Anthoula Lelekidis is a native New Yorker born and raised in Queens. She is a first generation Greek-American and considers both New York and Greece her home. Anthoula is a graduate of Parsons the New School for Design with a B.F.A. in Photography. In 2008, she earned a scholarship from the Students on Ice organization to document Antarctica’s wildlife and ever changing landscapes. She has received the Community Fellowship from the International Center of Photography and was a resident at the Skopelos Foundation of the Arts. Her photography explore themes of memory and history through her current environment as well as her past recollections.
EDUCATION
2011 BFA, Photography, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY
EXPERIENCE
2018 International Center of Photography Community Fellowship, Fall - Spring 2019
Instructor, PhotoUno Photography School
2015 Photographer, Ancient Astoria, January 2015 – Present
2014 Photographer, Modern Spaces, December 2014 – Present
2013 Marketing Assistant, Haymarket Media, November 2013
2012 Lifetouch Studios Photographer, April 2012 – September 2013
2009 Photographer's Assistant - Hotel Chelsea, 2009 – 2012
EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Queens Hip Hop Festival Art Show", Colorwerx, September 2017
2017 "Celebrate Hell Gate", T-Studio Space, November 2017
"Urban Art Collective”, LIC Arts Open, Modern Spaces, May 2017
2016 "Rooted In Queens”, QNS Collective, October 2016
"Artist Relaxation”, QNS Collective, September 2016
“Ancient Astoria”, Greenpoint Gallery Salon, February 2016
2014 Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, Online Portfolio Feature, November 2014
2011 Gates of Ganesh Benefit Auction, Chelsea Arts Gallery, September 2011
2010 “Miracles and Traumas Technology”, 446 Broadway, December 2010
“Breakfast” PhotoFeast, ISCP Brooklyn, April 2010
“Friar’s Lantern” PhotoFeast, 66 Fifth Avenue, NY, April 2010
“In/Out(side)”, 3 Gallery, 66 Fifth Avenue, NY, April 2010
2008 Teen Academy, ICP, Museum of Modern Art, February 2008
2007 Teen Academy ICP, Howard Greenberg Gallery, June 2007
PUBLICATIONS
2016 “Can Social Media Help Fight Gentrification?”, GlobalCityNYC.com
“The Passion Behind Ancient Astoria”, GiveMeAstoria.com
2015 “Astoria’s Longtime Buildings and Storefronts”, DNAinfo.com
2014 “Tallest Mohawk”, World Guinness Book of Records
2013 “Longest Fingernails”, World Guinness Book of Records
2007 “World Traveler”, The Queens Courier Newspaper
2006 “Student To Photograph Life In Antarctica”, Times Ledger
References available upon request.