ipaschou@uniwa.gr
ipaschou@uniwa.gr
Born in Paris, Io Paschou holds a PhD in the History of Art from the University of Paris I-Sorbonne, Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie. She received her Master’s degree from the same university in the History and Aesthetics of Photography, with a scholarship from the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation.
She teaches at the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts of the University of West Attica since 2009. She has taught as a Lecturer in Photography at the Department of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences of the University of Ioannina (2007-2010). She has participated in international conferences in Greece and abroad, as well as in research projects of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Marina Abramovitch Institute.
She has presented solo photography exhibitions in Greece (Photosynkyria, Athens Photo Festival, etc.) and abroad (France, Luxembourg, Italy, Belgium), while works of hers have been presented in several group exhibitions (Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France, Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, Benaki Museum, House of Cyprus).
Research interests: critical theory of photography, history and aesthetics of photography, archaeology and photography, ancient landscape and urban place as a subject of representation, the false truth of photography.