Inventory of the Studio
one chisel, blunt from arguing with marble, a jar of brushes standing like a field after rain, the window, which I count as a tool, and you, at the door, asking if I've eaten.
— E.I., 2024Visual artist & poet · Dato, Greece · Exhibiting since 2013
ELENIIOANNOU
I — 07 prints · 2019 – 2026
PHOTO
PHOTO
GRAPHY
light, caught & kept in silver
Shot on 35mm and medium format, developed and printed by hand in the studio darkroom. Coastlines, empty streets, and people who forgot I was there.
II — 05 canvases · ink, oil, charcoal
PAINT
PAINT
ING
one brush, one breath, no going back
Large gestures in sumi ink and black oil. Most are made in a single sitting; the ones that aren't usually get painted over.
III — 05 poems · from the notebooks
POE
POE
TRY
written between coats of paint
Her poems have been awarded in Greece and abroad, and published in print, as e-books and in poetry anthologies at home and internationally. Some of her work is available at bookpoint.gr.
Silver
The darkroom keeps its own hours. I wait for a face to rise out of the tray like a swimmer who has decided, at the last moment, to come back.
— E.I., 2021Paros
My grandmother said the stone remembers the sea. I believed her the way you believe the radio: half for the words, half for the voice. Now I put my ear to the block and listen.
— E.I., 2025Black, Mostly
People ask why there is no colour. I tell them colour is a loud guest. I would rather hear what the grey has been trying to say all evening.
— E.I., 2026
IV — 54 exhibitions · 2015 – 2026
EXHIB
EXHIB
ITIONS
painting & photography, at home and abroad
Painting and photography exhibitions across Greece and abroad, alongside festivals, magazine features and international art projects.
In progress
- International Portrait Festival · 20th INTERBIFEPTuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina17 September – 25 November 2026
Upcoming
- 20th INTERBIFEP · PhOETRY IVCyprus ARTos · 2026
- Street Photography FestivalSchool of Fine Arts, Athens · 2026
Participations
- World Poetry Canada & International Peace Poetathon2013 · video
- Photographer magazinePHOTOGALLERY & single-theme issues
- PHOTOVISIONExhibitions every year
- Group photography exhibitionsF.O.K. · E.F.E. · Platon Rivellis · iFocus · Greek Instagramers Events and more
past exhibitions, newest first
2026
- Street Photo Festival A.S.K.T. Athens
- PROJECT KAFKA 2026 – Academy of Fine Arts Krakow
- “PHOTOVISION IMAGE & TECH” Athens
- IFOCUS Athens
- TWO (Contest)
- InContact Thessaloniki
- Pure Identities Festival – Define Brutal Thessaloniki
- «A-TELEIO» Paraliart 3, Sculpture Garden, New Beach Thessaloniki
- My Poetry My Legacy Vol.3
- IDENTITY – Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ara Art Center, Seoul Art Week
- The Art of Portrait Vol.4, Athens
- “Your Summer” Calderone Art Space, Athens
- “HUMAN” PHOTONET, as Guest Artist, Gallery Melanythros, Athens
- The Singing of the Nightingale – International Trans-Balkan Art Project
- Αστικό τοπίο, artPhotoClub Αθήνα
2025
- “Η Ομορφιά της Ατέλειας” – Έκθεση Polaroid, ifocus.gr
- InContact MOMUS
- IFOCUS Athens
- Ανασασμός, Σύμπραξη – Όλη η ΔΕΘ σ' ένα πάρκο, Umbra Θεσσαλονίκη
2024
- Τέχνη Λήθης Αντίδοτο, Ισλαχανέ, Thessaloniki
2023
- 38η Philoxenia #My_Destination
2022
- Θάλασσα, Διάφραγμα, Αθήνα
- HUMANLINKS
- “14η PHOTOVISION 2022 | The Day After” με την έκθεση καλλιτεχνικής φωτογραφίας “FACES”
2021
- #My_Greece: Villages, Πολυχώρος Πολιτισμού ΑΘΗΝΑΪΣ
- Project #My_Destination στην 36η Διεθνή Έκθεση Τουρισμού Philoxenia
2019
- «Μπουγάδα» Φωτογραφικός Κύκλος, Ελληνοαμερικανική Ένωση, Αθήνα
- «Από την Παραγωγή στην Κατανάλωση» 28η DETROP & 7η OENOS, Διεθνές Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης
- 35η Philoxenia – #My_Greece: Villages
- Cheap Art Palladio Kavala
- WOMAN IFOCUS
- Χρόνια πολλά μαμά, Φωτογραφικό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης ΧΑΝΘ
2018
- #my_greece Ναύπακτος
- 34η Philoxenia – #My_Greece
- #my_greece 5η Athens International Tourism Expo
- «Την μελαγχολική μου τέχνη ασκώντας» iFocus.gr
- Η τέχνη του ελάχιστου – Minimalist Photography GR
- Cheap Art Palladio Kavala
2017
- PAS ANTIKAS XANTHI
- Crossing Paths Palladio Kavala
- Seaside Routes Ε.Φ.Ε. Αθήνα
- Έκθεση φωτογραφίας Φ.Ο.Κ.
- Ο ΧΟΡΟΣ ως θέμα στη φωτογραφία Φωτογραφικό Κέντρο Θεσσαλονίκης Βέροια
- #my_greece Κέντρο Αρχιτεκτονικής Μεσογείου Χανιά
- #my_greece F/B Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος ΑΝΕΚ Lines
- Philoxenia & Travel #my_Greece
- #my_greece Πολυχώρος Πολιτισμού ΑΘΗΝΑΪΣ, Αθήνα
- #my_greece 33η Διεθνής Έκθεση Philoxenia
- #my_greece Μουσείο Τσιτσάνη, Τρίκαλα
- #my_greece 18ο Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival 2017
- REMbrand Name – Η γνησιότητα του καλλιτέχνη, Gallery Lola Nikolaou
2016
- “Artistic May 2016”
- Cheap Art Palladio Kavala
2015
- Astikones Kavala
MEET
ELENI.
Eleni Ioannou is a visual artist and poet from Kavala. She writes poetry and works in painting and photography.
During her studies in Athens she took part in group painting exhibitions and fashion shows, and for a short time collaborated with Michalis Aslanis.
She is in constant action, taking part in photography and creative-writing seminars, exhibitions, and painting and poetry anthologies.
always in action: seminars, exhibitions, anthologies
at a glance
- From
- Kavala, Greece
- Music
- Singing & piano, Conservatory of Eastern Macedonia and Kavala Conservatory
- Design
- Interior design, fashion design, theatrical costume design & make-up artistry, Athens
- Seminars
- Theatre, creative writing, architectural design, painting & photography
- Media
- Journalist & TV producer at ENA CHANNEL, with her own entertainment show, ENA STYLE
- Fashion
- For years ran a clothing store on Omonoia Street, Kavala
recognition
Her poems have been awarded in Greece and abroad. Her photographs and paintings have also been distinguished and awarded.
Some of her written work is available at bookpoint.gr.