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Emi Avora (1978)
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Emi Avora
Jungle 2008
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Emi Avora
Mecca 2007
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Emi Avora
Waiting 2008
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Biography |
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1978 |
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Born: in Greece |
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1998 |
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Pirye Art Prize, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Socrates Travel Scholarship, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK |
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1999 |
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BA Fine Art, Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University, UK
Prize for obtaining a First Class Degree, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK |
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2001 |
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PGCE Art & Design, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
British Institution Fund Prize, London, UK |
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2002 |
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Post-graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London, UK
The Centre of attention prize, London, UK
The Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac Award, London, UK
Boise Foundation Travel Scholarship, New York, NY
Royal Academy Schools Travel Scholarship |
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2004 |
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Shortlisted for BOC emerging artist award
Nairs Foundation art residency, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant, Canada |
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Lives and works in London, UK |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Storyweaver, Trübenbach Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo)
XI Call, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Take Away, 33 Portland Place, London, UK
Paint-id, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Wonder Island, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK |
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2007 - 2008 |
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In Present Tense: Young Greek Artists, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece |
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2007 |
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A thousand mirrors, The Apartment, Athens, Greece (solo)
Decadence, Decay and the Demimonde, Home House, London, UK
Emi Avora / Julia Kunin: Against Nature, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Salon Connexions, Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK |
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2006 |
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In the ruins, Contemporary Art Projects, London, UK (solo)
On the verge, Amy Jo Spitalier, London, UK (solo)
Defining the Contemporary – the Whitechapel Auction, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Present in the Past, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London, UK
Celeste Art Prize 2006 Finalists’ Exhibition, London, UK |
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2005 |
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Art Futures 2005, Bloomberg Space, London, UK
The Wonderful Fund Collection, Le Musee de Marrakech, Marrakech, Maroc
Introductions, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Foster Art Collection Show, Foster Art Gallery, London, UK
London Now: Are you in Love Yet?, Arts Centre, St. Petersburg, FL |
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2004 |
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BOC Emerging Artist Award Finalists 2004, Space, The Triangle, London, UK
Short stories about Glamour, Hiscox art projects, London, UK
Silent reading, Seven Seven gallery, London, UK
Draft , Nairs Culture centre, Scuol, Switzerland
East End Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Art Futures, CAS, London, UK |
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2003 |
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Reduced, Century gallery featuring the Centre of Attention, London, UK
Minatures, Sarah Myerscouch gallery, London, UK
Arty-tecture, Transition Gallery, London, UK
Aqcuaesale, Initinere, Salento, Italy
Artfutures 2003, CAS, London, UK |
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2002 |
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6Rooms2002, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece
Kiss my Art, Gallery M, London, UK |
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2001 |
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Premiums show, Royal Academy - Sackler Gallery, London, UK |
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2000 |
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Art Hunting, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
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1998 |
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Odyssey, Oxford University Press Bookshop, Oxford, UK (solo)
Expeditions, Dolphin Gallery, Oxford, UK (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections: |
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Contemporary Art Society, London, UK |
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