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Eleni Chandriotou (b.1995, Cyprus)
Eleni Chandriotou is a visual artist who works with multiple media; mainly with animation, collage and drawing. Through her work she explores the inner dimension of human existence, emotions, perception, subconscious, trying to merge her curiosity for history and spirituality. She graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Nicosia in 2017 and since then she has been working in different projects, making short animated films and expressing herself in any possible way.
Eleni is a member of the International Animation Festival of Cyprus - Animafest Cyprus and since 2018 she participates in educational workshops for children and students, with the main focus of spreading the art of animation, creating short films and bringing stories into life. In addition, some of her short films were awarded in national competitions.
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EDUCATION
2017 : BA in Fine Arts, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
AWARDS
2020 : First prize with the film "In Between", National Competition of Animafest Cyprus
2020 : Short Films on the subject of quarantine, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth of Cyprus
2018 : Special Mention with the film “Immensity”, National Competition, Animafest Cyprus
2017 : First prize with the film “Without Visitors”, Pancyprian Competition, Ministry of Education of Cyprus
2016 : First prize with the film “I, the Eye”, National Competition of Animafest Cyprus
2013 : First Prize with the poem “The Lizard”, Pancyprian Competition, Ministry of Education of Cyprus
EXPERIENCE
Member of Countryside Animafest Cyprus since 2015
Member of ASIFA Cyprus since 2018
Mentor & Assistant in animation workshops for students and children:
2019 : Animafest Cyprus Junior Edition
2017 : Pancyprian Gymnasium, Cyprus
2016 : Flying Away Festival, Cyprus
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 : Big See Illustration, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Join the Dots, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy
Cypriot Animation Creators, Animafest Cyprus - Junior Edition, Melina Merkouri, Nicosia, Cyprus
2017 : Cyprus Young Contemporaries, Fine Arts exhibition show, Point Centre for Contemporary Art, Cyprus
Metaphor, Fine Arts exhibition, Phitorio, Cyprus
Urban Emptiness, NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
2016 : Earth Day, Fine Art & Department of Design and multimedia, University of Nicosia, Granazi, Cyprus
2015 : Against Lethe Exhibition, Department of Design and multimedia, University of Nicosia, Politis, Cyprus
Diversity Festival Art Exhibition, Department of Design and Multimedia, Famagusta Gate, Cyprus
2013 : Space, Shade, State, Leventis Museum, Cyprus
PRESS
https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/04/28/a-minute-with-eleni-chandriotou-visual-artist/
http://parathyro.politis.com.cy/2018/07/realismos-kai-fantasia-se-kinoumena-schedia/
http://www.poiein.gr/2016/12/16/aeyic-aianethoio-dhiethiaoa/