ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK is an institution that makes its debut this year in Athens. From June, 29 to July, 3, a festival of eleven exhibitions and numerous parallel events (lectures, workshops) will mark their own route in the city center of Athens, inviting the people of the city to wander around and discover the latest trends in contemporary jewelry. This year’s ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK will incorporate more than forty Greek artists working in Greece and abroad, as well as group of artists, jewelry schools and galleries. All together – and each one through individual work – will attempt to reveal to the audience the intersecting points and ways between art and contemporary jewelry.
Event organizer and curator: Anticlastics group (Anastasia Kandaraki, Erato Kouloubi, Ioanna Natsikou, Niki Stylianou)
Participants:
Greek artists working in Greece and abroad
Aggelika Diplari, Anastasia Kandaraki, Antria Prasinou, Angelika Komis, Angelos Konstantakatos, Artemis Valsamaki, Corinna Coutouzi, Demitra Thomloudis, Despina Pantazopoulou, Dora Haralambaki, Efharis Alepedis, Elisavet Messi, Erato Kouloubi, Evangelia Dimitriou, Ioli Livada, Iro Kaskani, Katerina Glyka, Liana Pattihis, Marina Zachou, Nicole Polentas, Revekka Moustaki Zei, Victoria Ioannidou, Vivi Touloumidi, Xenia Deimezi, Giota Vogli.
Groups of artists
Cluster collective: Anastasia Agglopoulou, Hara Kourtali, Yakinthi Oikonomou
- JAW (Jewellery Art Workers- Maria Apostolopoulou, Achilleas Georgiadis, Stella Deligianni, Artemis Zafrana, Iosif Iosifidis, Nikos Karakostas,, Apostolos Klitsiotis, Vally Kontidis, Mary Margoni, Sarina Beza, Sofia Papalexiou, Maria Psarianou, D’Olium (Sofia Bahlava-Vassilis Stamoulis) and the video artist Theofanis Konstantinou)
- Maria Tsimpiskaki, Niki Stylianou
- RagTag Collective (Chrisoula Papahatzi,Giorgos Giannoutsos, Ismini Pachi, Kalliope Theodoropoulou, Vasia Pachi, Yannis Tsalapatis )
- Ioanna Natsikou
Jewelry Schools
- Anamma studio
- Chalkis art school
- Mokume – Silversmithing and Jewelry Design School, Greece
Galleries
- Eleni Marneri gallerie
- Popeye Loves Olive – art space
The 11 exhibitions will be hosted in corresponding spaces in the city center of Athens. Detailed program at http://athensjewelryweek.com/ and Athens Jewelry Week – Facebook
