Alexandra Riba is a photographer/cinematographer born (1997) in Thessaloniki, Greece.
She is a graduate of the School of Film Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has studied contemporary photography in Stereosis school of photography.
Her first solo exhibition, “Between Cities and Skies”, was part of the Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2023. She has also exhibited her photographs in important art spaces in Greece and abroad such as Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, The Benaki Museum and Loosen art, Rome.
She is a junior Member Gsc (Greek Society of Cinematographers). As a cinematographer, she collaborated with director Nikos Kolioukos on the short film “The Chaos She Left Behind”, which was part of the official selection at the Festival de Cannes 2024 and won the 2nd Prize La Cinef. She also worked with Syllas Tzoumerkas on the short film “My Mother is a Saint”, selected for the Locarno Film Festival 2023 - Pardi di Domani. She is a Sarajevo Talent for 2024 (Sarajevo Film Festival).
In theatre she has worked in productions at Athens Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Stegi Foundation, National Theatre of Northern Greece.
Selected Exhibitions
2024/ Collective show, Ph museum days, Bologna.
2024/ Main Exhibition, Athens photo festival, Benaki museum.
2023/ Solo Exhibition, Thessaloniki Photobiennale, Stereosis photography school.
2022/ Group exhibition, “It’s magic.A beyond experience” by Loosenart, Rome.
2022/ The Curated Fridge Winter Show, Somerville, USA.
2021/ Group exhibition (video mapping), Verzasca Foto Festival.
2021/ «We Change The Picture». An art action for support Greek metoo.
2020/ “Logline” group exhibition at Stereosis School of Photography. Logline is also a photozine.
2019/ Exhibition in the art showcases of OTE,Thessaloniki.
2018/ “Young Greek Photographers”, Athens Photo Festival at The Benaki Museum.
2018/ “Press PhotoStories” group exhibition at Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation.
Publications
velveteyesmag, c41magazine, zero.nine.magazine, anotherplacemagazine, phmuseum, phasesmag
2024/ K magazine front page.
2023/ Black flower publishing, “The garden of dreams” book.
2023/ Sola journal, “And Still I rise” zine.
2023/ Float magazine, “Home is where” photo magazine.
2021/ IN CONVERSATION WITH, Online Journal.
2020 / Momus (Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki), online group exhibition “Anthropause”.
2020 / “The Great Escape” online group exhibition by Float Magazine.
2019/ Fotofilmic, Shortlisted/online publication.