About

Aimilia Balaska was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She studied Graphic Design, Interior Design, Photography & Visual arts.

She lives and works in Athens as a graphic designer, photographer and visual artist. Her background as a graphic designer enriches her practice, resulting in multidimensional projects that experiment with photography, various materials, objects and videos.

In 2022 he graduated with a Master of Arts in Photography & Visual Language scholarship from London MIddlesex University - Akto College. Her photographic work is part of private collections and art collection at the Museum of Photography of San Telmo in Spain and has been exhibited in museums in Greece including the Benaki Museum. She has taken part in exhibitions and online publications both in Greece and abroad.

AWARDS

Finalist: 2019 / Transeurope, Portfolio Review, Athens Greece.

Winner:2019 / Battle zine Void, Athens Greece.

selected exhibitions

2024 / Her Stories, Photographic Practices 1974-2024, Momus Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2024 / Daughters, Aimilia Balaska, Rebecca Simons, Greece.

2024 / The Other Side of History III, Islahhane, Historical Otoman Complex, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2024 / Ravasaki, Plankton, Athens, Greece.

2023 / The Other Side of History II, The National Historical Museum, Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion, Hydra Island, Greece.

2023 / Platform 24, Gazi, Athens, Greece.

2023 / Verso of Perception, Zoetrope, Athens, Greece.

2022 / Opus One, De Krook Library, Curated by Breedbeeld, Ghent, Belgium.

2022 / 15th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art ENTRESILOS, Silo Museum,
Curated by Ricardo Díaz, Villacañas, Toledo, Spain.

2022 / Library Project, Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival, Curated by Eleni Mouzakiti,
Agrinio, Greece.

2022 / East End, Art festival, Curated by Apostolis Gianakopopulos, Samos Island, Greece.

2022 / The Artpit Collection, by Dove, Curated by Mart & Evgenia Manolioudaki at Metro Station Hall Syntagma, Greece

2022 / Postgraduate programme, Curated by Lambros Papanikolatos & Katerina Apostolidou, Snehta Main Space, Greece

2022 / Weaving the Future IV, Curated by Efi Michalarou,
Under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Paris, France

2021 / Fluss Periplus, Ithaka Island, Greece.

2021 / FLUSS - Fluss Periplus, Schloss Wolkersdorf, Austria, Vienna.

2020 / So Far So Close, MOMus Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2020 / Athens Photo Festival, Main Exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.

2019-2020 Any More Odes? Curated by EyesCulture organised by Transeurope International Exhibition, City of Athens, Arts Centre - OPANDA, Parko Eleftherias, Athens, Greece.

2019 / MedPhoto Festival Art Book Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece.

2019 / Photobook Festival, Cyan Studio, Norway, Oslo.

2019 / Art Book Fair, Stoa Kairi, Athens, Greece.

2019 / Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.

2019 / Dilettanti, State of Concept, Curated by Kostas Ioannidis & Iliana Fokianaki, Athens, Greece.

2018 / ReView, Fine Arts School of Athens, Greece.