NATASHA ILIOPOULOU

Born in 1988 in Athens, Greece, Natasha Iliopoulou is an art historian and curator of exhibitions and art events, mainly focused on art as a platform of exchanging ideas in contemporary art-world. Her MA (research) in Arts and Culture, specialized in Museums and Collections in Contemporary Art World, was received from the Leiden Universiteit in the Netherlands. Subsequent to that she worked in several art and technological institutions in the Netherlands such as Waag Society in Amsterdam, Museum Het Leids Wevershuis in Leiden, ARS Aemula Naturae in Leiden, and EAE Studio for Contemporary Art in Leiden. There, she worked in different collaborative bioart and educational projects as Assistant Project Coordinator and as Assistant Curator in several exhibitions of photography, part of the project
n 2013 she was invited to become a member of Athens Art Network and since then, she has been working in the organization of several cultural festivals (i.e. Petit Paris d' Athènes festival, Patission Cinemart festival, SALADE Jam festival) as the Director's executive assistant and as a curator of art exhibitions. Part of her latest work is the curating of the group exhibition "Sur les pas du Petit Paris d' Athènes" in Match Point art café and the "Art Explorations as a reflection of Paris art cafés" in Athens Conservatory building. One of her latest collaborative projects "Fedora - A city of Desire" was presented in Instituto Italiano di Cultura of Athens as part of the exhibition "Invisible Cities", curated by Maria Saridaki and also "Fred Rohde Retrospective - 50 Years of Photography". Finally she will also present at the 24th International Dance Festival - Quinzena de Danca de Almada, with F.A.C.E. art group, in Almada, Portugal.