FOTEINOPOULOS THEODOROS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Theodoros Foteinopoulos
Visual Artist / Author
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Visual Artist, Director, and Author with an interdisciplinary background combining Human Sciences (BSc in Psychology) and Fine Arts (Triple Licence in Cinema, Theatre, and Visual Arts from Université Paris 8).
Grounded in a scientific understanding of human behavior and the principles governing the structuring of emotion, I specialize in creating audiovisual works, texts, performances, and visual art series characterized by deep psychological mapping and comprehensive artistic curation.
I have studied under internationally renowned mentors and creators, including direct collaborators of J. L. Godard and J. Grotowski.
Honors & Awards
Honorable Mention 2016 - Photography Award
MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards
Honorable Mention 2016 - Poetry Award
Greek Society of Literature (PEL)
Honorable Mention 2016 - Poetry Award
Kelaino Literary Magazine
Education
Université de Vincennes- Saint Denis Paris 8, Paris
Bachelor in Plastic Arts
(Licence Arts Plastiques)
Key Faculty / Referees:
Julien Prévieux (Internationally renowned conceptual artist, winner of the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp 2014 — Experimental workshops, performance, and contemporary visual arts practices)
Ye Xin (Internationally acclaimed Chinese painter and calligrapher, with artworks in the permanent collections of the British Museum & Musée Guimet — Drawing workshops and traditional techniques)
Marc-André Figuères (MA2F) (Internationally recognized sculptor and visual artist — Lifecasting/moulage workshops, body imprints, and solar-light theory)
Gwenola Wagon (Internationally recognized visual artist and director — Digital media, video installations, and interactive cinema)
François Jeune (Renowned French abstract painter with international exhibitions — Contemporary painting practices and artistic creation theory)
Roberto Barbanti (Pioneering art theorist and founder of "Eco-aesthetics" [Éco-esthétique] — Intersecting arts, technology, and ecology)
Skills:
Drawing techniques
Painting techniques
Molding- casting techniques
Photography (shooting techniques, digital retouching, photo editing)
Introduction to graphic design
Multimedia creation and production
Exhibitions principles (selection of works, mediation, communication and scenography)
Université de Vincennes - Saint Denis Paris 8, Paris
Bachelor of Theatre Performing Arts
(Licence Arts du Spectacle Théâtral)
Key Faculty / Referees:
Michelle Kokosowski (Leading figure in world theatre, transmitter of contemporary theatrical practices — Direct student and collaborator of Jerzy Grotowski and Giorgio Strehler)
Jean-Marie Pradier (Professor and co-director of the department, founder of Ethnoscenology in Europe — Theatre anthropology and biological foundations of performance)
Philippe Tancelin (Iconic philosopher, poet, and founding member of the department — Aesthetic philosophy and poetics of political theatre)
Claude Buchvald (Director, official expert and muse of Valère Novarina's work — Direction of acting and directing workshops)
Skills:
Staging / blocking
Direction of actors
Dramatic forms and scriptwriting
Dramatization of space
Lessons of orality
Dramatic play
Exercises of improvisation
Filming theatrical creations
Installation - event - performance
Université de Vincennes- Saint Denis Paris 8, Paris
Bachelor in Cinematography, Film and Video Production
(Licence Arts du Spectacle Cinématographique)
Key Faculty / Referees:
Jean-Henri Roger (Filmmaker and director of photography, historical collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard — Practice of cinematography and aesthetics of the image)
Dominique Villain (Leading theorist and author — Aesthetics of framing, theory and practice of film editing)
Dominique Willoughby (History of cinematic techniques, avant-garde cinema, and internationally renowned experimental animation)
Skills:
Technical acquisition: Film director
Technical acquisition: Assistant director
Blocking / staging
Storyboarding
Editing and post production (mach cuts - technical cutting - sound editing – color correction – animation)
Scriptwriting / analysis of scenarios / principles of writing
Methods of evaluation of a project: story, characters, scenery, atmosphere
Preproduction and preparation for filming
Location scouting
Introduction to the sound
Shooting in 16mm
Video framing techniques / Camera Operator (frame, light, perspective, composition)
Introduction in After Effects
University of Wales - British Hellenic College, Athens
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Core Modules & Areas of Focus:
Cognitive Psychology: think and language
Sensation and Perception
Theories of personality
Social psychology
Communication techniques
Group counselling, theory, techniques and practice
Group psychotherapy, theory, techniques and practice
Health / Biological / Abnormal Psychology
Child / Adolescent and Adult Developmental Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Research and statistical methods (statistical software SPSS)
Seminars - Workshops
Université de Vincennes - Saint Denis Paris 8, Paris
Musical dramaturgy, Musical technicalities, (hearing, intonation, writing)
400 hours of coursework
Core Modules:
Hearing and musical Dictation
Introduction to Intonation
Introduction to Writing and music Composition
Voice workshop
Choir direction
Music dramaturgy
Educational and training Centre “IEK”, Athens
Costume and fashion design (styling, drawing, history of fashion)
100 hours of coursework
Core Modules:
Styling
Drawing
History of fashion
Family Therapy Centre, Athens
Theories of personality - Group therapy
200 hours of coursework
Core Modules & Areas of Focus:
Introduction to group therapy and family therapy (systemic approach).
Assessment / Rating / Interpretation of WISC, WAIS and MMPI Psychometric Tests.
Study of the main theories of personality (psychoanalytic, neo-psychoanalytic, cognitive, person-centered and behavioral approach).
'Simulation' and role-playing exercises.
Languages
English
Full professional proficiency
French
Full professional proficiency
Greek
Native or bilingual proficiency
Experience
Visual Artist
Realization of my photographic series (shooting, digital retouching).
Realization of my paintings series (drawing, ink, gouache, digital).
Photographer (Participation in Collective Exhibition)
Galerie Beauté Du Matin Calme, Paris
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Collective exhibition (participation with photographic series)
Director-Editor / Production Assistant
Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris
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Filming
performances, concerts, exhibitions, interviews and attractions.
Realization and editing of emotional teasers. Governed audiovisual live
performance (cables sound, cables video, mounting / disassembly video
projectors).
'Making' Off Camera Operator / Stage Manager
CL Production LTD, Athens
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"Making Off" camera operator: (video camera: Panasonic AG-DVX100BE).
Stage management, providing assistance to the Cameraman, Boom Operator and Chief Machinist.
(Award for best drama series, best photography, best set design, best dramatic actor 2009).
"Kostas Karyotakis" Television serie (production for the National TV Channel of Greece "ET-1").
Projects
Editor, Web Photo-documentary "The Greek paradox"
Editor
Director & Photographer: Zoi Psaroudaki, Paris.
Co-Director / Actor
April 2009
Show "Poetics of May", texts by poet Philippe Tancelin.
Théâtre de l’Epée de Bois & Université de Paris 8, Paris.
Director-Editor, Short film "Petit clin d’œil à Georges Perec”
Director-Editor
Short film "Petit clin d’œil à Georges Perec”, for Paris 8 students.
Théâtre de l’Epée de Bois, Paris.
Actor, Show "Vous qui habitez le temps" by Valére Novarina
Actor
Show "Vous qui habitez le temps" by Valére Novarina under the direction of Claude Buchvald. Théâtre de l’Epée de Bois, Paris.
Role: "Chercheur de Falbala".
Chief-operator Assistant, Short film "SweetDreams"
Chief-operator Assistant
Help through light installations, handling of lighting and electrical equipment.
Director: S. Rosario, Paris.
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