Peggy Kliafa

She lives and works in Athens, Greece She graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts (with Honors) where she studied Painting under Professor Marios Spiliopoulos and Sculpture under Professor Nikos Tranos (2011/2012) – Integrated Master Degree in Painting. She graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) in 1990, where she studied Business Administration (Major in Marketing); she has been working as a marketing manager for many years. Her works have been acquired by public collections in Greece as well as Foundations and private collections in Greece and abroad. SOLO EXHIBITIONS/3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS: March 2019, “George Lappas_Aphrodite Liti_Peggy Kliafa”, Lola Nikolaou Gallery,Thesssaloniki, Exhibition text: Thalea Stefanidi October 2017, 3 PERSON SHOW: “Creative Meetings 2017, Michalis Katzourakis, Peggy Kliafa, Vassilis Gerodimos – Transformation of the Medium”, E. Averoff Museum and the vineyards, Metsovo, Greece, curated by Dr. Lina Tsikouta-Deimezi (catalogue) September 2016: “Placebo”, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece, exhibition text: by Thalea Stefanidou (small catalogue) November 2013, “Pharmakon”, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece, exhibition text: by Dr. Lina Tsikouta-Deimezi (catalogue) SOLO ONE DAY EVENTS: June 2015, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece July 2014, St Nikolaos “church” in the medieval castle of Monemvasia Castle, Monemvasia GROUP EXHIBITIONS: October 2022, “The October Show”, IFAC Arts Athens (International Fine Arts Consortium), Athens, Greece, Curator: Alia Tsagkari October 2022, “Collective Brain”, The Opening Gallery, New York, USA, Curator: Dr. Sozita Goudouna September 2022, “THE FALL”, Mercato Centrale Milano, Italy, Organization: Cramum, Curator: Sabino Maria Frassà (Cramum’s Annual Book “La caduta, come cadere in alto”) September 2022, “Love me tender”, Lola Nikolaou Gallery – Thessaloniki, (in collaboration with ALMA Gallery, Athens), Curator: Stephanos Tsitsopoulos July 2022, “ TRUE BLUE”, Art Space / Studio 265, Paros. Curator: Alexios Papazaharias June 2022, “LOVE ME TENDER-ELVIS PRESLEY” ALMA Gallery, Athens in collaboration with Lola Nikolaou Gallery , Thessaloniki. Curator: Stephanos Tsitsopoulos June 2022, “NEOMAI” (trip/return), Neoclassical House Perikleous 24, Piraeus, Organization by ICC Women Hellas/Welcome by Eirini Veniami, Curator: Marilena Koutsoukou May 2022, “The Root”, Amphicar Studio, Athens, Curator: Foteini Vergidou April 2022, “Froth on the Daydream – L’ ‘Ecume des Jours”, Gallery “7”, Athens, Curator: Chloe Akrithaki March 2022, “Mix ‘n’ Match”, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki October 2021, “New Acquisitions 2008 – 2021”, E. Averoff Museum, Metsovo, (catalogue) June 2021, “Art on Boards – The Skate Project”, Zoumboulakis Contemporary Art – Zoumboulakis Galleries in collaboration with THE SKATEROOM, Athens December 2020, “The Right to Silence?”, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, City University of New York and other cultural venues, New York, USA (digital catalogue) July 2020, “Gallery’s Depot”, Lola Nikoaou Gallery, Thessaloniki May 2020, “erotica”, Skoufa Gallery, Athens December 2019, “Generations”, Municipal Museum of Malevizio (Heraklio), Crete, Curated by Dipola group (E. Lazogas, D. Karatzas, D. Lambrou), Co-curator: Chrissa Vathianaki (catalogue) December 2019, “Private Collection”, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki October 2019, “Lands of Creation”, E. Averof Museum, Metsovo, Greece, curated by Dr. Lina Tsikouta-Deimezi (catalogue) September 2019, “Apathia”, 4th Mykonos Biennale, Passengers’ Station, Old Port of the Mykonos town, Delos island, etc, Founder and Art Director: Lydia Venieri, Program Manager: Ellie Skreta September 2019, “CulturaHER”, Cultural Center of Heraklion, Crete, support of the Municipality of Heraklion and Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Curator: Stella Kukulaki, Assistant Curator: Dimitris Lambrou (catalogue) July 2019, “IASIS”, Beau Rivage building, Loutraki, Curators: Foteini Vergidou, Takis Zervedas, Zoe Pyrini, Makis Faros, TILT platform, (catalogue) March 2019, “BEGOND SCIENCE: a dialogue between science and art”, Spiti tis Kyprou (Cyprus Embassy), Athens, Support: A.G. Leventis Foundation, Curator: Nora Okka February 2019, “UN/FASHION”, Athens Concert Hall, Athens, Curator: Dr. Sozita Goudouna November 2018, “SYMBIARTIC, Empowering Art Through Science”, part of the 3rd International Biomedical Congress, John Atanasof Innovation Forum, Tech Park, Sofia, Bulgaria September 2018, “Contemporary Artists’ Books 2”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Old Library, Athens, Greece, Curators: Fiona Mouzakiti, Despoina Stavrou August/September 2018, “The Fourth Stage, Abstract Theory and the Silver Lining of Allegorical Necessity”, IFAC Arts @ The Yard, New York, USA, Curators: Eric Fiedmann, Sozita Goudouna, Lee Wells June 2018, “Art Athina 18” fair, Athens, in the booth of Lola Nikolaou Gallery, in the Athens Conservatoire May 2018, “Join the Dots”, Luciano Benetton – Imago Mundi Collection, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy February 2018, “Symphony in 20 parts. Contemporary artworks from the collections of the State Museum of Contemporary Art and of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, curators: Thouli Misirloglou, Giannis Bolis December 2017, “AVLAIA” (DROP CURTAIN), Makrideio Theatre, Paphos, Cyprus, “Paphos 2017” Organization, Cultural Capital of Europe, curator Gioula Hatzigeorgiou, catalogue text Dr. Sozita Goudouna (catalogue) October 2017, “Creative Meetings 2017, Michalis Katzourakis, Peggy Kliafa, Vassilis Gerodimos – Transformation of the Medium”, E. Averoff Museum and the vineyards, Metsovo, Greece, curated by Dr. Lina Tsikouta-Deimezi (catalogue) September 2017, “Imagined Homes”, 6th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Mount Athos Center/Agioritiki Estia, Thessaloniki, Organisation-Production: State Museum of Contemporary Art, Director Syrago Tsiara (catalogue) July 2017, “Combat Breathing”, group event, EMST National Museum of Contemporary art, Athens, curator: Dr. Sozita Goudouna July 2017, “A Certain Blue of the Sea”, group exhibition, Ionian Parliament, Corfu, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna June 2017, “Removement, Athens, 2017”, group exhibition, Kairi Arcade, Athens, supported by NEON organization, curated by Maria Vassariotou, Konstantinos Sakkas, Yorgos Nomikos, Georgia Eleni Tigkinagka, produced by: https://www.delta-pi.org/removement April 2017, “The Library Show”, group show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, curated by Eleftheria Tseliou, David Sampethai June 2016, “Multiples”, group exhibition, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece June 2016, “Private Collection II”, group exhibition, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece May 2016, “12”, group exhibition, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece September 2015, Beirut Art Fair, Lebanon, in the booth of Kappatos Gallery June 2015, Aegeanale 2015, international art and culture platform at the Aegean Sea, Kivotos, Myconos, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna (digital catalogue) June 2015, “Art Athina 2015”, Art Fair at Faliron Pavilion (Taekwondo Stadium), in the booth of Kappatos Gallery, Athens (art fair’s catalogue) November 2014, “10”, group exhibition, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna May 2014, Luciano Benetton Foundation Greek Collection, Imago Mundi Project, curated by Vanessa Melissourgaki, Natasha Karagelou, Polyna Kosmadaki. First international exhibition: in Venice, Italy, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Sep 1 – Nov 1 2015 (catalogue) April 2014, International Conference “Art & Research”, Athens Concert Hall, Athens, curated by Elizabeth Plessa (catalogue) March 2014, “Shortly”, Museum of Modern-Greek Art, Municipality of Rhodes, Rhodes, co-ordinated by Prof. Kostas Ioannidis (catalogue) February 2014, Athens School of Fine Arts 2010-11 Graduates’ Exhibition, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, curated by Prof. Michalis Manoussakis (catalogue) September 2013, Kappatos Gallery, Athens May 2013, “The Symptom Projects – The Symptom 04”, Amfissa, curated by Apostolis Artinos and Kostas Christopoulos (catalogue) May 2013, “Paradise Lost”, parallel exhibition, Art Athina, Athens, curated by Artemis Potamianou (art fair’s catalogue) March 2013, “Medium as Narrative”, CAMP (Contemporary Art Meeting Point), Athens, original idea by George Divaris, Kostas Hristopoulos, curated by Dr. Lina Tsikouta-Deimezi January 2013, International Conference on Jacques Derrida, University of Athens and French Institute of Athens, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna January 2012, “Rooms 2012”, St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens, organized by the Kappatos Gallery, curated by Dr. Lina Tsikouta-Deimezi; “Rooms Plus”, Kappatos Gallery, Athens (catalogue) December 2011, “Art in Shop Windows”, in vacant shops in the Athens centre; organized by the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Municipality of Athens (catalogue) June 2010, “Sotiria Project”, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, curated by Dr. Panagiotis Papadopoulos (catalogue) COLLECTIONS: PUBLIC COLLECTIONS State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece FOUNDATIONS/COLLECTIONS Benetton Foundation, Italy Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza Foundation – E. Averoff Museum, Metsovo, Greece Valmont Foundation, Switzerland Collezione Paneghini, Italy PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Several artworks have been acquired by private collections in Greece and abroad.