GIOULA PAPADOPOULOU – Artist/ Director of Video Art Miden
Gioula Papadopoulou is a visual artist and director/curator of Video Art Miden (www.festivalmiden.gr).
She was born in Athens (GR) in 1974. She studied Painting at Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) & Conservation of Works of Art (TEI Athens) and holds an MA in Digital Arts (ASFA).
Her artistic practice focuses on video art. As an artist, she has presented her work in many exhibitions, site-specific projects and video art festivals in Greece and internationally.
She is a founding member, director & curator of Video Art Miden (Miden means “zero” in Greek), an independent organization with international activity, dedicated to the exploration and promotion of video art.
Founded by an independent group of Greek artists in 2005, Miden has been one of the earliest specialized video-art festivals in Greece, setting as basic aims to stimulate the creation of original video art, to establish a worldwide network of collaborations for cultural exchange and to develop relevant research.
As a director/curator of Video Art Miden, Gioula Papadopoulou has organized/curated numerous screenings, exhibitions & events in Greece and has collaborated with significant festivals, museums and institutions globally, including: MOMus (Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki), Biennale of Thessaloniki (GR), Re-Culture (GR), TILT Platform (GR), Now & After/ CCI Fabrika & Moscow Museum of Modern Art (RU), Videoforma/ Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art (RU), Cairo Video Festival (EG), Madatac (ESP), Espacio Enter/Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (ESP), [.BOX] Project Space & Visualcontainer (IT), Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino (IT), IFFR –International Film Festival Rotterdam (NLD), DAF (CHE), Strangloscope (BR), Torrance Art Museum (USA), Cologne OFF (DE) and many others.
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GIOULA PAPADOPOULOU – Artista/directora de videoarte Miden
Gioula Papadopoulou es artista visual y directora/comisaria de Video Art Miden (www.festivalmiden.gr).
Nació en Atenas (GR) en 1974. Estudió pintura en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Atenas (ASFA) y Conservación de Obras de Arte (TEI Atenas) y tiene un máster en Artes Digitales (ASFA).
Su práctica artística se centra en el videoarte. Como artista, ha presentado su obra en numerosas exposiciones, proyectos site-specific y festivales de videoarte en Grecia y a escala internacional.
Es miembro fundador, directora y comisaria de Video Art Miden (Miden significa «cero» en griego), una organización independiente con actividad internacional, dedicada a la exploración y promoción del videoarte.
Fundado por un grupo independiente de artistas griegos en 2005, Miden ha sido uno de los primeros festivales especializados en videoarte de Grecia, teniendo como objetivos básicos fomentar la creación de videoarte original, establecer una red mundial de colaboraciones para el intercambio cultural y desarrollar investigaciones relevantes.
Como directora/comisaria de Video Art Miden, Gioula Papadopoulou ha organizado/comisariado numerosas proyecciones, exposiciones y eventos en Grecia y ha colaborado con importantes festivales, museos e instituciones de todo el mundo, entre ellos: MOMus (Organización Metropolitana de Museos de Artes Visuales de Salónica), Bienal de Salónica (GR), Re-Culture (GR), TILT Platform (GR), Now & After/ CCI Fabrika & Moscow Museum of Modern Art (RU), Videoforma/ Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art (RU), Cairo Video Festival (EG), Madatac (ESP), Espacio Enter/Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (ESP), [. BOX] Project Space & Visualcontainer (IT), Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino (IT), IFFR -International Film Festival Rotterdam (NLD), DAF (CHE), Strangloscope (BR), Torrance Art Museum (USA), Cologne OFF (DE) y muchos otros.
