Fotini Zaglara is a graduate of the Kindergarten Pedagogy Department of the University of Ioannina and a self-taught photographer with a special love for the art of self-portraits. She explores the world of fantasy with a strong presence of surrealism in all her works and finds the balance with reality through the interpretation she wants to give to each of her images. She has been awarded in global photography competitions, with the latest award being the National Prize of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Her works have been exhibited in galleries in Europe and America.

Website: foteini zaglara

Instagram: foteinizaglara

George Skouloudis (Athens 1983), grew up in Ancient Olympia where he lives and works as a videographer. He is a graduate of the photography and audiovisual department of the University of Western Attica.

From 2022 he is a student of the postgraduate program “research and methodology” of the University of Western Attica.

Every year, for a few months, he resides in Athens where he carries out his personal photographic project. These mainly focus on the life of the center of Athens (Omonoia, Metaxourgeio, Socratus street) and specifically on the groups of people who live within these areas. His approach maintains Documentary characteristics and at the same time is a subjective version of how the photographer shapes the reality he photographs as a consequence of his personal truth.

His main  projects are:

Houses (2014-2018)

Alice (2017-2019)

Socratus street (2019-2023)

Cinzia Laliscia (b. 1999) is an intimate photographer born and based in Italy. Through the images she recounts her personal experience relating to her family and her memory. In 2020, during her second year at university, her work Lost and found (a story about youngsters) was published by Canon in the book Encourage after being selected for the Student Development Program during the Visa Pour l’Image Festival. In 2021 she graduated with honours in Visual Arts at the European Institute of Design in Rome. In 2022 her work Finalmente posso andare was chosen for several exhibitions, including the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan, the Incadaqués International Photo Festival in Cadaqués and the Liquida Photofestival in Turin. Recently, she has been chosen for the International Photobook Masterclass by Phmuseum.

Instagram: cinzialaliscia

Ariadne Fytopoulou lives in Athens. She grew up in Corfu island and she studied History and Philosophy of Science in Univercity of Athens, she got certificated in Arts Management course (Central Saint Martins, UAL). During the last years she has been working in culture, at “Fournos Centre for Digital Art”, the first alternative theatre scene in Athens. She is a self-taught photographer and photography is a part of her everyday life. It is her way to experience the world and to express herself with her point of view.

Instagram: ariadnesonicu

Katerina Samara was born in Larissa, Greece, in 1988. She graduated from Photography and Audiovisual Art Department of Technological Educational Institute of Athens in 2012 and she completed her Masters of Art in Public Spheres at Ecole Cantonale d’ Art du Valais in Sierre, Switzerland, in 2014 for which she also received the prize of the city of Sierre 2014. She works with photography, video but also installations made from objects, embroideries and threads. She is interested in artistic research, writing and collaboration. During 2015-2016 she worked at “Atelier Tremplin” on her research project on family and memory in the Artistic and Cultural Centre of Sion “Ferme-Asile” which led her to her first solo exhibition “Le goût de la mémoire”. The “BEA for young artists” foundation supported this residency. In 2021 she obtains the Research Schorlaship of Canton du Valais. She participated to collective and solo exhibitions in Switzerland and Greece. Her works are part of public and private collections. Katerina is an engaged artist, member of Visarte Valais, professional association of artists, and committee member. Currently, she lives in Athens and works between, Switzerland and Greece. 

Ioanna Sakellaraki (b.1989) is a Greek visual artist and researcher. She was recently awarded a Doctoral Scholarship for undertaking her PhD in Art after graduating with an MA Photography from the Royal College of Art. She is the recipient of The Royal Photographic Society Bursary Award 2018 and was the winner of a Sony World Photography Award in 2020. In 2019, she was awarded with the Reminders Photography Stronghold Grant in Tokyo and the International Photography Grant Creative Prize. Nominations include: the Inge Morath Award by Magnum Foundation in USA, the Prix HSBC, the Prix Levallois and the Prix Voies Off in France. Her work has been exhibited internationally in art festivals and galleries with recent solo shows in Melbourne, Tokyo, Belfast, Braga and Berlin. Her projects have been featured in magazines such as The New Yorker, TIME, Aesthetica and Wallpaper and journals including The Guardian, Financial Times and Deutsche Welle. She has been invited as a guest speaker in the Martin Parr Foundation and the London Institute of Photography amongst others. Her monograph ‘The Truth is in the Soil’ is published by London- based publisher GOST Books.

Pericles Alkidis, born in Athens – Greece, 1953. He studied Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Parallel to his professional carrier mostly as a medical imaging engineer, he was seriously involved with photography as a personal need for expression. His first serious attempt to photograph was in 1980-81 with the series “Army portraits” during the period of his military obligations. He is more recognized for his ongoing life project which is broadly entitled “Family Portraits” (1986 – 2016), a conscious autobiographic exploration of personal identity. He has extensively shown his work in solo and group exhibitions. Member of the Photography Centre of Athens since 1987.

Cooper & Gorfer comprises the artists Sarah Cooper (US, SE, 1974) and Nina Gorfer (AT, 1979). Their work centers around themes of illusion, memory and dislocation, illustrating the malleability of identity through layered pictorial collages of the female experience.

The artist duo is known for their distinct hybrid portraits of women and immersive worlds with socio-political undertones. Using a point of departure in photography, their work ranges from physically layered collages with painted and embroidered materials, to photographs of disassembled images in different states of ephemeral montage. The complexities of their subjects are reflected in the process and the fragmentation of the artwork’s surfaces.

Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer reimagine the tradition of portraiture by visually examining and deconstructing the narrative layers of those they portray. As much audience as creators, the artists’ own experiences are intertwined with that of the protagonist, resulting in images in which several epochs are simultaneously present. Like art history’s Mannerists and Surrealists, Cooper & Gorfer strain observable reality through a filter of memories, moods and wounds.

Cooper & Gorfer began their collaboration in 2006. They live and work in Sweden. Their artwork has been widely exhibited at museums including: Hasselblad Center, NOMA New Orleans Museum of Art, Nuuk Art Museum in Greenland, The National Museum of Photography Copenhagen, MAK Frankfurt, The Arctic Conference St. Petersburg, and Fotografiska, amongst others. Cooper & Gorfer’s work is included in several private and museum collections, including the National Gallery of Iceland. Alongside their artwork, The artist duo design accompanying monographs. They have been awarded the German Photo Book Award in 2018 for their book I Know Not These My Hands (2017 Kehrer Verlag). Their film, Between These Folded Walls, Utopia, was given honorary mention for the Short Award at Tempo Documentary Film Festival in 2021.

Gallery Representation:
Larsen Warner // www.larsenwarner.com
Jackson Fine Art // www.jacksonfineart.com

Links

CNN

The Guardian

Human Rights Watch

Cooper & Gorfer
Curriculum Vitae

ART SERIES & MURALS

2020 When We Are Giant (first phase of The Hysteria Project)
2017 – 20 Between These Folded Walls, Utopia (book, film and exhibition)
(honorable mention Arnold Newman Prize, 2022)
2013 – 17 I Know not These My Hands, the Argentina Volume (book, film and exhibition)
2015 – 16 Interruptions, the Sápmi Volume (book, film and exhibition)
2012 – 14 The Weather Diaries, for the Nordic Fashion Biennale (book, film and exhibition)
2007 – 11 My Quiet of Gold, the Kyrgyzstan Volume (book and exhibition)
2008 – 10 Latent Now, the Qatar Volume (exhibition)
Memory Between Desert and Sea – CMUQ Doha, Qatar (collaborative public mural with Douglas Cooper)
2005 – 08 In a House of Snow, the Iceland Volume (book and exhibition)

LITERATURE

2021 Between These Folded Walls, Utopia, international book release, Max Ström
(2nd Prize IPA 2022, winner Svensk Bokkonst 2021, 2nd Prize TIFA 2021)
2017 I Know not These My Hands, Volume 04 Argentina, international bok release, Kehrer Verlag
(winner German Photobook Award 2018)
2016 Interruptions, Volume 03 Sápmi, international book release, distribution Thames & Hudson
2014 The Weather Diaries, for the Nordic Fashion Biennale, international book release, Die Gestalten Verlag
2011 My Quiet of Gold, Volume 02 Kyrgyzstan, international book release, Die Gestalten Verlag
(selected Svensk Bokkonst)
2008 SEEK Volume 01 Iceland, international book release, Die Gestalten Verlag
(selected Svensk Bokkonst)

FILMS

2020 The Eternal Play, artwork / video installation
Between These Folded Walls, UTOPIA, short documentary, directed by Cooper & Gorfer, produced with Fotografiska (shortlisted Tempo Documentary Film Festival 2021)
2017 Interruptions, short documentary, directed by Cooper & Gorfer, produced with Konstmuseet i Norr I Know not These My Hands, short documentary, directed by Cooper & Gorfe, produced with Fotografiska
2014 The Weather Diaries, short documentary, directed by Cooper & Gorfer, produced with Nordic House Iceland

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Jackson Fine Art (Atlanta, USA): selection of work
2022 Fotografiska Tallinn (Stockholm, Sweden): Between These Folded Walls, Utopia
Larsen Warner (Stockholm, Sweden): When We Are Giant
2021 Fotografiska Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden): Between These Folded Walls, Utopia
RØROS Museum (Røros, Norway): Interruptions
2020 Fotografiska New York (New York, USA): Between These Folded Walls, Utopia
Katrineholms Konsthall (Katrineholm, Sweden): I Know Not These My Hands
2019 Lidköpings Konsthall (Lidköping, Sweden): Interruptions
World Culture Museum (Gothenburg, Sweden): Interruptions
Arctic Conference (St. Petersburgh, Russia): Interruptions
2018 RosPhoto (St. Petersburg, Russia): selected works, The Weather Diaries & Interruptions
Christian Larsen (Stockholm, Sweden): Utopia or the Mistake of the Intellect
Strandverket (Marstrand, Sweden): I Know Not These My Hands
2017 Borås Textilmuseet (Borås, Sweden): The Weather Diaries
Ajtte (Jokkmokk, Sweden): Interruptions
Fotografiska (Stockholm, Sweden): I Know Not These My Hands
Market Stockholm, selected works, represented by Christian Larsen                                                                                            Kvinnohistoriskt Museum (Umeå, Sweden): Interruptions
2016 Vienna Contemporary, selected works, represented by Christian Larsen
Konstmuseet i Norr (Kiruna, Sweden): Interruption
2015 Konsthallen Lokstallet (Strömstad, Sweden): artist of the year: The Long Moment
2014 Halmstads Konsthall (Halmstad, Sweden): selected works: The Long Moment
Christian Larsen (Stockholm, Sweden): I Know not These My Hands & The Weather Diaries
National Museum of Photography (Copenhagen, Denmark): The Weather Diaries
2013 Nordic House (Reykjavik, Iceland): The Long Moment
2012 The Armory Show, Art Brussels, Market Art Fair Stockholm, selected works, represented by Christian Larsen
Dunkers (Helsingborg, Sweden): selected works from 4 volumes: The Long Moment
Luleå Konsthall (Luleå, Sweden): My Quiet of Gold
Västerås Konstmuseum (Västerås, Sweden): My Quiet of Gold
2011 Gestalten Space (Berlin, Germany): selection of My Quiet of Gold
Hasselblad Center (Gothenburg, Sweden): My Quiet of Gold
2010 Christian Larsen (Stockholm, Sweden): selected works: Under Nomadic Surfaces
2008 Kulturhuset Stockholm Galleri 03 (Stockholm, Sweden): In a House of Snow
Bridge Art Fair New York, selected works
2007 Art Basel Miami, selected works

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 PhEST (Monopoli, IT): group exhibition
Fresno Art Museum (Fresno, CA, US): group exhibition, A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes
2021 National Gallery Faroe Islands (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands): group exhibition, selected works, The Weather Diaries
2020 Göteborgs Konstmuseum (Gothenburg, Sweden): group exhibition, Art Nouveau: From Larsson to Zappa
2019 Landesgalerie Linz (Linz, Austria): group exhibition, Mode Momente. Fotografinnen im Fokus
Festival La Gacilly Baden Photo (Baden, Austria): group exhibition
Museum of Applied Art and Design (Vilnius, Lithuania): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
Museum of Popular Culture (Seattle, USA): group exhibition, A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes
212 Photography Festival (Istanbul, Turkey): group exhibition, selected works, Interruptions
Latvian Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
2017 Borås Textilmuseet (Borås, Sweden): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
American Swedish Institute (Minneapolis, US): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
Avesta Art (Avesta, Sweden): group exhibition
2016 Nordic House Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
Nordic Hertiage Museum (Seattle, US): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
Danish Cultural Center (798 Int.Arts District, Beijing, China): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
2015 CODA Museum of Modern Art (Apeldoorn, Netherlands): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries, curated by C&G
Liljevalchs (Stockholm, Sweden): group exhibition, Utopian Bodies – Fashion Looks Forward
Nordic House Faroe Islands (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands): group exhibition, The Weather Diaries
Lentos Museum of Contemporary Art (Linz, Austria): group exhibition, Love and Loss
2014 Strandverket (Marstrand, Sweden): group exhibition, Vintersalongen
Nordic Light Festival (Kristiansund, Norway): group exhibition, The Long Moment
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt (Germany): group exhibition, curated by C&G for the Nordic Fashion
Biennale, The Weather Diaries
2009 International Art Biennial, Hasselblad Center (Gothenburg, Sweden): group exhibition, Latent Now
2007 De Young Museum (San Francisco, USA): group exhibition

Gallery Representation:
Larsen Warner // www.larsenwarner.com
Jackson Fine Art // www.jacksonfineart.com

SARAH COOPER
Date of Birth 20.08.1974
Place of Birth Frankfurt, Germany
Nationality American, Swedish

Education
2004-06 MFA, University of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden
1992-96 BFA in art photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA
1990-92 Manchester Craftmans Guild studies in art photography: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

NINA GORFER
Date of Birth 15.06.1979
Place of Birth Vienna, Austria
Nationality Austrian

Education
2004-06 MFA, University of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden
2000-04 Architecture, University of Applied Arts, Studio Zaha Hadid, Vienna, Austria
1999-00 Photography, Grafische BVL, Vienna, Austria
1997-99 Architecture, Technical University Vienna, Austria

Noemi Comi (1996) is a visual artist and conceptual photographer born in Catanzaro (Italy). Noemi studied photography at LABA (Libera Accademia di Belle Arti) Florence, where she graduated with Honorable Mention. She is actually enrolled at Brera Academy (Milan).
Her photography is constantly evolving and follows a multidisciplinary path. She wants to combine art and science trying to break down any taboo. Her works conform to a well-defined aesthetic, dominated by strong colors and surreal atmospheres.

Website: noemicomi.com

Instagram: noemicomi