ABOUT
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Andonia Giannakouros is a figurative painter using oil and wax on panel. Born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, Andonia attended Clarke University, graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Painting and a minor in Graphic Design. She moved to Memphis, Tennessee in her early 20s where she lived, worked and painted before returning to Dubuque in late 2012. She has been exhibiting her work in Iowa and Tennessee in both group and solo shows since 2003.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Professional Experience
2021 - PRESENT Owner, Giannaka, LLC, Creative Client Services, Dubuque, IA
2016 Adjunct Professor, Studio Painting, Clarke University, Dubuque, IA
2013 Art Director, Dubuque Bike Coop, Dubuque, IA
2012 Painting Instructor, Matter Creative, Dubuque, IA
2011 Curator, Brinkley Plaza Gallery, Memphis, TN
Grants & Awards
2023 Creative Empowerment Subgrant - National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant offered by the City of Dubuque’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
2015 Studio Scholar Residency, Studio Works, Dubuque, IA
2014 Best in Show, Salon des Refusés, Dubuque Area Arts Collective Gallery, Dubuque, IA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Fantasma Press, solo exhibit, Planted Gallery, Dubuque, IA
2022 Chronicle, solo exhibit, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2018 Special Exhibit, Jitterz, Dubuque, IA
2017 Sacred & Profane, Fall Into Art Gallery Tour, The Smokestack, Dubuque, IA
2017 Iraklia, solo building mural, Voices Productions, Dubuque, IA
2016 Collapse, solo exhibit, Gallery C, Dubuque, IA
2015 Special Exhibit, Dubuque Bike Coop, Dubuque, Iowa
2011 Special Exhibit, solo exhibit, Republic, Memphis, TN
2010 Brinkley Plaza, Tennessee Exhibit, Memphis, TN
2008 Form & Functioning, solo exhibit, Isabella’s, Dubuque, IA
2005 Cyprinidae, senior thesis solo exhibit, Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, IA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial Exhibition, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2022 6th Annual Patterns, Textures & Forms Group Juried Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Gallery
2020 Portraits of the Pandemic, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2015 Salon des Refusés, Dubuque Area Arts Collective Gallery, Dubuque, IA
2014 Best in Show, Salon des Refusés, Dubuque Area Arts Collective Gallery, Dubuque, IA
2012 The Delta Visual Arts Show, Blue Ridge Center for the Delta Arts, Newport, AR
2011 The Delta Visual Arts Show, Blue Ridge Center for the Delta Arts, Newport, AR
2010 The Delta Visual Arts Show, Blue Ridge Center for the Delta Arts, Newport, AR
2009 The Delta Visual Arts Show, Blue Ridge Center for the Delta Arts, Newport, AR
2005 Painting & Ceramics, Rocco Buda Art Gallery, Dubuque, IA
Education
2005 BFA Studio Art, Painting Emphasis; Minor in Graphic Design, Clarke University, Dubuque, IA
Commissions
2023, 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Hog, 48” x 72”, pencil on paper, National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque, IA
2017 Private, 12 Portrait Series, 17” x 14”, oil on panel, 12 Patrons, Dubuque, IA
2012 Private, Portrait of Daughter, 16” x 12”, oil on panel, Carol Allsup, Memphis, TN
2011 Private, Grandfather, 144” x 72”, diptych, oil & foil on panel, Thomas P. Cassidy Jr., Memphis, TN
2005 Private, Drawing Study, 36” x 24”, pencil on paper, live sitting, Fr. Andonis Callozo, Chicago, IL
2004 Private, Boy in Traditional Greek Outfit, 24” x 14”, oil on canvas, Mantea Schmid, Dubuque, IA
Collections
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Private Collections in the U.S.
CHRONICLE at the Dubuque Museum of Art
Dubuque, Iowa - March 2022
SACRED & PROFANE at The Smokestack
Dubuque, Iowa - October 2017
IRAKLIA MURAL hosted by VOICES PRODUCTIONS
Dubuque, Iowa - July 2017
COLLAPSE at Gallery C
Dubuque, Iowa - October 2016
