Sofia Vlazaki - artwork

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Both artists and children use ‘playing’ in order to realize themselves. With this in mind I focus my work in imaginary representations with children’s elements where I try to live moments of this realization. In this case when my work communicates with its audience the real unfolds narratives and applications to the imaginary.

Sofia Vlazaki was born in Khania- Crete in 1978. Y. Markantonakis in Khania and Argyris and Fotou and Stefos in Athens were her first teachers in Painting and Drawing.

From 1996 till 2000 she studied Fine Art: Painting at the Fine Art School of Cardiff in Wales. During the academic year 2000- ’01 she was teaching Painting at the Municipal Cultural Workshop of Khania.

She continued with postgraduate studies in Drawing (2001-’02- Wimbledon School of Art), in Illustration (2002- ’03- Plymouth College of Arts) and in Book Art (2003- ’04- Camberwell College of Arts). In 2003 she gains the Ferdynand Sweig travel scholarship to research Book Art in Tokyo.

She started to illustrate books in 2004 and in 2005 she became a tutor at T.E.I. of Athens where she teaches Book Illustration.

She has presented her work in solo and group shows in Greece, U.K. and Korea. Her work can be found in public and private collections.

She lives and works in Athens.

1993-‘96 Life drawing studies in Khania- Crete and in Athens, Greece.

1997 Foundation Certificate in Art and Design- University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), U.K.

1999 Painting studies at the Fine Art School of Barcelona under Erasmus Programme.

2000 BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Painting)- UWIC.

2002 MA Fine Art: Drawing- Wimbledon School of Art, London.

2003 MA Illustration: Authorial Practice- University of Plymouth, Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, U.K.

2003 ‘The Ferdynand Zweig Travel Scholarship’, University of Plymouth, Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall, U.K. - Research in Book Art in Tokyo - Japan.

2004 MA Book Arts- Camberwell College of Arts- London University of the Arts, London.

2010 ‘Childhood and Family Matters’ along with Lisbeth van Deurs, Danish Institute, Athens.

2009 ‘Childhood and Family Matters’ along with Lisbeth van Deurs, Villa Koundourou, Khania- Crete.

2004 ‘Meeting by chance’ along with Stefanos Rokos, Art gallery ‘Ionos’, Karditsa- Greece.

2001 ‘Children and Toys’, Villa Koundourou, Khania - Crete.

2010 ‘DFX’, Cultural Center of Ermoupolis, Ermoupolis.

2010 Art & Technology: Man and Machine’, Oliverpess, Khania.

2010 ‘Black Jack: 21 Artists’, Casino Rodos, Rodos.

2010 ’52 Contemporary Artists of Khania’, The Municipal Gallery of Khania, Khania and Ermoupoleia, Ermoupolis.

2009 ‘Little Treasures’, Bonicos gallery, Athens.

2007 ‘East and West, Art Space ‘7th Sight’, Khania- Crete.

2007 ‘One Love, 7 Colours and a Wolf’, International Book Exhibition- EKEBI, Thessaloniki and at the exhibition space of the book publishers ‘Metaichmio’, Athens.

2007 ‘The Golden Age’, a.antonopoulou.art gallery, Athens also at the Spiritual Centre of Ermoupolis, Syros.

2006 ‘1st Competition of Children’s Books Illustration’, Aggelon Vima, Athens.

2004 ‘LAB ‘04‘, London Artists Book Fair, ICA, London.

2004 ‘MA Book Arts Final Show’, Camberwell College of Arts, London.

2004 ‘1st Seoul International Book Arts Fair’, Seoul- Korea.

2003 ‘MA Illustration: Authorial Practice Final Show’, Falmouth College of Art, Cornwall.

2003 ‘OIKADE’, Rethymnon Arts Cenrte, show room ‘Melina Merkouri’, Athens.

2003 ‘The Dominant Subject’, Gallery ‘Trigono’, Kifisia- Athens & Chios.

2002 ‘Artists from Khania- May 2002’, The Municipal Gallery of Khania.

2002 ‘MA Fine Art Final Show’, Wimbledon School of Art, London.

2002 ‘Prospects 2002’, Essor Gallery, London.

2002 ‘Discerning eye’, BHF Bank, London.