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Olga Stefatou

Olga Stefatou is a visual artist and photography consultant. She recently moved back to her native country Greece after working with Qatar Museums as Senior photography specialist for two years. In her practice, Stefatou works with mixed media and mainly with photography.
She investigates the idea of freedom and its connection to geopolitics, heritage and social structures, with a special interest in gender issues. Believing that image-making should engage the personal and collective consciousness, her work entangles documentary practices with performance elements as tools to reflect alternative realities. Stefatou has exhibited her work at Aga Khan Museum (CA), Doha Fire Station art space (QA), Los Angeles Month of Photography, Head On (AU), Les Boutographies (FR) and Gallery Negpos (FR) among others. Some of her major projects include the long-term series Red Ruby in Myanmar, while
in 2015 she participated in the pioneering Solar Impulse mission – the round of the world with a sola