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Biography

Eva Voutsaki is an internationally award winning photographer and educator based in Brighton.

Her studies include a BSc in Law, an MA in Photography, a foundation in Art Therapy and a PGCE in Further Education and a PGCert in Higher Education.

Mythology, memory, fantasy and the unconscious form the basis for her creativity. Her project Traces Within has been awarded honourable mentions at the 2008 and 2009 PX3 Paris Photography Prize competition in the category of fine art student and has been internationally recognized and exhibited among other places at 2009 Arles juried festival Voies Off, 2010 Rome Fotografia Festival in MACRO Museum of Contemporary Arts, BOM gallery in Seoul, Menier and HOST gallery in London. The dummy Traces Within was selected for the F Photobook Show in Tokyo Institute of Photography in 2014.

Since 2008 she has been working collaboratively and intergenerational on the family archives of her tiny village Drakona in Crete. Her dummy Family Photo Sketch Book: The Drakona Block was selected as a finalist for the 2014 Kassel International Photobook Dummy Award (exhibited in Goethe Institute-Ankara, MIA Image Art Fair-Milan, PhotoIreland-Dublin, IED-Madrid, The Photobook Museum-Cologne, Fotogaleriet-Oslo, Le Bal-Paris, Fotoleggendo-Rome, Paraty Em Foco-Paraty, Madalena Workshops-Sao Paolo, FORMAT and Liverpool International Photography Festivals, Athens Photo Festival-Athens.) In 2015 Eva was selected for the Magnum Professional Practice Masterclass in London.

in 2020 Eva self published her book Traces Within which is now part of the following collections and libraries:

The Photobook Museum, Cologne, Germany. 
Reminders Photography Stronghold photobook collection, Tokyo, Japan.
Fotowien collection, Austria. 
Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany.  
Bower Ashton Library collection of Artists' Books, Bristol, UK.
Glasgow School of Art Library.
University of South Wales.
Bournemouth University of Arts. 
Photo-pedagogy collection, UK.
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece. 
Photomentria Photography Centre, Ioannina, Greece.

It has also been exhibited and recognised internationally:

*Editor's pick for Photobookstore, UK and one of their top 10 best selling books for April 2021.
*Arnolfini Gallery 'It's A New Day' exhibition, 2 March-18 April 2021.
*Thessaloniki Photobiennalle, Photobook Boom/The Greek Case October-December 2021.
*Encontros Da Imagem Photobook Competition, finalist 2021.
*Dead Beat Club list of favourite photobooks for 2020

Role

Associate Tutor in Photography