Polixeni Papapetrou

♀ *1960 / Australia

Works

Contacts for the work of Polixeni Papapetrou

Polixeni Papapetrou

Melbourne
www.polixenipapapetrou.net

Solo exhibitions

Olympia

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
27 Sep 2019 – 29 Mar 2020
New Work

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
4 Apr 2018 – 28 Apr 2018
Selected Works 2002 - 2017

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
24 Aug 2017 – 13 Sep 2017
Beyond Eden

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Oct 2016 – 4 Dec 2016
HUMAN AS NATURE

Jarvis Dooney, Berlin (DE)
1 Oct 2016 – 26 Nov 2016
Eden

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
3 Sep 2016 – 1 Oct 2016
The Ghillies

Benaki Museum - Pireos St Annexe, Athens (GR)
9 Jun 2016 – 31 Jul 2016
Lost Psyche

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
29 Oct 2014 – 29 Nov 2014
Under My Skin

Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin (AU)
7 Jun 2014 – 5 Jul 2014
Between Worlds

Jarvis Dooney, Berlin (DE)
1 Mar 2014 – 12 Apr 2014
A Performative Paradox

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
24 May 2013 – 14 Jul 2013
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Jenkins Johnson Projects, New York (US)
4 Apr 2013 – 1 Jun 2013
The Ghillies

Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
28 Mar 2013 – 23 May 2013
The Dreamkeepers

Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
10 May 2012 – 2 Jun 2012
The Dreamkeepers

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
28 Mar 2012 – 5 May 2012
Tales from Elsewhere

A Retrospective

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
4 Feb 2011 – 12 Mar 2011
Between worlds

ARTITLED! Contemporary Art, Herpen (NL)
7 Nov 2010 – 28 Nov 2010
Between Worlds

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
2 Jun 2010 – 3 Jul 2010
Between Worlds

Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
29 Oct 2009 – 21 Nov 2009
Games of Consequence

Foley Gallery, New York (US)
4 Sep 2008 – 11 Oct 2008
Games of Consequence

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
27 Aug 2008 – 27 Sep 2008
Haunted Country

Foley Gallery, New York (US)
14 Sep 2006 – 28 Oct 2006
Haunted Country

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
5 Jul 2006 – 12 Aug 2006
Phantomwise / Wonderland

Stills South, Sydney (AU)
8 Sep 2004 – 2 Oct 2004
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Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
26 May 2004 – 26 Jun 2004
Dreamchild

Photo-Graphic Gallery, New York (US)
14 Jun 2003 – 13 Jul 2003

Group

Young | youth in Australian photography: 1980s to now

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Nov 2025 – 22 Feb 2026

with Atong Atem, Donna Bailey, Anne Ferran, Bill Henson, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, Paul Knight, Katrin Koenning, Christopher Koeller, Jesse Marlow, Rod McNicol …
Reversible Destiny

Australian and Japanese contemporary photography

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
24 Aug 2021 – 31 Oct 2021

with Naoya Hatakeyama, Miyako Ishiuchi, Mari Katayama, Rosemary Laing, Shizuka Yokomizo
Defining Place/Space

Contemporary Photography from Australia

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
6 Mar 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Hoda Afshar, Polly Borland, Pat Brassington, Michael Cook, Rosemary Laing, Ricky Maynard, Tracey Moffatt, Trent Parke, Patrick Pound, Jacky Redgate, James Tylor, Justine Varga
Showcase

Jarvis Dooney, Berlin (DE)
24 Apr 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Michael Corridore, Chris Fortescue, Derek Kreckler, Kate Robertson, Anne Zahalka
Light Years

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
2 May 2019 – 29 May 2019

with Narelle Autio, Marian Drew, Derek Henderson, Petrina Hicks, Fabian Muir, Trent Parke, Luke Shadbolt
Plant + Human

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
15 Feb 2019 – 27 Apr 2019

with Steven Cavanagh, Liss Fenwick, Phillip George, Hayley Millar-Baker, Diana Scherer, Erica Seccombe
William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Hoda Afshar, Tom Blachford, Aaron Bradbrook, Danica Chappell, Rowan Conroy, Michael Cook, Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, John Gollings, Linsey Gosper, Lee Grant, Janina Green …
Multiple: [BERLIN] WALL POWER

Contemporary Australian Photography

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
1 Dec 2017 – 23 Dec 2017

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Narelle Autio, Nici Cumpston, Destiny Deacon , Tamara Dean, Marian Drew, Shaun Gladwell, Bill Henson, Petrina Hicks, Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt …
Curtain Call

final exhibition

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
24 May 2017 – 8 Jul 2017

with Paul Adair, Narelle Autio, Roger Ballen, Pat Brassington, Jane Brown, Danica Chappell, Brenda L. Croft, Merilyn Fairskye, Merilyn Fairskye, Anne Ferran, Anne Ferran, Chris Fortescue …
BLING BLING BABY!

GLITZER, GLAMOUR UND EIN FLIRT MIT DEM POP

NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
19 Nov 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Miles Aldridge, Maxime Ballesteros, Olivo Barbieri, Stefano Cerio, Christto and Andrew, David Drebin, Esther Haase, Hassan Hajjaj, Matt Henry, Markus Henttonen, Inka & Niclas , Izima Kaoru …
6th Daegu Photo Biennale 2016

We are from somewhere, but where are we going?

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu (KR)
29 Sep 2016 – 3 Nov 2016

with Gohar Dashti, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Bruce Gilden, Dina Goldstein, Zhang Kechun, Katrin Koenning, Sylwia Kowalczyk, Dinh Q. Le, Susanna Majuri, Martin Parr, Masato Seto, Berndnaut Smilde …
Athens Photo Festival 2016

[mis/dis]placed

Athens Photo Festival, Athens (GR)
9 Jun 2016 – 31 Jul 2016

with ANDREA & MAGDA, Miia Autio, Carlos Ayesta, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Sanne de Wilde, Maxim Dondyuk, Andrea Gjestvang, Samuel Gratacap, Nick Hannes, Karolin Klueppel, Sofie Amalie Klougart, Martin Kollar …
Australian Exotica

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
20 Apr 2016 – 29 May 2016

with Destiny Deacon , Marian Drew, Joseph McGlennon, Darren Siwes, Robyn Stacey, Christian Thompson, Anne Zahalka
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
11 Sep 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

with Jane Burton, John Gollings
SEASON 14

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
3 Dec 2014 – 28 Feb 2015

with Narelle Autio, Ian Dodd, Megan Jenkinson, Michael Light, Steven Lojewski, Deb Mansfield, Trent Parke, Garry Trinh, Justine Varga, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Beverley Veasey
Gifted artists: Donations by Patrick Corrigan AM

National Gallery, Canberra (AU)
15 Aug 2014 – 12 Jan 2015

with Sharon Green, Janina Green, Minoru Hirata, Annie Hogan, Mandana Mapar, Selina Ou, Patricia Piccinini , Matthew Sleeth
CELEBRATE SUMMER

Jenkins Johnson Projects, New York (US)
26 Jun 2014 – 29 Aug 2014

with Tim Etchells, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Gordon Parks, Timotheus Tomicek
Celebrate Summer

Jenkins Johnson Gallery SF, San Francisco (US)
26 Jun 2014 – 29 Aug 2014

with Tim Etchells, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, Gordon Parks, Timotheus Tomicek
Frühlings Salon

Jarvis Dooney, Berlin (DE)
3 May 2014 – 21 Jun 2014

with Donna Bailey, Michael Corridore, Derek Henderson, Ingvar Kenne, Bronek Kozka, Talia Smith
HIJACKED Volume 2

Australia / Germany

vhs-photogalerie, Stuttgart (DE)
13 Feb 2014 – 30 Mar 2014

with Johanna Ahlert, Joerg Brueggemann, James Brickwood, Michael Corridore, Tamara Dean, Lee Grant, Bronek Kozka, Julian Roeder, Josef Schulz, Oliver Sieber
Garden of Earthly Delights

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
14 Nov 2012 – 23 Feb 2013

with Narelle Autio, Ben Cauchi, Ian Dodd, Mark Kimber, Anne Noble, Trent Parke, Danielle Thompson, Garry Trinh
19th Noordlicht Photofestival 2012 - Terra Cognita

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
2 Sep 2012 – 7 Oct 2012

with Yasser Aggour, Korrie Besems, Sasha Bezzubov, Justine Blau, Kim Boske, Alison Carey, Margherita Cesaretti, Christopher Colville, Misha de Ridder, Paul den Hollander, Dornith Doherty, Rena Effendi …
HIJACKED 2

ZEPHYR, Mannheim (DE)
20 May 2012 – 26 Aug 2012

with Johanna Ahlert, Narelle Autio, Natalie Bothur, Joerg Brueggemann, James Brickwood, Michael Corridore, Andrew Cowen, Tamara Dean, Jackson Eaton, Thekla Ehling, Suzie Fox, Albrecht Fuchs …
New Worlds

Museum Hanmi, Seoul (KR)
28 Aug 2011 – 26 Sep 2011

with Gerard O'Connor & Marc Wasiak, Bronek Kozka, Catherine Nelson, Alexia Sinclair
Season10

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
17 Nov 2010 – 29 Jan 2011

with Narelle Autio, Pat Brassington, Petrina Hicks, Mark Kimber, William Lamson, Trent Parke, Robyn Stacey, William Yang
Inside out

Jenkins Johnson Gallery SF, San Francisco (US)
4 Nov 2010 – 23 Dec 2010

with Michael Eastman, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Kim Joon, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Agata Stoinska
Hijacked 2: Australia / Germany

Curated by Mark McPherson (Aus) and Ute Noll (Ger)

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
11 Jun 2010 – 17 Jul 2010

with Johanna Ahlert, Narelle Autio, Natalie Bothur, Joerg Brueggemann, James Brickwood, Michael Corridore, Andrew Cowen, Tamara Dean, Jackson Eaton, Thekla Ehling, Suzie Fox, Albrecht Fuchs …
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award 2009

Gold Coast Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise (AU)
4 Apr 2009 – 17 May 2009

with Cherine Fahd, Ponch Hawkes, Siri Hayes, Petrina Hicks, Paul Knight, Simon Obarzanek, Valerie Sparks, Natascha Stellmach, Lyndal Walker
FX in Contemporary Photography

McClelland Art Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
18 May 2008 – 10 Aug 2008

with Pat Brassington, Jane Burton, Bill Henson, Rosemary Laing, Lyndell Brown & Charles Green, Patricia Piccinini , Simon Strong, Darren Sylvester, Simon Terrill, Anne Zahalka
Artist File 2008

The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT), Tôkyô (JP)
5 Mar 2008 – 6 May 2008

with Elina Brotherus, Amy Granat, Mio Shirai
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Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland (NZ)
21 Aug 2007 – 13 Sep 2007

with Valerie Sparks
Selected Photography

Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland (NZ)
26 May 2007 – 21 Jun 2007

with Geoffrey Heath
Tell Me a Story: Narrative Photography Now

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
20 Jan 2007 – 13 May 2007

with Anna Gaskell, Muriel Hasbun, Gavin Hipkins, Nikki S. Lee, Tracey Moffatt, Pipo Nguyen-Duy, Barbara Probst, Melanie Pullen, Jem Southam
Picturing the Sea

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth (AU)
13 Aug 2006 – 4 Oct 2006

with Narelle Autio, Max Pam, Patricia Piccinini
BEYOND REAL. Part 1 - Dressing Up

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
7 Oct 2005 – 12 Nov 2005

with Peter Burke, Bernard Faucon, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Man Ray , Ralph Eugene Meatyard, George Platt-Lynes, Luke Roberts, Lucas Samaras, Cindy Sherman
the children's hour

Museum of New Art (mona), Pontiac (US)
21 May 2005 – 25 Jun 2005

with Doug Aitken, Pat Brassington, Michal Chelbin, Sue de Beer, Rineke Dijkstra, Margi Geerlinks, Katy Grannan, Lauren Greenfield, Bill Henson, Ingar Krauss, Mona Kuhn, Dana Lixenberg …
Changeling

Childhood and the uncanny

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
19 Nov 2004 – 24 Dec 2004

with Donna Bailey, Angela Blakey, Simen Johan, Loretta Lux, Deborah Paauwe, William Ropp, Michelle Sank, Glenn Sloggett, Julie Sundberg, Toni Wilkinson
City of Perth PhotoMedia Award

PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (AU)
25 Nov 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Danica Chappell, Anthony Curtis, Simon Cuthbert, Christian de Vietri, Allison Gibbs, Michael Gray, Siri Hayes, Martin James Hurley, Derek Kreckler, Belinda Mason Lovering, Kate McMillan, Graham Miller …
MAKEbelieve - photographic fictions

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
31 Jan 2004 – 13 Mar 2004

with Pat Brassington, Christine Cornish, Mark Kimber, Robyn Stacey

Events

Photolux Festival 2017 - Mediterraneo

Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia

Photolux Festival, Lucca (IT)
18 Nov 2017 – 10 Dec 2017

with Terje Abusdal, Leila Alaoui, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Francesco Fossa, Stuart Franklin, Maurizio Galimberti, Nick Hannes, Marie Hudelot, Marie Hudelot, Josef Koudelka, Shai Kremer, Jacques-Henri Lartigue …
Lishui Photography Festival 2017

Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui (CN)
15 Nov 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Emile Barret, Giacomo Bianchetti, Luo Bin, Delphine Burtin, Delphine Burtin, Juno Calypso, Phil Chang, Angelica Dass, Corina Gertz, Jin Hua, Lu Jiaojiao, DI Jinjun …
6th Daegu Photo Biennale 2016

We are from somewhere, but where are we going?

Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu (KR)
29 Sep 2016 – 3 Nov 2016

with Gohar Dashti, Dina Goldstein, Dinh Q. Le, Susanna Majuri, Martin Parr
Athens Photo Festival 2016

[mis/dis]placed

Athens Photo Festival, Athens (GR)
9 Jun 2016 – 31 Jul 2016

with Roger Ballen, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Martin Kollar, Catherine Leutenegger, Danila Tkachenko
Photo London 2015

Somerset House, London (GB)
21 May 2015 – 24 May 2015

with Michael Corridore
Alison Holland with photographer Polixeni Papapetrou

Photo-Graphic Gallery, New York (US)