AWARDS
ACNI, SIAP Artist International Development Fund, 2022
Belfast City Council Micro-Grant Programme for Creative Practitioners, 2022
ACNI, Creative Individuals Recovery Programme, 2021
ACNI Individual Resilience Programme || 2021
ACNI Artist Emergency Programme 2020
ACNI Individual Emergency Resilience Programme 2020
Shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018
Greer Garson Film Award 2018
Dancer’s Career Development Award 2016
COMMISSIONS
F.E. McWilliam Gallery, opening performance for unveiling of Kevin Killen’s Murmur
Maiden Voyage Dance, Residance Seed Commission 2021
Making Space, online residency 2020
Maiden Voyage Dance, Match Make Commission 2020
RESIDENCIES
Morpho international residency, Antwerp, 2023
Frans Masereel Centrum, printmaking residency, 2021
PS2, Short Residencies programme, 2021-2022
Flax Art Studios, Sculpture Residency 2021
COLLECTIONS/ ACQUISITIONS
It Hurts my Elbows (bust iteration) Ulster Museum collection
SOLO/ DUO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Solo show, Platform Arts, Belfast
2022 SmythStasinaki, knockoff, weltanschauung! solo show, QSS Gallery, Belfast
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Future/ Forward, Mart Gallery, Dublin
2022 Here Instead of Around, Morpho, Antwerp
2022 Future/ Forward, QSS Gallery, Belfast
2022 You breathe differently down here, Draiocht Gallery, Dublin
2021 Turner Prize 2021, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum with Array Collective
2021 Juxtapose Art Fair, Aarhus, Catalyst Arts
2020 Belfast School of Art, Graduates of 2020 group show,
The MAC, Belfast
2020 On Refusal: MFA take over, the MAC Belfast
2020 Keep Dry, MFA Fine Art, Catalyst Arts
2019 Catalyst Arts, FIX 19 screenings
2019 Catalyst Audio Tracks second edition, Belfast
2019 Normal Position-Show Position, MFA Fine Art, Platform Arts
2018 Mount Florida Screenings, CCA gallery, Glasgow
2018 Catalyst Audio Tracks first edition, SARC, Belfast
2018 Honeymoon Period, MFA Fine Art, Platform Arts
2018 Exegesis, interim show, MFA Fine Art, Catalyst Arts
2017 Open Project, group show at PS2 Belfast
2017 How We Got Here, end of year show, MFA Fine Art, Platform Arts
2017 East Wing Collective group show at Menier Gallery London
2016 Showhome 139, group show at Safehouse 139 London
2016 East Wing Collective group show at Camden Image Gallery London
DANCER/PERFORMER
Dance/ Theatre Companies/ Independent productions
2021 Northern Ireland Opera
2009- present, Maiden Voyage Dance
2018-2019, Alice Malseed-Sarah Gordon
2019, Lyric Theatre Belfast
June- July 2017, Tinderbox Theatre Company
July- August 2015, Springs Dance Company
2014, Liz Roche Dance Company
2011- 2014, Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre
2010-2011, Evangelia Kolyra
2010- 2011, Pair Dance
May- August 2008, Ludus Dance
2004-2007, Greek National Ballet
TEACHING, OUTREACH, FACILITATION
2022 WheelWorks Arts, arts facilitator
2022 Island Arts Centre, dance teacher
2018-present, Young at Art Events, lead artist
2018-present, Zona Dance, dance teacher
2017-present, Crescent Arts Centre, dance teacher
2017-present, Tate Modern, Uniqlo Tate Lates, event manager and co-ordinator
2017 (one semester), Ulster University, dance teacher
2014-2016, JW3, Jewish Community Centre London, workshop facilitator
2009-present, Maiden Voyage Dance, outreach programme leader and facilitator
EDUCATION
2023-2026: Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
PhD, practice-based, Arts and Humanities
2021-2022: Sint Lucas School of Art and Design, Antwerp
Advanced Master Research in art and design in social and political context
2016- 2020: Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
MFA Fine Art
2014-2015: City Lit, University of Arts London
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
2007-2008: Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Dance
2004-2007: Greek National Opera Ballet School
Diploma in Dance
1994-2004: Greek State School of Dance
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015-2016: City Lit
Creative Practice Personal Project
2010-2014: Heatherley School of Fine Art
Open Studio (painting and drawing)
2012-2013: Central St Martins
Set and costume design
2019-2020: Belfast Met
Creative Writing Level 1
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