Eliza
Soroga is a performance artist, video art and documentary filmmaker from Athens, Greece. She holds an MA in Performance
Making (Goldsmiths University of London) and in Cultural Theory (National
University of Athens).
Working
across forms and artistic languages within Contemporary Art Practice, her work
is an attempt to explore the dialogue between everyday life and Performance.
She works in a Site-Specific manner, incorporating the reality of the chosen
sites.
Eliza
was awarded as the Overall Winner in Performance & Video Art section of the
11th International Arte Laguna Prize held in Venice (March 2017) for her work
Women in Agony. In 2020, she was awarded from ‘ARTWORKS’ Stavros Niarchos
Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship Program in the discipline ‘Visual
Arts’.
Her
work has been commissioned by Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (2023), The Hellenic Broadcasting
Corporation ERTFLIX
(2023) for the documentary The story of a burning peach, the Ministry of Culture (Greece) & NEON
Organization (2020) – participation at the work Identity in Between
(2021) by RUNONART, Torino Fringe Festival (My job
interviews, 2022), ZAO EXPO'22 | Togatta Residence 044 | 蔵王町,
Mount Zao, Miyagi, Japan (2022), City of Athens
(2019), Athens & Epidaurus Festival (2018), Arts Council England
(2013-2017), British Council Newton Grant (2017), the Embassy of Japan in
Ireland (2017), Consolato del Giappone di Milano (2017), Dance Ireland, Teatro
Espace (Italy) (2017) and the French Institute (2010).
Her
live performances & video art works have been shown at V&A Museum
(London), Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, (Edinburgh), 3331 Arts
Chiyoda (Tokyo), National
Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki, Battersea Arts Centre (London), The City of Athens
Visual Arts Center, BAM Biennale Archipelago Mediterraneo (Palermo) participation
at the work Identity in Between (2021) by RUNONART, The Yard Theatre (London), Déda (Derby), Rich Mix
(London), Chisenhale Dance Space (London), Forum des images (Paris), EYE Film
Institute (Nederlands), Clermont-Ferrand International Short
Film Festival (France), TANZRAUSCHEN Wuppertal
(Germany), Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (Athens) and many more.
Her video
art and documentary awards:
Educational Film Award, 11th International
Archaeological Film Festival- AGON, (May 2022), Best Documentary, West
Side Mountains Doc Festival (October, 2019), 12th
Athens Avant Garde Film Festival (June 2022), official selection in the best 26 films in Art Film Festival Cannes
AVIFF, participation at the film Identity in Between, (May, 2022), finalist at International Films Infest Fest New York City (October, 2019), IDENTITY IN BETWEEN_PRESENTS_ELIZA
SOROGA, special mention at the Video Art and Experimental Film Festival New
York City (2021), New York City Greek Film Festival
(October, 2019), 7th Festival AegeanDocs (October, 2019), 4th International Documenary Festival Beyond Borders
Castellorizo (August, 2019), 5th Tribute to Greek Documentary /
Greek Film Archive (April 2019), 21st Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March
2019), Très Court International Film Festival, Forum des images, Paris (June
2016), Cinedans l Dance on screen Festival, EYE Film Institute Nederlands
(March 2016), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2016, France
(February 2016), CONTEMPORARY VENICE – Architectures of Identities
International ArtExpo (April, May 2016), It’s Liquid Experimental Cinema and
Video Art Festival, Kent (March 2016), VAULT FILM festival, London (February
& March 2016), DIY Cultures 2016 Rich Mix London (May 2016), ADAF 2016,
12th Athens Digital Arts Festival VIDEO-ART, Athens (May 2016), German Dance on
Screen festival TANZRAUSCHEN Wuppertal (January (2016), Cinedans, LOIKKA,
60secondesdance - Screen Moves Denmark, Screen Dance Festival Sweden &
Screen Dance Africa-Capetown.
Eliza has
worked as a visiting lecturer at Central St Martins, BA Architecture (London),
University of East London in collaboration with V&A Museum of Childhood
(London), BA Architecture and Design and has collaborated as a visiting tutor
with Middle East Technical University (Ankara, BA Architecture) and at the
Master’s programme ‘Art & Design for the Public Space’ (University of
Porto) and as a lecturer/ studio leader at ‘Rhythm and Movement’, BA in Early
Childhood Education (University of West Attica, Athens,
Greece).
Eliza is the
Artistic Director and Founder of the Non Profit Organization Unclassified
Actions and co-founder and leader of the Performance Architecture School. She
is a member of the Greek
Directors Guild.
During the last few years, she
has been collaborating with the Athens Avant Garde Film Festival organized by
the Greek Film Archive.
www.elizasoroga.com
www.performarch.com