This series of silkscreen prints draws it’s inspiration from protests that took place in Gezi Park during the summer of 2013. Drawing on figures of the traditional Ottoman shadow theatre – figures that are projected on a white muslin screen, known as the ayna, which means mirror - Eleni Kamma imagines her work on a silkscreen mesh and plays on this mirror-like set-up conjuring up ideas of the ephemeral nature of events and the making of history.
She studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Chelsea College of Art & Design in London. In 2008/2009 she was a Fine Art Researcher at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. She holds a PhD Doctoral degree from Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (2016-2021).
Solo exhibitions were held at n0dine, Brussels (2024); Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu (2024); Kunsthal Gent (2023); Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image Imprimée, La Louvière (2022); Odapark, Venray, (2022); West Den Haag, The Hague (2021); SPACE, Liege (2021); ArBA-EsA, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (2018); Netwerk, Aalst (2015); Art Seen, Nicosia (2015); Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (2013); NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (2012); Alex Mylona Athens (2012); Wiels, Brussels (2011).
Her work has been presented at various exhibition venues and festivals world-wide, including, among others, Abby Kortrijk (2025); Cittadellarte –Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (2024); Drawing Centre Diepenheim (2024); EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens(2023); Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (2022); Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin(2021); Kristianstads konsthall, Kristianstad (2020); the 1st Limburg Biennale, Marres, Maastricht (2020); Centre d’art Le Lait, Albi (2020); Dazibao, Montreal (2019); Playground Festival, Museum-M, Leuven (2018); Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva (2017); Transmediale, Berlin (2016); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2016); ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts, Brussels (2015); the 5th Thessaloniki Biennale (2015); Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (2013); Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2011); SALT, Istanbul (2011); Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (2008); DESTE Foundation, Athens (2007) and the 10th International Istanbul Biennial (2007). In 2012 she was the recipient of Neuer Aachener Kunstverein’s PREIS FÜR JUNGE KUNST.
Kamma is a lecturer and program team member at Maastricht Academy of Interdisciplinary Arts.
