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Vicky Betsou is a visual artist. She studied Biology at National and Kapodestrian University of
Athens (for 2 years), Painting at Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and completed her MA in
Digital Arts at ASFA (2000) with distinction. She has been a teaching assistant in Multimedia
and Video-art courses at ASFA since 2001. In 2006 she was elected a Lecturer and is teaching
Video-Art in the graduate and postgraduate program of the same Institute. Since 2013 she
was elected an Assistant Professor at ASFA.
She has participated in several research programs concerning Art and new Media and in E-
Learning research projects on Art education, in collaboration with National Technical
University of Athens and other institutes. She has directed and edited several video and
multimedia productions for Tele-teaching and Distance Learning purposes, and for the
promotion of research and Cultural European programs of Minister of Education, EDET-
GUNET, Information Society etc. She has created stage designs for theater and television.
From 1997 to 2002, she has also been teaching Experimental Animation and video to
children and teenager students, at Municipal School of Art of Agia Paraskevi, Athens.
Her artistic work has been presented in exhibitions and festivals in Greece and abroad, like:
“Re-Culture 2” Patra 2012, “Topoi – scan space” Batagianni gallery Athens 2011 – solo
exhibition, videoprojections for the Music Theater “City Lives” at Athens Concert Hall,
Athens Festival 2011: “A tribute to Yannis Xenakis” by Ergon Ensemble –performance for
orchestra, actor and video, ART ATHINA 2011: “microgeographies I” , festival Rencontres
Internationales, Paris, Centre Pombidou 2010, Athens Concert Hall, 2008 :“Asma Asmaton” a
multimedia performance for metzo-soprano, chamber ensemble, laptop, video and dance,
State Museum of Contemporary Art 2006: «Crossing the borders» - Visual arts in Greece,
“An outing” Contemporary Art in 21st century, Beltsios Collection, Matsopoulos Mill Art &
culture Center, Trikala 2006, “elevators – corridors”, To Milo gallery, Athens (solo) 2005, "at
Mostra SESC de Artes Mediterraneo - 2005" , Sao Paolo, Brazil, Biennial of FILMMUSEUM of
Amsterdam, “Breaking News” project 2003, 10th International Festival of Ancient Drama,
European Cultural Center of Delfi 2000 among others.
She lives and works in Athens, 11-13 Dervenakion str., Kaisariani 161 22, Mob. +30 6972
551014, e-mail: [email protected]
EXHIBITIONS - FESTIVALS
2014 video-projections for Contemporary Music Theater City Lives at Athens Concert Hall
2012 “Re-Culture 2” 2nd International Visual Art Festival Patras
2011 “topoi – scan space” solo exhibition, batagianni gallery, Athens
2011 Athens Festival: “Iannis Xenakis” - Ergon Ensemble: a performance for orchestra, actro
and Video
2011 ART ATHINA: “microgeographies I” 2011
2010 Recontres Internationales, Paris Centre Pombidou
2008 video projection for "Asma Asmaton" a multimedia production for metzo-soprano,
chamber ensemble,laptop, video and dance Commissioned by the Athens Concert Hall
Organization, Music & Concept: Alexandros Mouzas
Video Art: Vicky Betsou, Choreographer: Giannis Bagourdis (Airesis Dance Company)
Conductor: Theodore Antoniou, Hellenic Ensemble of Contemporary Music, Dancer: Natassa
Papamihail, Metzo- soprano: Margarita Syggeniotou
2006 Visual arts in Greece 2006, « Crossing the borders », State Museum of Contemporary
Art , September - November ´06.
2006 "an outing" Contemporary Art in Greece in 21 st century", Beltsios Collection,
Matsopoulos Mill Art & culture Center, Trikala, May-July `06
2005 "elevators - corridors", To Milo gallery, Athens (solo)
2005 "Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin" international film and video festival, Paris ,
17 - 25 November
2005 "Mostra SESC de Artes Mediterraneo - 2005" , Sao Paolo , Brazil
2005 "FemLink project", an international video-collage, each participating country is
represented by one woman artist.
Exhibitions of VideoFem at:
- Women`s Caucus for Art International Video Screening, Boston , February 2006
- "Festival du Film de Femmes", Creteil, France, March 2006
- "Traverse-Video" Festival, Toulouze, France, March 2006
- French cultural center, Instambul , Turkey .
2004 "FERENCZI`s theorem", MOUFFLON gallery, Leucosia , Cyprus (group)
2004 " Berlin 1936-Athens 2004" , "To Milo" gallery, Athens (group)
2004 "art meets landscape", Kerkyra , Greece (group) (catalogue)
2003 ARTIO gallery, Athens (group)
2003 Biennial of FILMMUSEUM of Amsterdam, "Breaking News" project, (DVD edition)
2003 Virtual Center Media Net, (Net exhibition)
2003 "Depicting a native town", Cultural Center of Preveza, (group) (catalogue)
2003 LIGHT I IMAGE I REALITY , Aegina , Greece (catalogue, DVD edition)
2002 "InteractivA 03" Biennale for New Media Art, [Remembering] - [Repressing] -
[Forgetting] Festival, Yucatan / Mexico
2002 R.R.F. Net exhibition (Artopos)
2001 " Projected V isions", video art from the Balcans (catalogue)
2001 "6 rooms: 6 art theoreticians propose 6 young artists", Kappatos gallery, Athens
(catalogue)
2000 10 th International Festival of Ancient Drama, European Cultural Center of Delfi (solo
presentation)
2000 "Days of Research and Technology", National Technical Institute of Athens , Central
Library.
1999 1 st Video Festival for Young Artists , Production UNDERGROUND T.V.MOVEMENT,
"Theatro ton Kairon", Athens .
1998 2nd International Festival on Multimedia , "FOURNOS" theatre & ILEANA TUDA gallery.
1997 Exhibition of Graduate Students of 1996 , NATIONAL PINACKOTHEQE OF ATHENS ,
Greece .
1997 5 Young Artists , "TZAMIA - CRYSTALLA" Gallery Xania,Crete .
1996 "public / private", Cultural Center "Melina Merkouri" (2nd prize)
1995 Cultural Center of Ktimatiki Bank, Athens.