"Random Nautica 2022"
Eugenia Aravantinou is a visual artist and a storyteller. Born in Greece, she holds a BA Degree in Photography and Audiovisual Arts, from the University of West Attica (Athens) and earned a scholarship of the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) at the Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Lisbon.
She is a Member of The Society of Studies of Cultural Alterity (Empe Alterity) since 2017.
Since 1993 she has been participating in group exhibitions (Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens Photographic Centre, The Municipal Gallery of Arta “Yiannis Moralis” etc.)
During her University Studies she did her Practice at the University of West Attica (Athens) and later gained professional experience while working as a photographer for newspapers, magazines, advertising companies, cinema and the theatre, having collaborated with Greek actors and directors. In recent years she has been teaching photography in Schools for Adult Education and Training, creative photography in Photo Clubs and is offering reviews on photographic portfolios.
She has curated photographic exhibitions for the Annual Festival “Days of Photography – Arta” (2018 and 2019 – the latter in collaboration with Achilles Nasios), the Graduation Exhibition of the Photography Students at Adult Education and Training Institution of Arta (2019 – in collaboration with Alexandros Vassios), the exhibitions of the Palairos Photography Group (2019, 2020) and part of exhibitions for the “Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival” (2020).
She lives in Palairos, Greece.
So where are the boundaries of the gaze? © Eugenia Aravantinou
Who defines the boundaries of the gaze, if not the photographer? © Eugenia Aravantinou
Others appear to me out of the blue and make my heart beat fast © Eugenia Aravantinou
And who sets the course of the journey, if not the captain? © Eugenia Aravantinou
Photography has always been a journey for me © Eugenia Aravantinou
I look at certain images for years, forming and conversing with me © Eugenia Aravantinou
A magical conversation and a rapid love occurs the moment I capture them © Eugenia Aravantinou
Where are the boundaries of this world? © Eugenia Aravantinou
For more information about the artist please contact us at art-gallery@theoctopusmovement.org
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