Education
Balkaya:
Sep 2016 - Sep 2018: Goldsmiths University / MFA Curating
Sep 2013 - Jun 2016: Kingston School of Art / BA (Hons) Fine Art
Sep 2012 - May 2013: UAL, Central Saint Martins / Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Demetriou:
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022: Leuphana University & Goethe Institut / MA Arts and Cultural Management
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018: Royal College of Art/ MA Contemporary Art Practice (Performance Pathway)
Sep 2013 - Jun 2016: Kingston School of Art / BA (Hons) Fine Art
Sep 2012 - May 2013: University for the Creative Arts / Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Residencies
Jul 2021: Buffer Fringe, Home of Cooperation, Nicosia, Cyprus (Demetriou)
Jan - Aug 2020: Peer Forum, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (Balkaya)
Feb 2019 - Dec 2019: Open School East / Associates Development Program (Demetriou)
Jul 2019: International Institute for Peace Education Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus (Demetriou)
Aug 2017: JIWAR Residency, Barcelona, Spain (Panicattack Duo)
Aug 2016: Sensorium, Centre Point Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (Demetriou)
Awards
2020 - Awarded Funding by Goethe Institut Nicosia, Cyprus (Demetriou)
2019 - Awarded by Chelsea Arts Club, UK (Panicattack Duo)
2018 - Scholarship by A.G. Leventis Foundation, Cyprus (Demetriou)
2018 - Awarded Funding by SAHA Association, Turkey for BNC18 (Panicattack Duo)
2018 - Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 (BNC18), UK (Panicattack Duo)
Visiting Artist
May 2020 - Kingston School of Art - BA Professional Development Lecture
Mar 2020 - Gloucestershire University - BA & MA Artist Talk, Performance Lecture & Workshop, Tutorials Jun 2019 - Kingston School of Art - BA Talk broadcasted on radio.
Nov 2017 - Goldsmiths University - MFA Curating Workshop ‘Performance and Performativity’
Nov 2017 - Kingston School of Art - BA Workshop on structures of collaboration
Relevant Employment
Panicattack Duo:
Oct 2015 - Mar 2018: Founding Directors & Curators, Razzmatazz Exhibition Series Vol.1,2,3,4,5, London UK
Jan 2014 - Mar 2014: Curators, Meat Me On The Corner / Independent Exhibition, London UK
Balkaya:
Oct 2018 - Present: UK Representative & Assistant Curator, Performistanbul, London, UK & Istanbul, Turkey
Jan 2019 - Present: Curator, The Deep / Independent Exhibition, London, UK
Oct 2019: Curator, The One Who Wasn’t Invited / Independent Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
Jun - Jul 2019: Exhibition Assistant, Open Space Contemporary / Tender Touches Exhibition, London UK
Sep - Jun 2018: Founding Director & Curator, In-Flux Presents Episode 1. No Worries / Exhibition, London, UK
Nov 2016 - Oct 2017: Archivist & Curator of Archival Vitrines, Margaret Harrison Retrospective ‘Dialogues Between Sex, Class and Violence’, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Spain
Jan - Mar 2014: Gallery Intern, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
Jul 2013: Curatorial Intern, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Demetriou:
Feb 2021 - Nov 2021: Assistant Producer at XARKIS Multi-Residency & Festival 2021, Nicosia, Cyprus
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021: Museum Assistant at Cyprus Folk Art Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus
Feb 2019 - Jul 2020: Public Programming Team at CRATE Space, Margate, UK
Feb 2019 - Dec 2019: Art tutor at Despacito Art School (children aged between 6-13yo.), Margate, UK
May 2019 - Jun 2019: Exhibition Assistant for Amnesty International, London, UK
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018: Assistant to Curator Dr. Azadeh Fatehrad for Sohrab Shahid Saless: Exiles Public Program - in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, London, UK