Biography
Georgios Chatzakis (b. 2000) is a Greek artist, using photography to explore and study landscapes. Chatzakis holds a Bachelor's Degree in Photography from Coventry University and a Master’s Degree from the University of the Arts London (LCC). He specialises in photobook making, printing and publishing, and has contributed to book fairs and exhibitions as a representative of UAL, such as Peckham 24 in London and T3 Photo Festival at Megutama Photobook Café, Japan.
One of his recent achievements was being commissioned by UNESCO to visually conceptualise the deep ocean where he was awarded alongside collaborating students from the University of the Arts London.
His work as a practitioner is based in contemporary art practice, publishing, and photobook-making. Chatzakis’ projects focus on walking in the British landscape as a healing process for mental health, using analogue processes that allow the materiality of the space to be presented from a personal perspective. He has participated in various photography exhibitions, exploring a heritage and mutual impacts of hiking in the countryside and creating interactive spaces with his black-and-white landscapes.
Exhibitions and Publications:
Peckham 24, A Bigger Book Fair, Copeland Park, London ‘to weather the storm’ First edition. Self published (2024)
Accidental Encounters, Copeland Gallery, London ‘Anthrophony’ a project sponsored by UNESCO (2024)
Earth Week Collective, London College of Communication ‘Anthrophony’ a project sponsored by UNESCO (2024)
Sprout Publish, Amsterdam, Netherlands ‘Journeys, Roaming deep in lands’ (2023)
The Royal Photographic Society, Journal (2022)
Beyond Boarders, Kythera, Greece ‘Journeys, Roaming deep in lands’ (2022)
Ellen Terry, Coventry University ‘Journeys, Roaming deep in lands’ (2022)
Source Photographic Review, Graduate photography online (2022)
UNFOLD: Coventry University degree show ‘Journeys, Roaming deep in lands’ (2022)
Dot Dot Dot, Coventry University ‘Journeys, Roaming deep in lands’ (2022)
Exposure Photo Festival, Coventry, UK ‘Discarded’ (2021)
Self published ‘Then the thrushes sang’ (2021)
Education:
Photography MA (Publishing) London College of Communication - current
Photography BA (Hons) Coventry Univesity - First Class
Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop