OUR TEAM
Julia Sysalova
Chief curator
With a deep passion for contemporary art and a keen eye for emerging talent, Julia brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the gallery. Her dedication to promoting artistic expression and fostering dialogue between artists and audiences is evident in every exhibition and project she curates. Julia Sysalova is an active curator and organizer of international exhibitions, a cultural studies expert, art critic, and member of the International Association of Art Critics. She is a researcher of contemporary art, a theorist and practitioner with 24 years of experience in intercultural communication. She serves as a research fellow at the European Institute of Communication, founder of the Online School of Art Communications, and Vice President of the Institute of Mediterranean Culture (Greece).
For over 14 years, she has been dedicated to the development of both individual artists and creative collectives. She curates their participation in major exhibition projects and organizes group and solo shows in museums and galleries across Europe, the United States, and Russia.
For over 14 years, she has been dedicated to the development of both individual artists and creative collectives. She curates their participation in major exhibition projects and organizes group and solo shows in museums and galleries across Europe, the United States, and Russia.
More about Julia
Julia Sysalova has lived in Greece for over 23 years, supporting the growth of individual artists and creative collectives. She curates their participation in major international exhibitions and organizes both group and solo shows in museums, galleries, and art fairs across Europe, Russia, and the United States.
- Member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA)
- Research Fellow of the European Communication Institute (ECI)
- Vice President of the Institute of Mediterranean Culture (Greece)
- Founder of the ART Communication online school
- Author of the renowned course “How to Build a Path to Recognition as an Artist”
- Member of the International Committee for the Modern Pythian Games in Arts and Culture
- Member of the World Women Association (WWA, headquartered in New York)
- Member of the Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA, headquartered in London)
- Curator at the Athens-based contemporary art fair Platforms Project
- Curator of the recurring contemporary art exhibition FRONTPAGE Project
- Co-curator and European representative of Synergy Art Fair 2023 during Art Basel Miami Week
- Contributor to Art Muse international art magazine
- Contributor to AICA E-Mag, online magazine of the International Association of Art Critics
Education
- Master of Arts in Humanistic Communications, joint degree of the European Institute of Communication (Greece) and Danube University Krems (Austria)
- International Curatorial Program and Contemporary Art, NODE Center for Curatorial Studies (Germany)
- Psychology of Social Relations, European Institute of Communication (Greece)
- Marketing and Management, Moscow Institute of Economics, Statistics and Informatics
- English Philology, Perm State University
Exhibitions 2022-2026
July 2026, Perspectives Section Grant, 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival, Berlin, Germany
May 2026, Personal Structures 2026 | Confluences Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
April 2026, Discovery Art Fair Cologne 2026, Cologne, Germany
Feb 2026, TAG Gallery, Code Error Project, Los Angeles, USA
Jan 2026, Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, USA
December 2025, Code Error Project, Art With Me Winwood Festival/ Art Basel Official Off–Site Event, Miami, USA
November 2025, Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026, Curated project for The Wrong Biennale, Worldwide
October 2025, Axionart, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
October 2025, JS Gallery by IMC, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
October 2025, Hellenic AICA Group Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, Athens, Greece
September 2025, TAG Gallery, Growth Project, Los Angeles, USA
September 2025, Art Mozaik Fine Art Gallery, Group Show, Santa Fe, USA,
May 2025 – FRONTPAGE: Next project, international group exhibition, Municipal Cultural Center of the City of Athens “Melina Mercouri,” Athens, Greece
November–December 2024 – Growth Project, curatorial collaboration with artists Oksana Akopov and Victor Tour, LR Art Gallery, Miami, USA
November 2024 – FRONTPAGE Project, co-curation of the international exhibition and student art lab, Cyprus University of Technology & Municipal Library, Limassol, Cyprus
October 2024, Axionart, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
October 2024, JS Gallery by IMC, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
September 2024 – Online exhibition Unlocked Identities with live broadcast on Times Square, HMVC Gallery, New York, USA
September 2024 – Group exhibition Unlocked Identities, Perseus Gallery, New York, USA
June 2024 – International group exhibition “What about Eve?” at the Cultural Center – Museum of the City of Athens “Melina,” Athens, Greece
April 2024 – Group participation with Perseus Gallery at SF Art Market, San Francisco, USA
December 2023 – Synergy Art Fair exhibition during Art Basel Miami Week 2023, USA
November 2023 – Group exhibition Theorimata III: Bodies, organized by AICA, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
October 2023 – Frontpage Project at Platforms Project 2023, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
June 2023 – Group exhibition Frontpage Project, Municipal Cultural Center “Melina Mercouri,” Athens, Greece
May 2023 – Roman Ayvazyan Retrospective Solo Exhibition, Tapan Museum of Armenian Culture, Moscow, Russia
2022 – Art project with Niki Zachari and Eirini Pagoni at Platforms Project, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2022 – Kristina Politidou Solo exhibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, Athens, Greece
Exhibitions 2009-2021
2021 – Erini Pagoni Solo exhibition at the Aigio Cultural Center, within the framework of the International Archaeological Symposium, Greece
2019 – Group exhibition at ARTE VISIONE Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019 – Group exhibition at the Museum of the History of the University of Athens, within the framework of the World Philosophical Forum, Athens, Greece
2019 – Yana Xanthopoulou Solo exhibition at ARTE VISIONE Gallery, Athens, Greece
2017 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve as part of the Greece–Russia Year of Culture, Moscow, Russia
2016 – Alekos Fassianos Solo Exhibition at the State Museum of the History of Religion as part of the Greece–Russia Year of Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at St. Isaac's Cathedral as part of the Greece–Russia Year of Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at the El Greco Museum, Toledo, Spain
2015 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at the Palace of the Grand Masters, Rhodes, Greece
2015 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia
2014 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at the Academy of Arts Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013 – Nikos Floros Solo Exhibition at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Moscow, Russia
2009 – Erini Pagoni Solo exhibition, Demokritos Scientific Center, Athens, Greece
International Conferences & Jury Positions
2025
March 2026, Speaker at the International Conference of the First Youth Delphic Games in Culture and the Arts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Dec 2025, Speaker, Non-governmental organizations of Europe and Asia: dialogue for sustainable development in 2026, UNOG Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Oct 2025, Jury Member, International Contest of Youth and Creativity, Dubai, UAE
Oct 2025, Speaker/Organiser, Frontpage Talks Panel Discussion, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
Sept 2025, Speaker Decentraland Art Week, Decentraland Foundation, Worldwide
June 2025, Speaker, Forum of Creative Industries, Saint Peterburg International Economic Forum, St. Petersburg, Russia
May 2025, Speaker/Organiser, FRONTPAGE: Next symposium, Municipal Cultural Center of the City of Athens “Melina Mercouri,” Athens, Greece
November 2024, Speaker, FRONTPAGE Project academic symposium, Municipal Library, Limassol, Cyprus
November 2024, Participation in the AICA International Congress, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
December 18, 2025, Julia Sysalova, founder of JS Gallery, took part in the international conference “Non-governmental Organizations of Europe and Asia: Dialogue for Sustainable Development in 2026” at the United Nations in Geneva.
Julia participated as a speaker and expert in a key panel and two roundtable discussions focused on sustainable development, culture, and migration.
She presented the experience of Art Communication School as a sustainable model of cultural and professional adaptation, directly linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).
Culture was discussed not as a secondary “soft factor,” but as an infrastructure of sustainable development, highlighting the importance of intercultural communication, art, and education, including the Frontpage project, co-curated by Julia Sysalova.
UN Speeches by Julia Sysalova
Publications and Mentions
She presented the experience of Art Communication School as a sustainable model of cultural and professional adaptation, directly linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).
Culture was discussed not as a secondary “soft factor,” but as an infrastructure of sustainable development, highlighting the importance of intercultural communication, art, and education, including the Frontpage project, co-curated by Julia Sysalova.
UN Speeches by Julia Sysalova
Publications and Mentions
Publications
The Mediterranean: Between Matter and Myth - E-mag - Issue 17 — AICA International
Digital Mass Culture: Me, Myself, and My Selfie
The Transformation of Museums and Digitality: Not the Old, Not the New, but the Necessary
Cultural Diplomacy as a Tool for International Communication, Negotiation, and Mediation Processes
Culture and Religion in Modernity
Neuroaesthetics: Measuring Beauty
The Interaction of Science and Art, p. 54
Kallos: The Concept of Deep Beauty, p. 28