Kleoniki Stanich is a visual artist and filmmaker. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2018 with her film Kappa, which was nominated for a GRA award, selected for various screenings and shows and broadcasted on Dutch TV. She writes, produces and directs short, experimental fiction films that question social relationships and communication and showcase everyday life’s surrealist undertones, while her work explores and engages with the concept of the female gaze. Kleoniki is a supporter of the idea that art can help forge communal bonds and participates in initiatives that put it into practice.