ABOUT
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DATE OF BIRTH
1st August 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH
Nicosia, Cyprus
EDUCATION
2007/8 MA Philosophy and Contemporary Critical Theory, Middlesex University,
London
2003-6 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design. University of the Arts,
London (First-Class Honours)
2002/3 BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design,
The London Institute, London (Distinction)
AWARDS
2009 OPEN CALL: SCULPTURE AND SPACE, organized by The Nicosia Municipal
Art Centre, supported by The Ministry of Education and Culture and Education,
Cyprus and the Cyprus Tourist Organization
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2009 LOVE AT LAST SIGHT, APOTHEKE, Nicosia, Cyprus
2011 MERCEDES, APOTHEKE, Nicosia, Cyprus
GROUP
2011 UNCOVERED CYPRUS, Nicosia International Airport, curated by Pavlina
Paraskevaidou and Basak Senova (www.uncovered-cyprus.com)
2011 ARTE LAGUNA ART PRIZE, Shortlisted for the Photography Award,
Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2011 THE LONDON ART FAIR, FOLD Gallery, London, U.K.
2010 RE-ENVISIONING CYPRUS, curated by Peter Loizos, Nicos Philippou and
Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Pantheon Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2010 IMAGES AND VIEWS OF ALTERNATIVE CINEMA, Invited Artist, Theatro
Ena, Nicosia, Cyprus
2010 ART ATHINA, with APOTHEKE, Athens, Greece
2010 UNDER / OVER, Exhibition with TRANSIDENCY at FOLD Gallery, London
2010 DONT TAKE ADVICE TAKE RISKS, APOTHEKE, Nicosia, Cyprus
2009 Invited by curator Yiannis Toumazis to participate in the exhibition
30ROOMS2009, organized by Gallery KAPPATOS, Athens, Greece
2009 OPEN CALL: SCULPTURE AND SPACE, Nicosia,
Municipal Art Centre; Work title: WAR FEVER
2008 Invited by Dear Architects to participate in their project MAKE SOUVLA, NOT
WAR for the 11th Venice Architecture Biennial with the project MICHEL
FOUCAULT
2008 ISOLOMANIA, Curated by Helene Black, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia
(catalogue available)
2008 GUEST + HOST = GHOST, Curator, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia
2007 Art Forum Berlin. Omada Ergasias was invited to organize I'M MARXIST WITH
GROUCHO LEANINGS
2007 Artalk 2007, initiated by Haris Pellapaisiotis. Omada Ergasias was invited by
Artalk 2007 and curated NICOSIA ARCHITECTURAL BIENNIAL
2007 Invited by Anton Vidokle to participate in UNITED NATIONS PLAZA, Berlin,
as a resident artist during Walid Raad and Jalal Toufic seminars
2006 Selected for MANIFESTA 06 by curator Mai Abu ElDahab in Department 1,
with the collective Omada Ergasias (www.omadaergasias.org) Nicosia, Cyprus
(cancelled)
2005 LATE AT TATE, Tate Britain, London, UK, selected for the video program
2004 IMAGES AND VIEWS OF THE ALTERNATIVE CINEMA, Theatre One,
Nicosia, Cyprus, organized by the Cultural services of the Ministry of Education
and Culture of Cyprus,video animation (catalogue available)
2004 Xperimental Video and Film festival 3.0, Pantheon Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2003 NOISE CROSSINGS, Nicosia, Cyprus, Organized by Noise of Coincidence
2003 Xperimental Video and Film festival 2.0, Pantheon Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2011 THRILLING MY HEART, Stage Designer, Dir. Theodoris Nikolaides,
Cyprus Theatre Organization, Nicosia, Cyprus
2011 NEW WORLD ORDER, Artistic Director and Stage Designer,
Dir. Paris Erotokritou, Satiriko Theatre, Nicosia, Cyprus
2009 Berlin Club Night, VJing with Tramba Audiovisual Conspiracy
2009 Lecturer, University of Nicosia, Department of Architecture
2007 Archivist and Researcher in the Research Team towards compiling the Cypriot
Cultural Producers Archive, initiated by the Research Team, Nicosia Municipal
Art Centre and the Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts
2007 Translator and Proof Reader for the catalogue of the Cypriot participation in the
52nd Venice Biennial, The Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus
2007 Initiator and speaker in the day-seminars Absurd Me: Towards Cypriot Cultural
Studies organized by UNDO Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
2006 Soundtrack composition for Ailsa Ferriers short film At once having begun it
goes on and on and ends nowhere, which was selected for the 4th Halloween Short
Film Festival, ICA, London, U.K.
2005 Touring with Tramba Audiovisual Conspiracy in Athens (Greece) and Nicosia
(Cyprus), CD launch, VJing performance HYPERLINK
"http://www.rolloutvs.com/tramba.html" http://www.rolloutvs.com/tramba.html
2004 O kyrios tou tzak, theatre production, directed by Demetris Taliotis, produced by
Alexandra Mangli, stage design and visuals.
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Nowhere Else, Helene Black, Cyprus, 2009, ISBN 978-9963-8932-4-9
2007 Televised Revolutions, Satellite dishes and Side dishes, in :
(UC:AMS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM SPACES
DIRECTORY) Published by Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts and
The Ministry of Education and Culture
2007 Spacewalk 2, Exhibition Catalogue, Nicosia
2007 Thinking the city, (with Omada Ergasias), ed. Haris Pellapaisiotis and David
Officer, Nicosia, Cyprus
2007 () Points of omission () et cetera; seriality in the work of Axel
Straschnoy, Frame-Fund Artist of the Month, April 2007, Finland
http://www.frame-fund.fi/aom/straschnoy/introduction.shtml
2006 Tramba Audiovisual Conspiracy Profile_06 (DVD), published by RollOut Visions
and Cyprus Youth Organization
2006 The gentle art of making enemies, ed. Hattie Spires and Andrew Collard, Andrew
Collard, United States HYPERLINK
http://www.2b1studio.co.uk/thegentleartofmakingenemies/gamelite201205.pdf