Biographie

Eleni

Eleni Ikonomidou was born in Constantinople and grew up in Athens. Since 1991, she divides her time between Brussels and Patmos. She studied French and Italian philology in Greece, Italy and the Netherlands. She earned a degree in Contemporary French Literature from the Université de Nimègue (Netherlands) in 1991.

She continued her studies at the Watermael-Boitsfort Fine Arts Academy, in Brussels, where she took painting with Christos Vouyiouklis (graduated in 2010), engraving with Kikie Crèvecoeur (graduated in 2018), and silkscreen printing courses under Sylvain Bureau (graduated in 2024).

She has created two artists’ books (artworks in the form of books): Narcose (Tandem, 2013) and Perséphone (Tandem, 2016). In 2019, she was awarded the prize of the city of Lombez (France), in the context of the European Triennale of Contemporary Prints.

In 2024, her work Fragments of memory received the highest distinction (“la plus grande distinction”) by the jury of the Watermael-Boitsfort Fine Arts Academy in Brussels

Solo Exhibitions

2017 — Galerie Theorema, Brussels
2018 — Centre médical Ambiorix, Brussels
2023 — Old School, Chora, Patmos
2024 — Literary Society Parnassos, Athens

Group Exhibitions

2006 — Galerie Fayla, Brussels
2007 — Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Besançon
2009 — Portes ouvertes des artistes de Woluwe-St-Lambert
2010 — Studio DVO, Brussels
2010 — Galerie Fayla, Brussels
2010 — La Miniature, in the context of the 5th International Contemporary Printmaking Biennale presented at the Fine Arts Academy of Liège, the Watermael-Boitsfort Fine Arts Academy, the Asturias, Serbia, Canada and Brazil
2011 — Cultural Center de Jesus-Eik, Brussels
2012 — Portes ouvertes des artistes de Woluwe-St-Lambert, La Médiatine, Brussels
2014 — Water, Old School, Chora, Patmos
2015 — La Comptine, in the context of the Printmaking Biennale at the Fine Arts Academy of Liège. The exhibition was also presented in Canada, Serbia, Mexico and Spain
2016 — Les éditions Tandem, le centre de la gravure et de l'image imprimée, Louviere
2016 — Centre Culturel d'Eghezée
2016 — Urgence Grèce, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Salle Allende, Brussels
2016 — Ferme ta boîte, in the context of the Printmaking Biennale of the South, Uzès
2017 — Les Éditions Tandem, book fair, Mariemont
2017 — Maison de l'Imprimerie: Thuin
2017 — Les Éditions Tandem, Biennale of Contemporary Printmaking, Trois Rivières
2019 — Printmaking Prize Exhibition of the Hilde Demedts Fund / King Baudoin Foundation, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Flanders
2019 — Estampadura, European Triennale of Contemporary Prints, Toulouse
2022 — Art Truc Troc, Tour & Taxis, Brussels