SAM ALBATROS
Visual arts
They hold an MPhil in Psychology (University of Cambridge, UK) and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (University College London, University of London and National Institute of Mental Health, US). They have presented video-art performances and visual narratives in Greece, Cyprus, UK, and Berlin. On May 2021, they took part in Exchange Program Thessaloniki – Leipzig 2021, a two-month residency programme in Leipzig, where they created poems following discussions with local queer refugees/immigrants. They have a strong social media presence, publishing original and translated poems as video poems on YouTube (channel: Sam Albatros) and on their website: https://queerpoets.com. Their first novel, faulty boy is expected to be published in 2021, while their translation of Richard Siken’s poetry book Crush will be published in 2022-2023. They have been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021).