I was born in 1982 in Greece and graduated in 2007 from the Graphic Design Department of the School of Graphic arts and Artistic Studies of the Athens Technological Institute. I have over 10 years of solid professional experience working as both freelance and in an agency. I have been involved in many different professional assignments including:
· 2D design or illustrations for printed materials, artworking, liaising with customers and printers.
· Visual design for commercial or company presentation webpages, social media and e- shops.
· Product photo shooting and editing.
· Pro bono work by offering my designs to charities and art & culture events.
· Maintaining my own hand-made gifts e-shop by creating and photographing all items and managing the shipment process.(https://www.etsy.com/shop/IPLIhandmade).
I am confident in my creative abilities and have proudly presented my personal work to the public by organizing two private exhibitions in 2009 and 2014, participated in numerous group exhibitions, graphic design competitions and crafts fairs. I adore design and creation and I believe that creativity is a special gift of nature that continuously needs new visions and experiences. For that reason, I actively pursue related activities such as traveling, visiting museums, attending theatre plays and updating myself on cultural trends.
By attending short courses in fields relative to my profession I strive to improve myself and maintain a fresh creative perspective. Short courses and seminars attendance: Graphic Design for Museums (2010), Decoupage for beginners (2011), Manual Bookbinding (2013), Comics masterclass (2015), Old Furniture Renovation (2016), Textiles and surface pattern: drawing and design development (2017), Children’s book illustration (2017).
Illustrations of mine have been published at the 2010 Calendar “World Fairy Tales” of A/synexeia Editions and in 2015 at the Local Development Company of Lesvos Island publication.
Since 2015 I live and work in UK.