About

Tatiana Mavromati is an Athens based documentary photographer and educator. She has recently began using video as part of her practice. She is interested in themes around migrant cultures and communities, as well as issues related to gender and female labor.

Her photographs have features in Greek and international newspapers and magazines. She has organized, curated and participated in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

She began her career in the photographic community of Photography Circle in Athens (2004). She then went on to develop her documentary practice at the University of South Wales, graduating with an MA in Documentary Photography (2010). She also holds a University degree in Civil Engineering (2003) and a MA in History and Philosophy of Science (2006).

Since 2010 she has taught photography in various public and private settings in Athens. She also was a member of photo agency Hans Lucas (2019-2022).

CV

Education

  • 2008-2009 - MA Documentary photography, University of South Wales, U.K.

Selected exhibitions, presentations, screenings, awards

  • 2024 - Sunday Women book at the Collective Display of Athens Art Book Fair 2024.

  • 2024 - Live-in short film at the μicro competition section of the 9th Beyond the Borders Kastellorizo International Doc Festival.

  • 2024 - Sunday Women book shortlisted for the APhFPick:24 Book Award / Displayed during the 24th Athens Photo Festival at Benaki Museum, Pireos.

  • 2023 - Live-in short film at the 27th PriMed - International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage.

  • 2023 - Live-in short film nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 23th Stockholm Independent Film Festival.

  • 2023 - Live-in short film selected at Alexandria Short Film Festival.

  • 2023 - Live-in short film nominated for Best Director at the 1st Kalamata International Short Doc Film Festival.

  • 2023 - Live-in short film at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.

  • 2022 - Live-in short film at the 1st International Short Films “Theodoros Angelopoulos”.

  • 2022- Live-in at the 24th Thessaloniki Doc Film.

  • 2023 - Sunday women - Stories of Georgian domestic workers in Athens, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Berlin.

  • 2021 - Solo exhibition, Sunday Women - Stories of Georgian domestic workers in Athens, Kamiros, Athens, Greece, with the support of Rosa Luxemburg foundation in Athens.

  • 2018 - Group exhibition, Images of every day life, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece.

  • 2018 - Group exhibition, 24 7 hip hop , Efimerida, Athens, Greece.

  • 2018 - Group presentation, gynaikopaida, Twixt lab, Athens, Greece.

  • 2018 - Selected for MAGNUM PHOTOS portfolio review, London, U.K.

  • 2018 - Portfolio presentation, Benaki Museum, Pireos, Athens, Greece.

  • 2018 - Group exhibition, Each one of us, Poems and Crimes art bar gallery, Athens, Greece.

  • 2017 - Finalist for the group exhibition, Ph21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

  • 2016 - Group exhibition, Ordinary Women, Praxitelous bar gallery, Athens, Greece.

  • 2015 - Finalist in the Start over competition for the Tema mag 4th printed edition, Portugal.

  • 2015 - Solo exhibition, I dreamed of the city, Praxitelous bar gallery, Athens, Greece.

  • 2015 - Finalist in the Lenscratch competition for the Bathing suits and Sunburns online exhibition, U.S.A.

  • 2012 - Portfolio presentation, Benaki Museum, Pireos, Athens, Greece.

  • 2010 - Portfolio presentation, Benaki Museum, Pireos, Athens, Greece.

  • 2010 - Degree Show, Master in Documentary Photography, Turner House Gallery, Wales, U.K.

  • 2008 - Group exhibition, Benaki Museum, Pireos, Athens.

  • 2007 - Portfolio presentation, Benaki Museum, Pireos, Athens.

Press, sites, etc.

Publications

  • 2024 - Sunday women - Stories of Georgian domestic workers in Athens, Futura Books and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Athens.

  • 2018 – Bring the Noise, 15 texts about hip hop, Archive 71 and Teflon magazine.

  • 2012 – But I am the exile, (self-published book) Tiger editions.

  • 2010 – I dreamed of the city: It was a fine day and I wanted to go for a walk, (self-published book) Tiger editions.

Interviews