LAND OF WHIMSY
Biography
Eleni Gemeni is a digital artist and experimental photographer based in Luxembourg. Throughout her career she had pursued fields of study and ideas that have interested her. She studied economics, art & interior design and translation & applied linguistics.
Her abiding love in art and science is manifested in her artworks. She dedicated her free time to exploring cosmos, time, life, nature and everything in between. This is also the journey revealed in her art. Emotions, humor, drama, whimsy, mischief, surrealism, allegory and visionary thinking are her ingredients for her creative artworks. For her digital art, she uses mixed techniques. It's a combination of her own drawings, paintings, sketches, collages and photography, embellished with textures and vintage ephemera.
Photo-montage and experimental photo manipulation play a key role to her creative expression. Her post processing and digital art techniques are exploratory and unconventional, making her art a visual journey that embraces the unexpected. Her creative journey continues also with her experimental photography, analog, instant, digital and mobile. Almost a decade ago she was introduced into the lomography pop style photography. She fell in love with the vintage analog flair of the photographs and started experimenting with her lomo and instant cameras. It was only a matter of time before she decided to step into mobile photography and art.
Today, she is an award-winning artist and photographer. She has also received multiple honorable mentions in mobile digital art and photography in major international juried competitions.
She is a featured artist by PHOTOGRAPHIZE Art platform, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery and Light Space & Time online Art Gallery. Many of her works have also been featured in distinguished art publications, social media, online art galleries and exhibited in Europe (Florence, Porto, Zurich, Milan, Fuerteventura, Venice, Brussels and Barcelona) and in the US (New York, Miami, Palo Alto CA, Savannah GA).
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Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Prints available upon request
Education
2015-2022 Photography and Art Classes: iPhone Photo Academy, Denise Love, iphoneography Central, Luxembourg
2018-2022 Art Classes: Jeanne Oliver, Kara Bullock, eDX, DOMESTIKA, Skillshare Luxembourg
2018-2022 Photography Classes: Rachel Korinek Studio, Kathleen Clemons, Food Photography Club, Joannie Simon Luxembourg
2015-2020 Art classes: Willowing.org, Coursera, Craftsy, Udemy, Julie Prichard Luxembourg
2016-2020 Photography and Art Courses: CreativeLive, Kim Klassen, Laura Valenti, Ivy Newport, Tricia Dewey Luxembourg
2011-2015 Art Classes: MCC, Luxembourg
2011-2013 Mixed media Art Courses: Jen Parks, Shirley Pando, Nancy Lefko, Gail Schmidt, Barbara Joggles Luxembourg
2005-2006 Certificate in Literature and Theatrical Translation, Linguistic Studies Athens, Greece
2003-2004 Diploma in Art and Interior Design, Institute of Interior Design London, United Kingdom
1998-1999 Certificate in Translation Studies , The British Council, University of Birmingham Athens, Greece
1993-1993 SECURITIES MARKET AND PORTFOLIO THEORY, by the Greek-American Educational Foundation of the American College Athens, Greece
1985-1992 University Degree in Economics, The “National and Kapodistrian University of Athens” Athens, Greece
1992-1992 EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING, by the Center of Economic Studies of the Economics University of Athens Athens, Greece
1991-1991 Certificate “REFA - AP 1” by the German REFA Organization and the Hellenic Business Administration Society Athens, Greece
The artist at work
Prizes and Awards
Collective Expositions
2022 ART3F BRUSSELS 2022 - The Art of Portraiture Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2022 "The Path" - LIQUID ARSENAL MADS GALLERY Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
2022 "The Path" - LIQUID ARSENAL MADS GALLERY Milan, Italy
2021 "Where fragility meets resilience" - IMAGES OF RESILIENCE - NADA Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
2021 FEATURED ARTIST in PHOTOGRAPHIZE ART PLATFORM United States
2020 "Together apart" - IN THE MOMENT - NADA (National Association of Digital Artists) Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
2020 "Lost in time" - "IN THE MOMENT" by NADA (National Association of Digital Artists) Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
2018 "Pieced Together", juried exhibition at Sulfur Studios Art Gallery Savannah, Giorgia, United States
2017 "The Equinox Experience Exhibition", juried exhibition NEW ERA MUSEUM FLORENCE, Italy
2017 "Around the corner", TOP 100 WINNERS - MOBILE DIGITAL ARTS CREATIVITY SUMMIT Palo Alto, California, United States
