ANTONIS DONEFimages curriculum

Born in 1978 in Greece

Living and working in Athens

Education

  • 2002-2003 University of Fine Arts, Madrid
  • 1999-2004 School of Fine Arts, Athens

Solo Exhibitions

2023
  • Symbols of Selflessness, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens.
2021
  • Chronos, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
2019
  • Neo, Galeria casado Santapau, Madrid.
2017
  • The Cheat, Kalfayan Gallery, Athens
2016
  • Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid
  • PrivateView gallery, Turin
2012
  • The Breeder, Athens
2010
  • “War, Fishing and Sex”, Valentina Bonomo Roma, Rome
2009
  • “The Yellow Wilderness”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
2008
  • “Antonis Donef ”, AD Gallery, Athens

Group Exhibitions

2023
  • Parallel Viewing – Art from the Bank of Greece Collection, B&M Theocharakis Foundation, Athens
2022
  • Anaparastasi: Reconstruction, Reenactment, Reconstitution,International Film Festival of Thessaloniki, Greece
2021
  • Preview and Predict, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
2019
  • The Future of the Past, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
2017
  • Let them draw II; Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2015
  • AMETRIA at Benaki Museum, AMETRIA is a DESTE Foundation’s exibition that takes place at the Benaki Museum in Athens.
2013
  • Now and Then, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
  • Hell As Pavillion, curated by Nadia Argyropoulou, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
  • Group Mountain, curated by Andreas Angelidakis, The Breeder, Athens
2011
  • Galerie Utopia, The Forgotten Bar Project, at ReMap 3, Athens
  • The Contemporary Woman in Greece, Hub, Athens, curated by Marina Fokidis
2010
  • Sensitivity Questioned – The Feminine Preserve, (curated by Iliana
    Fokianaki), Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
2009
  • Mimes, curated by Christopher Marinos, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens
  • Action Field Kodra, Festival of the Visual Arts, Thessaloniki
2008
  • Visual Arts in Greece 3, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
    Athensville, curated by Marina Fokidis, Hellexpo Exhibition Center, Athens
2005
  • Exhibition of the Honors Graduates of the School of Fine Arts of Athens, Benaki Museum, Athens
2004
  • Streets of Life, Zarifeios Education Academy, Alexandroupolis, Greece, part of the summer academy of the National Theater of Greece
2002
  • Olympic Games 2004, Technopolis, Gazi, Athens
  • Recycling Renaissance, Teriade Museum, Mytilene, Lesvos, part of the summer academy of the National Theater of Greece

Public Collections

  • European Bank collection
  • UAE Royal Family Collections, United Arab Emirates
  • Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority
  • The Dakis Joannou Foundation Collection, Athens
  • Vorres Museum Collection, Athens

Awards

  • 2010 Award and residency at “The Art House Shanghai Award”
  • 2005 The Presentation of New Creators, Eurobank Private Banking, Athens

Bibliography

  • Frieze New York, 2014 catalogue
  • Antonis Donef, Elephant Magazine, spring 2014
  • Vitamin D2, Phaidon, 2013
  • Frieze New York, A photo tour, Time Out New York, May 2013
  • Antonis Donef, Elephant Magazine, Issue II-Summer 2012
  • Liste, The Young Art Fair in Basel, catalogue, 2012
  • Contemporary Woman in Greece, exhibition catalogue, curated by Marina Fokidis, organized and produced by Vima, Athens
  • Christos Paridis, “Athens-Shanghai”, Paper magazine, no.22, April 2010
  • “Artists to watch”, 2boards, April-June 2010
  • “The Yellow Wilderness”, exhibition catalogue, essay by Christopher Marinos, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, 2009
  • “Mimes”, exhibition catalogue, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, 2009
  • Maria Marangou, “Imitation-Mimes and Stage Design”, Eleftherotypia, 18 May 2009
  • When Art Imitates and re-writes, Vima newspaper, Athens, 2 June 2009
  • Theodora Malamou, Antonis Donef, Velvet, no.44, October 2009
  • Antonios Donef, 2007, exhibition catalogue, Athens