ANTIGONI PAGONA
Antigoni Pagona was born in Athens in 1977. A year later, her family moved to Monaco where she grew up. She studied Art and English in the UK and Hotel Management in Switzerland.
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In 2002 she decided to return to Athens, where she started working in the shipping industry. In Greece she also studied Art & Design and took photography lessons with the Luminus team.
She has held 3 individual exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.
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Today she lives and works in Athens, where she has her studio, and her paintings and photography are in private collections in Athens, Dubai, Switzerland and Monaco.
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In 2023, she founded the AndieArt art space in the center of Athens, a two-story contemporary space in the heart of the business center of Athens, a few meters away from the Tower of Athens.
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Without the ability to actualize an idea or concept, art would not exist.
My creative work includes painting / drawing, photography, design, interior architecture. I believe that insights in art are supported by cross-disciplinary practice and I find that my work in one discipline will influence my work in another.
My work is a constant search for the best way to interpret the ideas that I have about myself and the world I live in. Inspirations and ideas change. Knowledge changes. Each piece I create is simultaneously an extension from the past, where I come from and what I have learned, as well as a preview of the future, where I'm going.
If a viewer stops for just a moment to view and reflect on a piece I have created, then I have succeeded in my work.
EDUCATION, AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
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1997 - 1999: Les Roches, Bluche-Sur-Sierre, Switzerland
F&B (Food & Beverage) Certificate
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1999 - 2000: Hotel Institute of Montreux, Switzerland
Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management
American Hotels & Motels Association Certificates in:
- ​Convention Management and Service
- Hospitality Human Resources Management
- Managerial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry
- Hospitality Industry Training
- Managing for Quality in the Hospitality Industry
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2011 - 2017: AKTO College, Athens Greece (affiliated with Middlesex University, London)
BA (Honours) in Interior Architecture
AutoCAD 2D & 3D Certificate
Photoshop
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2017 - 2018: Workshops in Street Photopgraphy with Luminus Photographers
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From 2018: Company AndieArt
DIPLOMA
EXHIBITIONS
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SOLO
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2018: Photography exhibition "Aotearoa - Land of the Long White Cloud" - L ,a ,boutique, Athens, Greece
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2021: Photography exhibition "Apoplous" - Gallery tou Notou, Piraeus, Greece​
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2021: Photography exhibition "Apoplous ΙΙ" - Gallery tou Notou, Piraeus, Greece​
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GROUP​
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2017: Interior architecture exhibition "Estia, Refugee Camp" - AKTO, Athens, Greece
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2019: Photography exhibition "Minimalism" - MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy
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2019: Art exhibition "A Flower for A Poem" - Aqua Gallery, Art Hotel, Santorini, Greece
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2019: Gemluc art contest exhibition "Silence, Le Bruit Court" - Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco
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2019: Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2019" - Luxembourg
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2019: Art exhibition "The 5th Element" - Gallery tou Notou, Piraeus, Greece
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2020: Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2020" - Luxembourg
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2021: Art digital exhibition "Artbox.Project Barcelona 1.0" - Barcelona, Spain
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2021: Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2021" - Luxembourg
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2022: Art exhibition "My Fate... The Sea" - Adamantia Art Space, Neimporio, Andros, Greece
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2022: Art contest "Luxembourg Art Prize 2022" - Luxembourg
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2022: Art exhibition "Yellow" - Greek-French Association, Athens, Greece
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2022: Art exhibition "Orange" - Greek-French Association, Athens, Greece
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2022: Art digital exhibition "Artbox.Project New York 2.0" - New York, U.S.A.
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2023: Art exhibition "Green" - Greek-French Association, Athens, Greece
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2023: Art exhibition "On The Go" - Art 16 Gallery, Athens, Greece
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2023: Art exhibition "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" - Adamantia Art Space, Neimporio, Andros, Greece
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2023: Art exhibition "ΑΙΓΑΙΟ ΝΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΕΙ" - Art Center of Naousa, Paros, Greece
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2023: Art exhibition "Pink Power" - AndieArt, Athens, Greece
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2023: Art exhibition "Listen... A Child's cry" - AndieArt, Athens, Greece​
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ART & INTEROR DESIGN ORDERS
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2018: Art - Athens, Greece
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2018: Art - Lutry, Switzerland
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2019: Interior design - Athens, Greece
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2019: Art - New York, U.S.A.
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2019: Art - Athens, Greece
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2020: Art - Dubai
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2020: Balcony design - Athens, Greece
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2021: Laundry room design - Athens, Greece
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2021: Living-room design - Athens, Greece
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2023: Art - Athens, Greece​
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2023: Art - Paris, France
