Theodora Tsirakoglou
Theodora was born in Athens. From 2008 to 2010, she was part of the ceramic seminar creative program at the municipality of Neo Irakleio, while for the next two years she followed ceramic courses at the studio of Vasiliki Charolidi. From 2014 to 2015, she followed seminars about materials technology, technical applications and aesthetics at the Panhellenic Union of Ceramists and Potters under the instruction of Kostas Tarkasis with whom studied contemporary ceramics at Clay in Art Open Studio, for 3 years.
She started her personal ceramics studio in 2013.
COMPETITIONS – JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Finalist- XIV Manises International Biennial of Ceramics, Manises, Spain.
Finalist- The 5th International Coffee Cup Competition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
2025 Finalist- 5th International Exhibition of Small Form Ceramics, Lithuanian National Museum of Art and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Finalist- 1st International Ceramics Sculpture Triennale (ICST) -Warsaw, Poland.
2023 Finalist- Zaragoza, Spain, the XVIII Premio CERCO, Zaragoza, Spain
Finalist- XXX Concorso di Ceramica Contemporanea “Mediterraneo”, Grottaglie, Italy.
Finalist- V International Ceramics Triennial UNICUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2022 Finalist- XV Manises International Biennial of Ceramics, Manises, Spain.
2021 Finalist- XV International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Finalist – Latvia Ceramics Biennale Martinsons Award Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia.
2019 Finalist- The International Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Cluj, Romania.
Finalist- “CONTEMPORARY SPACE ATHENS”Art hall- “ENERGY ATHENS” by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies in cooperation with The Chicago Athenaeum International Museum, Athens, Greece.
Finalist-57th Pan-Hellenic Competition of Artistic Ceramic, Athens, Greece.
2018 Finalist-56th Pan-Hellenic Competition of Artistic Ceramic Athens, Greece.
2017 Finalist-55th Pan-Hellenic Competition of Artistic Ceramic Athens, Greece.
2016 Finalist-54th Pan-Hellenic Competition of Artistic Ceramic Athens, Greece.
2015 Finalist-53th Pan-Hellenic Competition of Artistic Ceramic Athens, Greece.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 The River Between The Stones, Huangyan Grottoes, Taizhou, China.
2025 MATERIALITY, TAF Theartfoundation, Athens, Greece.
EDISON’S DREAM, CHIMERA Art and Craft, Syros Island, Greece.
EN AMARYNTHOI- “Back to the Light”, Amarynthos, Evia Island, Greece.
2024 “Countdown: 100 Nights + One Extra Night”, ASR Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
“ΜΕΛΑΝΑ”, Municipal Gallery of Aegina, Aegina Island, Greece.
“GREEK CERAMICS TODAY”. Tomato Industrial Museum Santorini.
“Women Ceramic Artists of “, Functional Ceramics & Art de la Table, MON COIN studio Athens, Greece.
“Women Ceramic Artists of Greece”, Timeless Sculpture & Sculptural decorative ceramics, MON COIN studio, Athens, Greece.
2023 “ANAMMA” – CHIMAIRA Art & Craft Syros Island, Greece.
“World of Ceramics”, Arandjelovac, Serbia.
2022 “RETUAL VASSELS”, Crematorium Ritsona, Ritsona, Greece.
C+ international exchange exhibition, Jincheon, Korea.
The 5th C+ international exchange exhibition, Jangan Art Space, Korea.
“RETUAL VASSELS” CHIMAIRA Art & Craft, Syros Island, Greece.
“5 FRAGMENTS”, Nord Gallery, Spetses Island, Greece.
C+ international exchange exhibition, Craft village museum, Jincheon, Korea.
“SCULPTURE AND PAINTING”, MON COIN studio, Athens, Greece.
2021 Module IV: SAKE Cup Project “Quieter than Silence _The Space Between”, Manhattan, New York.
MON COIN studio – “KERAMIKO DESIGN”, Athens, Greece.
CHIMAIRA Art & Craft – “Aegean Tea”, Syros Island, Greece.
Archeological Museum of Ancient Olympia, Olympia, Greece.
“ΜΕΛΑΝΑ” Exhibition, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece.
2020 “ANCIENT VIBES IN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS”, MON COIN studio, Athens.
2018 “EXODOS” Art Hall, Athens.
2015 “EXODOS” Art Hall., Athens.
“Time Of Art” Gallery, Kifisia, Athens
AWARDS
2026 EXCELLENCE PRIZE, 5th International Coffee Cup Competition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei, Taiwan.
RESIDENCIES
2025 Jinxi Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China.
2024 October – December, Taoxichuan Art Center, Jindezhen, China- invited artist.
April – June, Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan – selected artist.
SYMPOSIUMS
2025 13th International Ceramic Art Symposium “Ceramic Laboratory 2025”, Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia – selected artist.
2022 The 48th Symposium “World of Ceramics”, Arandjelovac, Serbia, – invited artist.
2021 The 8th Mehmet Nuri Göçen Ceramics Symposium, Kusadasi,Turkey – invited artist.
WORK SHOPS/ LECTURES
2025 Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia (lecture)
2024 Taoxichuan Art Center, Jindezhen, China (lecture)
2024 Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan – (lecture/ workshop)
2024 Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan. (workshop)
2024 National University of Education, New Taipei City, Taiwan – (lecture)
2021 Kusadasi,Turkey, The 8th Mehmet Nuri Göçen Ceramics Symposium – (lecture)
ACCOMPISHMENTS
Member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC).
Member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece since 2022.
COLLECTIONS
Jinxi Art Museum, Jindezhen, China.
Latvian Center for Contemporary Ceramics, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Taoxichuan Art Center, Jindezhen, China.
Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
National Museum of Arandjelovac, Serbia.
Santa Joana Museum of Aveiro, Portugal.
Pine Bay Resort, Kusadasi, Turkey.
The artist lives and works in Athens