Ilias Koen
Ilias Koen was born in Athens in 1977. He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He continued his studies and graduated in 2005 with an M.F.A. from MFA-Computer Arts at the School of Visual Arts. He maintains a multidisciplinary practice, working predominately in drawing, software, and ceramics.
EDUCATION
2005, Masters of Fine Arts in Computer Arts, School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2002, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
EXHIBITION
2022
ΕΙΔΥΛΛΙΑ ΟΔΟΣ / Eidyllia Οdos, Technopolis City of Athens, Group Show curated by Maria Maragkou. (catalogue)
Metanoia, International Fine Arts Consortium, Athens, Group Show
The LandScape Show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Group Show
Ceramic Art: painting and sculpture", MON COIN Studio greek contemporary ceramics art, Athens
ΕΙΔΥΛΛΙΑ ΟΔΟΣ / Eidyllia Οdos, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete.
2021
Mr Robinson Crusoe stayed at home, Benaki Museum, Athens, Group Show curated by Polina Cosmidaki & Kostis Velonis. (catalogue)
I can see your house from here, Haus N Athen, Group Show.
Mötley Crew, Triantaros Public School, Tinos, Greece, curated by Margarita Myrogianni.
2019
Hardware, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece
The Still–Life Show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group Show
Art Athina Fair, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018
Implosión: fragmentos y posibilidades, Diagonal, San Jose, Puerto Rico
2017
The Library Show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group Show
Trans-allegoria: in between words, visuals and their opposites, 2017 Mykonos Bienalle, Mykonos, Greece, Group Show
FACE TO PHASE, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA)—Pireos Street (“Nikos Kessanlis” Exhibition Hall), curated by Tzeni Argyriou and Vassilis Gerodimos, Athens, Greece
Trans-allegoria: in between words, visuals and their opposites, curated by Lydia
Andrioti, IFAC Athina, Athens, Greece, Group Show
Conditions of Production, curated by Ilias Koen and Stella Baraklianou, Eleftheria
Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group Show
1+9, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group Show
2016
Artists’ Cards, Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group show
Art Athina Fair, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Booth A3, Athens, Greece
Asthenia, ROMANZO, Greece, group show,
Modular Modules Mode, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group show
Summer Show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group show
2015
Access Art 2015, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY, Group show
Solo show, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece
2014
Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens, Greece, Group show
2013
For & About: Art & Reactions to Superstorm Sandy, Brooklyn Arts Council Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, Group Show (catalogue)
ReMap 4, Independent Projects, Kypseli fanzine, 28 Keramikou Street, Athens, Greece, Group show
2010
Hot Harvest, The Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, New York, NY, curated by J.
Kim, R. Ostrow and M. Wright, Group show (catalogue), Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW), New York
Paradiso Contrapasso, Observatory, Brooklyn, New York, Group show
Robert Blackburn PrintMaking Workshop Showcase, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY, Group show
Piraeus Tower 2010 - Changing the Face/Façades Reformation , Architectural
competition Piraeus Tower 2010, Athens, Greece (catalogue)
(Un)Natural Histories: Animation and Automata Influenced by Science, Nature, and Technology, Morbid Anatomy, Observatory, 543 Union Street, Brooklyn, New
York, NY
2006
Performthemedia, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Group show
Circuits #2, Eyebeam Art+Technology Center, New York, NY, Group show
Reconstructing Photography, Westside Gallery 141, New York, NY, curated by
Richard Brooks, Group show
2005
MFA-CA Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY, curated by Russet Lederman
2003
SOLUS LOCUS: an art experiment, group show, Gallery Gazonrouge, Athens,
Greece
2002
Aesthesis", group show, Athens, Greece, curated by Marina Fokidi
SUBURBIA – The vast tracts of the Athenian Suburbs, workshop curated by Nikos
kazeros and Pavlos Lefas (catalogue)
2001
FILOPAPPOU HILL: BLACK BOX., group show, Filopapou hill, Athens, Greece
1998, Gallery 7, Athens, Greece, Group show
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Sundaymorning@ekwc, Europees Keramisch werkcentrum, Oisterwijk,
Netherlands, August - November, 2016
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, “New Materiality” Artist in Residence, Banff
Centre, Canada, January 12 - February 12, 2016