BIOGRAPHY: VASSILIEA STYLIANIDOU

Vassiliea Stylianidou was born in 1967,in Thessaloniki, Greece. She lives and works in Berlin and Athens.

Following studies of literature and linguistics at the University of Jannina, Greece from 1985-89, she became a student of fine arts at the University of the Arts, Berlin, focussing on new media, video and photography. Her prizes include the AT Kearney video prize and the Meisterschuelerprize of the UdK Berlin in 1999, the Goldrausch 11 Artistproject, Berlin 1999-2001, NaFöG - Postgraduate grant from the University of the Arts Berlin, 2001 DAAD supplementary grant for NYC within the scope of the NaFOEG-postgraduate grant, and several Artist-in-Residence Programs in Europe. Her solo exhibitions include 2005 perpetuum mobile, Galerie Françoise Heitsch, Munich, Playcities Gallery Kappatos, Athens; 2002 Heroes & Co. CAPRI, Berlin; and more recently exhibitions in Germany, Italy and Greece. Amongst numerous international group exhibitions was the 2005 Old Habits Die Hard as part of the exhibition Situation at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, Australia; the Prague Biennale; the CHIANGMAI FIRST NEW MEDIA ART FESTIVAL, CMU ART MUSEUM, Thailand; 2002 and familistère 1 at Kunst-Werke Berlin, Institute for Contemporary Art (C).