ABOUT
My work focuses on materialising the invisible (such as emotions, concepts and beliefs) through different forms of storytelling. I draw inspiration from three, lifelong fascinations - anthropology, sound and nature. By engaging people in my art, I hope to communicate the fragility of our planet and its raw beauty. I use digital and analogue processes for film, sound and photography and combine them with interactive installations, when I present my personal work. In 2015, I qualified as an HSE Commercial Diver for filming underwater and completed a diploma in Marine Biology, in order to deal with my addiction to the ocean. Both my backgrounds in theatre and drawing feed and enhance my ways of working and I am strongly guided by sound and music. Surrealism is a form of expression I use in a lot of my work, to describe emotional states and how I conceive human constructs of reality.
MY WHYs & HOWs
There is no hierarchy when it comes to creating work that is personal, emotional and artistic. Everyone is involved in creating the final outcome and even thought there is always a plan, by staying tuned into the moment - experimenting and improvising on the spot - is where a lot of the magic happens.
Movement and embodied experience has always played an important role in my work, even as a performance designer, which is why I was invited to train with the SITI theatre group in 2011, during my studies. There, I took part in an intensive physical workshop that focused on the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints which “represent a clear-cut procedure and attitude that is nonhierarchical, practical and collaborative in nature.” - Anne Bogart. That summer heavily influenced my work and to this day, I use both trainings in various forms to aid me in developing my projects.
I am always looking for any excuse to be in the water, so if you have any underwater ideas or plans, please, get in touch. I have been diving since 2007 and I qualified as a PADI Rescue Diver in 2014, always with an up to date First Aid Certificate. Check out my showreel for underwater projects I have taken on.
SCREENINGS/COMMERCIALS
- Pavlova, Short Film, National Winner, ComiCon Cyprus, 2024
- Commercial - “Η τσάντα της Ελένης” - Director/DOP, TV commercial for SPAVO & the charity organisation Ena Emeis, 2023
- Nail Clippings: World Without Sun, Official Selection, Defy Film Festival, August 2023, USA
- Nail Clippings: World Without Sun, Official Selection, 20th Summer Dance Festival, July 2023, Cyprus
- Nail Clippings: World Without Sun, Official Selection 50th Athens International Film and Video Festival, April 2023, USA
- Mediterranean Madness, Official Selection for the Multicultural Film Festival 2022, 2022, Australia
- Be My Home - Dance film for Konstantina Skalionta, screened at the 19th Summer Dance Festival, 2022, Cyprus
- Little Girl by Abi & Chris Cara - music video, Official Selection at Apex Short Film & Music Video Festival, 2022, USA
- Mediterranean Madness, Official Selection to the 9th International Video Poetry Festival,2021, Australia
- Be My Home - Dance film for Konstantina Skalionta, screened at NiMAC as part of the exhibition Seeking Roots, 2021, Cyprus
-Mediterranean Madness, Finalist for the QPF Film and Poetry Challenge, 2020, Australia
- Paradise Jazz Festival, short documentary, screened at inJazz Conference, 2019, Holland
- Liquid Vibrations , short documentary, screened at RSA Fellow Artists’ Network: Film Night 2017, England
- C'est Celestial (collab. with composer Marina Elderton), screened at the Athens International Film & Video Festival 2015, USA
EXHIBITED & PUBLISHED WORK (Solo & Collaborative)
- Video & Soundscape for the exhibition Sector 2:Nicosia, Leventis Museum, with Magdalena Zira as Artistic Director, 2025, Cyprus
- Video Art for ‘Dear EleKtra’, by Arianna Economou, performed at Dance House Lefkosia, November, 2024
- Video Projections for the theatre performance The Phoenician Women, directed by Magdalena Zira, a production by THOC, July 2024, Cyprus
- Video Projections for the theatre performance The Only Thing You Need to Know About Derrida, directed by Paris Erotokritou, a production by Fresh Target Theatre, June- July 2024, Cyprus
- Video Projections for the theatre performance Krapp's Last Tape, directed by Paris Erotokritou, Nov 2023 - Jan 2024, Cyprus
- Sound & Photography installation for the project West of the Sun, East of the Moon , group exhibition with the Collective Makers at the National Maritime Museum, March 2023 - Feb 2024, UK
Sound & Photography installation for the project West of the Sun, East of the Moon , group exhibition Awareness 2023 with after:noon / project, November 2023, Cyprus
- Interactive installation μελωδία II aspart of the Moving The New Residency programme, presented at the OPEN HOUSE Festival at Synergio Performing Arts Centre, October 2023, Cyprus
- Interactive installation μελωδία for the project ξόρκια / incantations (part of the Arctic Circle Residency) at Synergio Performing Arts Centre, March 2023, Cyprus
- West of the Sun, East of the Moon photograph published on F-STOP MAGAZINE, ISSUE #117: Black & White, www.fstopmagazine.com, Feb - March 2023, online
- Lusted Men, group photography exhibition at Dos Mares with the project Cherry Tree & Spring, 2022, France
- 8 days outside the promised castle - Associate artist for the online and interactive performance by K. Skalionta, 19th Summer Dance Festival, 2022, Cyprus
- Lusted Men group photography exhibition at Festival Photo Saint Germain with the project Cherry Tree & Spring, 2021, France
- Once there was a forest, lighting & live visuals for a collaborative performance, Papadakis Warehouses, Cyprus 2020
- Lusted Men group photography exhibition at Le Hasard Ludique with the project Cherry Tree & Spring, 2020, France
- Colab Scotland, group photography exhibitionThe Glasgow Gallery of Photography, 2019, Scotland
- Live visuals for the band Ode to Lucius at Bold Tendencies - www.12photos12tracks.com, 2019, England
- Performance Design for the English Pocket Opera Company - Bluebeard's Castle (collab.), 2012, England
- Multi-sensory Interactive Installation - White Noise, at New Cross Police Station, 2011, England
- Live performance with animated visuals (collab.) - It, Stoke Newington International Airport, 2010, England
- Live visuals for the band Lèse-majesté (various venues), 2014 - 2016, England
- Live visuals for Concrete Songsheet at the Roundhouse, 2013, England
- Guest Speaker for the Designs on eLearning Conference, 2012, England
- Photographs for Community Lovers Guide to Hackney, printed book, 2012, England
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
- Moving the New - Residency Programme at the Dance House in Limassol, March - Oct 2023, Cyprus
- The Arctic Circle Residency for the project ξόρκια / incantations, April 2022, Arctic Circle & Cyprus
- TRANSIT Residency Grant, Government Ministry of Education and Culture, 2022, Cyprus
- Youth Maker Space Residency & Interactive Installation for the project ξόρκια / incantations, Sept - Nov 2021, Cyprus
- Selected for Imago Lisboa Portfolio Review for the project ξόρκια / incantations, 2019, Portugal
- Ideastap 1st prize for the short experimental film Fall, a collaboration with musician Grace Banks, 2012, England
- AOI 36 Illustration Award for New Talent - SILVER, The Association Of Illustrators, 2012, England
- ECCA (Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts) - 1st prize for creative writing, 2010, England