ATHINA STRATAKI

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Sweden 1964
Athina has been working as a photographer since the late eighties, specializing in advertising and editorial work. Other works include books, international features, public and private decorations and several exhibitions, both in Sweden and abroad. " I embrace the spontaneous, idea driven and unconventional process, working on location with whatever light there is".

PROJECTS, MISSIONS (selection)
2003: Created photographic artworks ("The Four Elements") for the head offices of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises. 2002: Portrayed eight Swedish female writers in a "twisted poetical way" for a satiric book describing working women's condition in the world of advertising. 2002: Portrayed, for the British "Life/The Observer Magazine", three Russian musicians who had performed Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony during the siege of Leningrad in the Second World War. 2001: Made surrealistic photographs of the staff at Danderyd Hospital for a calendar ("The Calendar Forever" "With the Glint In the Navel") that was produced originally for advertising that hospital; it became a public relations success for that institution and having attracted media attention both in Sweden and abroad and is now for sale in Swedish stores. 2001: Made reportage, for the British "Life/The Observer Magazine", about some characters in New York City who are passionate for the sport named "Brazilian Ju Jitsu". 1996: Portrayed and documented Dalai Lama during his visit in Stockholm.

EXHIBITIONS
2002: Center for Photography, Stockholm, "Seventh Heaven". 2001: Stockholm State museum, "The Ideal Body". 2000: The X Gallery, London, "An Invisible Reality "Timelessly Present". 2000: Image Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark, " The Bulletin Board For The New Millennium". 1994: World Trade Center, Stockholm, "Origin". 1994: Image Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark, "Europe Without Framework". 1991: Photo Fair, Gothenburg, Sweden, "Adam's searching for his apples". REPRESENTED Confederation of Swedish Enterprises, Stockholm Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm Swedish Federation of Advertisement, Stockholm