Polina Zioga Bio

Polina Zioga (born in Athens, Greece) is a multimedia visual artist working mainly with digital technologies and new media, creating prints, videos and installations.

As a child, she was frequently visiting her father’s research laboratory. The testing tubes and the microscopes, through which she was observing cells and microorganisms, were for her an infinite “game” of exploration and fantasy. Later she found herself studying at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (graduated in 2002) and immediately afterwards at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Painting and Photography (graduated in 2007 magna cum laude).

Today she creates photographic collages and videos of imaginary landscapes combining different techniques and media. She has created stage settings and costumes for theater plays and dance shows and she has organized and curated exhibitions with the Elemental Group. Her work is being presented in art exhibitions, video-art and film festivals.

 

Solo Exhibitions - Presentations

2012 “The Shelter”. Fournos Center for Digital Culture, Athens, Greece.

2009 “Art-Act” art space, presentation – open discussion with G. Kazazis, professor of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.

2008 “Pro-Art” art gallery, Athens, Greece.

Screenings in Video-Art and Film Festivals, Live Visuals Performances

2011 “8th Naoussa International Film Festival”, Naoussa, Greece.

2011 “3rd Moving Frames Festival”, Mytilene (Lesvos island), Greece.

2010 “ProjectOroom – Short Night II”, London.

2010 “International Film Festival of Patras City – 12^th International Panorama of Independent Film and Video Makers”, Patras City, Greece.

2010 “2^nd Moving Frames Festival”, Mytilene, Greece.

2010 “Festival Miden”, Historic Center of Kalamata, Greece.

2010 “Visions from the Future, International Video Contest, second edition 2010 .:Iridescent Worlds:.”, Torino, Italy.

2010 live visuals @ tasman’s live performances & dj sets.

2009 “Moving Frames Festival”, Mytilene (Lesvos island), Greece.

2009 “Videologies”, Tripoli, Greece.

2008 “Platforma Video 08 International Film Festival”, “Technopolis” of Municipality of Athens, Greece.

2008 “Festival Miden”, Historic Center of Kalamata, Greece.

2008 “Athens Video Art Festival”, “Technopolis” of Municipality of Athens, Greece.

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2012 “Ambientarte III: Il mediterraneo, un mare che unisce, un mare che divide”, Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art “Giovanni da Gaeta” & “Associazione 900”, Gaeta, Italy.

2011 “Undisclosed Recipients”, the Art Foundation (taf), Athens, Greece.

2010 “DEPARTURES”, Athinais Cultural Center, Athens, Greece.

2010 “ART-ATHINA 2010”, Arteshop - Booth Μ2, Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo), Faliron Delta, Athens, Greece.

2009 “Graduating Class 2006-2007”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.

2008 “Picture-Space-Action 2”, “Technopolis” of Municipality of Athens, Greece.

2007 “Child”, “Paidon-Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece.

2007 “Conversing with Rembrandt - Young Greek Artists are inspired by the great master’s work”, under the Aegis of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Dora Bakoyannis, “De Haagse Kunstkring”, The Hague, The Netherlands.

2006 "Conversing with Rembrandt-Young artists are inspired by the great master’s work”, under the Aegis of the Royal Netherlands Embassy, exhibition hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Athens, Greece.

2006 “Child”, Chantzikyriakeio foundation, Piraeus, Greece.

2005 “December 1^st and every single day… a day against AIDS”, under the Aegis of the Municipality of Athens, Metro Syntagma exhibition area, Athens, Greece.

2004 “Body and Ancient Drama”, Kronos Factory, Elefsina.

Scholarships – Awards

2005 The Hellenic National Scholarship Foundation: scholarship for studying painting in the Athens School of Fine Arts.