Elena is a Cypriot visual artist and performer based in Milan. She studied Fine Arts in Brera Academy, where she later had her MA in Theatre Costume Design. She has worked in the Fashion and Textile laboratory of NABA Academy in Milan (2016-2020).
She was selected to be part of the 30th edition of MiniArTextil 2020 in Como, a finalist at Premio Nocivelli 2018 and 2019 in Brescia (IT) and part of Larnaca Biennale 2018 (CY).
She exhibited her art pieces at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan (IT), the Civic Museum of Crema (IT), the Civic Museum of Carini, the ABC Centre in Dijon (FR), for the Kunstlicht journal in Amsterdam (NL). She participated in the public art project OFFSite Art for L’Aquila organized by ArtBridge NY and in the EP project 28 Times Cinema as a member of the young jury for Venice
Film Days during the Venice Film Festival 2015.
Selected performances: Wasted Lives_Underskin curated by Loredana Putignani [LaTriennale, Milan]; Continuum by Luigi Coppola [Teatro Continuo of A.Burri, Milan]; Backstage Memories by Fabrice Murgia [Venice Arsenale during Biennale Theatre College]; Counting Rice Exercise by Marina Abramovic [Statale University, Milan].
Work history
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Fashion and Textile LaboratoriesNABA Milano
- Milan, ItalyFull Time
Responsible for the Textile Laboratories, educator, technician, and professors assistant.
Laboratory techniques included: textile manipulation, painting on textile, dyeing, natural dyeing, shibori techniques, tie-dye techniques, bleaching, batik, eco-printing, silkscreen printmaking, hand block printing, sublimation printing, flocking, foiling, devorè, hand embroidery, smocking embroidery techniques, needling, wet felting, carding, hatmaking, millinery, weaving, digital textile design, knitting, crochet.
Skills
- Printing
- Hand Weaving
- Contemporary Embroidery
- Fashion Textiles
- Dyeing Fabric
- Art Installation
- Textile Design
- Screen Printing
- Hand Knitting
- Visual Arts
Education
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Master of ArtsBrera Academy of Fine Arts
- Milan, Italy
MA in Costume Design, Applied Arts Department.
110 LODE/110
Thesis project: A Four-Screen Video Installation called '4 Systems' and a book called 'Heimat'.
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Milan, Italy
BA in Painting, Visual Arts Department.
110 LODE/110
Thesis project: A photographic series based on the movement of the soul.
Awards
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