Eva Kalpadaki
Profile/CV
I am an emerging artist photographer and lecturer of Photography. My main interest is in abstract photography.
Currently, I am leaning towards concrete, self-referential photography but with a 'reality twist'. I love flirting with reality, which is always a challenge for me. I am always interested in exploring my personal experience with the world through my lens and looking for something deeper than what is there on the surface of things.
What I love about photographic abstraction is the ambiguity with which the abstract images create a wonderful play between reality and the unknown, yet to be seen reality of photographic vision.
Born in Greece 1974. Eva has recently completed a PhD Research in Arts and Communication at the University for the Creative Arts after she was awarded a Greek State Foundation scholarship to undertake her research in the art field of Photography. She also holds a Physics diploma from the University of Patras and a Photography diploma from T.E.I. of Athens. She is currently teaching photography and studying for a PGCE teaching qualification.
Solo shows
- 2009, Empty Space, Grey Area, Brighton.
- 2008, Potential Space For Abstraction, TheSpace@Acumen, Brighton,UK
- 2007, Empty Space, George Rodger Gallery, UCCA Maidstone, UK.
- 2004, The Potential Space, Mphil Upgrade Exhibition, George Rodger Gallery, University College for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, UK.
- 2003, Internal Reflections, Ano Archanes, Crete, Greece.
- 2003, Internal Reflections, Photosynkyria 2003, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2000, Archanes- Light, Ano Archanes, Crete, Greece.
Group shows
- 2009, Art&Escape, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
- 2009, Phoenix Brighton Arts Courses Tutors, Phoenix Brighton.
- 2009, Internal Reflections, Henfield Gardens & Arts, Venue no. 5 – Temata.
- 2008/2009, Empty Space, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, A Foundation, London.
- 2008, Breastfolds, White Christmas Alternative Art Market, BLANK Gallery, Brighton.
- 2008, Red Space, Gallery 40, DMH Stallard, Crawley.
- 2008, Red Space, Photo Fringe 2008, Gallery 100, DMH Stallard, Brighton.
- 2008, Empty Space, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, A Foundation, Liverpool.
- 2005, Fotoebnefsi, The Hellenic Centre, London, UK
- 2003, LOOKOUT- Athens First Aesthetic Public Intervention of Unpredictable Size
- 2003, Photosiginonoume (Photocommunicating) – an exhibition of the winning and best participating photos in the context of the competition ‘‘Routes’’ organized by the Greek Ministry of Transportation.
- 2001, New Color, Athens Photographic Centre, Greece.
- 2001, New Glance, 8 West, Athens, Greece.
- 1999, Patras, a town in 13 stories, Photographic Centre of Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 1998, Patras, a town in 13 stories, National Bank, Patras, Greece.
- 1997, Applied and Art Photography, University of Patras Photographic Club Exhibition, Old Public Hospital of Patras, Greece.
Her work has been published in exhibition catalogues, in various photographic websites and in a recent 2008 publication about Contemporary Greek Photography by Kostas Ioannidis.
She has been collaborating with the ‘’IML’’ Image Group since 2002. Part of her work is being held by the Developmental Heraklion Company Ltd in Ano Archanes, Crete, Greece. The photograph ‘Untitled 05’ from the series ‘Red Space’ has also been recently acquired by the Huib Limberg Photocollection.
An essay by her and images from her research project were published in the inaugural issue of ‘Spaces’, the new on-line research journal published by the prestigious institution of Teachers College, University of Columbia New York.
Her work is currently represented by the online gallery Art Lab, www.artlab-gallery.co.uk.
