Ketta Ioannidou
EDUCATION
M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York
B.A. (Hons), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Unravel, Chashama Lobby, 733 Third Avenue, New York, NY
2023
Into the Crypts of Rays, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
Bullet in The Blue Sky, Chashama, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky, The Yard Lower East Side, New York, NY
2019
Blurred (Two person exhibition with Fanny Allie), Curated by Jessica Porter, The Yard: Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Black Hole Sun, South Oxford Space, A Project of A.R.T./New York, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Dear Darkness, The Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus
The Upward Spiral, chashama 266, New York
2008
Mutant Nature, Go North: A Space for Contemporary Art, Beacon, New York
2007
Down Under, The Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
1,000 Years of Current, curated by Matt Logsdon, Field of Play Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SPRING/BREAK NYC Immersive Art Show, New York, NY
2022
Make Art Not War, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Dark Shadows, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by Chris Bors Los Angeles, California
Occupy #3 Networks, Occupy Art Project, organized by Eirini Linadraki, curated by Daniela Kostova, Consulate of France, New York, NY
2021
Seven Forevers, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
Every Woman Biennial, MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE NFT, Superchief Gallery NFT, New York
BAM Art Auction, BAM, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Benefit Show, Online exhibition, Arcade Project Curatorial and Artsy.net
2020
SPRING/BREAK Art Show Los Angeles, curated by Chris Bors, Los Angeles, CA
SPRING/BREAK Art Show New York, curated by Chris Bors, New York, NY
NIGHT & DAY, Local Project Art Space / Departure Studio Gallery, Long Island City, NY
SPRING FORWARD, Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Online exhibition presented by Arcade Project Curatorial and Artsy
2018
The South West Brooklyn Biennial, KUSTERA PROJECTS RED HOOK, Brooklyn, NY
RE: Visit - present work by past artists, Curated by Stephanie Bok and Joseph Walton, South Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY
18th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2018 Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Dhaka, Bangladesh Allow Me to Reintroduce myself, Curated by Krista Scenna and Carolina Peñafie, Cigar Factory, Long Island City, New York
2017
The Expanding Matrix, Curated by Fred Fleisher, The Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College at Old Westbury, NY
Karma Chameleon, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, co-curated with Fanny Allié & Alva Calymayor, New York, NY
Collect Hudson Curated by Fred Fleisher and Michelle Vitale, The Benjamin J.Dineen, III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Quantum Overdrive!, Curated by Fred Fleisher, The Benjamin J.Dineen, III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, Jersey City NJ
Nasty Women, Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2016
The Insiders, Curated by Caroline Falby, The Housewife gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Surface II, ARENA at Brooklyn Dermatology, Curated by Renée Riccardo
Online Exhibition SHOW #31: SIGNALING TO ^ THE CIPHER ^ TOWARDS A SEGWAY selected by Jesse David Penridge, Field Projects, New York, NY
Shifted Memories, Curated by Ketta Ioannidou & fanny Allié, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
EAT, SLEEP, COPY, REPEAT, curated by Chris Bors, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
New Leaf, Curated by Elsie Kagan, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Soccer Mom, curated by Dannielle Tegeder, "Faculty Office" Gallery, Lehman College, Art Department, Bronx, NY
Floriography, Diatopos Centre of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
2014
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Schroeder Romero Editions, New York, NY
TEN, curated by Eun Young Choi, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY
Color Me Badd, curated by Chris Bors, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington Street, New York, NY
2013
If 6 Was 9, curated by Chris Bors, Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY
Unfettered, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2012
8 to 8: State of Creative Emergency, Organized by Blanka Amezkua, Union Square, NY
Spacegrass, curated by Chris Bors, Bloom Projects, New York, NY
Mare Nostrum, curated by Dr Natia Anaxagorou, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia,Cyprus
Billboard Art Project, Salem, Oregon
The Brucennial 2012, 159 Bleecker, New York, NY
Dungeons and Dragons On & Ever Onward, curated by Timothy Hutchings, Soho Gallery for Digital Art, New York
2011
Sunset Rising, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York
Try 2.1 Art Show and Silent Auction, Jen Beckman Gallery, New York
Chain Letter, Samsøn Projects, Boston MA
The Wishing Tree, FIGMENT NYC, Governor’s Island, New York
2010
Visual Art Rhythms, curated by Marina Schiza, Melina Merkouri, Nicosia, Cyprus
Art-Athina with Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Athens, Greece
The Brucennial 2010: Miseducation, 350 W. Broadway, New York
I’m Caught Up, curated by Melissa A. Calderon, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, New York
2009
Two Degrees of Separation, Gallery Satori, New York
The Cursed Chateau, curated by Timothy Hutchings, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indiana
The Better Half, curated by David Gibson and Jeffery Rakien Nomura Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, The Educational Alliance, New York
Your Documents Please, Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin
2008
Papercut, curated by Julie Fishkin and Matt Lucas, Heist Gallery, New York
Treasure Chest, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York
Old News 4, organized by Jacob Fabricius, Midway Contemporary Art, MN
Your Documents Please, Museum of Arts & Crafts-Itami, Itami, Japan
Back to the Garden, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York
2007
24th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, Alexandria, Egypt
Here and Elsewhere, AIM 27, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
Let’s Bolt, curated by Julie Fishkin, Matt Lucas and Lumi Tan, CSV Center, New York
Abstract..., Eleanor Cayre Gallery, Long Branch, New Jersey
2006
Projects ’06, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
Art of the Word, Haven, Bronx, New York
2005
Sasquatch Society, Sixtyseven, New York
Special Collection, curated by Laura Napier and J.C. Rice, The New York Public Library, Bronx, New York
Screwball, curated by Chris Bors, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Infinite Fill Show, curated by Cory Arcangel, Foxy Production, New York
9th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Emerge, curated by Calvin Reid, Aljira, Newark, New Jersey
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023
Tropic of Cancer, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, co-curated with IA Curatorial, New York, NY
2017
Karma Chameleon, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, co-curated with Fanny Allié, Eun Young Choi, Daniela Kostova, Alva Calymayor, New York, NY
2016
Shifted Memories, Co-curated with fanny Allié. SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2015
In Our Cave We See Shadows, Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Chimera, Co-curated with Chris Bors. Envoy Enterprises, New York. Traveled to Arcade Experimental Art Projects/Stoa Aeschylou, Nicosia, Cyprus
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023
Jenny Zoe Casey "The sea: Vulnerable and mysterious at Field of Play", Two Coats of Paint, Oct 27.
2021
Brainard Carey. “Ketta Ioannidou”, Praxis Interview Magazine,Yale University Radio,
September 1.
2017
Jackie Chiquoine. “VISUAL MERCHANDISING: New York Armory Week WGSN, March 13.
Paul Laster. “Occupying Offices: Independent vs. Spring/Break” Whitehot Magazine, March 5.
MC Stevens. “A Weekend Guide to SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2017” Arcade Project, www.arcadeprojectzine.com, March 4.
2016
Renée Riccardo. “Short List Curator: Renée Riccardo,” BRIC BLOG, March 23.
Audra Lambert. "Spring/Break Art Show Strikes Back: Memorable
Trends and Artists from 2016," ARTE FUSE, March 16.
Lynn Lieberman. “13 Art Shows and Events Not to Miss During Armory Art Week 2016”, Untapped Cities, February 23.
2012
Jillian Steinhauer. "Art Rx," Hyperallergic, September 6.
Aaron Berger. "Spacegrass, Group Show at Bloom Projects in NYC curated by Chris Bors," Beautifuldecay.com, August 29.
2010
Caitlin Rolls. “Ketta Ioannidou,” Beautifuldecay.com, July 15.
Christina Skordi, “dear darkness,” Ysterographo magazine, Phileleftheros, Nov. 7
Margarita Paraskevaidou “Love and Hate,” O Phileleftheros, June 27.
Brent Burket. “The Brucennial: Piece By Piece (Part1 of 5),” Hyperallergic.com, March 17.
2009
Theo Panayides. “Another World,” Sunday Mail, September 27.
Paddy Johnson. “Damn Those Chateaus! Role Playing Illustration Takes Center Stage at iMOCA,” artfagcity.com, July 29.
2008
“Art+Auction Heads to Russia,” Artinfo.com, December 18.
James Kalm. “Brooklyn Dispatches: Cool Island and Garden of Chill,” The Brooklyn Rail, July.
“The Postcard Lovers Project,” Old News #4 curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and
Christopher Marinos, Pork Salad Press, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Daphne Nikita. “Artist in Focus Ketta Ioannidou,” In Focus, February.
2007
Xenia Tsiamanta. “Ketta Ioannidou at Diatopos,” Time Out Cyprus, December.
Margarita Paraskevaidou. “Ketta Ioannidou, Down Under,”Phileleftheros, December 23.
24th Biennale D’ Alexandrie des pays de la Mediterranee, Alexandria, Egypt (catalogue).
“Triton Gallery, LLC is a fake gallery whose physical location does not exist,” Arteri # 3, July.
Here and Elsewhere, The Bronx Museum of the Arts,
Essays by Erin Riley-Lopez, joão Ribas. (catalogue).
2006
Projects 06, The Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York. (catalogue)
2005
Ken Johnson. “Sightings of an Elusive Mountain Creature,”
The New York Times, August 26.
Carolyn M. Fuchek. “Putting on the Ritz,” Pulse, March 24.
Lilly Wei. “The Cairo Effect,” Art in America, May.
Grady T. Turner. “Dust in the Desert: 9th Cairo Biennale,”
Flash Art, March–April.
Libby Rosof. “Screwball Art,” theartblog.org, January 12.
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2010
Artist Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, New York
2008
Swing Space residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York
2007
Artists in the Marketplace program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Artists Enclave at I-Park residency, East Haddam, Connecticut