Elia Kalogianni (GR,1995) is a visual artist and filmmaker, born and raised in Athens (Greece). Since 2014, she lives and works in the Netherlands. Her body of work combines (experimental) films, video installations, moving-image essays and photographs, exploring the interchangeable qualities between reality and imagination. Kalogianni’s narratives, selections of archival and other materials, representations of lived and fictional realities, aim for sticking to the gaze of the ones that denied access to it. She often uses found footage which she after deconstructs aiming to redefine the tools of cinematic language. Kalogianni’s practice raises questions varying from tradition and its mnemonic representation to the application of power dynamics and surveillance in the current psychosocial schemes. She is part of the artistic team representing Greece at the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2024 with the audiovisual work “Xirómerο/Dryland”.
Elia Kalogianni
