Fiona Elli Spathopoulou - Visual Artist
Fiona Elli Spathopoulou is a visual artist who currently works and lives in Athens. In 2016 she graduated from Université Paris VIII in France, from the Department of Fine Arts. In 2020 she completed her Master's Degree in Digital Arts at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
In 2021 she co funded with Kostis Kontogeorgis the art duo Future Myth Project.
Her work questions the relationship between media and madness.
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Education
2018/2020
MA in Digital Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece
2017/2018
Athens School of Fine Arts, erasmus echange program, Greece
2016/2017
MASTER 2 in Arts Plastiques , (MDAC) – Université Paris VIII – France
2015/2016
MASTER 1 in Arts Plastiques, (MDAC) – Université Paris VIII – France
2012/2015
BACHELOR DEGREE in Arts Plastiques – Université Paris VIII – France.
Atelier des Beaux Arts de Paris, drawing and painting workshop
2011-2012
Sculpture lessons at the studio of sculptor Evren Erol -Istanbul, Turkey Assemblage and collage lessons and initiation to xylograhy at the studio of the artist Irini Gonou in Athens, Greece
2010/2011
BACHELOR DEGREE in Psychology - Université Toulouse-le-Mirail – Toulouse, France.
Exhibitions & Grants
October 2022
Group Show WISP Lab Exhibition, at Communitism, Athens
September 2022
Group show Future Myth #001 curated by the Future Myth Project
July 2022
Funding by the Greek Ministry of Culture for the project Digital Myths by the Future Myth Project
June 2022
Group show Future Myth #001 curated by the Future Myth Project
Group Show Ink on Paper 4, Chili Art Gallery, Athens
May 2022
Curating and hosting the sound performance Interference at the Future Myth Art Space
Group Show Collage Remix, FokiaNou Art Space, Athens
October 2021
Platforms Project, Athens School of Fine Arts
July 2021
Funding by the Greek Ministry of Culture for the project WeTribe21 by the Future Myth Project
October 2020
Participation in the HackAthens workshop organized by the Onassis Foundation-Stegi, with the project Rooftop Diaries
July 2020
Grant awarded for the Rooftop Diaries project, from the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD)
April 2020
The (–) FE MALE Home performance art festival, online at: https://www.facebook.com/events/140043540773185?active_tab=about
March 2020
Exhibition (-)FeMALE Bar PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL at KOTES (X Booze), Athens
February 2020
Curator at Performance Rooms 2020 Kapatos Gallery, Athens, Greece
January 2020
Peloponnisos International documentary Festival, Kalamata, Greece
August 2019
Exhibition « Identity», Little Islands Festival Video and Sound Art, Sikinos and Amorgos, Greece
October 2018
Monitor Fest 2018, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
August 2018
Exhibition « Something to remember», Little Islands Festival Video and Sound Art, Sikinos, Greece
January 2018
Personal Exhibition « Servez-vous », Salle d'Exposition, Université de Paris 8, France
April 2017
Exhibition « Quitter Preveza » with Christel Llop, Studios Paris, Paris, France
December 2016
Exhibition « Battre le feu pendant qu'il est chaud », Maison Jaune, Saint Denis, France
June 2015
Exhibition « Ne me Touche Pas », Le Chene, Villejuif, France
April 2015
Exhibition of Pirama Collective, « Anacrouse », Maison de l'étudiant Paris 8, Saint Denis, France
March 2015
Collective Exhibition, Cité Interculturelle, CIVD, Halle d'exposition Paris 8, Saint Denis, France
December 2014
Collective Exhibition ,Therapie du Dimanche #13, Le Kinoscope, Lyon, France
Residencies
Sept/2014 – Jan/2015
Artist Residence at the Chene, 131 avenue de Paris (Nationale 7) - 94800 Villejuif, France
Work experience
2018
Art Residencies in Mental Health Structures, Center for Lifelong Learning ΕΔΡΑ, Athens, Greece.
2014/2017
Creation of the art collectif Pirama, founded by Fiona Elli Spathopoulou, Isadora Telles and Guilherme Petersen.- Paris, France.
2013/2014
Substitute socio-educational worker for ARIANA, association approved by the Ministry of National Education. Animation of socio-educational workshops for young people aged 8 to 11 years old. (internship) using drawing activities and making story-boards -Paris, France.
Internship at the outsider art museum Halle Saint Pierre- Paris, France.
2011/2012
Volunteering for the association Basak Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi.
Painting and theatre activities to children and teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds, Istanbul, Turkey.
Volunteering for Mavi Kalem, music and theater games for children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods, Istanbul, Turkey.