Effie Halivopoulou

MA Art and Education, Steinhardt, USA

Artist, researcher, educator. Effie Hallivopoulou’s work on painting and installations deals with biopolitics and biotechnology, while her recent work in the form of video installations is a number of collaborative projects that investigate social issues through interdisciplinary practice. Professor, Deree- ACG, Athens, Head of Visual Arts and Art History, Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts until 2024. Founder of the Visual Arts program, 2008. Co-founder of the Graphic Design program, 2015. MFA, BFA Eq. Pratt Institute, New York. Visiting professor, The Burren College of Art, Ireland – Master’s class in painting, 2012. Member of the Faculty, New School for Social Research, New York- Visual Perception. Teaching Assistant at the Pratt Institute, New York, in the Printmaking and Art History programs. As a Scholar-in-Residence at the Faculty Resource Network of New York University, 2016, 2018 and 2020, Effie Halivopoulou researched Socially Engaged Art and collaborated with the Art and Education programs at Steinhardt. In 2018, she researched Analog and Digital Abstraction in the same program and in 2020, EH researched the Nuances of Abstract Video and collaborated with Tisch School of the Arts. Her work has been presented at the Biennale of Young Artists of the Mediterranean Countries in Thessaloniki 1986, at the Venice Biennale 1997 through the exhibition Engrams of Oblivion, at the Biennale Bida in Seville 2005, at Open 15, Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2012. Participation in exhibitions at the National Gallery, Athens, 2021, the Averof Foundation, Metsovo, 2019, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in 2002 and 2005, Thessaloniki, the State Museum of Contemporary Art in 2002 and 2006, Thessaloniki, the Foundation for Hellenic Culture in New York and Berlin 1999 -2000, the Riverside Studios, London 2000, the Kettle’s Yard 1992, Cambridge, curated by Charles Esche, among other venues. Solo and group exhibitions as well as traveling exhibitions in a number of galleries, in Europe and U.S.A.: C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Desmos, Athens, among others.

Research Projects

• Pixterity: A series of videos created during the 2020 NYU Faculty Resource Network residency, exploring themes of digital trauma, connectivity, and the human body’s interaction with technology. The work belongs to the permanent collection of contemporary art of the National Gallery in Athens.
• Hourglass: A performance integrating Halivopoulou’s abstract paintings, animated into a video that accompanies a dance performance, aiming to convey themes of time, illness, and healing.In collaboration with the Theater Arts Program of the University of Patras.
• Database: An interactive installation presented through a traveling exhibition at the Center of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, that explores the relationship between digital information systems and human perception, questioning the biotechnological intervention on the human body.
• Masculinity, Femininity, and Other Certainties: A painting installation at the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, that examines gender identity and societal norms, challenging traditional binaries and encouraging reflection on personal and collective identities.
• Timeless Tales: A multimedia project presented in an Athenian Gallery that reimagines traditional narratives through contemporary lenses, utilizing digital media to explore the fluidity of storytelling across cultures and time periods.
• Sublime Structure: A painting installation presented in a Baltimore, U.S.A. gallery, that delves into the complexities of forms and their psychological impacts, inviting viewers to engage with the interplay between spaces, emotions, and biotechnology.
• Bida: An installation presented at the Bida Biennale of Seville, that explores the intersection of language, culture, identity, and technology, examining how words and symbols shape our understanding of the world.
• Engrams of Oblivion: An installation presented at the Venice Biennale, featuring the metaphor of weaving material flesh with ethereal intellect, stressing the complementary relationship of the two as a condition for the balance of the bodily existence.