Dimitra SKANDALI
Born in 1969 in Athens, she grew up in Paros. The island where she grew up has shaped the way she sees the world. Her installations have references to the increasing environmental dangers as well as the unstoppable movement of humans and the agony of finding personal identity. She studied in Greece (ASFA, 2006-2010) and the Netherlands (HKU, with the Erasmus-Socrates exchange programme 2008-2009) before arriving in California where she completed her Master's degree in New Genres at the San Francisco Art Institute (2011-2013). She has won numerous awards and participated many artist residency programmes in the United States of America. She has held solo and two-person shows in the United States and Greece. Her work has been presented in many group exhibitions worldwide and she has curated and co-curated four group exhibitions in Greece and the United States. She lives and works in Paros.
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