAS (Greece, Athens b. 1944 / act: Athens & New York) |
Eleni Mylonas was born on 14 September 1944 in Athens, Greece. She graduated from the University of Geneva, Switzerland in 1966. In 1967 she received an M.S. from the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York and in 1972 she received a B.A. in Photography from the Polytechnic of Central London. She later studied digital imaging at the New School Computer Center in New York (1994) and painting at The New York Studio School (1995).Mylonas has been honored with the following awards: Fulbright Grant (1966); Helen Lee Lassen Fellowship, Columbia University (1967); and Catharwood Foundation Travel Grant (1967-1968).
Mylonas established a studio in New York City in 1978 and worked on several projects exhibited both in NY and in Europe. She taught special projects in photography at The New School/Parsons School for Design and has lectured on her work at several teaching institutions including the State University of New York/Albany, Nikon House, the School of Visual Arts in NY and The New York Studio School's Artist Lecture Series. Her work is part of several Museums and numerous public and private collections.
Mylonas presented the following personal exhibitions: Nude Landscapes & NY Grafitti, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens (1982); Nudes, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens (1984); Journey Through Ellis Island, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens (1985); Journey Through Ellis Island, Institute for Contemporary Art, PS1 Museum, New York (1986); Universal Salvage, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1991); Space Odyssey, Ileana Tounta Contremporary Art Center (1991); Afghanistan, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1996); Fragments, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center (1996); Quasi Periodic Space, Foundation for Hellenic Culture & Art Resources Transfer Inc. New York (2001), Virtual Landscape, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center , Athens (2001) Venice, Art Resources Transfer Inc., New York (2002). She has also taken part in numerous group exhibitions including: Shenley: A Photographic Portrait of a Mental Hospital, The Royal Photographic Society, London (1971); Soho Photo Gallery, New York (1977-1978); Fotovision, Foto Gallery, New York (1981); Nudes, Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland (1981); Nudes, The Photographer's Gallery, London (1981); Manhattan, Museum of the City of New York (1981); European Exhibition of Art, Brussels, Belgium (1982); Memories of Fire, Galerie 3, Athens (1983); Nudes, Marcuse Pfeiffer Gallery, New York (1983); Gallery F, Athenaeum Intercontinental, Athens (1984); Curwen Gallery, London (1984); Dog Days of August, Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, New York (1985); The Embelishment of the Statue of Liberty, Vanity Fair/Barney's, New York (1986); Freedom & Justice, Alternative Museum, New York (1986); Silent Voices, Ellis Island Museum, New York (1990); 'New Voices in Gr/Am Art', The Cooper Union, NY(1990); Women of Vision, Konica Plaza, Tokyo, Japan (1991); Art Athina, Athens, Greece (1993); The Cooper Union Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1994); Modern Odysseus: New Faces, Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York (1999); Modern Odysseus: Greek American Artists of the 20 th Century, Queens Museum of Art, New York (1999); and State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (2000); Art and Mathematics, The Cooper Union, New York (2000); In Tandem: Eleni Mylonas & Ertugul Ates, Marmara Gallery, New York (2000); Armistice, Schropf Gallerey of Art, Chicago (2004); Art/Science, University of Richmond Museums, Virginia, USA (2004); Art/Science, Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts, New Jersey, USA (2004); Art and Mathematics, Berkshire Community College (2004); Masquerades, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (2006); In-Situations: Artworks in Time and Space by Contemporary Greek Artists, Municipal Gallery of Kalamata, Greece (2007); Venice, Biennial of Thessaloniki (2007); The Lamb of God in 1st Athens Biennial: Destroy Athens, Technopolis, Athens(2007); and Silent Dialogues: Multimedia Portraits Throughout Time, ACG Art Gallery, The American College of Greece, Athens (2008).
Eleni Mylonas currently lives and works in Athens and New York.
[Megakles Rogakos 09/2007]
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
MYLONAS, ELENI Journey Through Ellis Island 1984 Sammass Productions, New York City [ENGLISH]
KINGSLEY, APRIL Eleni Mylonas: Universal Salvage 1991 Ileana Tounta Contremporary Art Center, Athens [ENGLISH]
CATALOG Eleni Mylonas: Fragments 1996 Ileana Tounta Contremporary Art Center, Athens [ENGLISH]
SPECTOR, NAOMI Eleni Mylonas: Quasi Periodic Space 2000 Foundation for Hellenic Culture & Art Resources Transfer Inc., New York [ENGLISH]
