KONSTANTIA SOFOKLEOUS Born in Limassol, Cyprus. Lives and works in Limassol
FILMOGRAPHY 2008 new film preproduction drawings
2007/8 "Cross Stitch Kit" variations. 2D Computer Animation info coming soon
2007 "Platform". 3D CG Animation / Compositing
2005 "Popular Children's Poem". Hand-Drawn Animation
2005 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Hand-Drawn Animation
2003 "Glouglou II". 3D CG Character Animation on going
2002 "Glouglou". Pencil Outlines / 2D Computer Animation
EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS, SCREENINGS 2008 “Digital Media 1.0". Valencia, Spain
2008 Athens Video Art Festival 08. Technopolis. Athens, Greece
2008 "Honoured Guest". 2nd Moscow International Festival of Art 'Traditions and Contemporaneity'. Moscow, Russia
2008 "Ideodrome". Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus
2007 Platforma Video7 Film Festival - audience prize competitive category. Athens, Greece
2007 9th International Biennial of Illustration - The 44th Golden Pen of Belgrade. Gallery Progres. Belgrade, Serbia
2007 3rd Digital Art Festival. Rosario, Argentina
2007 "net.NET I". 1st Netart series. NewMediaFest2007 - JavaMuseum. Germany. Curated by W.A. de Cologne
2007 "Ideodrome: Invisible Spaces". Limassol Old Pier, Cyprus. Initiated by Adonis Florides, NeMe
2007 "Public Screen". 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Greece. Curated by Syrago Tsiara
2007 Art Tech Media 1st International Congress, Art & New Media. Spain
2007 2nd Athens.Animfest 07. European Animation Festival. European Animation Center. Greece
2007 4th Festival of Cypriot Short Films and Documentaries. Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture - Rialto. Cyprus
2007 Limassol Cine Club. Othellos 2 Cinema. Limassol, Cyprus
2006 Greek State Cinema Awards - Nominee. Greece
2006 The Festival of Drama on the Road. Trianon Film Center. Athens, Greece
2006 29th Short Film Festival of Drama - competitive category. Drama, Greece
2006 "Screens: Telling Stories". Contemporary Cypriot Film and Video Art. Patras 2006 European Capital of Culture, Greece & Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus. Curated by Antonis Danos
2006 8th International Panorama of Independent Film and Video. Patras 2006 European Capital of Culture. Greece
2006 1st Cyprus International Film Festival. Cyprus
2006 "60 Seconds Well Spent". Fine Art Fair Frankfurt - Frankfurter Kunstverein. Germany. Curated by Chus Martinez
2006 Post Venice Talk screening. Kasteliotissa Hall. Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 18th Seagate Foyle Film Festival - Best Short Animation competitive category. Derry, Northern Ireland
2005 Balkanima 2nd International Animated Film Festival - Panorama of European Films. Belgrade, Serbia Montenegro
2005 "Gravy Planet". 51st Venice Biennale - Cyprus Pavilion. Venice, Italy. Curated by Chus Martinez
TEXTS 2005 'Who cares for you?' by Lars Bang Larsen
2005 'In conversation'. Konstantia Sofokleous & Chus Martinez
ACTIVITIES, PRIZES 2007 The Saatchi Gallery Your Gallery Critic's Choice Top 10 Artists chosen by Ana Finel Honigman, 7th May -13th May
2006 Nominated for the netarts.org 2006 prize of the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts. Tokyo, Japan
2004 Cyprus Young Artists' visit in Almeria, Spain. The Spanish Youth Institute and the Cyprus Youth Board
1989 Represented Young Cypriot Artists in a Cyprus public broadcasting corporation (CyBC) TV production
1989 First prize at the Pancyprian Young Artists' Painting Competition for peace
EDUCATION 2006 3D Games Development - Motion Capture - AI and AL. CIANT & FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Master of Science in Computer Animation with Distinction. University of Westminster, London, UK
2001 Internet Technologies with Distinction. New York University (NYU), USA
1996 Graphic Design. School of Graphic Arts and Design. Technological Educational Institute, Athens, Greece
EDUCATION AWARDS 2006 European Community MEDIA programme Scholarship
2006 CIANT International Centre for Art and New Technologies of Prague Scholarship
2001 Fulbright Commission CASP STT Grant
1995 EEC Commet II Grant
1991 IKY State Scholarships Foundation of Greece Scholarship
1991/1990/1989 Academic Excellence Diplomas for excellent conduct and attainment by the trustees of the Greek schools of Limassol
COMMERCIAL Freelance Animation, Illustration, Interactive Animated Games/Educational Media/Websites,Teaching
Designed and developed the interactive email campaign 'What's your Shower Type' for Hansgrohe Cyprus
Designed and developed the interactive game ‘Carlsberg Tap Game’ for Carlsberg Cyprus
Designed and developed the introductory animation for the interactive game 'Apantise-Kerdiste' for Carlsberg Cyprus
Designed and developed the animation proposals and the dynamic interactive layout for the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Point Information Multimedia Stations
Developed the Organon Middle East interactive CD-Rom for the 2nd Fertility Experts Meeting in the Czech Republic
PRESS 2006 Dall' oblio #12, Polumnia Writing, Netherlands. Je n'ai jamais vu d'édition d' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland sans illustrations. Les illustrations de Sofokleous sont, néanmoins, entièrement originales et bien choisies. La montre, par exemple, représente le Rabbit ...
2005 Lookout Magazine, Italy. Fuori dai Giardini e dall' Arsenale vi aspettano vere sorprese. Tipo: Kiki Smith ..., le bamboline disegnate da Konstantia Sofokleous al padiglione Cipro
2005 Plumart Art Magazine, France. Un parcours féminin. Parmi les 90 artistes présents dans cette 51e biennale, nous avons choisi quelques femmes, artistes internationalement reconnues ou moins connues, ... Konstantia Sofokleous propose une installation qui mêle les références explicites à Alice aux Pays des Merveilles et à des contes d'enfants populaires ...
2005 Art Post.Info, Canada. The Cyprus Pavilion
2005 Kunstbeeld Art Magazine, Netherlands. KB in Venezia #6, Presentatie Cyprus - Konstantia Sofokleous 1, - Konstantia Sofokleous 2,Kijken / kunstenaars
2005 Sekcja Art Magazine, Poland. 51. Venice Biennale, National Pavilions reviews, Cyprus
2005 International Contemporary Art Wales. Next exhibition, Gravy Planet from Cyprus, a small but powerful exhibition... an animated video by Konstantia Sofokleous expressing the influence of fairy stories on our psyche powerfully put across by the use of a child reciting a gory piece of a nursery rhyme where her doll had lost an eye, as an accompaniment to animated drawings.
2005 Le Monde, France. Chypriotes et Lettons bousculent les grandes nations. Konstantia Sofokleous, aux étranges dessins animés ...
ARTICLES 2006 'Playing with Images'. Article by N. Orphanou. Simerini newspaper, Patras, Greece
2006 'Artist at the Biennale'.Clarion 173, University of Westminster Press, UK
2005 'Nine to five'. Interview by V. Georgiadou. Cosmopolitan Cyprus, no. 59
2005 'A Cartoon Story'. Article by M. Masoura. Madame Figaro Cyprus, no. 8
2005 'Chypriotes et Lettons bousculent les grandes nations'. Article by Ph. Dagen. Le Monde, France
2005 'Creating a New Space'. Article. Eleftherotypia newspaper, Greece
2005 'Gravy Planet'. Article. Politis newspaper, Cyprus
2005 'A World Drawing'. Article. Phileleftheros newspaper, Cyprus
2005 'Their Own New Space'. Article. Haravgi newspaper, Cyprus
CATALOGUES 2007 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. State Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece
2007 4th Festival of Cypriot Short Films and Documentaries. Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
2006 29th Short Film Festival of Drama. Ministry of Culture of Greece, Municipality of Drama
2006 Screens: Telling Stories. Contemporary Cypriot Film and Video Art. Limassol Municipality, Cyprus
2005 Balkanima 2nd International Animated Film Festival. Serbia Montenegro: "Students' City" Cultural Center
2005 Participating Countries - Collateral Events. La Biennale di Venezia-51. International Art Exhibition. Italy: Marsilio
2005 Gravy Planet, Cyprus in Venice. Biennale di Venezia - 51. International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Revolver Verlag/Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS State Art Gallery, Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
FILMOGRAPHY 2008 new film preproduction drawings
2007/8 "Cross Stitch Kit" variations. 2D Computer Animation info coming soon
2007 "Platform". 3D CG Animation / Compositing
2005 "Popular Children's Poem". Hand-Drawn Animation
2005 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Hand-Drawn Animation
2003 "Glouglou II". 3D CG Character Animation on going
2002 "Glouglou". Pencil Outlines / 2D Computer Animation
EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS, SCREENINGS 2008 “Digital Media 1.0". Valencia, Spain
2008 Athens Video Art Festival 08. Technopolis. Athens, Greece
2008 "Honoured Guest". 2nd Moscow International Festival of Art 'Traditions and Contemporaneity'. Moscow, Russia
2008 "Ideodrome". Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus
2007 Platforma Video7 Film Festival - audience prize competitive category. Athens, Greece
2007 9th International Biennial of Illustration - The 44th Golden Pen of Belgrade. Gallery Progres. Belgrade, Serbia
2007 3rd Digital Art Festival. Rosario, Argentina
2007 "net.NET I". 1st Netart series. NewMediaFest2007 - JavaMuseum. Germany. Curated by W.A. de Cologne
2007 "Ideodrome: Invisible Spaces". Limassol Old Pier, Cyprus. Initiated by Adonis Florides, NeMe
2007 "Public Screen". 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Greece. Curated by Syrago Tsiara
2007 Art Tech Media 1st International Congress, Art & New Media. Spain
2007 2nd Athens.Animfest 07. European Animation Festival. European Animation Center. Greece
2007 4th Festival of Cypriot Short Films and Documentaries. Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture - Rialto. Cyprus
2007 Limassol Cine Club. Othellos 2 Cinema. Limassol, Cyprus
2006 Greek State Cinema Awards - Nominee. Greece
2006 The Festival of Drama on the Road. Trianon Film Center. Athens, Greece
2006 29th Short Film Festival of Drama - competitive category. Drama, Greece
2006 "Screens: Telling Stories". Contemporary Cypriot Film and Video Art. Patras 2006 European Capital of Culture, Greece & Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus. Curated by Antonis Danos
2006 8th International Panorama of Independent Film and Video. Patras 2006 European Capital of Culture. Greece
2006 1st Cyprus International Film Festival. Cyprus
2006 "60 Seconds Well Spent". Fine Art Fair Frankfurt - Frankfurter Kunstverein. Germany. Curated by Chus Martinez
2006 Post Venice Talk screening. Kasteliotissa Hall. Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 18th Seagate Foyle Film Festival - Best Short Animation competitive category. Derry, Northern Ireland
2005 Balkanima 2nd International Animated Film Festival - Panorama of European Films. Belgrade, Serbia Montenegro
2005 "Gravy Planet". 51st Venice Biennale - Cyprus Pavilion. Venice, Italy. Curated by Chus Martinez
TEXTS 2005 'Who cares for you?' by Lars Bang Larsen
2005 'In conversation'. Konstantia Sofokleous & Chus Martinez
ACTIVITIES, PRIZES 2007 The Saatchi Gallery Your Gallery Critic's Choice Top 10 Artists chosen by Ana Finel Honigman, 7th May -13th May
2006 Nominated for the netarts.org 2006 prize of the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts. Tokyo, Japan
2004 Cyprus Young Artists' visit in Almeria, Spain. The Spanish Youth Institute and the Cyprus Youth Board
1989 Represented Young Cypriot Artists in a Cyprus public broadcasting corporation (CyBC) TV production
1989 First prize at the Pancyprian Young Artists' Painting Competition for peace
EDUCATION 2006 3D Games Development - Motion Capture - AI and AL. CIANT & FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 Master of Science in Computer Animation with Distinction. University of Westminster, London, UK
2001 Internet Technologies with Distinction. New York University (NYU), USA
1996 Graphic Design. School of Graphic Arts and Design. Technological Educational Institute, Athens, Greece
EDUCATION AWARDS 2006 European Community MEDIA programme Scholarship
2006 CIANT International Centre for Art and New Technologies of Prague Scholarship
2001 Fulbright Commission CASP STT Grant
1995 EEC Commet II Grant
1991 IKY State Scholarships Foundation of Greece Scholarship
1991/1990/1989 Academic Excellence Diplomas for excellent conduct and attainment by the trustees of the Greek schools of Limassol
COMMERCIAL Freelance Animation, Illustration, Interactive Animated Games/Educational Media/Websites,Teaching
Designed and developed the interactive email campaign 'What's your Shower Type' for Hansgrohe Cyprus
Designed and developed the interactive game ‘Carlsberg Tap Game’ for Carlsberg Cyprus
Designed and developed the introductory animation for the interactive game 'Apantise-Kerdiste' for Carlsberg Cyprus
Designed and developed the animation proposals and the dynamic interactive layout for the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Point Information Multimedia Stations
Developed the Organon Middle East interactive CD-Rom for the 2nd Fertility Experts Meeting in the Czech Republic
PRESS 2006 Dall' oblio #12, Polumnia Writing, Netherlands. Je n'ai jamais vu d'édition d' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland sans illustrations. Les illustrations de Sofokleous sont, néanmoins, entièrement originales et bien choisies. La montre, par exemple, représente le Rabbit ...
2005 Lookout Magazine, Italy. Fuori dai Giardini e dall' Arsenale vi aspettano vere sorprese. Tipo: Kiki Smith ..., le bamboline disegnate da Konstantia Sofokleous al padiglione Cipro
2005 Plumart Art Magazine, France. Un parcours féminin. Parmi les 90 artistes présents dans cette 51e biennale, nous avons choisi quelques femmes, artistes internationalement reconnues ou moins connues, ... Konstantia Sofokleous propose une installation qui mêle les références explicites à Alice aux Pays des Merveilles et à des contes d'enfants populaires ...
2005 Art Post.Info, Canada. The Cyprus Pavilion
2005 Kunstbeeld Art Magazine, Netherlands. KB in Venezia #6, Presentatie Cyprus - Konstantia Sofokleous 1, - Konstantia Sofokleous 2,Kijken / kunstenaars
2005 Sekcja Art Magazine, Poland. 51. Venice Biennale, National Pavilions reviews, Cyprus
2005 International Contemporary Art Wales. Next exhibition, Gravy Planet from Cyprus, a small but powerful exhibition... an animated video by Konstantia Sofokleous expressing the influence of fairy stories on our psyche powerfully put across by the use of a child reciting a gory piece of a nursery rhyme where her doll had lost an eye, as an accompaniment to animated drawings.
2005 Le Monde, France. Chypriotes et Lettons bousculent les grandes nations. Konstantia Sofokleous, aux étranges dessins animés ...
ARTICLES 2006 'Playing with Images'. Article by N. Orphanou. Simerini newspaper, Patras, Greece
2006 'Artist at the Biennale'.Clarion 173, University of Westminster Press, UK
2005 'Nine to five'. Interview by V. Georgiadou. Cosmopolitan Cyprus, no. 59
2005 'A Cartoon Story'. Article by M. Masoura. Madame Figaro Cyprus, no. 8
2005 'Chypriotes et Lettons bousculent les grandes nations'. Article by Ph. Dagen. Le Monde, France
2005 'Creating a New Space'. Article. Eleftherotypia newspaper, Greece
2005 'Gravy Planet'. Article. Politis newspaper, Cyprus
2005 'A World Drawing'. Article. Phileleftheros newspaper, Cyprus
2005 'Their Own New Space'. Article. Haravgi newspaper, Cyprus
CATALOGUES 2007 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. State Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece
2007 4th Festival of Cypriot Short Films and Documentaries. Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
2006 29th Short Film Festival of Drama. Ministry of Culture of Greece, Municipality of Drama
2006 Screens: Telling Stories. Contemporary Cypriot Film and Video Art. Limassol Municipality, Cyprus
2005 Balkanima 2nd International Animated Film Festival. Serbia Montenegro: "Students' City" Cultural Center
2005 Participating Countries - Collateral Events. La Biennale di Venezia-51. International Art Exhibition. Italy: Marsilio
2005 Gravy Planet, Cyprus in Venice. Biennale di Venezia - 51. International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Revolver Verlag/Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS State Art Gallery, Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture
CONTACT
dina_sofokleous@yahoo.com
CLICK-N-DRAG Last updated 31 July 2008. Dolls, dolls, dolls. Click on titles to view the Films' pages
Artwork, Website Design and Development by Konstantia Sofokleous © 2006-2008. All rights reserved
CLICK-N-DRAG Last updated 31 July 2008. Dolls, dolls, dolls. Click on titles to view the Films' pages
Artwork, Website Design and Development by Konstantia Sofokleous © 2006-2008. All rights reserved