
Aemilia Papaphilippou – CV Highlights
Born: 1961, Asmara, Eritrea (East Africa)
Residence:Athens, Greece
Education & Academic Role
Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece – MA (1985)
New York University, USA – MA (1989); Onassis Foundation Scholarship and NYU Teaching Assistantship with tuition remission
Research Center for the Arts and Sciences (KETE) – Scholarship by sculptor Takis
Adjunct Professor, Athens School of Fine Arts – Postgraduate Program (2005–2007)
International Representations of Greece
21st São Paulo Biennale, Brazil (1991) – Official representation of Greece; Curator: Maria Maragou
“Europe Exists” (2000) – MoMus, Thessaloniki (Official Greek representation; Curators: Harald Szeemann & Rosa Martinez)
“Open” (2002) – Lido, Venice (Official Greek representation; Curators: Lina Tsikouta & Paolo De Grandis)
Major Commissions & Exhibitions
“Liquid Sky” (2010) – Onassis Cultural Center, Athens (Commissioned by the Onassis Foundation)
“Nautilus: Navigating Greece” (2014) – Bozar, Brussels (Greek EU Presidency / Ministry of Culture)
“Pulsating Fields” (2014) – Ancient Agora of Athens (Commissioned by NEON, supported by the Ministry of Culture)
“South by Southeast: A Further Surface” (2015) – Guangdong Times Museum, China (Curators: Patrick D. Flores & Anca Verona-Mihulet)
Documenta 14 (2017) – Antidoron: The EMST Collection (Curator: Katerina Koskina)
Raumwelten Conference (2017) – Ludwigsburg Palace, Germany (Invited by Ulrich Wegenast; created “Chaosmos” and also acted as keynote speaker)
“Chess Continuum: The Everlasting Now” (2019) – Fortification Walls of Rhodes (Under the auspices of French Institute, South Aegean Region & GNTO, commissioned by Rodos Palace Hotel)
“Thesis–Antithesis–Synthesis: In the Belt of Change” (2021) / within “The Tides of the Century” exhibition – Hainan Ocean Flower Museum, China (Curator: Katerina Koskina)
“Sacred Tales/COVID-19” (2021) – Ancient Little Theater of Epidaurus (Commissioned by Athens Epidaurus Festival)
“Chaosmos” (2022) – Megaron Concert Hall, Athens (Commissioned by the 11th International Aerosol Conference, invited by Kostantinos Eleftheriadis)
“Handshake” (2023) – Theorems 3 (in collaboration with curator Stratis Pantazis)