Vasileia Anaxagorou is an artist and researcher based in Cyprus. Her educational journey includes a BA (Hons) in Politics from the University of Nottingham and an MA in History from Goldsmiths College. She furthered her studies with a BFA in Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and an MFA in Fine Art with distinction from the University of Oxford. Vasileia is working on her doctoral research at the University of Cyprus, focusing on exploring Cypriot feminist subjectivities, in the works of Lia Haraki and Arianna Economou. Her research centers on what she terms the “seascape of trauma'” in Cyprus and how it intersects performance art and the visual arts. Anaxagorou has recently published an academic article titled: “Building Resilience: The (New?) Politics of Grief and Mourning at the Time of the Pandemic in Contemporary Art Practices" in The International Journal of Social, Political, and Community Agendas in the Arts. This research explored the politicised dimensions of the pandemic, particularly as they intersected with the experiences of migrants and refugees, employing visual representations that challenge prevailing social and political narrativesHer artistic research traverses a variety of mediums, including painting, writing, moving images, performance, and she consistently engaged with themes grounded in feminist and queer theory. Vasileia has actively participated in group exhibitions internationally including London, New York, Portugal, Athens, and Cyprus. She has showcased her work in four solo exhibitions in Cyprus.
EDUCATION
P.hD. (candidate)
Gender Studies, University of Cyprus
MFA
Fine Art (with Distinction), University of Oxford
BFA
Fine Art (GPA: 4.00 or 100%), School of Visual Arts, New York City
MA
History, Goldsmiths College, London
BA (Hons)
Politics, University of Nottingham
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, TALKS, CONVERSATIONS
Presenter. Monumentality in the Seascape of Trauma in Cyprus: The Case of Lia Haraki’s Performance work, The Record Replay React Show - Re-Sculpting Freedom at The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place Conference, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 2022
Presenter/Speaker. Performances/ επιτέλεση: PerformanceDates 2022, International Symposium on Performance, Cyprus Institute of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, 2022
Presenter. Building Resilience: The (New?) Politics Of Grief and Mourning at the Time of The Pandemic in Contemporary Art Practise, Seventeenth International Conference on the Arts in Society, San Jorge University, Zarazoga, Spain, 2022
Invited Artist. “Endangered Bodies” Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
PUBLICATIONS
Article. Anaxagorou, Vasileia. 2023. “Building Resilience: The (New?) Politics of Grief and Mourning at the Time of the Pandemic in Contemporary Art Practices”, The International Journal of Social Political, and Community Agendas in the Arts, 18(3): 39-61. https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v18i01/39-61
Featured Artist @ 20Twenty Magazine New York, United States, 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“dreamscapes of innocence”, Stand in Line Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2023
“Grieving at the time of the pandemic”,Garage Art Space, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2022
“the Carnivalesque as a social commentary: 2021”, The O Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2021
“Multifaceted Visage”, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery , Nicosia, Cyprus, 2019
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“M. Kashialos: From Light to Dark”, Costas Argyrou Museum, Cyprus, 2024
“Purity”, t.a.s.xyz Gallery, Lefkara, Cyprus, 2024
“Reality Check”, Stand in Line Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2021
“Women in the Arts”, ArteVisione Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2021
“Summer Exhibition”, The O Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2021
“The O Gallery Opening”, The O Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2020
“A Woman Alone”, The Pierides Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2020
“Red Cross Life”, Leventis Art Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2020
“Τhe Lefkosia Art Show” (Part II)”, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2020
“The Lefkosia Art Show (Part I)”, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2018
“Endangered Bodies Art Exhibition and International Conference” , University of Lisbon , Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
“Contemporary Artists’ Books II”,Manifactura Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2018
“Biennale Larnaca”, The Pierides Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2018
“Catalysts in the Morning Dew”, SVA Gramercy Gallery, Manhattan, New York, United States, 2018
“Et tu, Art Brute?”, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Manhattan, New York, United States,2018
“Spring Salon”, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2017
“Expressing your Unique Identity”, SVA Flatiron Project Space, Manhattan, New York, United States, 2017
“Three-Fold”, Camden Image Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2017
“Fragile Land”, Kypriaki Goneia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus, 2016
“Face of January”,Camden Image Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2016