Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva is an internationally recognised, contemporary visual artist working across sculpture, installation, print and architectural interventions. Hadzi-Vasileva was commissioned by the Vatican for the Pavilion of the Holy See, at the 56th International Art Exhibition with her work Haruspex (2015) and represented the country of her birth, Macedonia, at the 55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, with Silentio Pathologia (2013).

In 2023 she was awarded a MacDowell fellowship with an Anne Stark Locher & Kurt Locher Fellowship. Elpida has received further awards including from Wellcome Trust, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Arts Council England and Ministry of Culture of Macedonia. Her artworks have been commissioned and developed in urban and rural sites, in interior and exterior spaces, including The University of Nottingham; Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham; Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London; Nymans Gardens; Fabrica Gallery, Brighton; Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey; Pied à Terre, London; Gloucester Cathedral, Bennachie, Aberdeenshire; L’H du Siège, France; Kilmainham Gaol Museum, Ireland. Permanent commissions can be visited at Preston Park, Brighton, The University of Nottingham and Kilmardinny House, Glasgow.

Hadzi-Vasileva’s artworks are in public collections including Luxelakes a4 Museums, Chengdu, China; The Vatican; Soho House; Pooseum, Australia; Office of Public Works, Dublin, Ireland; Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Napoli, Italy; Pied à Terre, London; PMI Foods, Brazil; Osten, Skopje, Macedonia; MIMA, Middlesbrough and The Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge and private collections around the world.