Konstantina Krikzoni
Nymphidia
About the exhibition
Victoria Miro Projects is delighted to launch Nymphidia, a presentation on Vortic by London-based artist Konstantina Krikzoni. This is the seventh project in an ongoing series of presentations by invited artists on Vortic.
Konstantina Krikzoni was born in Chalkidiki, Greece in 1987 and lives and works in London, UK.
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Author: Frieze Published: 06 Jul 2023About the exhibition
Presented by
Victoria Miro Projects
Artist
Konstantina Krikzoni
Dates
19 Sept - 10 Nov 2024
Victoria Miro Projects is delighted to launch Nymphidia, a presentation on Vortic by London-based artist Konstantina Krikzoni. This is the seventh project in an ongoing series of presentations by invited artists on Vortic.
Groups of female figures inhabit Krikzoni’s fluid and painterly underwater scenes, which blend ancient and contemporary approaches to storytelling that are shaped by her upbringing by the Aegean Sea. In her new body of work, Krikzoni disrupts narratives within historical and classical paintings and writings – from Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ Le Bain Turc to the Greek mythological figures of sirens and harpies – to reconsider the relationship between women and nature.
Themes of creation and decay are central to Nymphidia. Submerged on a subaqueous stage, Krikzoni’s figures pose and gaze directly at the viewer from a shorefront surrounded by abstract flowers that bloom and wither around them. Krikzoni’s techniques incorporate staining, pouring, and glazing, as well as using freshly cut flowers as tools to paint. The artist describes them as ‘threatening rather than decorative, soaked in brine and emanating fumes — reworked symbols of femininity that aim to defy stereotypical portrayals.’
Konstantina Krikzoni
Konstantina Krikzoni was born in Chalkidiki, Greece in 1987 and lives and works in London, UK. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. In 2023, Krikzoni’s work was showcased in Chamber, a solo exhibition at Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, and Continuum, a two-person exhibition at Frieze No.9 Cork Street, London, UK. Recent group exhibitions include the Malta Biennale, Malta (2024); Afterdark, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2024); Disrupted Harmony, Public Service Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2023); Hot Summer Pt. I, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, France (2023); and Hot Summer Pt. 2, Swivel Gallery, New York, USA (2023). She was an artist in residence at the Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy in 2023, culminating in the exhibition Shipping Address. In September 2024, Krikzoni will participate in the Philippe and Marion Lambert Residency in Crete, Greece.
Krikzoni was shortlisted for the Chadwell Award 2022, London, UK. Other recent awards and scholarships include the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS, Athens, Greece (2021), and NEON Scholarship 2021/22, NEON Organization for Culture and Development, Athens, Greece (2021).
Her work is in the collection of the Yageo Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, and the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China.
Konstantina Krikzoni
Konstantina Krikzoni was born in Chalkidiki, Greece in 1987 and lives and works in London, UK. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. In 2023, Krikzoni’s work was showcased in Chamber, a solo exhibition at Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, and Continuum, a two-person exhibition at Frieze No.9 Cork Street, London, UK. Recent group exhibitions include the Malta Biennale, Malta (2024); Afterdark, Newchild Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2024); Disrupted Harmony, Public Service Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2023); Hot Summer Pt. I, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, France (2023); and Hot Summer Pt. 2, Swivel Gallery, New York, USA (2023). She was an artist in residence at the Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy in 2023, culminating in the exhibition Shipping Address. In September 2024, Krikzoni will participate in the Philippe and Marion Lambert Residency in Crete, Greece.
Krikzoni was shortlisted for the Chadwell Award 2022, London, UK. Other recent awards and scholarships include the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS, Athens, Greece (2021), and NEON Scholarship 2021/22, NEON Organization for Culture and Development, Athens, Greece (2021).
Her work is in the collection of the Yageo Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, and the Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China.
