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ELENI ZOUNI Born in Piraeus.Lives and works in Athens. .She lived and worked in Barcelona, Spain from 1984 to 1986, and in Utrecht and Amsterdam in the Netherlands from 1989 to 1994. In 1984 - 85 she studied at the theoretical department of the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, and in 1990 -91 she attended construction seminars at the School of Fine Arts of Utrecht. Since 1995 she teaches at visual art workshops and schools of painting and applied arts.

Individual Exhibitions: 1989 Vincent Bernat Gallery, Barcelona. Curator: Pavlos Kremos.1990 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens., Curator: Efi Strousa (catalogue) . 1995 Medusa + 1 Art Gallery, Athens.Curator: Efi Strousa (catalogue). 1998 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens., Curator: Efi Strousa (catalogue). 1999 Olga Georgantea Art Gallery, Athens.2001 Diana Gallery Down Town., Curator: Lena Kokkini (catalogue).

Main group exhibitions: 1983 Exhibition of Graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts; Athens Conservatory.1986 Panhellenic Art Exhibition - Piraeus (catalogue). 1987 “9 painters exhibit”. Athens Municipal Arts Centre (catalogue).1988 Evmaros Art Space, Athens. 1990 Vandijk Gallery, the Hague.1992 Salon de Refuses, Utrecht (catalogue). 1994 Greek Artists, Quests 1950 - 2000; Rethymnon Centre of Contemporary Artistic Creation, Curator: Maria Marangou (catalogue).1995 Kunstepidemin Gallery, Göteborg. 1995 Kunstmanifestation, Hardenmperg, (catalogue).1995 ? Art Space, “The customers”, Athens.Curator: Emily Tsingou (catalogue).1996 Museum of History, “Time”, Athens. 1996 “Asteras”, Naoussa - Paros. Curator, Medusa Art Gallery.1996 International Triennial of Painting, Sofia, (catalogue). 1997 42e Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge—Athenes, Tribute to Greek artists 1960- 1990. Curators Sania Pappa, Nicole Ginoux (catalogue).1998 Aeschlia "98, “We are elsewhere, we are going elsewhere”. Installation. Elefsina. Curator: Lena Kokkini (Catalogue). 1999 ‘Dream Trip Art’ action group. Installation. Fournos Theatre. Athens. Curator: Michalis Pekridis.1999 “Byzantine Dinner”. Organised by the Dutch Institute of Athens. Curator: Hans Hendrix (catalogue). 1999 Graduates & former students of the Vakalo School.Curator: Yannis Papaioannou (catalogue).2000 “Expanding the Possibilities”. Hewlett Packard,. Gazi, Athens. Curator: Olga Georgantea (catalogue).2001 3rd International Biennial, Sharjah – United Arab Emirates, (catalogue).2001 “Work - Matter, Matter - Work”.Vafopoulion Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki. Curator: Dorothea Konteletzidou (catalogue). 2001 “In search of the Olympic Idea”. Athens Municipal Gallery, Curator Nelli Kyriazi (catalogue).2002 1st Balkan Exhibition of Contemporary Micrographic art & Miniatures, Curators: S. Panayotakis, Lina Tsikouta, Thessaloniki (catalogue).2004 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens

Main publications - presentations: 1987 ?.V.3 Channel, Spain; Capitals of the world, contemporary art in Athens.1991 Eleftherotypia newspaper, Maria Marangou . 1995 ?.?. 1 TV channel, “Syneikones”,?.?.?. 1 radio station, Lina Papaioannou,Eleftherotypia newspaper, Maria Marangou, Diazazo magazine.1997 Dictionary of Greek Artists, entry by Efi Strousa,Ependytis newspaper, Vivi Vassilopoulou,Eleftherotypia newspaper, Maria Marangou,Eleftherotypia newspaper, “?” magazine, Michalis Pekridis,Gyneka magazine, Olga Bati. 1999 Eleftherotypia newspaper, Michalis Pekridis.