Artemis Alcalay was born in Athens, Greece in 1957. She studied in the School of Fine Arts of Athens painting, with I. Moralis and D. Mytaras. Stage and costume design with V. Vassileiadis. She obtained a Master’s degree in Studio Art from New York University with Angiolla Churchill, Gerry Pryor, Livio Seguso, Steve Madoff, Idelle Weber. Weaving in the Y.M.C.A. of Kifissia (M. Leonidou) (1998-2002). Photography with Gerry Pryor (N.Y.U), Laura Dodson (Praxis) and Kamilo Nollas (Exile Room). She exhibits her work in Greece and abroad. She collaborates with contemporary dance groups as a set and costume designer and also works as a designer of hand tufted carpets. Since 2008 she participates with animation works in international film festivals. Αs of 2012 she collaborates with www.greekarchitects.gr and www.gratv.gr as a TV channel producer presenting the program artalk.
Her artworks belong to the collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PFF), the Jewish Museum of Greece, the Juedisches Museum of Frankfurt, the Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz and the American College of Greece.