Chus Martínez is an Art critic and Curator at Sala Rekalde (www.salarekalde.net), a public space in Bilbao dedicated to promoting and raising awareness on contemporary artistic practices. She lives and works in Bilbao, Spain.


Panayiotis Michael was born in Nicosia in 1966. He studied Graphic Arts and Design at the Moscow Academic Art Institute, and Painting at Queens College, New York. Since 1994 he has presented his work in many solo and group shows, in his home country and abroad. He has represented Cyprus in the Rijeka Biennale of Croatia (1998) and the 20th Alexandria Biennale in Egypt (1999), where he was awarded the Jury Prize. Michael is co-founder of Artrageous, (www.artrageousgroup.com), an artist group created in 2004 with the purpose of creating a social-political manifestation that focuses on the role of the artist as an agent of public awareness within a contemporary art context. During the past few years, he lives and works in Nicosia. In Venice, the artist will be showing a series of drawing collages.


Konstantia Sofokleous was born in Limassol in 1974. She studied Graphic Design at the Technological Education Institute of Athens and Internet Technologies at New York University. This year she is to conclude her Master´s degree in Computer Animation at the University of Westminster, London. During the past few years she has participated in various European and international programmes for young artists. Since 1997 she has been working in the field of Graphic Design and Web and Multimedia Development. In Venice, Sofokleous will present two animation movies, traditional and experimental, as well as drawings and storyboards created during the production phase (www.konstantiasofokleous.com).