Konstantinos Menelaou is a film artist with a strong professional
background in art curation and creative production. In 2009 he
completed his MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin’s College. Previous
to CSM Menelaou had studied Media Arts at University of Westminster.
Menelaou’s film and video work has been shown in festivals and
galleries around the world including London BFI Flare, Queer Lisboa,
Thessaloniki Film Festival, Barbican Gallery, Kunsthall Charlottenborg,
Centre Pompidou, Pica Australia, NYC Mix, Exile Gallery and Reeling
Chicago.
In 2018 he produced and directed his first feature film “He Loves Me”, a
hybrid between traditional cinema and experimental art practice, which
has been distributed worldwide by Salzgeber&Co, TLA and Optimale. It
has been shown in festivals around the world and won the Best
Cinematography Award at Qfest Texas.
As a curator and creative producer he has collaborated with leading
names in art and film including Christian Marclay, Stuart Comer, Bruce
La Bruce, Slava Mogutin, Antonio Da Silva, Paola Revenioti, Billy Miller,
Kostis Fokas and together they have produced work for exhibitions in
Miami , New York, London, Paris, Cannes, Berlin, Athens.
Menelaou has worked as a researcher/editor for White Cube gallery in
2008-2009 and in 2010 he became the creative producer for Diane
Pernet’s ASVOFF festival at Centre Pompidou, Paris. In 2012 he took on
the position of the art curator and creative producer for three editions
of Fringe! Film and Arts Festival in London. His efforts for the festival
were supported by The Arts Council of England.
In September 2013 he launched The Queer Archive, an arts platform
that showcases the work of queer artists and filmmakers, as well as
producing films, events, art exhibitions. In 2020 he joined forces with
Onassis Cultural Centre and together they launched The Queer Archive
festival, an annual celebration of queer arts based in Athens. In 2021
Menelaou launched The Queer Archive Artshop - an online art gallery
celebrating queer creativity.
He is currently working on a Greek Film Centre funded documentary
based on the life and work of Greek actress Aliki Vouyiouklaki, while he
is developing a documentary on fashion icon Diane Pernet and a short
narrative film on Vagelis Yiakoumakis.
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