The young artist Loukia Alavanou, a leading international art figure, makes impressive use of 360°immersive video in her works to poignantly address contemporary sociopolitical issues.
Alavanou grew up in 1980s post-dictatorial Greece under the influence of Soviet communism. Her works combine parody of the Soviet propaganda that influenced her early education and criticism of capitalistic Western societies. Alavanou, who studied at London's Royal College of Art, won the prestigious Greek DESTE Prize for young artists for her early works. She has been living and working in Athens since 2018. Her works, which revolve around political, feminist, and psychoanalytic issues, have been widely exhibited in Europe and Asia. In 2021-2022 she was a fellow at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.
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