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Emi Avora Biography
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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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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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The Splendid Years, The Apartment, Athens, Greece (solo)
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2011
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The Lonely Palace, Municipal Gallery of Corfu, Corfu, Greece (solo)
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2011
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Mir Fabergé, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
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2010
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Dictionary of Ornaments, South Square Gallery, Bradford, United Kingdom (solo)
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2009
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Storyweaver, Trübenbach Galerie, Cologne (solo)
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2009
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The Tiger in the Theater (from Baroque to Superama), Athens, Greece (solo)
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2009
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XI Call, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Take Away, 33 Portland Place, London, England
Paint-id, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Sotiris Bachtsetzis, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue)
The Tiger in the Theater (from Baroque to Superama), Athens, Greece (solo)
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 (solo)
-Wonder Island, Schwartz Gallery, London, England, curated by Emi Avora and Patrick Michalopoulos
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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 (solo)
Decadence, Decay and the Demimonde, Home House, London, England
Emi Avora / Julia Kunin: Against Nature, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
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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 (solo)
Defining the Contemporary – the Whitechapel Auction, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Present in the Past, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
On the verge, Amy Jo Spitalier, London (solo)
Celeste Art Prize 2006 Finalists’ Exhibition, London
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2005
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The Wonderful Fund Collection, Le Musee de Marrakech, Marrakech
Introductions, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
Foster Art Collection Show, Foster Art Gallery, London
London Now: Are you in Love Yet?, Arts Centre, St. Petersburg, Florida
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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Short stories about Glamour, Hiscox art projects, London
Silent reading, Seven Seven gallery, London
Schwnengesang, Mousonturm, Frankfurt
Draft , Nairs Culture centre, Scuol, Switzerland
BOC prize shortlist show, BOC, Surrey
Summer pursuits, STORE gallery, London
East End Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Art Futures, CAS, London
Faith, Transition gallery, London; CAS, Osaka, Japan
Then 6…developments, Phoenix gallery, Brighton
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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Oriel Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales, March
The last day I spent on earth, Project Room, Glasgow, February
Minatures, Sarah Myerscouch gallery, London
Lexmark European prize exhibition, London
Aqcuaesale, Initinere, Salento, Italy
Arty-tecture, Transition Gallery, London
Artfutures 2003, CAS, London
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
Art prize, Centre of Attention Gallery, London, October
DLA Art Award 2002, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, October
RA Degree show, Royal Academy Schools, June
Kiss my Art , Gallery M, London, December
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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
How we built the world, Liverpool
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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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