Biography
LIA ELEFTHERIADOU
She was born in 1960, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
She studied art at the National University of Tbilisi. After the completion of her studies, she started her professional work as an artist in Georgia, where she mainly co-operated with the Austrian – Georgian gallery “Daraba”, taking part in many exhibitions.
In 1994 she was elected as a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Georgia.
In 1995 she relocated to Greece and she has been living and working in Thessaloniki since. In 1997 she participated in the program “Thessaloniki –Cultural Capital of Europe”. Her works have been displayed in 30 personal and 72 group exhibitions.
She participated as an artist and art director in the following group exhibitions:
- 1996 “Para thin alos”, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki
- 1998 “Repatriate Artists”, Villa Bianca, Thessaloniki
- 2000 Road show of Arts, World Council of Hellenes Abroad, Thessaloniki and Athens, Municipal Art Gallery of Xanthi, Literary Club “Parnassos”, Athens
She participated as an artist in the following exhibitions:
- 2015 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, China, 2015
- 2016 INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT 2016 “MASCULINE VIOLENCE”, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2016 FEDERATION OF CANADIAN ARTISTS. «2016 Annual International Mail-in ART Exhibition»
- 2017 Galerie ANIXIS, Baden, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2018 17. Interbifep International Biennale Festival of Portrait Tuzla
- 2019 Galerie ANIXIS, Baden, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2020 Galerie ANIXIS, Baden, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2020 Visual arts exhibition, Urban Landscape, of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece/EETE, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Organization of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (Momus)
In 2004 she received an Honorary Award from the Prefecture of Thessaloniki and the “International Centre of Black Sea Studies”
In 2015 she participated in the 6th Beijing International Art Biennale, China. Her works can be found in private collections and galleries in many countries such as: Georgia, Greece, Germany, Sweden, France, Switzerland and elsewhere.
She has been teaching art and tapiseri since 1997.