About the artist

Fig. 1

• Australian contemporary photographer.
• Born in Melbourne in 1960.
• Lives and works in Melbourne.
• Studied many different degrees, including Master of Arts in Media Arts at RMIT Melbourne in 1997.
• Nearly 50 solo exhibitions nationally and internationally.
• Exlores themes including gender identity, sexualisation, childhood and human relationships (as addressed in Rex Butler's article on the artist, and in an essay written by Papapetrou regarding her series Curated Bodies).
• Known most for her series Between Worlds from 2009.

Fig. 2: The Wanderer 2009 - from Between Worlds

Fig. 3: The Loners 2009 - from Between Worlds

• Represented by Stills Gallery in Sydney, where many of her pieces are presented.

Fig. 3: Stills Gallery, Sydney

Fig. 1: Australian Centre for Photography 2011 flickr, viewed September 24, 2012, http://www.flickr.com/photos/acpgallery/5516462098/

Fig. 2 & 3: Polixeni Papapetrou's website, viewed September 24, 2012, http://www.polixenipapapetrou.net/works.php?cat=Between_Worlds_2009

Fig. 4: Stills Gallery, Sydney, viewed September 24, 2012, http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/gallery/

Stills Gallery, Sydney, viewed September 24, 2012, http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/papapetrou/index.php?obj_id=about&nav=0

Butler R 2001 "Polixeni Papapetrou", 2001, viewed September 27, 2012, http://polixenipapapetrou.net/text.php?txt=RB_PolixeniPapapetrou&cat=On_Polixeni_Papapetrou

Papapetrou P 1996, "On Curated Bodies" 1996, published by the Centre for Contemporary Photography, 26 pages.