Anastasia Mina

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Humanities

  Programme

  MA Printmaking, 2014

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  http://www.anastasiamina.com/

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• I work predominantly in the medium of drawing and printmaking. My practice focuses on using found photographic images, usually small and ephemeral, depicting an action or an event. Most of the images are from Cyprus, the place where I come from, and have strong historical and political references. However, I do not wish to criticise or defend an image of Cyprus. My intention is to question and negotiate the narrative behind the image. By manually re-editing the photographic images (covering, erasing, or obscuring them through labor intensive techniques), I aim to remove the image from the event and re-address/re-frame visual historical content.

• Degrees

• Diploma Painting, Athen's School of Fine Arts, 2010; BA Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, 2004–2005

• Experience

• Freelance worker, Artist, technical support for production of simulators for surgical training and assessment, Imperial College London, Department of Surgery and Cancer, 2013–2014; Visiting lecturer, University of Brighton, UK, 2013; Visiting lecturer, University of Northampton, UK, 2013; Art tutor, MC Art Studio, Cyprus, 2010–2012

• Exhibitions

• Wild at heart and weird on top, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, 2014; The disposable image, RCA, London, 2014; Action Field Kodra: Kodra Fresh 2013, Thessaloniki, 2013; Back to Athens 2013: Slipping SignsResurfaces, Hotel Pindaros, Athens, 2013; Bainbridge Open 2013, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, 2013; In-Visible, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, 2013; A Letter to Cyprus, Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art Gallery, Cyprus, 2013; Notes to Self-Thinking aloud and making moves, RCA, 2013; Drawing Hours, Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art Gallery, Cyprus, 2013; Mare Nostrum, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, 2012; The Art of Denial, Haroupomylos Art Gallery, Cyprus, 2012; Slipping Signs, PENINDAPLINENA Contemporary Art Gallery, Cyprus, 2012; Drawing Stories II, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, 2011; ART ATHINA 2011, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Faliro Pavilion, Athens, 2011; Drawing Stories, PENINDAPLINENA Contemporary Art Gallery, Cyprus, 2010

• Awards

• The A.G Leventis Foundation Educational Grant, CY, 2012–2013; The Royal College of Art Fund, 2012–2013; Fine Art Bursaries Award, RCA, 2013 ; Shortlisted, The Kyoto City University of Arts/Royal College of Art Exchange Award, 2013; Erasmus Scholarship, State Scholarship Foundation, Greece, 2009