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A B O U T
Vicky Vergou is a multidisciplinary artist who draws inspiration from rural environments and the interconnectedness of nature. Her practice brings together narratives of belonging in and to the natural world, and spans drawing, painting, writing and video. E D U C A T I O N 2005 MA in Contemporary Arts and Music, Oxford Brookes University 2005 City and Guilds 7407 Teaching in Adult Education, Abingdon & Witney College 1998 BA Honours in Graphic Design, Vakalo School of Art & Design 1987 Diploma in Cinematography, Cinema School Evgenia Chatzikou 1981 Apolitirio Likiou (equiv. to A levels), Likio Levadia Greece S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S 2023 Art Flow gallery, Paleochora, Chania, South Crete "Works on paper" 2021 OIKA (science-based, art-driven, cultural movement). Online artist’s talk “A Cretan walk”, Photography, drawings and narrative 2018 Old Fire Station, Oxford. Featuring Jo Thomas.“Landlines”, drawings 2018 Vale & Downland Museum, Oxfordshire. Featuring Jo Thomas.“Landlines” 2005 Vale & Downland Museum, Wantage, Oxfordshire. “Preserve” Paintings 2004 EPASKT (Association of Athens School of Fine Arts Graduates), Athens, “Continuum” installation. Presentation of illustration, poetry Pavlos Avouris. G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S 2025 Rock Water Soil: Narratives of Time, with artists A. Rapstoff & Karen Purple. 7-21 September, Oxfordshire museum, Woodstock. Songs of the Sea. 2025-2026 “In Between” art book-map. 'Enfolded journeys, PAGES artists book fair. Touring exhibition: Leeds library (18-28 March), Appleby-in-Westmorland TIC (3-14 June), DunoonMOCA (12 July-2 August '25), Danum Gallery-Library-Museum, Doncaster (25 April to 18 July 2026) and Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice (8-13 September 2026) during the Venice Art Biennale 2024 90 seconds. Vienna Art Week 2024, 9-15 November. Tellus ArtLab "Pulse" film 2024 Oika Ecological Intelegence online exhibition 2024 OVADA Artweeks exhibition Big 20, 9-26 May. “A-E-O-OU-I” installation 2024 No one forgotten, Supercluster. Collaborative video virtual presentation "Connection" 2023 Old Police Station, Paleochora, Chania, South Crete "Trees" 2023 Municipal Gallery of Athens Greece 6/2 - 5/3 . Exhibition of Members of the Champers of Fine. Selected artworks from the Illustation Book "Ithaca not found" 2021 OVADA Oxford, Unprecedented. Selected film "A special time” 2020 Magdalen Road studios, Photo Oxford, Women and Photography “Nostos. AVcollaborations 2019 Eos Art gallery, Athens. Synergies. Paintings, drawings, film. 2019 Cosmocinema Film Festival, London. Selected film “Continuum” AVcollaborations 2018 art.earth Symposium Liquidscapes, Dartington Hall, Devon. Selected film "Continuum” AVcollaborations 2016 Light Moves Installations at Dance Limerick, Ireland. Selected film “Coat.The Turning and Returning of the Tide” with Hillary Kneale. Director Helen Poynor 2016 Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford, VW showroom. "In the manner of speaking”. Performance/installation AVcollaborations 2015 Stiwdio Maelor N.Wales, In Motion, Photography & Artists’ film competition. Selected film “Waterscapes”. 2015 OVADA, Festival of moving image Videovada. Oxford based Filmmakers. Selected film: “Waterscapes” 2015 The Abbey, Magdalen Road Studios exhibitons, Unravelled. “Watermaps” film and sound workshop. AV collaborations 2014 DECODA, Summer Dancing Festival, Coventry University. Film premier. “Coat. The Turning and Returning of the Tide”. A collaboration with Hilary Kneale and Helen Poynor. Artists talk 2014 London Greek Film Festival. - Selected film “Waterscapes”. M. Cacoyannis Foundation Odysseus award in videoart - A collaborative film with Hilary Kneale & Helen Poynor ”Coat. The Turning and Returning of the Tide". 2013 4th Athens Biennale, “Vital Space, 60” Video Competition "Paralanguage V4” 2013 11th International MitOst Festival, Berlin. 360o Around the Human Factor, “Paralanguage V3” 2013 European Centre for Architecture Art Design, Language Paralanguage video installation 2012 Elmur.net VideoBites The Everything Else Berlin - selected film “Paralanguage” 2010/11 Arts Council England, “Language Pralanguage” touring public art. - Oxford Brookes University - Outside:Inside Festival, Reading in associ. with Jelly - Twin cities Oxford week in Bonn - Oxford Castle The Reading Language & Culture Festival - Outside:Inside 2011 London Greek Film Festival. Language Paralanguage, video screening & artist's talk 2010 The Vale and Downland Museum “Within 10 miles”. Drawing 2010 London Greek Film Festival • Selected film “Language x3" with Jo Thomas & Conrado Silva de Farias • Selected film “Odyssey” 2009 Athens Video Art Festival, Selected film “Blood and Water” 2009 Oxford Town Hall Inspiration and Interpretation. “Bloodscapes” Ζωγραφική 2008 OVADA, Oxford, TIE group exhibition The gift. Sound &video installation “Odyssey Part III”, (Arts Council England) 2008 Modern Art Oxford The Oxford Open, Selected film "Time 0” 2008 Reading Experimental film festival, video art “Time 0” 2007 ReOrsa, Bracknell “Red Figures” installation 2006 Oxford Town Hall Aftermath “An Odyssey P1” Installation A R T I S T S - I N - R E S I D E N C E 2022 Artist residency in association with EcoMuseum Zagori, North-East Greece. In and OIKA ecological intelligence. 2013-2020 AV collaborations, with Annie Rapstoff - 2020 Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire. “Nostos” - 2019 Manorbier, Pembrokshire “Natural materials” - 2015 Gower Peninsula, “Waters meet P2”, AV collaborations - 2014 Gower Peninsula, “Waters meet P1”, AV collaborations - 2014 Oxford, Link Gallery, John Radcliffe Hospital. “Watermaps” - 2013 Filament 14, Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford. “Between Waters”. Artists’ talk 2010 The Riverside Museum, Turbine Hall Gallery, Reading, in collaboration with Conrado.S.Farrias 2010 Evangelismos Hospital, Department of Immunology “Plus” Athens Greece 2008 Artwash, Art Residency 20 January Oxford OX3 9AJ 2006 In association with OVADA, Oxford Headington Hill Park “The Dairy”. A W A R D S 2022 Bursary Award - OIKA artist residency ecomusem Zagori 2014 Odysseus award, London Greek Film Festival in Video Art 2011 Arts Council England grant for “Language Paralanguage” public art project 2008 Arts Council England grant for ΤΙΕ group exhibition at OVADA P U B L I C A T I O N S 2025 Ithaca Not Found, Vicky Vergou, Publisher ekdoseis sto perithorio, Δεν Βρέθηκε Ιθάκη, Βίκυ Βέργου, Εκδόσεις στο Περιθώριο. Bilingual illustration poetry book 2025 “In Between” art book-map. 'Enfolded journeys, PAGES artists book fair. Touring in the UK ’25 and Venice ’26 2025 UWE Newsletter publication Ithaca Not Found 2024 A presentation of the project by AIDS Correspondences Panos Fourtoulakis, Barcelona including the project Blood and Water (2008). Thanks to Panos for honouring my work. 2018 “Liquidscapes" booklet, edited by Richard Povall. Publisher art.earth books 2019 “Ανάλωση κατα προτίμηση πριν το τέλος πάντων” (anlosi kata protimi prin to telos pandon). Illustrations for collected poems of Pavlos Avouris. Publisher "Sto Perithorio” M E M B E R S H I P S Champers of Fine Arts of Greece Tellus ArtLab OIKA Walk • Listen • Create OVADA C O L L A B O R A T I O N SArtists, musicians and writers: Ann Rapstoff (AV collaborations), Jo Thomas, Conrado Silva de Farias, Hilary Kneale, Helen Poynor, Ida Larsen, Sophie Cabot, Pavlos Avouris, Terry Vergos, Caroline Rager C R I T I C S 2008 OVADA The gift 2014 7th annual London Greek FilmFestival O T H E R Short documentary for Enabling theatre 2020 Videography for artist Karen Purple 2016 Public art waterscapes for Aylesbury hospital 2014 |
