Eliza Soroga is a performance artist and documentary filmmaker from Athens, Greece. She holds an MA in Performance Making (Goldsmiths University of London) and in Cultural Theory (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). Working across forms and artistic languages within Contemporary Art Practice, her work is an attempt to explore the dialogue between everyday life and performance. She wor
ks in a Site-Specific manner, incorporating the reality of the chosen sites. Her works includes performance art, documentary filmmaking, multimedia installations, public art and video art. Eliza was awarded as the Winner in Performance & Video Art section of the 11th International Arte Laguna Prize held in Venice (March 2017) for her work Women in Agony. In 2020, she was awarded from ‘ARTWORKS’ Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship Program. In 2024 she was awarded as a special prize winner from TASA – Taiwan Art Space Alliance | Taiwan for the 18th edition artist residency. Her work has been commissioned by the Ministry of Culture Greece (2024), the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design (2023), The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERTFLIX (2023), NEON Organization (2020) – participation at the work Identity in Between (2021) by RUNONART, Torino Fringe Festival (2022), ZAO EXPO'22 | Togatta Residence 044 | 蔵王町, Mount Zao, Miyagi, Japan (2022), City of Athens for the work digital pagakia [benches] (2019), Athens & Epidaurus Festival (2018), Arts Council England (2013-2017), British Council Newton Grant (2017), the Embassy of Japan in Ireland (2017), Consolato del Giappone di Milano (2017), Dance Ireland, Teatro Espace (Italy) (2017) and the French Institute (2010). Her live performances & video art works have been shown at V&A Museum (London), Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, (Edinburgh), 3331 Arts Chiyoda (Tokyo), National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki, Battersea Arts Centre (London), The City of Athens Visual Arts Center, City of Athens Art Gallery (OPANDA), BAM Biennale Archipelago Mediterraneo (Palermo) participation at the work Identity in Between (2021) by RUNONART, The Yard Theatre (London), Déda (Derby), Rich Mix (London), Chisenhale Dance Space (London), Forum des images (Paris), EYE Film Institute (Nederlands), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France), TANZRAUSCHEN Wuppertal (Germany), Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (Athens) and many more. Her video art and documentary awards: Award winner at Swedish International Film Festival (2024), Semi-finalist at Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF) (2024), honorable mention at Vienna International Film Awards (2024), Educational Film Award, 11th International Archaeological Film Festival- AGON, (May 2022), Best Documentary, West Side Mountains Doc Festival (October, 2019), 12th Athens Avant Garde Film Festival (June 2022), official selection in the best 26 films in Art Film Festival Cannes AVIFF, participation at the film Identity in Between, (May, 2022), finalist at International Films Infest Fest New York City (October, 2019), IDENTITY IN BETWEEN_PRESENTS_ELIZA SOROGA, special mention at the Video Art and Experimental Film Festival New York City (2021), Visions du Réel Film Market (Switzerland, 2023), Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival Film Market (2023), New York City Greek Film Festival (October, 2019), 7th Festival AegeanDocs (October, 2019), 4th International Documenary Festival Beyond Borders Castellorizo (August, 2019), 5th Tribute to Greek Documentary / Greek Film Archive (April 2019), 21st Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 2019), Très Court International Film Festival, Forum des images, Paris (June 2016), Cinedans l Dance on screen Festival, EYE Film Institute Nederlands (March 2016), Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2016, France (February 2016), CONTEMPORARY VENICE – Architectures of Identities International ArtExpo (April, May 2016), It’s Liquid Experimental Cinema and Video Art Festival, Kent (March 2016), VAULT FILM festival, London (February & March 2016), DIY Cultures 2016 Rich Mix London (May 2016), ADAF 2016, 12th Athens Digital Arts Festival VIDEO-ART, Athens (May 2016), German Dance on Screen festival TANZRAUSCHEN Wuppertal (January (2016), Cinedans, LOIKKA, 60secondesdance - Screen Moves Denmark, Screen Dance Festival Sweden & Screen Dance Africa-Capetown. Eliza has worked as a visiting lecturer at Central St Martins, BA Architecture (London), University of East London in collaboration with V&A Museum of Childhood (London), BA Architecture and Design and has collaborated as a visiting tutor with Middle East Technical University (Ankara, BA Architecture) and at the Master’s programme ‘Art & Design for the Public Space’ (University of Porto) and as a lecturer/ studio leader at ‘Rhythm and Movement’, BA in Early Childhood Education (University of West Attica, Athens, Greece). Publications: the Negotiating Performance Architecture as a pedagogical tool, Performing Space Journal, 2024 part of Performing Space Conference 2023, Performance Architecture: Representing Embodiment (April 2021), research seminar on theme 'Human Body as a Design Tool for Spatial Awareness' presented at the at the Umeå School of Architecture (Sweden), ARTWORKS publication, issue 3, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship Program, 2020, Corporal Shapes: A Performative Approach to Space (November 2018) at the Architecture + Design UEL yearbook 2019 (University of East London, UK), Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2023 official Catalogue, works: IN QR WE TRUST, in PQ Performance section, Digital pagakia [benches] in Performance Space Exhibition section curated by Andrew Filmer. 'digital pagakia [benches], GR@PQ - A RARE GATHERING, Exhibition of Countries and Regions, Greek Pavillion Catalogue, Hellenic National Participation in the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2023, p. 122- 123, lecture at the symposium ‘Cities in transition: locality, identity and experience of place’. Organized by University of East London and the Middle East Technical University, supported by the British Council Newton Grant 2017, ‘Re-Inventing Public Spaces, Breakfast on the London Bridge & Women in Agony’, Claiming Space: Subversion by Incursion, Kunstlicht, 3-2017 volume, Journal for Visual Art, Visual Culture and Architecture and ‘’It’s 2016 and I am still trying to find that ‘Beach beneath the street’: Re-Inventing Public Spaces, a Manifesto for Site- Specific- Art.’’ published at Performance Architecture Urbanism Space Theatre group’s website. She worked as the Head of Public Relations at the Athens Avant Garde Film Festival organized by the Greek Film Archive (2018- 2022). Eliza is the Artistic Director and Founder of the Non-Profit Organization Unclassified Actions and co-founder and leader of the Performance Architecture School. She is a member of the Greek Directors Guild and a member of the award-winning Geraldine Pilgrim’s Performance company (UK).
