Polixeni Papapetrou – News
BEYOND EDEN
22 October – 4 December 2016
Monash Gallery of Art, VIC
This exhibition brings together three recent series by Papapetrou: Lost Psyche (2014), It’s all about me (2015) and Eden (2016). Each of these studio-based series explores concerns that have long been central to Papapetrou’s practice including role-play, performance and identity, as well as the history of art, mythology and religion. Furthermore, the works in this exhibition focus on Papapetrou’s explorations of the transitional stages of life, particularly the loss (and persistence) of childhood.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in I AM IN THE PICTURE: DAEGU PHOTO BIENNALE
29 September – 3 November 2016
Daegu Culture & Arts Centre, South Korea
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY BERLIN
1 – 31 October 2016
Berlin, Germany
The European Month of Photography Berlin is the largest German festival for photography. Since 2004, it has been taking place every two years in Berlin, presenting a wide range of exhibitions and events on historic and contemporary photography.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
RECENT ACQUISITIONS
Stills is delighted to announce the recent acquisition of Polixeni Papapetrou works Blinded and Spring (both 2016) by Bendigo Art Gallery as well as Ocean Man (2012) by the National Gallery of Australia.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
FINALIST
JOSEPHINE ULRICK & WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
until 21 August 2016
Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
Stills is delighted to congratulate Polixeni Papapetrou who is a finalist in the 2016 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
RECENT ACQUISITION
Stills is delighted to announce the recent acquisition of Polixeni Papapetrou’s Blinded and Amarathine (both 2016) by the Murrary Art Musuem Albury.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
June – July 2016
The Ghillies will be shown at the European Month of Photography.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in 'AUSTRALIAN EXOTICA'
16 April – 29 May 2016
Monash Gallery of Art, VIC
This exhibition explores the characterisation of Australia as a land down under, where things are out of the ordinary and colourfully unconventional. For many contemporary artists, this European vision, inherited from European cartographers, is something that needs to be subverted and critiqued. For others, the idea of living in an eccentric environment continues to inspire a distinctively Australian sense of place.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU finalist MAMA ART FOUNDATION NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2016
21 May – 7 August 2016
Murray Art Museum Albury, NSW
Stills is delighted to congratulate Polixeni Papapetrou who is a finalist in this years MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize.
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‘ELVIS IMMEMORIAL’
4 February – 27 March 2016
Ararat Regional Art Gallery, VIC
In 1985 Polixeni Papapetrou began photographing fans, mourners and impersonators of Elvis Presley. She encountered many fans each year on the occasion of Elvis’ death (16 August 1977) at the Melbourne General Cemetery. An imposing memorial was erected in the cemetery, attracting the faithful mourners who allowed Papapetrou to record their homage to the American star. Papapetrou’s photograph are neither a tribute nor a direct part of the Elvis cult; but even less are they a send-up of the sincere people who have taken her into their confidence. They are a contemporary exposition of popular culture in its desire for a community of faith, grace and immortality.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in 'ON THE BEACH'
11 December 2015 – 28 February 2016
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
'On The Beach' considers the ways Australians relate to the beach, its place in understandings of national identity and its history as a contested site. Papapetrou is represented by her work Ocean Man (2012) and The Wave Counter (2011).
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in 'DISASSEMBLE | REASSEMBLE'
27 June – 29 August 2015
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD
This exhibition highlights the relationship between humans and nature, and contemplates the attitudes, both caring and careless, that shape human life on the planet. Works from Papapetrou's Between Worlds are included in the exhibition.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in 'ARCADIA'
22 May – 12 July 2015
Glen Eira City Council Gallery, VIC
This exhibition explores the realms of history, cultural identity, migration, storytelling and the natural world, immersing the viewer in staged utopian landscapes, real and imagined mysterious dream worlds and local environments.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
THE WINDSOR: A FUTURE FOR THE PAST
23 April – 24 May 2015
Hotel Windsor, Melbourne, VIC
Concentrating on one of Melbourne's finest architectural monuments, The Hotel Windsor, Polixeni Papapetrou delves into the archive, transforming the photographic record in the process. She recreates images in silver and gold, on linen and glass. Her project isn't about taking us back to the past but bringing the past into the future.
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FINALIST
JOSEPHINE ULRICK & WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2015
28 March – 31 May 2015
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Stills is delighted to congratulate Polixeni Papapetrou whose work The Immigrant (2014) is a finalist in this years Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in TARRAWARRA BIENNIAL 2014: WHISPER IN MY MASK
16 August – 16 November 2014
Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC
The ‘TarraWarra Biennial 2014: Whisper in My Mask’, curated by Natalie King and Djon Mundine, explore masking, secrets and hidden narratives. Papapetrou is included with a new series of haunting and beautiful photographs of her daughter dressed in vintage clown costumes. Other artists include Daniel Boyd, Tony Garifalakis and Fiona Hall.
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MARY ELLEN MARK, RICKY MAYNARD, POLIXENI PAPAPETROU, TRENT PARKE & WILLIAM YANG in REMAIN IN LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE MCA COLLECTIONS
9 August – 2 November 2014
Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW
This MCA touring exhibition introduces audiences to developments in photography as an art practice from the 1960s to the present day both in Australia and internationally. Other artists include Julie Rrap, Tracey Moffatt and Rosemary Laing.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU, TRENT PARKE, PATRICK POUND & WILLIAM YANG in 13TH DONG GANG INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL KOREA
Opens 18 July 2014
Dong Gang Museum of Photography, Korea
Episodes: Australian Photography Now, curated by Natalie King, is the central exhibition in this years 13th Dong Gang International Photo Festival, Korea including works by Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Patrick Pound and William Yang.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in SHOW TIME: THE ART COLLECTION OF ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE
12 July – 21 September 2014
Arts Centre Melbourne, VIC
‘Show Time’ shines a spotlight on Arts Centre Melbourne’s nationally significant art collection, and its evolution from the 1970s to the present. Papapetrou is represented by her work Elizabeth I (2003).
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PAT BRASSINGTON & POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in SEVENTH SKIN
18 June – 2 August 2014
Hatch Contemporary Art Space, VIC
'Seventh Skin' features artists who play with makeup, costume, adornment and theatre in art to explore themes of identity/disguise, gender and culture. Other participating artists include Shaun Gladwell, Christian Thompson and Anne Zahalka.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU UNDER MY SKIN
7 June – 5 July 2014
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, NT
'Under My Skin' is an exhibition of 11 works by Polixeni Papapetrou from 2002 to 2013. In each work the key figure is masked, a device used to both conceal and get 'under the skin' of cultural mythologies.
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MARY ELLEN MARK, RICKY MAYNARD, POLIXENI PAPAPETROU, TRENT PARKE & WILLIAM YANG in REMAIN IN LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE MCA COLLECTIONS
Until 20 May 2014
Ipswich Regional Art Gallery, QLD
This MCA touring exhibition introduces audiences to developments in photography as an art practice from the 1960s to the present day both in Australia and internationally. Other artists include Julie Rrap, Tracey Moffatt and Rosemary Laing.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: THE GHILLIES
8 April – 15 June 2014
Benalla Art Gallery, VIC
In The Ghillies (2012), a young body on the cusp of adolescence is concealed in a ghillie suit, a camouflage outfit originally developed for hunting and the military. The Ghillies is a poignant reflection on the way childhood surrenders to the adult world, from an artist whose practice has involved an intimate collaboration with her children for over a decade.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in EYELINE MAGAZINE
Number 80, pp44-56
The current issue of Eyeline, Contemporary Visual Arts magazine features an insightful interview with Polixeni Papapetrou by Natalie King. The 13 page spread includes works from Papapetrou's early career to her most recent bodies of work.
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ANNE FERRAN, MARK KIMBER & POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in PHOTO L.A. 2014
16 – 19 January 2014
L.A. Mart, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Anne Ferran, Mark Kimber and Polixeni Papapetrou have been invited to participate in photo l.a. 2014 with the Queensland Centre for Photography. For the eighth year running, the QCP will continue its endeavour to showcase the best of Australian photo media art at photo L.A..
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in 'SEA OF DREAMS: PORT PHILLIP BAY 1915 – 2013 (PART TWO)'
14 December 2013 – 2 March 2014
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
This exhibition focuses on artistic representations of Port Phillip Bay and its fascinating stories, histories and events. Polixeni Papapetrou's work The Reader (2009) is included in this exhibition of approximately 70 paintings, drawings and prints, representing an exciting cross-section of recent and contemporary Australian art.
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ANNE FERRAN and POLIXENI PAPAPETROU
National Gallery of Australia, ACT
Works from Polixeni Papapetrou’s series Between Worlds (2009) as well as Anne Ferran’s Rydalmere Vertical I – IV from the series Longer Than Life (1997) are currently on display in the Australian Galleries at the National Gallery of Australia.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU & GLENN SLOGGETT in ‘MELBOURNE NOW’
22 November 2013 – 23 March 2014
National Gallery of Victoria, VIC
‘Melbourne Now’ celebrates the latest art, architecture, design, performance and cultural practice to reflect the complex cultural landscape of creative Melbourne. The exhibition will represent Melbourne as a dynamic centre for the production of, debate about, and participation in contemporary art, architecture, design and performance - innovative creative practice in all its forms. Polixeni Papapetrou and Glenn Sloggett are included in this ambitious exhibition of over 300 artists.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU ‘A PERFORMATIVE PARADOX’
18 October - 15 December 2013
Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC
One of Australia's leading contemporary photomedia artists, Polixeni Papapetrou, has been exploring relationships between history, contemporary culture, landscape, identity and childhood through her photographic practice since the mid-eighties.This exhibition focuses on the performative in the work of Polixeni Papapetrou, from her early documentary work through to her directorial work with her children since 2002, regarded internationally as some of the most powerful and provocative works in the field of perfomative photography.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU on AUSTRALIAN STORY
23 September 2013 @ 8:00pm
ABC1
Polixeni Papapetrou will be featured on Australian Story, ABC1, this coming Monday 23 September 2013 @ 8:00pm. The program will focus on Papapetrou and her daughter Olympia, who the artist has used to perform in her photographs since 2002. These images are regarded internationally as some of the most powerful and provocative works in the field of performative photography.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in ‘LUNCH WITH OLYMPIA’
20 September – 21 November 2013
Yale University School of Art Gallery, Connecticut, USA
Polixeni Papapetrou’s work is included in the exhibition ‘Lunch with Olympia’ curated by Carol Armstrong, Yale University History of Art Professor, and Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale School of Art. This exhibition coincides with celebrating the 150th anniversary of Manet’s Olympia (1863) and Le dejeuner sur l’herbe (1862-63).
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in ‘UNFAMILIAR IMAGNATION’
4 – 24 September 2013
Gallery Now, Seoul, South Korea
Polixeni Papapetrou’s series Between Worlds (2009) is included in the exhibition 'Unfamiliar Imagination' at Gallery Now, Seoul, South Korea.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in HAIR
3 September – 4 December 2013
The Paul Robson Galleries, The State University of Jersey, USA
Polixeni Papapetrou’s work Salt Man from the series The Ghillies (2012) features in this group exhibition that takes a look at hair. Using ghillie suits to create this series, Papapetrou transforms her actors into animate objects - rocks with life and seaweed with attitude. Other works on display will reflect on the many ways in which hair has been transformed, represented and investigated throughout the history of culture.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU 'Between Worlds'
The Hellenic Museum Melbourne
9 July – 8 August 2013
Works from 'Between Worlds' will be exhibited alongside the costumes from the series.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU ‘A PERFORMATIVE PARADOX’
24 May - 14 July 2013
Centre for Contemporary Photography, VIC
This exhibition focuses on the performative in the work of Polixeni Papapetrou, from her early documentary work through to her directorial work with her children since 2002, regarded internationally as some of the most powerful and provocative works in the field of perfomative photography.
Papapetrou's enduring interest is in how the ‘other’ is represented and how the ‘other’ performs in reinforcing our own identity. Her images are informed by her own experience as ‘other’, growing up as a Greek immigrant in a white, Anglo-Saxon, male-dominated culture in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s.
Marilyn Monroe impersonators, Elvis Presley fans, body builders, circus performers and drag queens have all taken their turn in front of Papapetrou’s camera. All of these people are, one way or another, performing identities.
In 2002 Papapetrou turned her focus to the experience of childhood, using her children as the performers in her pictures. There is a challenging confusion between fantasy, mythology, archetype, animism and theatricality present in these works, ranging from the playful to the transgressive, wrangling with the question of identity and stressing the embodied nature of experience.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in FOTOGRÁFICA BOGOTÁ 2013
7 May - 15 June 2013
Fotográfica Bogotá, Colombia
In 2013 Polixeni Papapetrou will represent Australia in Fotográfica Bogotá, reputedly the largest photo biennale in Latin America. The exhibition will be curated by Alasdair Foster at the prestigious Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, central Bogotá. Previously featured artists from outside Latin America include Chuck Close, Nan Goldin and Martin Parr.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU in A CURIOUS NATURE
24 November 2012 to 10 February 2013
Geelong Gallery, VIC
This exhibition considers the theatrical role of landscape, which sets the scene for performance in contemporary photography and new media. The show includes Polixeni Papapetrou’s The Wanderer from her fantastical series Between Worlds, in which absurd animal masks disguise young actors, amid scenery that speaks of fairy tales and mythology.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU, STEPHANIE VALENTIN, JUSTINE VARGA, WILLIAM YANG IN WILLIAM AND WINIFRED BOWNESS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2012
4 October - 18 November 2012
Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria
The judging panel of Australia’s most celebrated photography accolade, the William and Winifred Bowness prize, has announced Polixeni Papaetrou, Stephanie Valentin, Justine Varga and William Yang are among the finalists. Stills photographer Trent Parke, NGV’s Senior Curator Photography Isobel Crombie and MGA Gallery Director Shaune Lakin selected 42 photographs from over 2000 entries, the largest number in the prize’s history. The winner of the $25 000 prize will be announced at MGA on Thursday 4 October 2012, when the finalist exhibition is opened.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU & STEPHANIE VALENTIN in TERRA COGNITA, PHOTOFESTIVAL NOORDERLICHT 2012
2 September - 7 October 2012
Belvedere Museum, The Netherlands
A selection of works by Polixeni Papapetrou and Stephanie Valentin will be included in the 19th edition of the Noorderlicht International Photofestival: Terra Cognita in The Netherlands. This exhibition considers the relationship between man and the natural world, and features a diverse range of photographic genres by more than 100 photographers from all over the world.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU FEATURED IN TERRA COGNITA, PHOTOFESTIVAL NOORDERLICHT 2012
Groningen
The Nethrelands
2 Sept - 7 Oct 2012
The 19th Noorderlicht International Photofestival focuses on the relation between man and nature and the value of connecting with nature. Seventy artists have been selected from all over the world to exhibit in the festival. Polixeni Papapetrou is one of the artist that has been selected for this years festival.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU FESTURED IN SHARED VISION: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
Between 10th and 11th Avenue, New York
Friday, March 2 - Saturday, April 21, 2012
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PETRINA HICKS & POLIXENI PAPAPETROU FEATURED IN
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
31 March - 29 April 2012
Petrina Hicks and Polixeni Papapetrou feature in the QCP's group exhibition South of the Border, which explores the boundaries of photography. Hicks' Beautiful Creatures series brings together the dualities of human and creature with the alluring language of advertising to examine photography's part in the process of seduction and consumption. Through her continuing interest in the role masks play in story telling and in our everyday lives, Papapetrou's The Dreamkeepers examines a different duality, that of youth and old age.
Stills Gallery are delighted to be presenting a solo exhibition of Papapetrou's The Dreamkeepers, opening 3-5pm Saturday 31 March 2012.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
IMAGES FOR LIFE FORCE FUNDRAISING EVENT 2011 AT STILLS GALLERY
Stills Gallery
Sunday 23 October, 2-5pm
Life Force Cancer Foundation has been the key organisation delivering psycho-social care to people affected by cancer in the Sydney metropolitan area since it began in 1993. Life Force is a non-profit organisation and in February 1996 received charitable status as a public benevolent institution.
Images for Life Force is in its second year. This is their one major annual fundraising event. Twenty, high profile, collectable and established contemporary photographers have donated superb works to be auctioned for this charity event.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
TRENT PARKE AND POLIXENI PAPAPETROU FEATURED AT PHOTOQUAI: 3rd biennial exhibition images of the world
13 September - 11 November 2011
The Australian Embassy
4 rue Jean Rey, 75015 PARIS
Trent Parke’s Minutes to Midnight and Coming Soon series and Polixeni Papapetrou’s Between Worlds series will be exhibited as part of the Photoquai 2011 exhibition at the Australian Embassy, Paris.
Created in 2007 by the musée du quai Branly and dedicated to non-Western photography, the 3rd edition of the PHOTOQUAI biennial exhibition of world images takes place on the quays of the Seine alongside the musée du quai Branly, extending for the first time into the museum garden.
Acclaimed since its first edition for its quality, originality, ambition and relevance, in 2011 PHOTOQUAI will continue to pursue its original mission: showcasing artists whose work is little known in Europe, stimulating communication and allowing for an exchange of world views.
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Papapetrou’s series Haunted Country will be exhibited at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei. The series explores the theme of the ‘bush-lost’ photographically, creating images that embody real and fictional accounts of children who have gone missing. Papapetrou draws the viewer into the emotional space of the photograph, to experience the undercurrent of the psychological drama unfolding.
'Haunted Country' will be exhibited from 1 July to 7 August 2011. http://kdmofa.tnua.edu.tw/
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: ACP RETROSPECTIVE - Tales from Elsewhere
Friday 4 February - Saturday 12 March
Following her recent triumphs in China, France, Greece, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Slovakia and USA, ACP presents the first major retrospective of the work of the internationally acclaimed Australian photo-artist Polixeni Papapetrou.
The exhibition focuses on a series of highly evolved bodies of work created in collaboration with her children, Olympia and Solomon, and their friends. Made over the past dozen years as the children are growing towards teenage, the images use play and dress-ups to explore the complex and often contradictory attitudes of the adult world towards children. While the images are made with rigour and intelligence, they retain the lightness and complex inner logic that is the nature of play. The exhibition is supported by a digital archive allowing visitors to explore the full range of Polixeni Papapetrou’s artistic oeuvre.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ARTS PROGRAM, RANDWICK
9 December - 28 January 2011
Sydney Children’s Hospital will be exhibiting the works of Narelle Autio &
Polixeni Papapetrou. Works featured will include that of Autio’s Summer of Us
& Watercolours series and works from Polixeni’s Between Worlds series. The
exhibition will be opened by the NSW Minister for Health The Hon. Carmel
Tebbutt and will be located in the hospital’s artspace one, located on level
one.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: International exhibitions 2010
Polixeni Papapetrou will be represented in numerous photography exhibitions throughout Novemeber 2010 in Europe. Exhibitions include 'La forêt de mon rêve", Galerie du Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Aix-en-Provence, France, opening on 4 November 2011 featuring the works from Wonderland, Between Worlds & Haunted Country. As well as ‘Tales from Elsewhere’, Month of Photography in Bratislava, Slovakia, opening 6 November 2010 & ARTITLED! in the Netherlands, opening 7 November 2010. Papapetrou’s work will then be shown at the Athens Festival of Photography, Athens, opening 19 November 2010.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
NARELLE AUTIO & POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: HIJACKED 2 - Germany/Australia
Australian Centre of Photography
11 June - 17 July 2010
Curated by Mark McPherson (Australia) and Ute Noll (Germany) the ACP presents
a collaboration of works by 32 contemporary photographers exploring the
socio-cultural landscapes of Germany and Australia. The work of Narelle Autio
and Polixeni Papapetrou will feature in the exhibition, which focuses on the
young, the boundary-riding and the fringe-dwelling. Following the success of
Hijacked 1 (2008), Hijacked 2 - Germany/Australia will be sure not to
disappoint.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: PINGYAO PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL CHINA
Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China
September 2010
Polixeni Papapetrou will be exhibited in September 2010 in Pingyao, an Ancient
Town of the Shanxi Province, China. The festival has become one of the world's
largest photography exhibitions presenting thousands of select works by
Chinese and international artists.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
BETWEEN WORLDS: POLIXENI PAPAPETROU
Gippsland Art Gallery
6 March - 18 April 2010
Papapetrou’s series Between Worlds continues Papapetrou’s exploration of
childhood as the space between worlds - between infancy and adulthood. It also
continues her fascination with masks which she first delved into in
Phantomwise.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
POLIXENI PAPAPETROU: BETWEEN WORLDS PUBLICATION
Available to buy at Stills Gallery $20
Polixeni Papapetrou's latest body of work, Between Worlds, is available to
view in this beautiful publication featuring glossy reproductions, and essays
by Susan Bright and Robert Nelson. This series, which continues Polixeni
Papapetrou's exploration of the condition of childhood and the complex
dynamics of play, will be exhibited at Stills Gallery in June 2010
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
FINALISTS: SLOGGETT, PAPAPETROU, SHANAHAN, VALENTIN
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2009
Monash Gallery of Art, VIC
6 November to 13 December 2009
The finalists of the annual William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
have been announced and include Glenn Sloggett, Polixeni Papapetrou, Rebecca
Shanahan and Stephanie Valentin. The winner of the $20,000 non-acquisitive
prize, which is judged this year by Helen Ennis, Anne Ferran and MGA Director
Shaune Lakin, will be announced on Thursday 26 November.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
MY FAVOURITE THINGS 2009 : POLIXENI PAPAPETROU
Art Gallery Society of NSW
Art Gallery of NSW
6.30 - 7.30pm Wednesday 15 July 2009
The ever popular My Favourite Things artist talks series returns for 2009,
giving members of the public the opportunity to meet and mingle with
photographic artists and hear them discuss what has influenced and informed
their work - including anything from art to technological advancements to
personal experiences. Polixeni Papapetrou has confirmed she will be giving a
talk on 15 July. For bookings and enquiries contact the Art Gallery Society of
NSW on 02 9225 1878
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou
WINNER: POLIXENI PAPAPETROU
JOSEPHINE ULRICK & WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2009
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Surfers Paradise, Queensland
4 April - 17 May 2009
Congratulations to Polixeni Papapetrou who has been announced as the winner of
the 2009 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert award for photography. The winning
entry was the image Sisters Rocks, from the series Games of Consequence, which
was exhibited at Stills gallery, Seoul International Photography Festival, and
The National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan during 2008. There will be a chance to
meet Papapetrou as part of the Art Gallery Society of NSW My Favourite Things
series of artist talks, from 6.30pm, 15 July 2009, at AGNSW.
Image: © Polixeni Papapetrou