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Lenia Georgiou

Visual Artist / Art Therapist

Milan, Italy
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Since the issue of relocation accompanies me from my early childhood, my artistic work mostly concerns the issues of displacement, relocation, and the basic human need to have a shelter, a roof over his head. The shift for a better life, for more opportunities, for studies, for work, for a more secure life etc. venturing into a new and unknown space is what I have in common with all people in transition. My work always confronted socio-political issues expressed through various means of art but especially through installations and performance and the use of the body.

Work Experience

Kofinou Reception And Accomodation Centre Of International Protection

Art Therapist

Conductor and creator of the experiential art therapy workshop Poxiàs (Ποξιάς) realized with the asylum seekers in Cyprus.
November 2014 - December 2014 Larnaca, Cyprus

Scuola Di Babele

Art Therapist

Conductor and assistant conductor of ''TARTaruga'', an art therapy project that includes a series of workshop meetings with immigrant women.
January 2014 - January 2014 Legnano, Italy

Education

Brera Academy Of Fine Arts

Two year masters / Biennio specialistico (110 with merit)

Integrated Expressive Techniques, Chromatology , Artistic Anatomy, History Of Contemporary Art, Phenomenology Of The Body, Principles And Techniques Of Art Therapy, Semiotics Of The Body, Psychiatry Foundations, Pedagogy, Pedagogy Of Educational Communication And Relation, Artistic Languages, Psychology Foundations, Fundamentals Of Neuropsychiatry, Paper Techniques, Ethno-Psychiatry, Developmental Psychology, History And Models Of Art Therapy. Internships in various structures such as primary and secondary schools, psychiatry, prison, with people who are deaf, blind or visually impaired, women immigrants and asylum seekers. Thesis title : Ποξιάς (Poxiàs).
October 2012 - July 2015 Italy

Kingston University

Bachelor of Fine Arts (2:1)

Introduction to Fine art practice, Studio practice, Exhibition and portfolio, Introduction to current Issues in Art Practice theory and display ,introduction to professional development, professional development, contemporary issues in research , history of contemporary art, Portfolio Exhibition and review, team projects and thesis. Thesis title: The Ethical problems around the Display and Dissemination of Art Therapy works.
September 2009 - September 2012 United Kingdom

Languages

Greek (Native),
English (Fluent),
Italian (Advanced),

Awards

Inside Art

Talent Prize (Piccini Group Special Prize)

2016

Skills

Art Therapy, Contemporary Art, Exhibitions, Fine Art, Installations, Microsoft Office, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Visual Arts,

EXHIBITIONS

• ''Donne di colore'' Torre dei Lambardi, Magione, Italy 22/7- 24/9 2017 (Currently on view)

• Talent Prize 2016 with ''Ποξιάς'' (Poxiàs), MACRO, Rome, Italy. 14-30 October 2016

• Paratissima Skopje, MKC (Youth Cultural Centre), Skopje, Macedonia. 10-12 June 2016

• ''L'opera condivisa'' (The collective work of art), San Domenico Theatre, Crema, Italy. 30 May-15 June 2015.

• ''Ποξιάς'' (Poxiàs), Polychoros Apothikes, 81-83 Agiou Lazarou, Larnaca, Cyprus. 28/12/2014 - 5/01/015.

PERFORMANCES

• "Speak, so that i can see you" Buffer zone, Νicosia, Cyprus 2017

•"The Rock Slide and the Woods" by Andreco, Centrale Fies, Dro, Italy.
18-28 May 2016.

•'' Continuum '' by Luigi Coppola, Theatro Continuo Burri, XXI Triennale, Milan, Italy. April 9, 2016.

• "OFF - Out Of Factory", 17-Mediterranean Biennale of Young Artists, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy. ''In Vino Veritas '' curated by Nicoletta Braga. October 23, 2015.

• "My place" (Ο τόπος μου) Cyprus, 2014.

•'' Plastic Space '' A '' and Luminous Bodies in Motion'', Jam Conference by Jesús Marin, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Napoleonic Hall, Milan, Italy. January 30, 2013.

WORKSHOPS

•''From Actor to Mime'', with Guillaume Pigé, corporeal theatre, Thoc Theatre, Nicosia, Cyprus, 4-8 Settembre 2016

• ''Workshop on workshops'', Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy, 2016.

• ''Xth Sense - Biophysical generation and control of music'' with Marco Donnaruma, Accademia dei Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy, 18-20 September 2014.

• ''Emozione e movimento'' (Emotion and movement), dance-theatre workshop with the dancer of Tanztheater Wuppertal of Pina Bausch,Cristiana Morganti, Accademia dei Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy, 6-7 May 2013.

• ''Body-Sharing'' with dancer and choreographer Rosita Mariani, Accademia dei Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy, 8-2 January 2012.

• ''Art Therapy meets performance writing, NGO Support Center, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2012.