Androulla Michael is a British Greek Cypriot award winning and internationally exhibited visual artist, who currently lives and works in London, UK.
Androulla has exhibited in Athens, Brussels, Italy, London, New York, and Qatar. She is the winner of the Brussels Airlines Arts Award and her work is housed in the Luciano Benetton collection.
Alongside pursuing her artistic practice, between 2006 and 2019, Androulla taught Art and Photography at KS3, GCSE and Post-16 Level.
In September 2022, Androulla and Minnie Weisz co-curated HoME, a multimedia exhibition that brought together nine international artists working under the creative and social-cultural theme of displacement to compliment the tenth year anniversary of the Athens Democracy Forum, in association with The New York Times, held at the Zappeion, Athens, Greece.
Quoting a review of Androulla's work #Selfie of a Nobody (365 Days) by Helen Trompeteler:
“Androulla Michael’s intriguing images challenge historical notions of portraiture by removing any literal likeness of the individual. While Michael’s images are autobiographical in origin, she uses these diaristic images as a means of asking much wider questions concerning societal pressure for perfection or conformism. Where self-portraiture in popular culture often involves a form of social performance, these images are appealing in their abstract and subversive nature.”
BIOGRAPHY
1983 Born and raised in Great Yarmouth, UK.
2019 Lives and works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2002-05 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Norwich School of Art
2001-02 Art and Design Foundation Course, Norwich School of Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 - ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2023 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2023 - Chiaroscuro, ROMA MITIKA Festival, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy
2022 HoME, Athens Democracy Forum, in association with The New York Times, Zappeion, Athens, Greece
2019 Accessible Art Fair, Bozar, Brussels
2018 'Join the Dots' Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Salon deliIncanti, Trieste
2017 Brussels Airlines Likes Art Award, The Loft VIP Lounge, Brussels Airport, Belgium
2016 ‘Art ForTomorrow', sponsored by The New York Times, W Doha Hotel, Qatar
2016 Accessible Art Fair New York, The National Arts Club, Manhattan, New York
2015 Summer Arts Prize, Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London
SCREENING
2014 The Curated Ego: What Makes A Good Selfie? National Portrait Gallery, London
PUBLICATIONS
2020 A Fictional Walk With Androulla Michael, Norwich University of the Arts, Storehouse Magazine - Together, Together: The Home Issue
2019 WonderIsland – Fondazione Imago Mundi, published by FABRICA
2017 #Selfie of a Nobody (365 days) published by Vogue Italia
AWARDS
2017 Brussels Airlines Likes Art Award
2015 Runner up of The Lacey Contemporary Gallery Summer Arts Prize
COLLECTION
Luciano Benetton