magdalene kourti

Artist and new media designer, Magdalene Kourti was born in Athens in 1971. Prior to her entrance to the School of Fine Arts, she studied Business at Deree College. A BA in Fine Arts and an MA in Digital Arts have followed, in London, at Wimbledon College of Arts - University of the Arts London and at Metropolitan University respectively. For a short period of time, she studied under D. Mitaras at the Athens School of Fine Arts and under Hundertwasser at the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna/Erasmus. She has participated in group exhibitions and one-woman shows as well as festivals all over the world. In 2000 her video art piece “weightlessness” was broadcasted by BBC at Leicester Square cinemas. In 2004 she won Adobe Distinction at the World Festival of Digital Arts in Australia. Some of her work has been published in the album “Contemporary Greek Art 1974-2004” by the art historian I. Kolokotronis. In 2008 she received the title of “Best Experimental Movie” at the Film Festival in Thermaikos and in 2016 her video art piece “in the light” was screened at Animfest.

Education
1998-1999 London Guildhall University, London,
MAin 3D & 2D Computer Imaging & Animation
1994-1997 Wimbledon School of Art, London, BA Honours in Fine Art
Painting
1995-1996 Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Erasmus, Vienna
1994 ASKT School of Fine Art, Mytaras studio
1990-1993 Deree College, Athens, Bsc in Business Administration

Exhibitions
Solo shows in Greece

2002 MOTER/Institute of Contemporary Art of Rhodes 

2002 Video installation at A.P.Diavasi, Athens
2000 +soda, Athens
1997 TV channel 3, 'The Bill', London 

Solo show abroad 
2000-1 Le Val art gallery, Novosibirsk, Siberia 

Group shows in Greece

2017 Painting exhibition W3
2017 Animfest

2015 In the Light, video art installation
2008 Film Festival in Thermaikos 

2007 Athens Video Art Festival http://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr 2006 Art Park
2006 MEDSOS2006 Athens Video Art Festival http://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr
2005 Micropolis, http://www.netodyssey.gr/micropolis_gr.html
2005 Rodos Pinakotheke, Group art show
2005 Ecofilms festival, Rhodes
2002 MOTER/Institute of Contemporary Art of Rhodes
2001 video installation at a.antonopoulou art gallery, Athens
2001 Athens College, “Kathreptismata”, Athens
2000 Cheap art, Athens 

Group shows abroad 

2005 Art for Nature, Holland 

2005 UNEXPLORED Shortfilmfestival in Vienna 2005 Exhibition “reasons to love the earth”, www.leeuwenbergh.org, Netherlands
2004 IDAA at Melbourne, Australia
2004 ArtExpo Mexico 2004
2003 World art collection “1001 reasons to love the earth” Netherlands, Korea
2003 The world art collection publication, Netherlands
2003 IDAA at Melbourne, Australia
2002 Kondrum at NY, USA
2002 WUK, Austria
2002 Uncovered short film festival, Austria
2002 IFCT North America premiere
2001 Greenwich Film Festival, London
2001 d>art01 screening Dendy Opera Quays, Sydney
2001 screening @ digital-premiere-films.com, London
2001 video installation in cooperation with NPFC, US, Barcelona, Amsterdam
2001 Cheap art at Novosibirsk, Siberia
2001 Dissonanze Festival, Italy

Awards 
2004 IDAA at Melbourne / Australia: Adobe Achievement Award http://www.internationaldigitalart.com/IDAA/04IDAAwin1/pages/05_birthofwave.htm

2008  “Best Experimental Movie” Film Festival in Thermaikos