Georgia Lale is a Greek-born American visual artist and cancer fighter based in Brooklyn. Through their multidisciplinary practice, Lale explores the human body’s blueprint on the social and political realm of modern society and advocates for accessible healthcare and gender equality. They received their MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC (2016) as a Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation scholar and their BFA from the Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece (2013).
Their work has been featured in major art festivals, such as the Art in Odd Places, NYC (2022), the Venice International Performance Art Week, Italy (2020) and the Brussels Nuit Blanche Festival, Belgium (2016). Lale’s work has been exhibited at A.I.R. Gallery Biennial (2023), Border Project Space (solo show 2022), Collar Works (2021), Smack Mellon (2018) and Shiva Gallery (2018), among others. They have participated at academic conferences organized by the Dedalus Foundation, the MoMA Archives, the Yale History of Art Modernist Forum and the Yale School of Management. Their #OrangeVest performance was presented at the Greek Pavilion of the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture (2016). Their solo show “Neighborhood Guilt” at the Consulate General of Greece in NY (2023), was censored by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs.
RESUME
American born in Athens, Greece. Lives and works in New York City.
VENICE BIENNALE
2016 Contesting the Fronts of Crisis in the Public Space, 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Curated by Ageliki Avgitidou.
SOLO SHOWS
2024 “Alcyonides Days”, organized by A.Antonopoulou Art Gallery, hosted by BIOS Theater, Athens, GR.
2024 “Neighborhood Guilt – Uncensored”, in collaboration with the City of Athens and Technopolis – Gazi, GR.
2023 “Neighborhood Guilt”, General Consulate of Greece in NY.
2022 “DEFENSE“, The Border Project Space, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Jamie Martinez.
2021 “Shelter”, A.Antonopoulou Art Gallery, Athens, GR.
2014 “Lust”, Oplostasio Texnis, Athens, GR. Curated by Dimitris Alithinos.
FESTIVALS/BIENNIALS
2023 A.I.R. Gallery Biennial, “Friend of the Artist,” Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Eriola Pira.
2020 The Immigrant Artist Biennial, “Mother Tongue,” New York City. Curated by Katya Grokhovsky.
2020 Venice International Performance Art Week: Co-Creation Live Factory “Dissenting Bodies-Marking Time,” European Cultural Center-Palazzo Mora, Venice, IT.
2019 The Immigrants Artist Biennial Soft Launch, “Art and Social Activism Festival,” New York City. Curated by Katya Grokhovsky.
2016 Nuit Blanche Festival Brussels, Belgium.
2016 Symbiosis Lesvos Arts Festival, Lesvos, Greece.
2015 The Unmentionables Film Festival, Vol.1, Menstruation, NY
2014 B.& M. Theocharakis Foundation, “7th Biennale,” Greece.
2013 FONLAD Digital Art Festival, Coimbra, Portugal.
2012 Santorini Biennale, Santorini Island, Greece
2012 Video Art Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece.
2007 Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece
RESIDENCIES
2024 March – July, Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, Governors Island, NYC.
2023 October, TransBorder Art TV Residency, Governors Island, NYC.
2020 January, Venice International Performance Art Week, Co-Creation Live Factory: “Dissenting Bodies-Marking Time”, European Cultural Center-Palazzo Mora, Venice, IT.
2019 June, School of Visual Arts MFA Fine Arts “Life on an Island”, Governors Island, NYC.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, Paradox: Do You Want A Needle Or A Dice, Spring/Break Art Show, NYC. Curated by LingFei Ren
2022, Bodily Integrity, The Border Project Space, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Jamie Martinez
2021, NORMAL, Art in Odd Places, NYC. Curated by Furusho von Puttkammer. 14th street & 6 avenue, 12-3pm, 5/16
2021, Collective Health, Collar Works, Troy, NY. Curated by Valery Jung Estabrook and Rachel Frank.
2021 The Aftermath: Life After SVA MFA Fine Arts, SVA Galleries, NYC. Curated by Kaja Cxzy Andersen.
2020 Viewing Rooms, ART-ATHINA, A.Antonopoulou Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2020 The Immigrant Artist Biennial, New York City. Curated by Katya Grokhovsky.
2020 Touching without Touch, The Hive Art Community, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Katy Halfin.
2020 All of the Above, Living Life Fearless, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Dareece Walker.
2020 Counting Approximately 1,5 m, A.Antonopoulou Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2019 Unusual Self Portraits, The Project Gallery, Athens, Greece. Curated by Konstantinos Basios.
2019 Inside, Outside and Beyond, Greek General Consulate, NYC. Curated by Antonia Papatzanaki. (catalog)
2018 Empathy, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Gabriel de Guzman.
2018 It’s Bedtime Somewhere, House of Performance, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Pei-Ling Ho & Cai-Jhen Jhu.
2018 Transplants, Shiva Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos. (catalog)
2017 Is That A Gun in Your Pocket, Studio 10 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Perry Bard.
2017 Hello, I Love You, TAF Theartfoundation, Athens, Greece.
2017 On Paper, Paris Koh Fine Arts/Gallery d’Arte, Chelsea, NY. Curated by Antonia Papatzanaki. (catalog)
2017 My Gender, Myself, Toss Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Curated by Thanassis Raptis. (catalog)
2016 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re / Re:GROUP, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Erin Davis and Max C. Lee
2016 “In Cylinder”, SVA Flatiron Gallery, Manhattan, NY. Curated by Jamie Keesling
2016 Brave New World,K-GOLD TEMPORARY GALLERY, Lesvos, Greece. Curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis, supported by NEON Foundation.
2016 “Popular Culture Is Where the Pedagogy Is“, The Hole, Manhattan, NY. Curated by Jasmine Wahi.
2016 No Place Like Home, Repair the World, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Jonathan Allen.
2016 Pow! #StandForSomething, DADA Post, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Howard McCalebb.
2015 Illusions of Being, SVA Chelsea Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
2014 Statement Made, Art Athina, Gallery Artzone 42, Greece. Curated by Artemis Potamianou (catalog)
2014 Rooms 2014, Contemporary Art Show, Gallery Kappatos, Greece. Curated by Christiana Galanopoulou (catalog)
2013 Studios 2013, Gallery Metamatic:Taf. Athens, Greece
2011 Leaders, animals and tools, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, Greece
2011 The great candy, Greek Film Archive Foundation, Athens, Greece
PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
2024
February 3, “Alcyonides Days”, A.Antonopoulou Gallery & BIOS Theater, Athens, Greece
2022
May 16, “Abortion is Healthcare”, Brooklyn Bridge, NYC
2021
October 9, “Shelter”, A.Antonopoulou Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
May 16, “A Public Cleansing“, 14th street & 6th avenue, NYC
2018
April 24, “FatherLand“, Manisa, Turkey
April 23, “FatherLand“, Library of Ephesus, Turkey
April 22, “FatherLand“, Izmir, Turkey
2017
May 19, “Emergence”, Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, Greece
May 08, “Emergence”, Statue of Liberty, NYC
2016
October 1, “#OrangeVest European District“, Nuit Blanche Festival, Brussels, Belgium
August 29, “#OrangeVest at the National Mall“, #DCrally4Refugees, Washington D.C.
May 26, “#OrangeVest Washington Square Park“, The Hole Gallery, NYC
May 14, “#OrangeVest Peoples Plaza“, #WelcomeRefugees Rally, Philadelphia
April 16, “#OrangeVest Brooklyn“, Repair the World, NYC
February 27, “#OrangeVest Central Park“, #SafePassage International Protest, NYC
January 27, “#OrangeVest NYC’s Subway“, NYC
2015
December 10 “#OrangeVest United Nations Secretariat Building“, NYC
November 15 “#OrangeVest Brooklyn Bridge“, NYC
October 29 “#OrangeVest High Line“, NYC
October 18 “#OrangeVest Times Square“, NYC
October 4 “#OrangeVest Metropolitan Museum of Art“, NYC
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Irene Panagopoulou
Matthew Deleget and Rossana Martinez
PERIODICALS
2/1/2024 To Proino Mou, Morning Show of Ant1 TV, Conversation about the “Pink Flag”, link (ENG subtitles)
5/10/2024 Al Jazeera, “A Greek woman feared her ex-partner. He killed her outside a police station”, Katy Fallon. link
12/20/2023 Hyperallergic, “Femicide Artwork “Censored” From Greek Consulate in New York”, Maya Pontone. link
8/31/2023 School of Visual Arts, “Georgia Lale – Art with an Impact”, Stephanie McGovern. link
7/20/2022 School of Visual Arts, “Georgia Lale – At the Intersection of Performance and Activism”, Stephanie McGovern. link
5/16/2022 Brooklyn Paper, “Thousands march over Brooklyn Bridge to support legal abortion after Supreme Court leak”, Kirstyn Brendlen & Caroline Ourso. link
5/16/2022 Brooklyn Eagle, “March for reproductive freedom over the Brooklyn Bridge, in Cadman Plaze Park”, Beth Eisgrau-Heller. link
10/1/2021 Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών – efsyn.gr, “A shelter made by bed sheets and a cut tongue, on the occasion of the femicides”, Parie Spinou, page 29, volume 2.621. link
5/20/2021 The Villager, “Art in the Open. 14th St. festival celebrates the Village’s eclectic art scene”, Bob Krasner. Cover of volume 91. link
5/5/2021 The Daily Gazette, “On Exhibit: Artwork reflects on health care, stigmas and the current crisis” review, Indiana Nash. link
4/17/2020 The Times Union, ” ‘Collective Health’ a smart, layered exhibit at Collar Works” review, William Jaeger. link
9/2020 University Studio Press, “Performance Art: The Basics”, Angeliki Avgitidou. Academia.edu
12/17/2020 Art Spiel, “The Immigrant Artist Biennial: Georgia Lale”, Anna Mikaela Ekstrand. link
7/31/2020 Hyperallergic, “A View From the Easel During Time of Quarantine”, Elisa Wouk Almino. link
11/10/2020 Τα Νέα της Τέχνης, “Το δικό τους Αμερικάνικο Όνειρο”, Χάρις Κανελλοπούλου. Printed. link
4/28/2020 Dream Idea Machine Mag, “Performance: Fragile Monuments”. link
5/5/2020 Creatrix, “My power, my voice is my art”. link
5/27/2018 TransBorder Art, Episode 21, “Performance & Storytelling” with Martha Wilson & Harley Spiller. link
6/2/2017, 3:AM Magazine, “The Refugees Route”. link
5/15/2017, Lifo, “Η Γεωργία Λαλέ μας προσκαλεί σε ένα «γεύμα» ανίερο και σαρκαστικό”. link
10/12/2016, Metamatic:Taf, “Refugee Artists ”Replaying” Refugees for an Art Work”.
9/20/2016, OXFAM America, “Reasons to rally for refugees: Celebration, commemoration, and contemplating the future”link
8/31/2016, The National Herald GR, “Διαδήλωση Ομογενών στην Ουασινγκον για τους Πρόσφυγες”. link
8/25/2016, ArtSlant Worldwide, “Can Art Respond Authentically to the Refugee Crisis? A Critical Overview from Greece”.
7/25/2016, NEON Foundation, “Brave New World”. link
6/14/2016, Athens Voice, ” Έκθεση αποφοίτων και μεταπτυχιακών φοιτητών της Ανωτάτης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών”
4/16/2016, Jonathan Allen, “No Place Like Home”. link
2/29/2016, Pappas Post, “How a Team of New Yorkers Raised Awareness for the European Refugee Crisis”. link
2/9/2016, Sascha Windolph, “#ORANGEVEST – LALE GEORGIA – USA”. link
2/4/2016, ZELO, Zorana Bakovic, “Svet v sojini omaki: Simbol samotnega egocentrizma ali poziv k molku?”, link
2/3/2016, Object Biographies, Sofia Grigoriadou, “Life Vests and Blankets“. link
1/22/2016, Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, The 15th Volume. link
1/11/2015, A Women’s Thing, Alana Chloe Esposito, “Performance Art Project #OrangeVest Sends SOS for Refugees“. link
12/1/2015, AVGI, Ζούση Μάνια, “Γεωργία Λαλέ: «Το σωσίβιο συμβολίζει την ελπίδα για επιβίωση»“. link
11/29/2015, ETHNOS, Anastasia Kouka, “Η Ελληνίδα που ξυπνάει τη Νέα Υόρκη για το προσφυγικό“. link
11/24/2015, LIFO, Θανάσης Χαράμης, “Η 26χρονη Αθηναία που κυκλοφορεί στους δρόμους της Νέας Υόρκης με ένα πορτοκαλί σωσίβιο”. link
11/23/1025, Greek Reporter, Anastassios Adamopoulos, “New York Based Greek Artist is Changing the Face of the Refugee Crisis As We Know It”. link
11/23/2015, Huffinton Post GR, Νάγια Κωστιάνη, “Γιατί μια ελληνίδα καλλιτέχνης κυκλοφορεί με ένα πορτοκαλί σωσίβιο στους δρόμους της Νέας Υόρκης;”. link
11/13/2015, Pappas Post, “#OrangeVest on New York City’s Streets for Refugee Crisis Awareness”. link
10/20/2015, Art Sheep, Agape Charmani, ““#OrangeVest”: A Greek Artist Wanders Around New York City Performing in Support of Syrian Refugees”, link
EDUCATION
2016 MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NYC, USA
2013 BFA-MFA in Sculpture, Athens School of Fine Arts,Greece
2003 National Theatre of Greece
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2016 The School of Visual Arts Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in MFA Fine Arts
2016 SVA Alumni Scholarship Award
2016 Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship
2015 Special Presidential Grant, School of Visual Arts
2014 State Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Excellence scholarship, academic year 2011-2012
2014 Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Sculpture Scholarship, http://www.goulandris.gr/en/Index.htm
2012 Honorary distinction at the competition Love in the Age of Social Media, organized by Athens School of Fine Arts and Metropolis Free Press
LECTURES
2024
April 25th, Artist Speaker, “Women in Art(s) Vol II with Visual Artist Georgia Lale”. Organized by AKTO School of Design.
April 19th, Artist Speaker, “Paul Regan in conversation with the artist Georgia Lale – Transnational Actions: Identity, Artivism and Appropriation”. Organized by International Scientific Conference & Day Conference of Young Researchers.
April 6th, Panel Member, “Centering women in the picture”, co-panelists: Suzie Miller, Multi-award-winning international playwright, screenwriter and novelist, Akanchha Karki, Theatre Artist and Director, and Syrago Tsiara, Art Historian, Director of the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum. Organized by Women of the World (WOW) Festival at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
2017
April 20th, Panel Member, “Displacement Past and Present: Migration in the Arts”, co-panelists: Sean Anderson, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA and Hossein Fatemi, artist. Organized by Dedalus Foundation Fellow in the MoMA Archives, Christina Eliopoulos.
February 27th, Panel Member, “Post Thesis Presentation”, co-panelists: artist Delano Dunn and artist Sophie Parker. Organized by the SVA MFA Fine Arts Thesis Workshop.
February 11th, Artist Speaker, “European Student Conference 2017”. Organized by European Horizons and Yale School of Management.
2016
December 7th, Panel Member, “Addressing the Global Refugee Crisis”, co-panelist: Sean Anderson, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA. Organized by The Yale History of Art Modernist Forum.