Alexandros Tzannis (Athens, 1979) lives and works in Athens. He has graduated from Athens School of Fine Arts and the Academie der Binderkunst in Vienna. He also has an MFA from Goldsmiths College of Arts, London. His work has been presented at the Lulea Biennale (2018), Kadist, Paris (2017), State of Concept, Athens (2017), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012) and Athens Biennale (2009) amongst others. For the last decade, Tzannis has been working in sculpture and drawing, using several different materials. His work combines figurative and abstract elements, symbolic characteristics, decorative and allegorical connotations.
Maria graduated from Athens School of Fine Arts in 2012, where she received the Spyridon Vikatos Foundation Scholarship Program 2013. In 2015 she completed her Master’s degree at the MFA in Fine Arts Program at Goldsmiths College in London. In 2019 she received the ARTWORKS Fellowship Award (SNF Artist Fellowship Program). Maria has participated in numerous exhibitions, collaborative events, workshops and festivals, among those the Criss Cross 2 Event, Artist-On-Artist Convergences, supported by ASFA, Isba-Besançon and Cold Mountain, the «Learning From Documenta» art workshop, part of the International Anthropological Conference, supported by Athens School of Fine Arts and the Anthropological Research Laboratory – Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens 2017, the performance event «GOMENES» part of the Athens Biennale 2015- 2017 «OMONOIA», the Latitude Festival Big Screen 2015 and 2014 Film Festival, London, England, the Performative Labour-ism Performance Festival In the context of MPABerlin 2014/ Month of Performance, Berlin, Germany, the Performance »Voyage 3» Film Festival 2013, Helsinki, Finland, «Excentricités 3» Performance Festival 2012, Besançon, France, 3rd Art Biennale MIET, Thessaloniki 2011.
Eva Papamargariti graduated from the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly with a ΒΑ in Architecture (2012). She holds a Master Degree in Visual Communication Design from Royal College of Art, London (2016). Her practice focuses on time-based media, printed material and sculptural installations that explore the relationship between digital space and material reality. She is interested in the creation of 2d/3d rendered spaces and scenarios which provoke narrations based on the obscure simultaneous situations unfolding in a quotidian frequency on the verge of digital and physical environments, blurring the boundaries between these «ecosystems». Her work delves into issues and themes related to simultaneity, merging and dissolving of our surroundings within the virtual, constant diffusion of fabricated synthetic images that define and fragment our identity and everyday experience, as well as the symbiotic procedures and entanglements that take place between humans, nature and technology. Furthermore, processes that are established through online presence, the traces that our operations inscribe onto the objects and habitat where we find ourselves, through our continuous interaction with devices and mechanic artifacts. She has exhibited her work in cities like, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Berlin, Seattle, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Toronto, Montreal, Athens in institutions museums and festival: the New Museum (New York), Whitney Museum (New York), Tate Britain (London), MAAT Museum (Lisbon), Museum of Moving Image (New York), MoMA PS1 (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art (Montreal), Αrs Electronica (Linz), Athens Biennale, Thessaloniki Biennale, Transmediale Festival (Berlin)
Christos Papasotiriou (Chalkida, Greece 1989) has a Μaster’s in Visual Arts «In Situ» (Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, 2015-2017) and an Integrated Masters in Fine Arts (Athens School of Fine Arts, 2009-2014). He is currently an awardee and fellow of ARTWORKS (SNF Artist Fellowship Program). He was also awarded the prize «In Situ 2017», the 1st Prize «Redesign Paardenmarkt» project and the NEON grant in 2015-2016. He has participated in various workshops and exhibitions such as: 2019 «Epitopou», Residency (Greece)-2015 «In Situation», Workshop (Portugal) – 2013 «Time and Movement», Workshop (Greece)–2012 «Everything Flows», Workshop in association with Bauhaus University (Greece) 2019 «Mushroom Soup», Performance, Athens School of Fine Arts (Athens)-2018 «Multiplied», Group show, Troebel Neintje (Antwerp)-2018 «Affordable Art Fair», Tour and Taxis (Brussels)-2017 «To Be», Solo Show, Gallery 88 (Antwerp)-2017 «Articulate #2», Research Project, Koninklijk Conservatorium (Antwerp)-2016 «Me Here Now», Antwerp Art Weekend, In collaboration with the art spaces: Lokaal 01, BRDG, L Edition Populaire, (Antwerp)-2016 «De Lange Nacht», Group Show (Antwerp)-2015 «Error», Group Show, Action Field Kodra (Thessaloniki)-2015 «G. Vizyinos Eis tin Polin», Group Show, Zografeion Lyceum (Istanbul)-2014 «Wear and Tear(?)», Group Show, Metamatic Τaf(Athens).
Anastasia Pavlou (born in 1993) lives and works in Athens, Greece. She graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 2017 with Jury Honours. She is participating in the 2nd SNF Artist Fellowship Program of ARTWORKS. In 2019 she had her first solo show called «belly ache» at Hot Wheels Projects, Athens. Selected group shows include: «The Same River Twice», group show at Benaki Museum Athens, co-curated by the New Museum, NY and DESTE Foundation, Athens. «Image Drum», Royal Academy, London, «Schmaltz», at Guimaraes Vienna,«Be Water Again», curated by Panos Giannikopoulos and Theodoulos Polyviou at Korai Art Space, Nicosia.
Stergios Paschos was born in Velestino in 1985. He has been living in Athens since 2008. He has worked as a screenwriter and director in Film and Television. He has written and directed several short films. With his project «Pigs in the Wind» he participated in TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch 2013 and Framework 2014, also in MFI script 2 film workshop 2013 and Sarajevo’s Cinelink 2013. In 2016 his debut Feature «AFTERLOV» premiered in Locarno Film Festival at the Concourse Cineasti del Presente and won the youth jury prize for Best picture. So far, the film has been screened in many festivals and won numerous awards.
Alkis Papastathopoulos is a filmmaker from Greece who holds an MA degree in film studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is a Sundance Alumnus and has directed five short films. In 2013 his short film «en pojke» won a special mention at Outview Film Festival. In 2014 his experimental short «En pojke» premiered in MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival and went on to participate in many international festivals (Berlin Porn Film Festival, Pink Screens FF, Leeds Queer Film Festival, Queer City Cinema, Outview FF). In 2018 his short film/music video «Gomenaki» won the Best Sound Music Video award at IndieMemphis Film Festival. The same year he won the HBO Europe award for the Best TV Series project at Midpoint TV Launch for the dramedy series in development «Sleepover» he co-wrote with Maria Hatzakou. In 2019 «Sleepover» was selected to be part of Sundance Institute|Youtube New Voices Lab becoming the first European series ever participating in that lab. His latest short film «Hyped» premiered at the official competition program of the International Film Festival of Athens where it won the award for best actress (Artemis Tzortzoglou, Anna Papageorgiou).
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou is a dancer based in Athens. She graduated from the Greek State School of Dance. Upon graduation, she has collaborated among others with Dimitris Papaioanou, Christos Papadopoulos, Iris Karayan, Antonis Foniadakis, Alexandra Waierstall, Patricia Apergi, Tzeni Argyriou, Sofia Mavragani, RootlessRoot , Maria Koliopoulou. She was awarded in the Festival Culturel International de la Danse Contemporaine, Algiers (2013) for the piece 21-mneme by Maria Koliopoulou and in the InShadow festival (2013) in Lisbon with Konstantinos Rizos for the video dance project Sans Attente. She has participated in the dance network Aerowaves with the work Mothers (Iris Karayan) and Elvedon and Opus (Christos Papadopoulos). She teaches contemporary dance at open studios and professional dance schools. She has been awarded in 2019-2020 by ARTWORKS and she is a Fellow of the SNF Artist Fellowship Program.
Mare Spanoudaki is a researcher and curator. Her main interests revolve around the intersections among material, intangible, digital culture and contemporary art by carrying out projects and exhibitions that examine current and/or past cultural and social conditions and memories, acting as points for dialogue. Her education includes a BA in Communication, Media & Culture, an MA in Cultural Policy & Management and an MRes in Exhibition Studies. In the past, Mare has worked for various cultural institutions and art spaces, and has organized intercultural and community projects, as well as contemporary art shows in Greece, the UK and Germany. She has been a fellow of the Start-Create Cultural Change programme (2017/2018). In the last few years she has been focusing on highlighting Greek and international artistic practices, exhibition histories and social movements and exploring issues of institutional critique as well as identity politics. She is also part of the team This is not a feminist project.
Vasilis Kekatos (1991) is a graduate student of Brunel University School of Arts, in London. In 2016, he won Sundance Ignite «What’s Next?» Short Film Challenge and received a mentorship from Sundance Institute, with his short «Zero Star Hotel». With his films «The Silence of the Dying Fish» (2018) and «The Distance Between Us and the Sky» (2019) he has participated in many prestigious film festivals: Locarno, Sundance, Sarajevo, Tallinn Black Nights, Palm Springs and Telluride. Ηe recently www awarded the short film Palme d’Οr and the Queer Palm at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Vasilis is currently working on his debut feature film.
Born in Volos, Greece, in 1983. Lives and works in Athens. Studied in various artistic fields: ceramics, drawing, sculpture and art history. She obtained her Master’s degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the University of Paris VIII, with specialization in Film Direction.
Βorn in Athens in 1988. He graduated from the University of Patras [2012] with a Bachelor in Architecture and he completed his Master’s degree [MSc] in Culture and Documentary Production at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at Aegean University [2019]. Currently he works as a professional photographer. He has collaborated with UNHCR in Greece, UNICEF’s Hellenic National Committee, websites [lnfo-war.gr, Flix.gr, Mashable.com] and newspapers [ef.syn, Kathimerini].
The documentary «The Canaries» (2019), his first short film, won the FISCHER Audience Award for Best Greek Film Production Under 50′ at the 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Born in Greece, 1986. He studied at the London Film School, LFS and Kingston University, London. He has worked as a writer, director and editor. His short films were screened in more than 200 international film festivals, including Cannes, New Directors/New Films, BFI and AFI Fest, and have received numerous prizes. They have also been acquired by TV channels, VoD and online platforms (Nowness, Vimeo Staff Picks, etc.). In 2016, he was selected for the Filmmakers Academy at the 69th Locarno Film Festival. His latest short film, «Copa-Loca» (2017), won the Greek Academy Award and was nominated for the European Film Award. «Broadway», his debut feature script, was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2018 and L’Atelier Cinéfondation, Cannes Film Festival.
Vangelis Serfas was born and raised in Salamina, Greece. He studied Film and TV Studies in Athens. He made his first short film as a director-writer, «Sunday» on 2014, which won the Best Screenplay Award on 37th Drama International Film Festival. He is a professional Screenwriter and Script Consultant based in Athens, Greece. Many of his screenplays have been awarded. His script «Tzeni and Giannis» was funded by Hellenic Film Academy on the Competition of Film Factory Short Film Fund on 2017. He co-written the short film «37 Days with Nikoleta Leousi» which won the Best Screenplay Award in Shorts Category on 24th Athens International Film Festival on 2018. He just completed his second short film as a writer/director, Basil, funded by the Greek Film Center. Currently he is writing his first feature film screenplay «The Smell of Gasoline».
Lia Tsalta is a film writer and director living and working in Athens, Greece. She studied Film & Television Directing in Athens. In 2012, she was selected to attend the intensive Filmmaking workshops at NewSchool Athens with a scholarship. «The Forest» (2018, 18’) was her first short fiction film; it premiered at the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival and is still being screened in Greece and abroad (Encounters Film Festival, Uppsala International Film Festival, Brussels Short Festival, etc.).
Born in Athens, Greece, in 1980. She studied film in Athens and she got an MA in documentary & society at ESCAC. Since then she has worked in the film, television and advertising industry. She has written and directed four short films and a feature. Her short film, «Dad, Lenin and Freddy» was selected at numerous international film festivals: Clermont-Ferrand, Sao Paolo, Chicago, Edinburgh among others, and wοn several distinctions. Ιn 2012 it was awarded for Best Short Film of the Hellenic Film Academy and three more awards at the Short Film Festival of Drama including the Silver Alexandros. The film was broadcasted by Canal + and SBS in Australia. «Schoolyard», her next short, premiered at the 64th Berlinale and was nominated for the Crystal Bear, was also one of the five nominees for the best short film 2014 at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards. The film was selected in many Internationals Film Festivals (Guanajuato, Edinburgh, Dresden, Brest etc) and win distinctions for it’s experimental means. Her debut film Cosmic Candy, was selected to participate in the Sundance If Istanbul Screenwriter’s Lab and had its World Premiere in Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
Yorgos Zois is a Greek director born on 1982 and based in Athens. He studied applied Math & Nuclear Physics at the NTUA and film direction in UdK Berlin. His work has been selected at A-festivals worldwide (Cannes – Film Critique Week, Venice, Rotterdam, Telluride, Palm Springs, Clermont-Ferrand, EFA nomination among others) and has won numerous awards and distinctions worldwide. His films have been internationally praised for their meta-aesthetics and daring narratives. He was member of the Jury «Lion of the Future» at the 74th Venice IFF.
Christina Koutsospyrou was born in Athens in 1980. She moved to London in 1998 where she studied Graphic Design at the London College of Printing and later on Photography at Fashion Institute of Technology New York. In 2010, after successfully pursuing a career in illustration and textile design, she returned to Greece and filmed her debut feature «To the Wolf», a docu-fictional exploration of the lives of shepherds in the mountains of Nafpaktia where her father grew up. The film premiered at the Berlinale in 2013 and was screened in over 50 film festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Sao Paulo, Viennale, Torino, Thessaloniki. It won awards at Dokufest, Doclisboa and Syros. Christina is currently working on two feature films and a video installation.
Spiros Kokkonis was born in 1992 in Athens, Greece where he currently lives and works. In 2016 he co-founded Grace/ Athens artist-run space. His work is defined by the identification of his practice and his artwork’s substance. Surrounded by a very specific environment, its’ political, social and cultural directions, the artist is creating images influenced by – and connected to it. While the surrounding environment is the subject and the reason for his practice, it is also seen as a never-ending material source. Throughout his process, the artist is exploiting existing forms and their meanings, to create new images based on what has previously been made, said or done. From steel and concrete to visual appropriation, a list of readymades (archives, spaces, images, sounds and objects) are being mixed, reformed and translated into sculptures, installations, and videos that aim to imprint a personal say. A personal aspect of the outward environment, that is wavering between feelings of embracement and hope to enmity and despair. His work has been exhibited in Athens Conservatoire, Parko Eleftherias, Art Space Pythagoreion, SHED London, Grace / Athens and Onassis Cultural Centre.
Alexandra/Sasha Streshna was born in 1987 in Lviv, Soviet Ukraine and she has been living in Athens since 1999. She is a graduate of Athens School of Fine Arts (2011) and has obtained a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins, London (2014) on a Sp. Vikatos Foundation Scholarship. In 2016 she received Jannis Spyropoulos Award. In 2019 she presented her first solo exhibition titled HELLO! curated by Ilias Papailiakis at space52 (Athens). Her practice and research are both concerned with figurative painting using oil on canvas. Her work refers to western history painting tradition, while depictions of violence and power are amongst the recurring themes.