Jewelry + Objects + our 6 Senses. The Importance of Participatory Art. Can Art Be A-Political?
Exhibition
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13 May 2026
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17 May 2026
Published: 05.05.2026
Benaki Museum
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Contemporary jewelry, ceramics, and art objects coexist here as equal media of artistic thought and expression. Guest artists Georgia Gremouti, Faye Papargyropoulou, Jana Machatová, and Peter Machata contribute to shaping the exhibition’s artistic identity.
Artist list
Aggeliki Simeonidi & Stefanos Kyritsopoulos, Andri Lambrou and Fotis Vasiliou, Lili Barglowska, Sofia Björkman, Caroline Broadhead, Zoe Clark, Dominik Cunningham, Anastasia Gemeliari, Maria Ghizi, Katerina Glinou, Sylvie Godel, Georgia Gremouti, Dora Haralambaki, Maria Ioannou, Mari Ishikawa, Leopold Juenger, Lauren Kalman, Anastasia Kandaraki, Lily Kanellopoulou, Maria Karystinou, Iro Kaskani, Aggelika Komis, Angelos Konstantakatos, Erato Kouloubi, Laura & Martine Feiereisen, Dominique Lietaert, Marie-Caroline Locquet, Peter Machata, Jana Machatova, Aggeliki Madi, Rena Metaxa, Laura Moisa, Yolanda Naranjo, Bette Nunneley, Faye Papargyropoulou, Ralph Parks, Punch Patcharakamol Suwannakit, Lily Preve, Miles Robinson, Roanne Sanchez-Watts, Thisbe Stadier, Joy Stathopoulou, Saravich Sungtrakankul, Demitra Thomloudis, Isabel Wang Pontoppidan, Dariusz Wojdyga, Leonie Yagdjoglou, Marina Zachou, Huimin Zhang
JELO6 proposes an expanded way of approaching art, activating the body and the senses as means of understanding and participation. Here, art is not presented merely as an aesthetic outcome, but as a process, an experience, and a field of dialogue between creator and audience. Jewelry—the starting point of the event—is redefined not only as a functional, decorative, or fetish object, but also as a carrier of meaning, even as a subtle form of activism. As an extension of the body, it connects to a “sixth sense”—an awareness of our presence in space—acquiring symbolic and social dimensions.
Opening: 13th May.at 19:30 h.
JELO6 Project Athens 2026 operates as a platform for meeting and exchange, bringing together artists, curators, collectors, and cultural institutions, and contributing to the formation of an active and interconnected artistic ecosystem. The team behind JELO6 Project—Niki Stylianou, Dionysis Grigoratos, and Liana Pattihis—invests in co-participation and offering, within a framework that safeguards autonomy while strengthening community.
>> Check here the complete events program
Opening: 13th May.at 19:30 h.
JELO6 Project Athens 2026 operates as a platform for meeting and exchange, bringing together artists, curators, collectors, and cultural institutions, and contributing to the formation of an active and interconnected artistic ecosystem. The team behind JELO6 Project—Niki Stylianou, Dionysis Grigoratos, and Liana Pattihis—invests in co-participation and offering, within a framework that safeguards autonomy while strengthening community.
>> Check here the complete events program
Benaki Museum
- Mail:
- jelo6project
gmail.com
- Phone:
- +30 6944 727695
- +30 2103453111
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