Phoenix Athens
Phoenix Athens
Phoenix Athens is an artist-run gallery and residency in Athens that provides international creatives with space, time, and facilities to develop and showcase their practice in Greece. As a venue for art appreciation and education, Phoenix Athens explores the myriad ways in which artists, thinkers and designers contribute to the well-being of societies.
They invite local and international creatives and academics to come and develop their professional practice within the dynamic community of Neapoli-Exarcheia in Athens through the residency program: Villa Exarcheia. The aim of this residency is to encourage artists and designers to fine-tune their skills and to engage with the community in a way that benefits both parties. Residents are encouraged to share and exchange ideas with the public through workshops, talks and exhibition.
Phoenix Athens welcomes partnerships and collaborative projects with scholars wishing to complement course requirements or research as well as schools and universities wishing who to provide their students with an immersive creative experience in Athens.
Phoenix Athens features one 90 m2 gallery located at 89 Asklipiou in Exarcheia. This centrally located space features beautiful natural light, well attended openings and an exciting chance for artists to both showcase and sell their work. A 90 m2 Makerspace workshop featuring facilities for wood, ceramic and metal production is located just downstairs from one of the galleries is also available for artists in residence to use.
Phoenix Athens asks artists in residence to provide a talk or a workshop about their practice as part of their residency, in addition to a culminating showcase exhibition. In this way, artists are able to engage publicly and broaden the scope of their practice by engaging themselves more fully into the social context. These events are organised with the full support of the staff at Phoenix Athens and are also designed to bolster networking opportunities for artists in Athens.
Phoenix Athens has two residency spaces.
Phoenix Athens is designed to accomodate professionals working in mixed media sculpture, painting and drawing. There are also at least two clean, quiet spaces for creatives working primarily with digital media or 2-D work.
There is a basic wood shop as well as tools for metal and ceramic sculpture. There are also facilities for painting and drawing. Phoenix Athens also offers services for 3d printing or laser cutting projects.