Helen-Nicole Kostis is a media artist that works with video,
animation, virtual environments, physical and digital sculpture.
She is captivated by the creation of new, synthetic worlds, immersive
bodily experiences, the combination of virtual and physical realities
and the discourse that is generated by their coexistence. Born in
1976, lives and works in Chicago, USA. She has received a BS in
Mathematics (1998) from the University of Ioannina (UOI), Greece,
a MS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC), and is currently pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts at
the same institution. She currently works as a Research Assistant
at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), University of
Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where she serves as a technical leader
in CAVE based tele-immersive demonstrations and exhibitions, under
the supervision of EVLs co-director Prof. Daniel J. Sandin,
and is also part of EVLs webgroup being responsible for site
content and integration of movies into the site, including technical
solutions and video editing, under the supervision of EVLs
Associate Director Dana Plepys. She has exhibited at the Canariasmediafest
International Video and Multimedia Festival of the Canaries
(2002), Version>03 :: Digital Arts Convergence - Museum of Contemporary
Art in Chicago (2003), IDEAS Festival (2003, 2004), IEEE VR Open
House at EVL (2004), Networks Art and Collaboration Conference (2004),
Electronic Visualization Exhibit (2004), Virtual Worlds Festival
Sao Paolo - Brazil (2004), Studio 74 Artful Object (2004) and in
Electronic Imaging Science and Technology, SPIE (2005)
Contact information for collaborators:
Gosia Malgorzata Koscielak Ph.D.- Artist / Independent curator gosiakoscielak@covad.net
info@gosiakoscielak.com- Gosia Koscielak Studio and Gallery -http:// www.gosiakoscielak.com
Helen-Nicole Kostis - Masters in Fine Arts in Electronic Visualization
candidate, Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), University
of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) eleni@evl.uic.edu
Daria Tsoupikova - Assistant Professor School of Art & Design,
Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), University of Illinois
at Chicago (UIC) datsoupi@evl.uic.edu
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