Margarita Athanasiou
Margarita Athanasiou is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and organizer based in Athens, Greece. She is a digital collagist working with the mediums of video and print while a big part of her practice revolves around artist publishing. Her work is text-based and explores sidelined female histories, often combining research with autobiography and humor. Athanasiou is the co-founder of the Athens Art Book Fair, an Onassis AiR fellow, an ARTWORKS fellow, an active participant in various queer/feminist projects, and a passionate meme artist.
Margarita Athanasiou was a participant of the Exchange Residencies Program of Οnassis AiR 2019-20 at CAPACETE (Brazil), the Tailor-made Fellowships program 2022-23 and of theTailor-made Residencies program 2023/24.
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Photo Courtesy: Margarita Athanasiou
Make-shift desk space in the living room.
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Photo: Margarita Athanasiou
The view outside the Museu do Açude in Tijuca National Park.
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Photo: Camilla Rocha Campos / Courtesy of Capacete
Denise Ferreira da Silva's seminar in Capacete library.
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Photo: Camilla Rocha Campos / Courtesy of Capacete
Collective reading during Denise Ferreira da Silva's seminar in Capacete library.
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Photo: Nancy La Rosa
Presentation of Margarita Athanasiou's work during a group trip to the mountain town of Lidice.
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Photo: Margarita Athanasiou
Sunday lunch in the Capacete house for the 1- year program.
