Vasiliki Riala (b. Nicosia, Cyprus, 1995)
Artist based in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Founder and Maker of xroniko concept store
EDUCATION:
2014 – 2018 Fine Arts, BA Academy Minerva Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands
AWARDS:
xroniko concept store:
Best Participation POP UP FESTIVAL NICOSIA 2021
“Commerce of Culture and Creativity”
Nicosia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
NOMINATIONS:
Klass Dijkstra Academieprijs 2018 link
RESIDENCIES:
Residency at Künstlerhäuser Worpswede June 2017 Worpswede, Germany
PRESS:
CYPRUS MAIL link
POLITIS–PARATHYRO link
DAGBLAD VAN HET NOORDEN link
EXHIBITIONS:
Urban / Awareness – After:noon / project
November 2022
group exhibition
Acropolis Park – Spilies Exhibition Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
Headliners – Graduation Show 2018 – Academie Minerva
June 2018
group exhibition
De Suiker Events, Groningen, Netherlands
Elapse
February 2018
group exhibition
RKZ Bios, Groningen, Netherlands
LOOP | POOL
May 2017 group exhibition SIGN Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
Add a missing place to Google Maps.
April 2017
solo exhibition
Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
January Expo
January 2017
group exhibition
Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
Bed Talks x Minerva
September 2016
group exhibition
The Student Hotel, Groningen, Netherlands
Parrhesia
December 2015, group Performance, SIGN Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
ON! Media Arts
October 2015 Improvisation based performance in collaboration with Riane Pater eXAF, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Side C
June 2015 group exhibition Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
PARTICIPATIONS:
STATE GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART – SPEL
since 2019
Invigilator for exhibitions:
–IN THE SEA OF THE SETTING SUN 11 November 2022 – ONGOING
–2nd CYPRUS POSTER TRIENNIAL 24 July – 8 October 2022
–ONIROPOLIS 18 December 2021- 30 April 2022
–Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived 12 July 2021 – 30 October 2021
–Rebirth 16 June 2020 – 29 April 2021
–Doc Nights @SPEL 22-31 January 2020
–2nd Biennale of Printmaking Cyprus 18 November 2019 – 3 January 2020
–Animation & Contemporary Art 18 May – 9 June 2019
–Untimely on Time: Christoforos Savva (1924 – 1968) 31 January – 31 March 2019
Nicosia, Cyprus
POP UP FESTIVAL NICOSIA 2021
10-31 December 2021
Participating with ÷xroniko concept store – City Plaza, Nicosia, Cyprus
Christoforos Savva: Untimely, Again
15 August – 24 November 2019
Invigilator Cyprus Pavilion – 58th International Art Exhibition Biennale Arte Venice, Italy
A Climate Challenge
July 2019
Project assistant for Christina Gruber, Antonio Zingaro and Davide Bevillacqua, Phytorio Residency Programs, Nicosia, Cyprus
Excavating Contemporary Archaeology
June – July 2019
Project assistant for the artist Cristina Lucas , EU funded project in collaboration with Point Centre for Contemporary Art , Nicosia, Cyprus
CONSTANTINOS TALIOTIS-THE PAVILION
4 – 17 May 2019
Invigilator Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
Excavating Contemporary Archaeology
April 2019
Camera assistant for the artist Amalie Smith, EU funded project in collaboration with Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
CORPORA+
18 April 2018
performing for Performance Round and Round artist: Lydia Buijs, SIGN Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
Perspectives – Graduation Show 2017
July 2017
performing for Performance island artist: Mylan Hoezen Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
Triple Bill: Mylan/Nina/Nina
October 2016
performed for Performance 863125 artist: Mylan Hoezen Suikerfabriek, Groningen, Netherlands
Carolina’s Final
June 2016
Video producer in collaboration with Jelisaveta Kusić , Prins Claus Conservatorium, Groningen, Netherlands
MEGA CRY
May 2016
performed for Performance 418283 artist: Mylan Hoezen SKpN, Groningen, Netherlands
Hyper – Graduation Exhibition Academy Minerva
July 2015
performed for Performance (ON)ZICHTBAAR artist: Anna-Lucia Rijff Academie Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands
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