Aliki Tsirliagkou | Curator | Contemporary Art in Greece

Aliki Tsirliagkou is the Director/Founder of ArtSpark and Nitra Galleries (Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece, est.2013)

With an eye on innovative projects and new media Aliki was the co-Curator for the PhotoBiennale of Thessaloniki 'Logos' (2014), organized by the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, as well as the curator for the 'Techniques of the Body' in Alaca Imaret, Thessaloniki; a joint project by Columbia University Professor Mark Mazower and Filmmaker Constantine Giannaris (exclusive donor Stavros Niarchos Foundation, 2016). The same year, she was selected to participate in the NEON Curatorial Exchange in collaboration with Whitechapel gallery in London.

Notable projects include collaborations with the Experimental Center for the Arts (MOMus Museums), the Biennale of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki (Biennale:3/Old Crossroads - Old Intersections, Make it New), as well as her role as Artistic Director of the Artists in Residence Program, powered by TORhotel Group (2017-2021).

Aliki has worked with various organizations among which Louis Vuitton, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank and Kerzner International, for which she has delivered tailor made art programs and exhibitions. She has served as the Contemporary Art Program Consultant for Polygreen Culture & Art Initiative (PCAI), was also a member of the Jury for the Best VR film at the 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (2017) and is a regular collaborator of PHLSPH (Philosophy & Photography Lab).

Aliki studied Business at the University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece) and holds an MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London (joint degree with University of Manchester, UK).