Description

Venia Bechrakis was Born in Athens, Greece. Venia Bechrakis studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts. She won the Onassis Foundation Scholarship in 2000 and continued her studies at the New York University (MFA-Master in Fine Arts) in photography and video art. She received the Gerondelis Foundation Grand in 2001 and the Jack Goodman Award for Art & Technology, in 2002.

Venia Bechrakis has presented her work in solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad: “La Grece In & Out: Autoportraits”, Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris (2010), “Restricted Area”, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens (2010), ‘’Strange Weathers’’, Melenia Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (2009), ‘’Urban Dwellings”, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece (2008), “Within-Without’’, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece (2006), Real Art Ways, Connecticut, USA, granted by the National Endowment for the Arts (2003).

She has exhibited internationally in major international group shows, such as: «Open 15, Venice-Lido (2012), “Autoportraits Fictions”, Espace des Femmes, Paris (2011), “OpenXII” Lido Venice (2009), ‘’Face to Faces’’, 2nd Biennial of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (2009), ‘’Art Athina 2009’’, Zina Athanasiadou Gallery & Gallery Basia Embiricos, Athens, Greece, “Art Photo Expo Miami”, Zone D and Galerie Basia Embiricos, Miami Art Basel, Miami, USA (2008), “Material Links”, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai, China (2008), “The Water”, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (2008), “Heterotopias” (Public Screen, curated by Syrago Tsiara), 1st Biennial of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (2007), “The Chronicle of the Absurd“,(curated by Bia Papadopoulou), Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (2007), ‘Bodyconnections’, La Maison de la Photographie, Tachkent, Uzbekistan (2007), a.o.

Venia Bechrakis lives and works in New York and Athens.