Anna Oikonomou

biography
Anna Oikonomou was born in Trikala, Greece.
She studied Architecture and holds a Master of Science in Parametric architecture from the Department of Architecture at the University of Patras. She was accepted at the MSc Design, at the Royal College of Art, London with specialty in Interior Design.
At the RCA she was taught the elements of high-end design by the Architect Ab Rogers, son of the Architect and Lord, Richard Rogers. She collaborated with various artists in the design spectrum and performance art, like Studio Loop.ph, Mathias Gmachl and Rachel Wingfield. A spatial laboratory experimenting across the fields of design, architecture and the sciences, whose work has been exhibited in spaces like MoMA, NY,V&A and private collections.
She worked as a Senior Designer for Peter Mikic and Bowler James Brindley, London.
She later studied Photography and Cinema.
She was accepted at the London Film School where she studied for an MA with specialty in Directing Fiction.
She climbed for over 20 years in her country Greece and abroad.
Her work has been featured in a range of international magazines and books publications, among them Rock and Ice , Climb, Sidetracked Magazine and selected editions by Gestalten.
She loves capturing the life and personality of the people she met in a real honest way through her lens.
Her belief is that the strongest images, moving or still, have a story to tell, some of them are worth sharing and exploring.
“The feeling that you take with you after you have seen an image, or a film, is what is important ...
the feeling that you take with you, sometimes for a moment …a day ..or even a lifetime.”
Contact : annoukoikonomou@gmail.com