Born in Thessaloniki (Greece). At the age of fifteen years she moves to Lyon (France) where she completes the secondary school. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of Grenoble and Psychopathology and Pedagogy at the Universities Paris V and Grenoble. She has worked as researcher in psychiatric epidemiology and as art director in film production. Since 1976, Lydia Dambassina has been working with different mediums such as painting, photography, installations and video projections. |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2018 | “Mors”, Museum Katsigra, Larissa catalogue |
2016 |
“Gini coefficient, Yeni Cami, 51e Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki |
2015
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“2100 mots d’amour, 2500 mots d’amour”, Underground Ottoman Fountain of Splantzia, Chania
catalogues |
2012
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“Party’s over – Starts over”, State Museum of Contemporary Art –
Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki catalogue “Party’s over – Starts over”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art – Alex Mylona Museum, Athens |
2008
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“What scratches the glass from the inside”, installation, Ad Lib group dance,
Athens Festival
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2007
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“Real Freedoms that people enjoy”, “Nuit Blanche”, Saint Eustache, Paris
“Family story”, Hôpitaux Universitaires, Geneva “Family story”, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens “Real Freedoms that people enjoy”, Unfair, Zita-Mi Gallery, Athens-Thessaloniki catalogue |
2006
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“Wonderful rooms”, installation, Ad Lib group dance, Athens
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2005
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“Family story I”, Zita-Mi Gallery, Art-fair, Athens
catalogue |
2000
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“Les matelas ne disparaîtront jamais”, Ιnstitut Français, Thessaloniki
catalogue “Preservation”, Artio gallery, Athens |
1997
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Zita-Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki
Metamorfosis Gallery, Thessaloniki |
1996
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“1996”, Gallery 3, Athens
catalogue |
1995
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Antonia Havani Gallery, Corfu
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1994
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Zita-Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki
Vourkariani Gallery, Kea |
1989
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Zita-Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki
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1986
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Psychico Gallery, Athens
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1984
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Zita-Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) |
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2019 |
“Τα δημώδη”, a touring exhibition, Museum for Popular Craft & Tradition, Athens
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2018 |
“The Memory of the Revolution”, a touring exhibition, Katsigras Museum, Larissa, School of Fine Arts, Athens |
2017 |
“New Acquisitions”, (2014-2017), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) |
2016 |
“Genii Loci”, Greek art from 1930 to the present, Museum Manege, Saint Petersbourg |
2015
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“Rims and Frontiers”, The Symptom Projects, Amfissa
catalogue
“Philoxenia”, Contemporary Art Exhibitions, Olivepress, Chania
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2014
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“Body Memory”, State Museum of Contemporary Art – Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki
“Tradition Reversal”, Collection of Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo
“Unhappy ready – made”, KUAD gallery, Istanbul |
2013
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“Transition”, Μunicipal Pinacotheque, Athens
catalogue
Biennale4, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki catalogue “Sacred and Profane Love”, Dourakis winery, Chania catalogue
“Bohemians”, The Breeder Gallery, Athens |
2011
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“Proposal for the Monument dedicated to the Holocaust Jewish victims in Athens”, Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens
catalogue “Σύγχρονη Ελληνίδα”, The Hub, Athens catalogue |
2010
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“Others”, The Biennials of art of Marrakech, Istanbul and Athens in Palermo, MuseoRiso and Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, Catania
“Escapism”, Kourd Gallery, Athens catalogue Kunsthalle Athena, Αθήνα, Athens “I would like to give you my heart for ever”, Zita-Mi Gallery and Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art,Thessaloniki catalogue |
2009
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“Heaven”, 2nd Athens Biennale
catalogue |
2008
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“Environment, Action 08”, Villa Kazouli, Athens
catalogue “Places”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki |
2007
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“Heterotopias”, 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art
catalogue “Places”, Benaki Museum, Athens catalogue |
2006
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“Flowers in Contemporary Art”, Benaki Museum, Athens
catalogue |
2005
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“Caravanserai”, Caucasus Centre of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi
catalogue “AmartyaSen”, Dialogues, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki “Unclaimed Luggage”, Artrageous Group, Circulo de BellasArtes, Madrid catalogue |
2004
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“Cosmopolis I”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
catalogue Greek Embassy, Istanbul |
2003
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“300+1”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
catalogue |
2000
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“Paradise is a personal matter” (director D. Arapoglou), 90 mn film, art direction, Athens
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1998
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“New Acquisitions II”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
catalogue |
1997
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“Montrouge-Athènes”, 42e Salon de Montrouge, Paris
catalogue “De Valigia”, Cross Cultural Exhibition, Cross Cultural Exhibition, Cultural Capital of Europe, Thessaloniki catalogue “New Acquisitions I”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki catalogue |
1996
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“Women/Beyond Borders II”, Cross Cultural Exhibition, Basel
catalogue |
1982
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“Centenaire du jouet Français”, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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1980
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“Bateau ivre”, choreography Daniel Lommel, Aenaon Dance Theater, assistant to Alexis Akrithakis, Athens
Zita-Mi Gallery, with Yves Fajnberg, Thessaloniki |