Sylvia Nicolaides
video
Born in 1984 in Cyprus, Sylvia Nicolaides received her Bachelor’s Fine Arts Degree from Chelsea College of Art and Design (University of the Arts) London and her second Master’s Degree in Audio-Visual Studies in the Academy of Performing Arts, in the Film and Television department (FAMU) in Prague, Czech Republic.
She participated in several group art exhibitions and her films were screened at several film festivals both in Cyprus and internationally. In 2013 she participated in the exhibition ‘Catharsis/Rebirth’ in Paphos, Cyprus and co-directed a short film presentation from it, which was selected and presented in the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of the Michelangelo Pistoletto’s exhibition ‘Annee Un – Le Paradis Sur Terre’. In 2014 she directed the 3D video art ‘Airground’ which was premiered at the 3D Korea Film Festival in Seoul and awarded with the Jury's Special Prize.
She is the co-founder of Kimonos Art Center in Paphos, Cyprus and also co-founder and director of the Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF).
EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2016
Horst Weierstall: From Sign to Action, The Loukia & Michael Zampelas Art Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015
DELHI INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, New Delhi, India
CURRENTS, International New Media Festival, Santa Fe USA
2013
CATHARSIS/REBIRTH, short film pesentation, part of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s exhibition Annee Un – Le Paradis Sur Terre, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
STORIES IN SCREEN, Chiaki Kamikawa Contemporary Art Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus
2012
THE ART OF DENIAL, Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts, Paphos, Cyprus
2011
THE YARD, Center of Performing Arts MITOS, Palio Xidadiko, Limassol, Cyprus
2010
CONDENSATION, Hanbury Hall, Spitalfields, London UK 2009OBSESS(US), The Crypt Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2017
Screening of documentary 'Common Ground', Ibrahim’s Khan, European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017, Pafos, Cyprus
Screening of documentary 'The Alien Trail', Attikon, European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017, Pafos, Cyprus
2016
INDEPENDENT DAYS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Karlsruhe, Germany
UN*DEPENDENCE FILM FESTIVAL, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015
AEGEANDocs INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, Lesvos, Greece
INNSBRUCK NATURE FILM FESTIVAL, Innsbruck, Austria
3rd INTERNATIONAL MOTION FESTIVAL, Nicosia Cyprus
GreenspaceNYC - Films on Sustainability, New York, USA
OZARK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Connecticut, USA
CRAFT IN FOCUS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
VOICES FROM THE WATERS INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING FILM FESTIVAL, Bangalore, India
INTERNATIONAL KUALA LUMPUR ECO FILM FESTIVAL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3D IMAGE FESTIVAL, Lodz, Poland
2014
3D KOREA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Seoul, Korea
LA 3D MOVIE FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, California, USA
LA 3D FILM FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, California, USA
2013
3D PRAGUE FILM FESTIVAL, Prague, Czech Republic
2011
STRANGE SCREEN, 3rd Experimental Film Festival, Center of Performing Arts MITOS, Limassol Cyprus
FAÇADE VIDEO FESTIVAL, Center of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2010
STRANGE SCREEN, 2nd Experimental Film Festival, Center of Performing Arts MITOS, Limassol, Cyprus
AWARDS
2015
Best Fiction Film 'Salvador' - GreenspaceNYC - Films on Sustainability, New York, USA
2014
Jury's Special Prize 'Airground' - 3D KOREA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Seoul, Korea
2010
Chelsea Space Award - Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London UK
http://www.sylvianicolaides.com