Effie Fotaki studied Photography at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Design [T.E.I.] of Athens in Greece and holds an MA degree in Visual Culture from the University of Westminster in London, UK. She specialises in portrait and documentary photography and works extensively with the local community. She lives and works in London.

Some of her clients include Save the Children, the Museum of London and she has worked as a visiting tutor at the London College of Communication. In November 2006 she co-published the book 'Independent London Store Guide' a book on the best independent shops in London (www.independentlondon.com).

 

Exhibitions:

  

16-23/07/08

Joint

AIR @ the Morley College Gallery, London

2 - 28 /10/07 Joint Photomonth 2007 @ the Arts Pavillion, Mile End Park
26/7/07-30/10/07 Personal Community in Portrait-Hackney Libraries
3-13/05/07 Joint APT Gallery [Work selected by Matthew Collings and Emma Biggs]
27/10/06-25/2/07 Joint  ‘Belonging’ at the Museum of London [portraits of Turkish-Kurdish refugees in London]
10/8/06 – 15/10/06 Personal Exhibition of portraits of independent shop owners in an empty Kensington Church St shop
1 – 4/10/04 Personal Platforma Video Festival [Athens – Greece]
22 – 27/11/03 Joint  RCA Secret / Royal College of Art [UK]
14/05 – 14/07/03 Joint Screen West [West London – UK]
1/10 – 30/10/01 Personal Online exhibition hosted by the mexican magazine zonezero [http://www.zonezero.com]
2 – 9 May 2001  Personal Music School of Larissa [Larissa – Greece]