about
Hara Kaminara is an audio-visual storyteller.
Working between the fields of visual arts, photography and film, her work focuses mainly on social issues with a wide range of experimentation exploring the act of testifying.
Exhibitions and Residencies
Winner of the Fellowship + Residency at T.A.M.A.T. (Center for Tapestry and Textile Arts of the French Community of Belgium ) in Tournai, 2015 – 2016
Personal exhibitions
“The Greek crisis in pictures”, Personal exhibition and discussion on a multimedia retrospective, Espace Marx, Brussels, 03/2013
“Crisis and its social chain of reaction” Personal exhibition at the opening of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Athens, 10/2012
A photo retrospective from two projects : “Crisis and the streets of Athens” together with photo-collages from the project “Palestine, the land of olive trees”. Personal exhibition at the European University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 09/2012
Group exhibitions
” Native land – Reference “, A pluri-disciplinary exhibition co-organized by the Cultural Foundation and the Association of Visual Artists of Tinos, at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos, 07/2017
” Report to Kazantzakis ”, a collective exhibition inspired by the life and work of Nikos Kazatzakis in Arnados, Tinos 08/2017
” Moi je “, collective exhibition of the Académie des Arts de Woluwe St Pierre, Salle Fabry, Brussels 06/2017
Café Kourelou, a poetic event taking place within the framework of Passages, a project of the collective Poètes Bruxellois, with the support of Passa Porta (international house of literatures). Galerie Artefacto, 11/ 2016
« Recherches 16 », group exhibition of the end of the artistic research residency at the T.A.M.A.T Museum, Tournai, Belgium, October 2016
” Limitless “, collective exhibition of the Academy of Arts of Woluwe-St-Pierre, Municipality of Woluwe-St-Pierre, at the Fabry hall, 05/2016
” Nicosia, divided city ”, Group exhibition at the Artos foundation. Nicosia, Cyprus 09/2012
” The bastard child of industry “, fine art prints in the Grand Parade Gallery, Brighton University 1rst July 2009
“From dust till dawn”, Central St Martins Byam Shaw campus, end exhibition of the Foundation Course, London, June 2007
“ Antidoro ”, women’s group exhibition at Amalgama Gallery, Brussels, May 2006
Upcoming exhibitions
“Sauver, protéger, témoigner – L’engagement de SOS MEDITERRANEE” exhibition presented in Bordeaux from 7 to 19 June in the context of the CALL OF 8 JUNE, at Rocher de Palmer, then at the Festival d’Avignon from 8 to 19 July 2019
collective exhibition with the artists of Tinos association at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos Island as from the 1st of July 2019
Screenings
“ Deux Pieces un Euro ”, A film made by the collective “imperfiction”, presented in association with Autre Lieu.
Preview in June 3, 2016 Cultural Center Jacques Franck.
additional screenings : Volke art Space, Brussels, 13 June 2016 Festivities of the Walifonrnie, 11 September 2016
At the Cultural Center in Perwez June 17, 2016
” Votsalakia “, made in June – July 2015 in Athens in collaboration with Elodie Heiniger, Chloé Odent and Marion Fert. First projection at NIA Institute, July 2016, Athens and at the Ethnofest Festival, Athens, September 2015
Past projects and work in progress
“Last piece of common ground”, an experimental platform exploring the prospects of collective film production through a cinematic dialogue, 2016-2017
“Iconographia”, a photobook on a personal voyage in today’s Greek topography. Brussels, 2015 – present
« Kala »: an artistic collaboration with Anne Penders, Brussels, 2014-2015
“ La Ville Crise ” : Collective project with Daphne Kioussis and Nefeli Papadimouli presented in installation and book for the project of n year at the Arba, Athens – Brussels, 2014