Stefania Strouza
CYCLADIC CAFE ART PROJECT
MAY 28 ΜΑΪΟΥ UNTIL JUNE 30, 2025
It examines the exchange of forms and symbols across large distances and the cross-cultural syncretisms that emerge from it. The artist materializes these ideas through sculptural works and installations that draw associations between the symbolic world of objects and notions of temporality, corporeality, and geography.
Strouza’s works construct an imaginary landscape revolving around the mythical Golden Fleece, exploring the relationship between life, matter, and myth through materials and forms that emphasize the fluidity and vulnerability of existence. Suspended works of paper depict hybrid bodies in constant transition, between decomposition and regeneration, diffusing through space and reshaping their connections with each other and their environment. Through fragmented compositions and fragile materials, the works form a map of imagined coexistences, where the mythical creature emerges as a symbol of survival and radical otherness in resistance to human dominance and ecological collapse.
THE ARTWORK
δ Arietis, 2024
paper, PVA glue, gold leaf imitation, oxidizers, copper platted and oxidized wire, oxidized copper wire, varnish, plexiglass
110 x 200 x 12 cm
Courtesy the artist and a.antonopoulou.art
Stefania Strouza
ε Arietis, 2024
paper, PVA glue, gold leaf imitation, oxidizers, copper platted and oxidized wire, oxidized copper wire, varnish, plexiglass
110 x 200 x 12 cm
Courtesy the artist and a.antonopoulou.art
THE ARTIST
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona (solo), 2023 Eleusis Cultural Capital of Europe (solo), a.antonopoulou.art (solo), AnnexM (solo), Plásmata II by Onassis Stegi, ARCOmadrid 2023, the 3rd Industrial Art Biennial in Croatia, Pinta Miami 2018, the Benaki Museum, the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos (a collaboration of NEON with the Whitechapel Gallery), the 6th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, the Wiener Art Foundation (solo), the Neue Galerie Innsbruck (solo), the Athens & Epidaurus Festival (solo), the BOZAR in Brussels, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, among others. Strouza has received numerous accolades such as the Art Athina 2023 Award, the Inspire Prize 2021, the ARTWORKS Award (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program), the Emerging Artists Award of the National Bank of Greece, and the Diploma Award of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
She has been an artist-in-residence at the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies in Princeton University, US (2016), the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Germany (2016), Studio Residency in Mexico City (2018) with the support of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, MANA Contemporary New Jersey, US (2019), CCA Andratx in Mallorca, Spain (2020), and ISCP, US (2021). Stefania Strouza is currently a participant of the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies program for 2024/25.
CYCLADIC CAFE ART PROJECT
The Museum of Cycladic Art presents the Cycladic Café Art Project – part of the Modern Art Program – combining places of social gathering with art. With the ultimate aim of embracing the Greek and international scene of modern art, the Museum presents works by internationally acclaimed and emerging artists linked to its current exhibitions and activities at Cycladic Café. The Cycladic Café Art Project motivates the dialogue between art and everyday life.
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