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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: vikibetsou@yahoo.com

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.