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Lives and works in Athens and London.
Education
2005 - 2006
Monitoring Scheme with Franko B, London UK
2002 - 2003
MFA, University of Lincoln, UK
1999 - 2002
BFA, De Montfort University, UK
Bursaries
2007
Szpilman Awards, shortlisted for ‘best seven’, Berlin DE
2006
ArtsAdmin Career Artists Bursary scheme, London UK
Residencies, Workshops & Conferences
2016
Art, Nature and the Anthropocene, cur. Evangelia Basdekis, as part of RE-culture 4, Agora Argyri, Patras GR
2010-2011
Polymer Factory Residency, Tallinn EE
2007
Art Lab1/2, Munich Villa Waldberta, Munich DE
1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR
2006
Colchester winter school with Franko B, UK
Wysing Art Center Cambridge with Franko B, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2015
The Silence of the Monkeys, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2009
I trust you, ArtsAdmin, Toynbee Studios, London UK
2007
I trust you, VN Gallery Zagreb HL
I am your worst nightmare, Laden Galerie, Munich DE
2006
The dilemma, Public action#0, Sheffield UK
2004
AD Gallery, Athens GR
2003
Public Live Performance É, Lincoln UK
Public Live Performance II, Lincoln UK
Group Exhibitions
2018
Ambiguous Bodies - Timeless Interpretations, cur. A.Leopoulou, Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
THE DREAM OF ANTIGONE. Performance Art in Greece Between the Seventies and Today, cur. F. Kiais & G.A.P., 3rd VENICE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART WEEK, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
The body and other small tales: Performance at the State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymno GR
2nd ASFA BBQ, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athen GR
2015
When Counter Culture Meets Society, AD Gallery, Athens GR
The body and other small tales: performance at the State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR
2013
Kodra Fresh: Floating Walls, cur. Vassilis Zografos, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki GR
2011
Fondazione Puglisi, Cosentino, Catania, Italy
SCORES No. 3: uneasy going, Tanzquartier Wien, Austria
All Greek to Me, Video Art Festival Miden at Open Showstudio, Athens GR
Attraction of the Opposites, Video Art Festival Miden collaboration with the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Holland
2010
Political Performance Symposium, Belgrade, Serbia
2008
I am still your worst nightmare, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol UK
PLATEUX live Art Festival Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt DE
2007
European Performance Art Festival EPAF 2007, Warsaw, Polland
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol UK
International Workshop for Young Artists, 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art 2007 "Heterotopias", Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR
2006
Masquerades, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR
Drawing Screen, cur. S. Bahtsetzis, TinT Gallery and Thessaloniki Museum of Cinematography, Thessaloniki GR
Festival Miden, Kalamata GR
Exp24, Leeds UK
Parkgewusel Festival, Vienna AU
Guillermo Gomez-Pena Performance Lab: Performing Rights, London UK
An Outing - The Beltsios Collection. Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill, Trikala GR
4th European Social Forum, with the Group Cartel, Athens GR
Wysing Art Centre, residency, UK
Art's Stereotypes, Epi kolono, Athens GR
Festival Mau Tilt, Baixa da Banheira, Moita PT
Anymous Art, Live Art Festival, Pilsen Street, Czech Republic
IMAF, Live Art Festival, Odesci, Serbia &Montenegro
Temporary Identities (digital video-art event), State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
Borders of Body (live art event), Istanbul TK
Kargart, Video Art Event, Istanbul TK
River's Edge Film Festival (video work), Kentucky US
Colchester Art Festival, Live Art Platform, Essex UK
Firstsite, the Minor Art Gallery, Preparation for a performance, Colchester, Essex UK
Gender: New Roles-New Rights?, 5th Festival of Human's Rights, Athens, Thessalonica, Patra GR
2005
Launch Tokyo Design Festa '05 (DVD folio), Big Sight, Tokyo JP
Expofestival: 2005, National Live Art Festival, Victoria Studios, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham UK
Olfactopelaforma, Festival Mau '05, Faro PT
Feat ars - pereat mundus (ongoing project-demonstration), Athens GR
Video Art festival Miden, Kalamata GR
Common Place, Theatre Epi Kolono, Athens GR
7 Performances and One Discussion, Locus Athens, Athens GR
Art Athina 05, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2004
The Other Body, 4th Human Rights Arts Festival, Eugenides Foundation, Athens GR
VIDEO ZONE 2: The 2nd International Video Biennial, Tel Aviv IL
Suffering Body, Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens GR
Life, Death, Metamorphosis, Astoria Capsis Hotel, Heraklion, Crete GR
2003
Greestone Gallery, University of Lincoln, Lincoln UK
2002
Greestone Gallery, University of Lincoln, Lincoln UK