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Kalliopi Nikolou

Kalliopi Nikolou

Facial Recognition, ,

MishMash role: Member · WP2

Born in 1977 in Corinth, Greece, I am a visual artist based between Oslo and Corinth. My practice moves between moving image, installation, and research, and combines classical training in painting and material making with computational image systems. I work with both my hands and digital tools, treating media not only as instruments of production but also as ways of seeing and understanding the world. My work focuses on how images are not neutral representations, but systems that organise visibility, attention, and power. I am interested in how technical, social, and cultural infrastructures shape what can be seen, shared, and understood, and what is excluded or made invisible. I hold an MA in Fine Arts from Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (2010), a BA in Audio/Visual from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (2008), and a BA in Fine Arts from the Athens School of Fine Arts (2004), including an Erasmus exchange at Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin (2003). My professional experience includes working in Berlin in 2020 for a large social media company as a content moderator, training facial recognition systems. The experience informs my artistic practice and my interest in how images are classified, sorted, and made legible by machines and institutions. My practice is research-based and often collaborative. I work with moving image, installation, and site-based methods, combining digital processes with manual practices of editing, making, and material construction. My current research focuses on generative AI and archival film, especially early silent cinema and public domain footage. I am interested in how everyday life is shaped by image systems and intersecting technical, social, and cultural infrastructures. These systems do not simply show the world; they actively produce it, organise it, and limit how it can be perceived and understood. My work follows these operations at the level of editing, where meaning is constantly constructed, disrupted, and reconfigured. I have experience in teaching and workshop-based work in artistic and educational contexts. I am the founder and curator of Corinth Art Platform (CAP), a platform for contemporary art and public projects in Corinth, Greece. I also participate in collaborative research practices focused on art, technology, and public space. I am a member of the Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) and the Young Artists’ Society (UKS).