Charoula Hadjinicolaou

Photo by Boudewijn Payens, 2011

PERSONAL RESUME

Name: Charoula Hadjinicolaou

Discipline: Art Historian

Address: Tzavela 27 106 81, Athens

Telephone: ++30 210 3827165 (home)

++30 210 3671068 (work)

Cellular: ++30 6944 461204

e-mail: hadjinicolaou@benaki.gr

haroula@poieinkaiprattein.org

Education

1994-1995 University of Essex-Department of Art History and Theory

MA with distinction. Dissertation: V. Kandinsky-A.Schoenberg:

Common ground in art and thought

1988-1993 Kapodistrian University of Athens-Faculty of History and Archaeology

Degree in Archaeology and History of Art.

1988-1992 Odeion Athinon-Faculty of Piano

Degree in Piano

Professional Background

1997– Benaki Museum- Department of Educational Programmes

Responsible for the educational activities (workshops,

resources and materials, guided tours for school groups and families) at the

Department of Paintings, Prints and Drawings as well as for the

temporary exhibitions on modern and contemporary art.

2011 Curatorial work in collaboration with the NGO Poiein kai Prattein

Imperishable Water and the Question of Development

An inter-disciplinary approach on Rhodes wetlands and water management

inspired from poetry. On-going project based on the grounds of social

sculpture and ecological art. The action was under the auspices of the

Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change and the Municipality

of Rhodes.

2008 Co-Curatorial work for the interdisciplinary workshop Casus Belli

One week field work on the trails of the mega-fires in Peloponnese and

mount- Parnitha, Attica, on the grounds of environmental art, new media

and social sculpture.

2008 Sydney Biennale

Collaborative work during the Biennale shows and interactions with the

public.

2006 Hamburger Kunsthalle-Gallerie der Gegenwart

Collaboration with the artists and museum educators for projects at the

Botanical Gardens and the Port of the city.

2000-2 Municipal Library of Aghia Paraskevi-Alekos Kontopoulos Gallery

Design and materialization of the educational activities exploring the idea of abstraction related to the Greek abstract painter A. Kontopoulos.

1999 Marasleios Academy-Kapodistrian University of Athens

Conducted seminars on Greek modern art for the postgraduate training

educators.

1992-4 Conducted piano lessons at a private Music Conservatory

Publications

Imperishable Water and the Question of Development.

Documentation of the project with the support of the Region of the South Aegean (released by the end of 2011)

Critical essays for a number of Greek contemporary artists.
Critical essays on modern art.
Educational materials on Contemporary art, Greek modern painting and European travelers in Greece.

Foreign Languages

1994 Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge.

1996 Zertifikat Grundstufe Deutsch, Palso.

2004 Delf 1: Unite A4, Institute Francais.

Additional Skills/Seminars/Conferences

2007 Museums and Education: Review, critical assessment and perspectives. University of Thessalia-Educational Departments and the ICOM-Greek Division.

2006 Inside out-Social incorporation by means of art.

British Council, IMEPO and the Centre of the Arts at the ACS.

2003 The Art of the 20^th Century. A one year long seminar on contemporary art at the American-Hellenic Union of Athens.

2001-6 Printmaking classes at the Prints Center of Athens. Pandolfini-Siaterli.

1998-2001 Drawing and printmaking classes at the Art Lab of Aghia Paraskevi, Network of Art Labs-the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

Other activities

Collective work with communities and active social groups in the area so called Exarheia in the city centre of Athens for projects such as recycling, abandoned historical buildings and culture.
Collective work with the NGO Poiein kai Prattein, the Social Group Vrilissos, the Municipality of Rhodes and the local communities aiming at a network of hiking paths at the South of Rhodes for an alternative development on the island.
Leadership for a hiking tour at the Natura 2000 areas on the island of Rhodes.

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Charoula Hadjinicolaou

Degree in Archaeology and History of Art.