Theofano
multidiplicinary artist from Cyprus based in London
EDUCATION
MA Film, Production Design, London Film School 2008 - 2010
BA Studio Education/ Studio for Interrelated Media with a minor in film (Distinction)
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA, USA 2001 - 2006
idea-centered, interdisciplinary, and non-media specific artistic practice, alongside autonomous and collaborative working strategies and self-governance.
GRANTS/AWARDS
Fulbright Scholarship for BFA degree 2001–2006
Foundation Art Auction Award, Massachusetts College of Art 2005
Critical Studies Award, Massachusetts College of Art 2006
MODELLER/SCULPTOR
Gladiator 2 - Modeller - Designer: Arthur Max - Paramount
Napoleon - Modeller - Designer: Arthur Max - Apple Studios
ADG Award Nomination for Excellence in Production design / period feature film 2024
Oscar Nominee for Production Design 2024
Mission Impossible 7/8 - Concept Modeller- Designer: Gary Freeman - Paramount
ADG Award Nomination 2024 - Excellence in Production design / contemporary feature film
Infinite - Model maker - Designer: Chris Seagers - Paramount
The Witches - Concept Modeller - Designer: Gary Freeman - Warner Bros
The King's Man - Sculptor - Designer Darren Gilford - Marv Films
The Crown - Season 3 and 4 - Propmaker - Designer Martin Childs - Netflix
Death on the Nile - Model maker - Designer Jim Clay - Fox
Spider-man: Far from Home - Model maker - Designer Claude Pare - Sony
Artemis Fowl - Model maker - Designer: Jim Clay - Disney
Tomb Raider Sequel - Model maker - Designer: Gary Freeman - Warner Bros
Jurassic World 2 - Model maker - Designer: Andy Nicholson - Universal Pictures
Murder on the Orient Express - Model maker - Designer: Jim Clay - Fox UK Productions
ADG Award Nomination 2017 - BFDD Award for Best Production design 2018
Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Model maker - Designer: Darren Gilford - Marv Films
BFDD Award for Best Production design 2017
Allied - Model maker - Designer: Gary Freeman - Paramount Pictures
Assassin’s Creed - Model maker - Designer: Andy Nicholson - Twentieth Century Fox
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – Model maker - Designer: Gemma Jackson - Warner Bros
Alice Through the Looking Glass – Sculpture /Modeller - Designer: Dan Hennah - Disney
Star Wars VII – Junior Model maker - Designer: Rick Carter, Darren Gilford - Lucas Films
Bafta Winner for best Production Design 2016
Kingsman: The Secret Service - Junior Model maker - Designer: Paul Kirby - Marv Films
Kick Ass 2 - Junior Model maker - Designer: Russell Del Rosario - Plan B Entertainment
Radio Times Magazine - Prop maker/Set dresser - Christmas Edition for Call the Midwife - BBC
Les Miserables – BBC Design Scheme - Designer: Eve Stewart - Working Title
Bafta Winner for Production Design 2013, Oscar Nominee for Best Production Design 2013
Evros: The Crossing River - Set and Costume Designer - Director Sara Amini - Seemia
Theater, funded by the Arts Council of England, 2019
The Wind - production designer - Director Arash Ashtiani - feature film - producer
Sanam Soleimani, 2022 (in post-production)
Let’s Beat Sepsis, Ghost Town - Art director - Director Nikolaj Belzer - Commercial-
OkayStudio, 2017
The Son - Art director - Director Nikolaj Belzer - short film - OkayStudio, 2017
Bonfire Night - Production designer - Director Arash Ahtiani, short film 2016
‘Magdelena’ music video for the Pixies - Art Director - Director Judy Jacob - Okay Studio, 2014
Woman with the Plastic Flower - Production Designer - Director Christos Massalas,
Greece 2014
Beethoven’s Burst - production designer - Director Ankit Love, music video, Kali Arc 2011
The Dead Are Silent - production designer - Director N. Beltzer, short film, LFS 2010
Only sound remains - production designer - Dir A. Ashtiani, short film, LFS 2010
Salto Mortale - Cinematographer - Director Christos Massalas, 35mm short film, UK
Siraj - production designer - Director S.Gul, short film, LFS 2010
Libertatia - production designer - Director Stefan Bookas, short film, LFS 2009
Our Day will come - art director - Dir J.Tomlin, short film, LFS 2009
Corner Office - production designer - Dir J. Weekes, short 35mm film, LFS2009
Zabriskie Bomb - production designer - Dir M Devetak , LFS 2008
DESIGN PROJECTS
EXHIBITIONS/FESTIVALS
Evros: The Crossing River (Set and Costume Designer) performed in Battersea Arts Center, Camden
Fringe Festival 2017, Vaults Festival London 2018, Arcola Theater and Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018.
It received the Summerhall's Lustrum Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
'Only Sound remains' (production designer) nominated for a BAFTA award in the Short Film Category 2012 and screened at Montreal Film Festival and Munich Film Festival 2012
The National Gallery , screening of my 16mm short film 'Primal Red' 2010 London,UK
Fantasy and Fantasies group photography exhibition, Centre of Fine Art Photography,
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art - 2007, CO, USA
Ninth Annual Madcat Women's International Film Festival - Screening of my short 16mm
hand painted film 'Orange, Red, Erupts’ - 2007, San Fransisco USA
Microcinema International, Independent Exposure, Touring Program Screening of my
short 16mm hand painted film 'Orange, Red, Erupts’ - 2006, USA
BFA Regional Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Screening of my short film ‘ It speaks for itself’ a 16mm hand painted film - 2006, USA
Art and the Official Eye: You've got a way with words, screening of 'It speaks for itself', curated by Saul Levine, Massachusetts College of Art, 2006
5th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, Screening of my short film ‘Orange, Red, Erupts’, Toronto Canada, 2006
‘Hand Made Cinema’ The New England Institute of Art, Boston - Screening of my short 16mm film ‘Orange, Red, Erupts’, USA, 2006
Reconstructing time" group exhibition, installation/sculpture, Godine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, 2006
RELATED COURSES
Silicon Mouldmaking, London Sculpture Workshop Thames Side Studios, Woolich 2024
Sculptural Ceramics, London Sculpture Workshop Thames Side Studios, Woolich 2020
Zbrush for Designers Course, Central Saint Martins Oct-Dec 2018
BBC Design Scheme, a one year design placement across the BBC 2011-12
Berlinale Talent Campus: Production Design Berlin Film Festival - Feb 2011
Costume Masterclass, Costume House Theaterkunst Berlin Film Festival 2011
Building Digital Worlds for the Screen Berlin Film Festival 2011
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Millington Associates - Freelance Fabrication Artist - Nike, House of Fraser, Clarks
M&C Saatchi - 3d visualiser for Ballantine's Brazil 2015
Brickyard VFX - Internship - Training on Autodesk Flame - Boston MA 2007 - 8
Powderhouse Productions - Research Internship
Discovery Channel Series 'Extreme Engineering' Boston MA 2006 - 7
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School - VIA (Video Intervention/Prevention/Assessment Project) Video Editing/Graphics - edited patients' video diaries used for medical research Boston MA 2006 - 7
TEACHING
Visiting Lecturer (Modelmaking for film) - Art & Design Foundation course UAL
led by Lecturer in Architecture & Spatial design L. Englezou, Central Saint Martins, 2013
Sculpture and Beyond workshop - Studio Education program for Grades 11/12 (uk Year 12/13)
Massachusetts College of Art, summer 2006
Adobe Design Suite
Avid - protools - Premiere Pro - Da Vinci for video/sound editing
Rhinoceros 3D / Z-brush / Blender for 3d modelling
Cura for 3d printing