SAM ALBATROS

Visual arts

SAM ALBATROS

They hold an MPhil in Psychology (University of Cambridge, UK) and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (University College London, University of London and National Institute of Mental Health, US). They have presented video-art performances and visual narratives in Greece, Cyprus, UK, and Berlin. On May 2021, they took part in Exchange Program Thessaloniki – Leipzig 2021, a two-month residency programme in Leipzig, where they created poems following discussions with local queer refugees/immigrants. They have a strong social media presence, publishing original and translated poems as video poems on YouTube (channel: Sam Albatros) and on their website: https://queerpoets.com. Their first novel, faulty boy is expected to be published in 2021, while their translation of Richard Siken’s poetry book Crush will be published in 2022-2023. They have been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021).

Elatomatiko Agori, 2021

Elatomatiko Agori, 2021

Aderfi, 2017

Aderfi, 2017

Sam albatros' playground, 2019

Sam albatros' playground, 2019

Adelfes, 2019

Adelfes, 2019