Bill Balaskas

ISEA Bio(s) Available:

• ISEA2011

  Bill Bal­askasis a Lon­don-based artist work­ing with video and dig­i­tal media. He stud­ied Eco­nom­ics and Busi­ness Ad­min­is­tra­tion be­fore de­cid­ing to com­pletely change di­rec­tion by study­ing film and video at the Royal Col­lege of Art, in Lon­don. His work has been widely ex­hib­ited in­ter­na­tion­ally. Re­cent and forth­com­ing solo ex­hi­bi­tions in­clude pre­sen­ta­tions at In­sti­tut Français de Thes­sa­lonique, Greece (2011); Jew­ish Mu­seum, Lon­don; and Sketch Gallery, Lon­don (both 2010). Re­cent and forth­com­ing group ex­hi­bi­tions and screen­ings in­clude pre­sen­ta­tions at Eliz­a­beth Foun­da­tion for the Arts, New York (2011); Musée des Abat­toirs, Toulouse; British Film In­sti­tute, Lon­don; Werk-Raum Gallery, Berlin; and A Foun­da­tion, Liv­er­pool (all 2010). Bill Bal­askas is, also, an awarded short fic­tion writer (British Coun­cil of Greece, 2005) and screen­writer (World­fest Hous­ton In­ter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val, 2006).

Website:

• http:// billbalaskas.com/

Moderator:

• 2011 Overview: From New Media to Old Utopias: ‘Red’ Art in Late Capitalism?