Katerina Apostolidou studied painting in the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA – 5 year of studies- Integrated master) and she continued her studies in the Ecole National Superieure de Beaux Arts in Paris. In her artistic practice she is using mainly video and drawing, at times combining the two. She has made five solo shows, and she has participated in many group exhibitions, in Greece and abroad. She is Head of the BA hons in Fine Art and New Media in AKTO (validated programme by Middlesex University London) since 2008 and head of MA in Fine Art of the College.
2020 Grant from the Ministry of Culture for research on an interdisciplinary art project.
2023 Best experimental Short film Award, SIFF (Swedish International Film Festival)
for I’ ll never be like you. I change all the time.
Selection of exhibitions [group (G), solo (S)]
(G)│2023, Eleusina Mon Amour, Elaiourgio, 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Europe, cur. Katerina Gregos, (G)│2023, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, All together II, Thessaloniki (G)│2022, Egkleismoi (Confinements), Dromokaitio Psychiatric Hospital, cur. Dimitris Trikas, (G)│2022, Μεδουσα αίθουσα Τέχνης 1979-2017, cur. Elissavet Plessa , Benaki Museum, Athens, (G)│ 2021, Reality Check, Dafni Psychiatric Hospital, Athens Greece, cur Kostas Prapoglou, (G)│2020, Visual and Materialized Perception, Municipal Gallery, Peiraeus, cur. Em. Mavrommatis (G) | 2019, Anatomy of Political Melancholy II, Schwarz Foundation, Athens Conservatoire, cur. Katerina Gregos (G) │2018, New Acquisitions 2017-2018, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens (G) │2018, At the Beginning Was the Word, Concepts – Images- Script, National Art Museum of China, (NAMOC), Beijing, China, cur. Katerina Koskina (G) │2018, Anatomy of Political Melancholy, Schwarz Foundation, Art Space Pythagoreion, Samos, Greece, cur. Katerina Gregos (G) │2018, un]known destinations chapter II, shell // the politics of being, 15th Kypseli High School, Athens, cur. Kostas Prapoglou (G) │2018, Αcropolis at the Bottom, Nikos Kessanlis Hall, Athens School of Fine Arts, (ASFA), Athens, cur. Katerina Nikou (G) │2013, Art Projections, The Visual Arts in Dialogue with Cinema, (4-9/11), 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, parallel program, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum – Cinematheque, Thessaloniki (G) │2011, Visual Dialogues, Onassis Cultural Center, Art Athina, Athens (G) │2010, Visual Dialogues, produced and organized by Onassis Cultural Center, public projection in Panepistimiou str., Athens, cur. Marilena Karra (G) │2010, In-scribe, Hellenic American Union, Athens (G) │2009, Atlantis, hidden histories- new identities, Center for Contemporary Art, cur. Emil Mirazchiev, Jakob Racek, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (G) │2009, The First Image, CRAC, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc- Rousillon, Sete, France, MMCA, Thessaloniki, cur. Denis Zacharopoulos (G) │2008,Visual Arts in Greece 3, CACT, Thessaloniki, cur. Hristina Petrinou, (G) │2008 Displacements, Loraini Alimantiri- Gazon Rouge Gallery, Athens (S)│2007, Nightcomers, 10th International Istanbul Biennial, cur. Hou Hanrou (G│2007, Aquarium Stories, MMCA, Thessaloniki, (S)│2004, VZ – Video Zone, 2nd International video Biennial, Tel Aviv, Israel, cur. Katerina Gregos (G) │2004, Athens by Art, AICA Hellas, Athens, Greece, cur. Efi Strouza (G) │2004, ‘Hola Grecia!’, ‘Nine muses, I presume?’, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain cur. Katerina Gregos, Denis Zacharopoulos, Sania Pappa (G) │2002 Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday, Evangelos Averoff – Tossitzza Foundation Metsovo, MMCA, Technopolis-Gazi Athens (2003), cur. Lina Tsikouta (G) │2001 Open 2001, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Lido, Venice, Italy, cur. Lina Tsikouta (G) │2000, Leaving the island, PICAF(Busan International Contemporary Art Festival), Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea, cur. Young Chul Lee, Rosa Martinez, Hou Hanru (G) │1997, Kalfayan Gallery, Thessaloniki (S)│1997, And still the ship is not in sight, Thessaloniki harbor, Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe ’97, Lichthaus, Bremen, Germany, cur. Katerina Koskina, Dodo Richter Glueck, Eva Schmidt, (G)│1995, Medousa Art Gallery, Athens (S)│1989, Medousa Art Gallery, Athens (S)