Christina Darras

Born 1968, Athens, Greece.

1986-1990 Ecole Nationale Superiere des Beaux-Arts, Paris

1990-1991 Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London

Solo Exhibitions

2022, Kingston Arts, My name is Arachni. Satellite event for Craft Contemporary 22
2022 Gallery Genesis, Ta Ble, Athens, Greece
2022 George Paton Gallery, A Geography of moments, Melbourne.
2022 Kingston arts G3, Oneself too many, Melbourne
2020 Marginalia Gallery, Strovolos, Cyprus
2019 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2019 Craft Victoria, Vitrine Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 The Gallery Shop, Fougaro, Nafplion, Greece 
2018 G3 Artspace, Parkdale, Australia
2018 Boom Gallery, Geelong, Australia
2017 Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2016 Benaki Museum Shop, Athens, Greece
2014 Fougaro, Art Shop, Nafplio, Greece
2014 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2013 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2012 Αναζητήσεις στην ύλη, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2008 Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2005 D624, Athens, Greece
2004 Millefiori Art Space, Athens, Greece
2000 Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece 
1999 Kalfayan Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece 
1999 Olga Georgandea Gallery, Athens, Greece 
1997 ART ATHINA ’97, Stand Olga Georgandea Gallery, Athens, Greece
1997 Olga Georgandea Gallery, Athens, Greece

Group Exhibitions

2023 le Lendemain, George Paton gallery
2023 The Lester Prize Finalist
2023 Wyndham Art Prize Finalist
2023 Craft Contemporary 2023 satellite events Soft Speech, at Mcclelland Sculpture Park, in collaboration with Narelle White
2023 Craft Contemporary 2023 satellite events The Hand becomes the Needle at Off the Kerb Gallery, collaboration with Rebecca Diele
2023 Artists books George Paton Gallery
2023 Art Athina, Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece.
2022 Finalists Incinerator Art Award 2022, Art for Social Change
2022 Wangaratta Regional Art Gallery, Small soft Sculpture
2022 Kinston Arts, Day by day, by day
2022 George Paton Gallery, When do you think of Feminism
2021 VCA Grad Show, Your Value Is
2021 VCA artspace, From where I stand#3
2020 online Assembly point, Zero o'clock
2020 CoVid19 Global Kiln, Australia
2020 Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta, Australia
2018 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2016 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2015 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2014 Martinos Gallery, Athens, Greece
2012 Gallery Genesis, Athens, Greece
2011 Summer, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2010 Small Formats, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2009 Small Formats, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2008 Games without frontiers, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2004 Less is more, Millefiori Art Space, Athens, Greece
2003 Small Formats, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2002 Small Formats, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2001 Small Formats, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2001 Zoo, Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2001 Mythologies, Antipodes, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Kitch is Beautiful, Mariana Petridis, Athens, Greece
2000 Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
2000 T-Shirts, DESTE, Athens, Greece
2000 Bleue Outre Mer, Piraeus, Greece
2000 HOHA, Athens, Greece
1999 Pret Art Porter, DESTE, Athens, Greece
1999 Hewlett Packard – Expanding Possibilities, Gazi, Athens, Greece
1998 Olga Georgandea Gallery, Athens, Greece
1997 Gallery Astra, Athens, Greece
1997 The Cat Called Ucello + Olga Georgandea Gallery, Athens, Greece
1996 Gallery Astra, Athens, Greece
1993 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London, UK
1991 Bird St. Gallery, The London Institute, London, UK
1991 Central St. Martins College of Art, Post-Graduate Show, London, UK
1990 Portes Ouvertes E.N.S.B.A, Paris, France

Grants and Residencies

2024 Artist as curator Wunder Gym & Wyndham City Council Arts
2024 Impossible bodies, Frankston Arts Grant
2023 Le Lendemain George Paton Gallery (and curatorial work)
2020 Kingston Arts artist's grant
2019 Craft Victoria artist in residence during Craft Contemporary 19

Prizes

2019 Kingston Arts Artblitz, 2D Highly Commended prize

Workshops

2024 Melbourne Art Book Fair & George Paton Gallry, making Concertina books
2023 Collage, Baileys Art Center
2023 Bring your own craft, George Paton Gallery
2023 Sustainable Wax Wraps George Paton Gallery
2023 The Green Space Mentone, Meditation and Watercolours
2023 Kingston Arts, Yoga and Art.
2023 Collage, Mystic River Gallery.
2022 Interfaith, Kingston Council, Spring Festival
2022 The creative power of Failure, artist's talk and workshop at Kingston Arts
2022 Masque making at Maroondah City Council
2021 Crafts Victoria: virtual studios, online masque-making demo.
2021 Kingston Arts: As a Grant recipient, two reduction linocut workshops.
The outcome of the workshops was part of the exhibition "Oneself, too_
many" at G3 Artspace.
2020 Kingston Arts Online Workshops, Chroma crochet: making jewellery
with crochet and colourful threads, and Embroidery and watercolour.
2019 Craft Victoria "Bottle people", Papier macher two days workshop
2018 "Grandmothers" Hellenic Museum, Melbourne