Born in Athens, Greece in 25/02/ 1978. Raised in Liege of Belgium and studied Fine Arts in Great Britain.  Currently lives and works in Athens.

Studies:

2000 – 2005              University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK. Cardiff School of Art and Design.

                                    B.A Hons. in Fine Arts.

                                    Specification: Time – Based Practice. Through installation, video art, mixed media and sound and light design, I’ve studied the sense of live art.

Dissertation: Ways in which scopophilia, fetishism, voyeurism and fantasies can be developed in Cinema and specifically in Hitchcock films.

1999 – 2000              Winchester School of Art and Design, Hampshire, UK.

                                    Foundation Course in Fine Arts.

1996 – 1999              Private School of Art of Villy Kanellopoulou, Athens, Greece.

                                    Study of life drawing, color and human anatomy.

Awards – Scholarships – Memberships:

2011                           Member of the Archive of Greek Artists of EMST.

2010                           Best of Worldwide Mixed Media Artists, Volume I K - Z, competition held by Kennedy Publishing US.

2008                           Member of the Hellenic Art Chamber of Commerce.

2007                           Member of “DESTE” Foundation and part of its Archive for the Contemporary Greek Artists, Athens, Greece.

2003 – 2005              The Shillizzi Foundation

                                    Two - year Scholarship for the continuation of my studies.

2004 – 2005              The Sidney Perry Foundation

Award for an Art Project.

Solo Exhibition:

2008                           Childhood Dreams, Astrolavos – Deksameni Gallery, Athens, Greece.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

7 July – 14 August    SYMBIOSE ART FESTIVAL in Breda, The Netherlands.               

1-10 July 2011  Parallax AF, La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, Pall     Mall,London, SW1Y 4UY

20 – 26 June 2011   The Fringe Festival, “TECHNOPOLIS” Municipality of Athens, Peiraios 100, Gkazi. Participating as part of the Ash in Art Foundation.

20 – 22 May 2011    Athens Video Art Festival, “TECHNOPOLIS” Municipality of Athens, Peiraios 100, Gkazi.

Feb 2011                   “An-Energy” Group show held in Ash in Art foundation, Athens,    Greece.

Dec.’10–Jan ’11       “Christmas Group Show” held in Astrolavos Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.

June, July 2010       “Cross Over” Festival for the Arts, Syros, Kos, Lesvos, Greece.

Feb 2010                   “H.A.S.A.P” Group Show held by the Ash In Art Foundation in order to raise founding and awareness about the Haiti tragedy.

June- Sept. 2009     “Cross Over” Festival for the Arts, Athens, Patmos, Ithaca, Greece.

11/06/05                     “Sometimes I wonder…” Performance in Time – Based Space Workshop, Cardiff, UK.

10/05/05                     “Unfolding the Spiral”. Installation in Time – Based Space Workshop, Cardiff, UK.

10/12/04                     “Sweet Dreams”, “Sweet Dreams Little Girls”. Installations at tactileBosch Art Gallery, Cardiff, UK, as part of the group exhibition “Diversities”.

March 04                   “So Long Grandpa”. Audio – Visual Installation in Time – Based Space Workshop, Cardiff, UK.  

Feb. 04                       “Minore of the Teke”. Audio – Visual Installation in Time – Based Space Workshop, Cardiff, UK.  

July 01                       “The Big Baby of the Family”. Installation at Jacob’s Market Art Gallery, Cardiff, UK, as part of the group exhibition “Pick and Mix”.

June 01                     “Bitter, Confused and Lonely”. Installation at Jacob’s Market Art Gallery, Cardiff, UK.

Work Experience:

2007 – 2010              Painting Workshop of the City Council of N. Philadelphia,       Athens, Greece.

                                    Art Teacher in both adult and children groups.

2004                           Organizing and curating the group exhibition “Diversities” that took place at tactileBosch Art Gallery, Cardiff, UK.

2004                           Talk about the “Archaic Smile” in the Theatre of Cardiff School of Art and Design, UWIC, Cardiff, UK.

2001                           Woodlands High School, Ely, Cardiff, UK.

Voluntary teaching. Painting and sculpture teaching to children of special needs 6 to 18 years old. The project set was drawing and woodcarving based on African and Aboriginal Art.