About my work.
I was trained as an Architect. And my mind is chaotic in a sense. Analyzing all the parameters and re-composing them in every possible way. All the time. But my eyes love purity. Simplicity. Coherence. And my hands move methodically, producing orderly lines and detailed structure.
Niki Stylianou was born in Athens, Greece.
Education
1995-1998.
Mphil under the title “LABYRINTHINE STRUCTURES. The idea of the Labyrinth as a tool for mapping the space between Text and Architecture”. School of Communication Design ???School of Humanities, Royal College of Art, London. External Supervisor Mark Cousins,Architectural Association, London.
1995.
Research Project, Post Experience Programme. Brief: “Metaphor and the Structure of Language’’. A project based on the idea of the “Aristotelian Telescope” by Umberto Eco”. School of Communication Design, Royal College of Art, London.
1992-1994.
MA in Architecture and Interior Design, Royal College of Art, London.
1985-1993.
MSc in Architecture Engineering , National Technical University of Athens, Athens.
Exhibitions
From Darkness to Light, Group Exhibition, June 2012, Gallery Eleni Marneri, Athens.
Dipola. Jewelry Exhibition, Niki Stylianou & Dora Charalampaki, June 2012, Gallery M art Manolioudakis, Athens.
SIERAAD 2011, International Jewelry Art Fair, November 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
JOYA Barcelona 2011, Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, September 2011, Barcelona , Spain.
IBERJOYA Madrid 2011, International Fashion Jewellery and Accesories Trade Fair, September 2011, Madrid, Spain.
Talisman, Group Exhibition, September 2011, Craftit, Athens.
The Art Of Recycling, Group exhibition, June 2011, Gallery EXPOSIUM, Athens.
2011% Greek Design,Group Exhibition, April 2011, Gallery M-Art Manolioudakis, Athens.
Workshops
2009-2010. Ceramics, Craftit.
2009-2010. Illustration for children, Nicolas Andrikopoulos, Craftit
2009. Jewellery desing with plastic and metal, Central St Martins, London.
2009. Ceramic Jewelry, Craftit.
2008. Jewelry, EZart
2002. The lost wax casting technique, Jewelry, ???
2001. C.A.P.P.: Culturally Aligned Products and Processes), Kuru College of Forestry,Finland. Programme: Survival Course, Timber in Nordic Construction and Architecture,Forgemanship and metal crafts, Jewelry, Leather Crafts.
2000 Silversmithing (Jewelry making and Design), South Thames College, London.
1997. Set design, Architectural Association, London.
1996-1998.Printmaking, Kensington and Chelsea College, London.
Professional Experience
From 1994 to 2001 she worked in London as a freelance Architect and Designer. Her projects were multidisciplinary covering a number of fields ranging from Architecture to Art.; from furniture and interior design, to painting, printmaking, digital art and multimedia installations, illustration and graphics.
In 1999 she was commissioned by the RCA to design and construct for Victoria and Albert Museum the multimedia installation “the Museum in the new Millennium” . The exhibition was part of the celebrations organized in the UK for the arrival of year 2000.
In 2001 she returned to Greece and formed the Architectural team L.A.St., together with T. Athanassopoulos and A. Lapourtas
Since 2004 Niki Stylianou works as an artist and jewelry designer while running «Pink Dot» a studio that designs spaces and art objects for kids.
She has participated in several exhibitions in Greece and in the UK.
