Education
2007 - Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Honours (First Class), Australian National University School of Art.
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2022 - Inside, inside, outside, ReadingRoom, Melbourne.
2019 - Then, closer. ReadingRoom, Melbourne.
2018 - Parting Words, Verge Gallery, Sydney.
2015 - Trips, Firstdraft, Sydney.
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2021 - Slippery When Wet, Olsen Annexe, Sydney
2019 - Light Matter, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
2019 - Power, Process, Structure, Tributary Projects, Canberra.
2019 - There is Fiction in the Spaces Between: 2019 John Fries Award, UNSW Galleries, Sydney.
2018 - hold tight to your silence and wait, ReadingRoom, Melbourne.
2018 - Painting Amongst Other Things, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra.
2018 - New Sacred, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.
2018 - National Works on Paper Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria.
2017 - PRIMAVERA 2017: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney.
2017 - Young Moderns, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney.
2016 - YOU ARE INVITED, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
2015 - Parramatta Artist Studios @ Artspace, Artspace, Sydney.
2015 - Annual Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney.
2015 - Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney.
2015 - Going Steady, ANCA Gallery, Canberra.
Awards, Grants and Prizes (selected)
2019 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (Finalist).
2019 - John Fries Award (Finalist).
2018 - National Works on Paper Prize (Winner, Ursula Hoff Institute Award for Postgraduate Excellence in Visual Art and Music).
2016 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award- (Finalist).
2016 - Art Gallery of New South Wales Paris Studio (Recipient).
2016 - Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner).
2015 - New South Wales Artists’ Grant, National Association of Visual Arts (Recipient).
2015 - Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (Finalist).
2013 - City of Whyalla Art Prize (Highly Commended).
2012 - Arts ACT Project Funding Grant (Recipient).
2008 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist).
2007 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist).
Residencies (selected)
2018 - Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Canberra.
2017 - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2015 - Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney.
2014 - Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney.
2007 - Bachelor of Arts (Visual) Honours (First Class), Australian National University School of Art.
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2022 - Inside, inside, outside, ReadingRoom, Melbourne.
2019 - Then, closer. ReadingRoom, Melbourne.
2018 - Parting Words, Verge Gallery, Sydney.
2015 - Trips, Firstdraft, Sydney.
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2021 - Slippery When Wet, Olsen Annexe, Sydney
2019 - Light Matter, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
2019 - Power, Process, Structure, Tributary Projects, Canberra.
2019 - There is Fiction in the Spaces Between: 2019 John Fries Award, UNSW Galleries, Sydney.
2018 - hold tight to your silence and wait, ReadingRoom, Melbourne.
2018 - Painting Amongst Other Things, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra.
2018 - New Sacred, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.
2018 - National Works on Paper Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria.
2017 - PRIMAVERA 2017: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney.
2017 - Young Moderns, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney.
2016 - YOU ARE INVITED, Watters Gallery, Sydney.
2015 - Parramatta Artist Studios @ Artspace, Artspace, Sydney.
2015 - Annual Auction, Firstdraft, Sydney.
2015 - Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney.
2015 - Going Steady, ANCA Gallery, Canberra.
Awards, Grants and Prizes (selected)
2019 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (Finalist).
2019 - John Fries Award (Finalist).
2018 - National Works on Paper Prize (Winner, Ursula Hoff Institute Award for Postgraduate Excellence in Visual Art and Music).
2016 - Fisher's Ghost Art Award- (Finalist).
2016 - Art Gallery of New South Wales Paris Studio (Recipient).
2016 - Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner).
2015 - New South Wales Artists’ Grant, National Association of Visual Arts (Recipient).
2015 - Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (Finalist).
2013 - City of Whyalla Art Prize (Highly Commended).
2012 - Arts ACT Project Funding Grant (Recipient).
2008 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist).
2007 - Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalist).
Residencies (selected)
2018 - Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Canberra.
2017 - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.
2015 - Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney.
2014 - Parramatta Artist Studios, Sydney.
Texts (selected)
2019 - Critic's Choice, by Isobel Parker Philip. Art Collector, Oct-Dec 2019.
2019 - Then, closer, by Zara Sigglekow. Art Guide Australia, Nov-Dec 2019.
2019 - Artist Elena Papanikolakis on breaking the mould and pursuing her passion, by Anastasia Tsirtsakis. Neos Kosmos.
2019 - In the Galleries: Five Shows to See this September, by Will Cox. Broadsheet Melbourne.
2019 - Process: Elena Papanikolakis, Artist Profile, Issue 47.
2018 - New Sacred, Artist Profile.
2017 - Young Artists Look to their Ancient Futures in Primavera, by Naomi Gall. Art Guide Australia.
2017 - “Free, noisy, fickle and brilliant”: Primavera’s Ancient Futures Have Arrived, by Nicholas Carolan, Grazia.
2017 - Primavera, by Chloe Wolifson. ArtAsiaPacific.
2017 - Primavera 2017: Young Australian Artists, by Sophia Kouyoumdjian. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
2016 - Elena Papanikolakis by Alexandra English.
2015 - Review, Going Steady by Jessica Oliver.
Other Projects
2017 - MCA Artbar ‘THE NEW AGE’ with Kynan Tan, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Collections
National Gallery of Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
The Molonglo Collection
ACT Legislative Assembly
2019 - Critic's Choice, by Isobel Parker Philip. Art Collector, Oct-Dec 2019.
2019 - Then, closer, by Zara Sigglekow. Art Guide Australia, Nov-Dec 2019.
2019 - Artist Elena Papanikolakis on breaking the mould and pursuing her passion, by Anastasia Tsirtsakis. Neos Kosmos.
2019 - In the Galleries: Five Shows to See this September, by Will Cox. Broadsheet Melbourne.
2019 - Process: Elena Papanikolakis, Artist Profile, Issue 47.
2018 - New Sacred, Artist Profile.
2017 - Young Artists Look to their Ancient Futures in Primavera, by Naomi Gall. Art Guide Australia.
2017 - “Free, noisy, fickle and brilliant”: Primavera’s Ancient Futures Have Arrived, by Nicholas Carolan, Grazia.
2017 - Primavera, by Chloe Wolifson. ArtAsiaPacific.
2017 - Primavera 2017: Young Australian Artists, by Sophia Kouyoumdjian. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
2016 - Elena Papanikolakis by Alexandra English.
2015 - Review, Going Steady by Jessica Oliver.
Other Projects
2017 - MCA Artbar ‘THE NEW AGE’ with Kynan Tan, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Collections
National Gallery of Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
The Molonglo Collection
ACT Legislative Assembly