Polixeni Papapetrou b. 1960

  • Artist (Photographer)
Polixeni Papapetrou is a photo media artist who explores the relationship between history, contemporary culture and identity in her work. Her subject matter includes Elvis Presley fans, Marilyn Monroe impersonators and body builders. More recently she has focused on the representation of childhood in photography.
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Name
Polixeni Papapetrou
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Lawyer
Birth date
1960
Birth place
Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • 1987-
Residence
  • Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • PhD, 2007 Monash University, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Master of Arts (Media Arts), 1997 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts, 1984 University of Melbourne, Vic.
Cultural Heritage
  • Greek
Languages
  • English

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Other occupations
  • Lawyer
  • Lawyer
Related works
  • Games of Consequence (creator of)
  • Haunted Country (creator of)
  • Wonderland (creator of)
  • Dreamchild (creator of)
  • Phantomwise (creator of)
  • Searching for Marilyn (creator of)
  • Authority (creator of)
  • Body/Building (creator of)
  • Curated Bodies (creator of)
  • Elvis Immortal (creator of)
  • Games of Consequence (creator of)
  • Haunted Country (creator of)
  • Wonderland (creator of)
  • Dreamchild (creator of)
  • Phantomwise (creator of)
  • Searching for Marilyn (creator of)
  • Authority (creator of)
  • Body/Building (creator of)
  • Curated Bodies (creator of)
  • Elvis Immortal (creator of)
Related collections
  • Bundanon Trust, NSW (collected in)
  • Austcorp Group, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • BHP Billiton, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW (collected in)
  • Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Vic. (collected in)
  • Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Vic. (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Murdoch University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • LaTrobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic. (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Vic. (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Bundanon Trust, NSW (collected in)
  • Austcorp Group, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • BHP Billiton, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW (collected in)
  • Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Vic. (collected in)
  • Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Vic. (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Murdoch University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • LaTrobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA (collected in)
  • Private collections (collected in)
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic. (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Vic. (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, New Work Grant (received)
  • Arts Victoria, International Touring Grant (received)
  • Bundanon Trust, Artist in Residence Program (received)
  • Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, New Work Grant (received)
  • Arts Victoria Professional Development Grant (received)
  • Albury Regional Art Gallery National Photographic Purchase Award (received)
  • Julie Millowick Photographic Award (received)
  • Australian Post-Graduate Award (3 year award) (received)
  • Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, New Work Grant (received)
  • State Library of Victoria, Commission to photograph the recipients of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (received)
  • 1994 : Australian Post-Graduate Award (received)
  • Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, New Work Grant (received)
  • Arts Victoria, International Touring Grant (received)
  • Bundanon Trust, Artist in Residence Program (received)
  • Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, New Work Grant (received)
  • Arts Victoria Professional Development Grant (received)
  • Albury Regional Art Gallery National Photographic Purchase Award (received)
  • Julie Millowick Photographic Award (received)
  • Australian Post-Graduate Award (3 year award) (received)
  • Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council, New Work Grant (received)
  • State Library of Victoria, Commission to photograph the recipients of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (received)
  • 1994 : Australian Post-Graduate Award (received)
Related events
  • FX in Contemporary Photography (exhibited at)
  • Silver-lined: Contemporary artists and the Performing Arts Collection (exhibited at)
  • Games of Consequence (exhibited at)
  • Artist File 2008: The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children (exhibited at)
  • Tell Me a Story: Narrative Photography Now (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Group Show (exhibited at)
  • Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (exhibited at)
  • Beauty, What For? (exhibited at)
  • Haunted Country (exhibited at)
  • Decade 1996-2006 (exhibited at)
  • A Most Curious Adventure (exhibited at)
  • Beyond Real: Dressing Up (exhibited at)
  • Go Ask Alice (exhibited at)
  • After Alice (exhibited at)
  • Wonderland (exhibited at)
  • Dreams and Whispers (exhibited at)
  • Mystical Places (exhibited at)
  • The Line Between Us: The Maternal Relation in Contemporary Photography (exhibited at)
  • Changeling (exhibited at)
  • The Plot Thickens: Narratives in Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Larger than Life (exhibited at)
  • Saturday's Child (exhibited at)
  • Phantomwise (exhibited at)
  • Fair Game (exhibited at)
  • MAKE Believe - Photographic Fictions (exhibited at)
  • Corpus of Meaning: Figures Through the Lens of Female Photographers (exhibited at)
  • Photographica Australis (exhibited at)
  • The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize (exhibited at)
  • Dreamchild (exhibited at)
  • Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Olympia Masked (exhibited at)
  • Photography from Australia and New Zealand (exhibited at)
  • Searching for Marilyn (exhibited at)
  • Play (exhibited at)
  • Photographica Australis (exhibited at)
  • Authority (Part II) (exhibited at)
  • Authority (exhibited at)
  • Striking (exhibited at)
  • Telling Tales: The Child in Contemporary Photography (exhibited at)
  • Olympia's Clothes (exhibited at)
  • What John Berger Saw (exhibited at)
  • Fallible Archetypes (exhibited at)
  • City of Hobart Invitation Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Elvis Immortal (exhibited at)
  • Neophytes Retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Mixed Platter (exhibited at)
  • Curated Bodies (exhibited at)
  • A Century of Culture (exhibited at)
  • Images of Their Land by Five Australian Photographers (exhibited at)
  • For My Part (exhibited at)
  • Immortality (exhibited at)
  • Elvis Lives (in Melbourne) (exhibited at)
  • FX in Contemporary Photography (exhibited at)
  • Silver-lined: Contemporary artists and the Performing Arts Collection (exhibited at)
  • Games of Consequence (exhibited at)
  • Artist File 2008: The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children (exhibited at)
  • Tell Me a Story: Narrative Photography Now (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Group Show (exhibited at)
  • Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (exhibited at)
  • Beauty, What For? (exhibited at)
  • Haunted Country (exhibited at)
  • Decade 1996-2006 (exhibited at)
  • A Most Curious Adventure (exhibited at)
  • Beyond Real: Dressing Up (exhibited at)
  • Go Ask Alice (exhibited at)
  • After Alice (exhibited at)
  • Wonderland (exhibited at)
  • Dreams and Whispers (exhibited at)
  • Mystical Places (exhibited at)
  • The Line Between Us: The Maternal Relation in Contemporary Photography (exhibited at)
  • Changeling (exhibited at)
  • The Plot Thickens: Narratives in Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Larger than Life (exhibited at)
  • Saturday's Child (exhibited at)
  • Phantomwise (exhibited at)
  • Fair Game (exhibited at)
  • MAKE Believe - Photographic Fictions (exhibited at)
  • Corpus of Meaning: Figures Through the Lens of Female Photographers (exhibited at)
  • Photographica Australis (exhibited at)
  • The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize (exhibited at)
  • Dreamchild (exhibited at)
  • Ulrick Schubert Photographic Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Olympia Masked (exhibited at)
  • Photography from Australia and New Zealand (exhibited at)
  • Searching for Marilyn (exhibited at)
  • Play (exhibited at)
  • Photographica Australis (exhibited at)
  • Authority (Part II) (exhibited at)
  • Authority (exhibited at)
  • Striking (exhibited at)
  • Telling Tales: The Child in Contemporary Photography (exhibited at)
  • Olympia's Clothes (exhibited at)
  • What John Berger Saw (exhibited at)
  • Fallible Archetypes (exhibited at)
  • City of Hobart Invitation Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Elvis Immortal (exhibited at)
  • Neophytes Retrospective (exhibited at)
  • Mixed Platter (exhibited at)
  • Curated Bodies (exhibited at)
  • A Century of Culture (exhibited at)
  • Images of Their Land by Five Australian Photographers (exhibited at)
  • For My Part (exhibited at)
  • Immortality (exhibited at)
  • Elvis Lives (in Melbourne) (exhibited at)
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