Born
in Thessaloniki, Greece
Lives and works in Bristol, UK
Awards `
| 2010 | Arts Council England, South West, UK |
| 2009 | Artist-to-Artist Award, Visiting Arts, UK |
| 2009 | Arts & Ecology International programme, Visiting Arts and RSA, UK |
| 2009 | Arts Council England, South West, UK |
| 2009 | Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Greece. Production Bursary |
| 2008 | Small Wonders, Picture This Moving Image Agency, UK |
| 2007 | NAN New Collaborations Bursary, UK |
| 2005 | Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK |
| 2004 | The Arts Council England, UK |
| 2002 | Research Bursary. South East Arts Council, UK |
| 2001 | 1st Prize, Nagoya University of Arts, Japan |
Residencies & Workshops
| 2010 | ARC Residencies Cairo (June - July 2010) |
| 2009 | London in Motion, UCL and Bartlett Film Society |
| 2007 | International Workshop for Young Artists, Centre of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki |
| 2006 | Armenian Open University, Department of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2003 | Leleg Institute Project, Bodrum, Turkey |
| 2004 | University of Brighton, Brighton, UK |
Education
| 2005 | MA in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, UK |
| 1998- 01 | BA (Hons) in Critical Fine Art Practice, University of Brighton, UK |
| 1995 -97 | BA (Hons) in Film and Television Studies, University of Glasgow, UK |
Solo Exhibitions
2010 |
(UPCOMING)
Diego Garcia, Picture This Atelier Space, Bristol |
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2007 |
Accidental
Woman, Kalfayan Galleries - Project Space, Athens, Greece |
| 2006 | When I was there, you had already left, Fournos Center for Digital Culture, Athens, Greece |
| 2005 | In
their wake…, Fournos Center for Digital Culture, Athens, Greece (collaboration with Ella Bissett Johnson) |
| 2003 | Tokyo Tonight, Gumusluk Academy, Bodrum, Turkey |
Group Exhibitions / Festivals
| 2009 | Treasures
of wisdom, Kaflayan Galleries, Athens, Part of ReMap KM 2, a parallel
exhibition of the 2nd Athens Biennial |
| 2008 | And
Now?,State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. Curated
by Xrisitna Petrinou (catalogue) North West Film Forum, Seattle, USA CineCity Festival, Lighthouse, Brighton 4th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Berlin PureScreen, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester 6th Gyumri International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Armenia. People, Margaris Foundation, Amfilohia, Greece Videoclub, Hold and Freight Gallery, London We used to be painters, Plan 9 Gallery, Bristol |
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2007 |
Karaoke
Poetry Bar, a project by intothepill, 417 Space, Athens / A Parallel
program of the 1st Biennale of Athens (catalogue) FEET, B.I.G. Project Space, online group show: www.bigprojectspace.com What do you do, Center Space Gallery, Bristol Atropa Vanitas, Cosmos of Culture, Athens Attic with a view, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, Greece People, Athens International Art Fair, Art Athina 2007, Athens (catalogue) 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue) trans·par·ent 2nd edition, Kunstklub Berlin, Berlin |
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2006
|
Everything
is going to be alright,
The Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2005 |
MA
Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art &
Design, London, UK (catalogue) |
| 2004 | Projected
Visions, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece Manderley, Hotel Astoria, Thessaloniki, Greece Hertzoscópio - Experimental & Trans-disciplinary Arts Festival, Lisbon, Portugal Device, Cube Cinema, Bristol, UK exposure 1, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK Painting with light, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK Videoformes Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France |
| 2003 | Variations
in Balkan spaces, Eptapirgio & Bey Hamam, Thessaloniki, Greece
(catalogue)
Strange Screen II, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, Greece Lux Open, Royal College of Art, London, UK Reel Live, Cinematheque, Brighton, UK |
| 2002 | Mobile
Utopia, Aristotelio University, Thessaloniki, Greece 5th Trash Art Festival, Texnopolis, Athens, Greece |
Work experience
| 2006-09 |
Digital Projects Coordinator, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol |
| 2004 | Visiting Lecturer. Fine Art New Media, University College Chester |
| 2003 | Visiting Lecturer. Critical Fine Art Practice, University of Brighton |
Public Talks & Presentations
| 2009 | Mahatma
Ghandi Institute, University of Mauritius, Mauritius |
| 2006 | Armenian Open University, Department of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 2005 | Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, UK |
| 2004 | The School of Fine Art, Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 2003 | Leleg Symposium, Gumusluk Academy, Bodrum, Turkey |
Publications
| 2004 | Wondering in Turkey, [a-n] The Artists Information Company |
| 2003 | New
modes, new tools, new needs, [a-n] The Artists Information Company Another World, [a-n] The Artists Information Company |
Collections
| The
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece State Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece & Private Collections in Greece, UK and Canada |
Reviews & Press
| 2009 | Aline
Groeme-Harmon (20 April) Recontre. In: L’express (Mauritius) Sara Raza (January) Armenia. In: ArtAsiaPacific Almanac 2009 |
| 2008 | Lena
Euagelou (5 April) New Creators. Between Fiction and Reality. In: Ta Nea
(Greece) Yiota Sotiropoulou (18 March) Personal Archives. In: Angelioforos (Greece) Elsa Spiridopoulou (16 March) Combing Fiction and Documentary. In: Makedonia, p. 60 (Greece) Maria Kenanidou (March 2008) Hold Everything, Dear. In: City Urban Living Magazine, p.36 (Greece) |
| 2007 | Andrea
Gilbert (6 December) Fatal Circumstances. In: Uncovered City (Greece) Adonakis Christodoulou (23-29 November) Accidental Woman. In: Blow magazine, p.43 (Greece) Despina Zeukili (22-29 November) In: Athinorama, p. 91 (Greece) Pari Spinou (2 September) Presenting …. Art. In: &7 Magazine, p.28 (Greece) Maria Kenanidou (August) Attic with a View. In: City Urban Living Magazine, p.36 (Greece |
| 2006 | Xenia
Kalpaktsoglou & Christoforos Marinos (December) In: Velvet Magazine
(Greece) Manina Bazeou (27 May) Globalised Dead ends. In: The First, p. 16 (Greece) Iliana Fokianaki (25 May) When I was there, you had already left. In: City 210, p. 45 (Greece) Daphe Dragona (May) In: Velvet Magazine, p. 30 (Greece) Iliana Fokianaki (18 May) B.I.G Transparent In: City 210, p. 46 (Greece) Patricia Gianopoulou (11 May) In: Lifo Magazine, p.29 (Greece) Avgoustinos Zenakos (29 April) Transparent, In: To Vima (Greece) |