b.1993,Romania.
works in London, U.K.
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Elena-Andreea Teleaga is a lens-based media artist whose work is rooted in photography. While exploring the space between the pragmatic function of photography and image making, Teleaga also focuses on the limitations and the failure of the medium using both own and found imagery. She has graduated from a Masters course at Slade School of Fine Art, having received the Sarabande: the Lee Alexander McQueen full scholarship, chosen by Matthew Slotover.
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Education
2017 - 2019
MFA Fine Arts (Media), Slade School of Fine Arts, UCL, London, U.K. (distinction)
2012 - 2015
BA(Hons) Photography, Video & Digital Imaging, University of Sunderland, U.K. (first class)
Awards
2019
Romanian Art Student of the Year by LSRS, Romania
2018
OPEN18 SOLO by Brighton Photo Fringe and ONCA Gallery, Brighton (shortlisted)
2017-2019
Sarabande Foundation Scholarship chosen by Matthew Slotover
2015
Best Student Achievements - North East Photography Network, U.K.
Exhibitions
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Selected Group Exhibitions/ Projects:
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2025
The Word for World, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK ( commission)
3.48AM DRAFT (duo show with Magdalena Zoledz), Barbican Arts Trust Group, London, UK
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2024
Suprapuneri:BLITZ, ETAJ, Bucharest, Romania
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2023
‘Concourse’ with Izzy Nakhla/ End Measure
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2022
Influx, https://www.photographyinflux.ro/
Suprapuneri 1, ETAJ, Bucharest, Romania
Suprapuneri 2, Atelier 030202, Bucharest Romania
Suprapuneri 3, Galeria 2/3, Bucharest, Romania
Suprapuneri 4, Galeria Carol 53, Bucharest, Romania
Always On My Mind, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2021
Bound, Sarabande Foundation, https://sarabandefoundation.org/products/bound , London, UK
Guest artist for B_T5 Ioana Marinescu PAST PRESENT – VISUAL DIARY, Beaconsfield Gallery, London, UK
2020
No Transmission, Pole gallery, Paris, France
No Return To Comfort Zone, One Project London, UK
2019
STABLE, Sarabande Foundation, London, U.K;
Limbo, Slade Summer School Art Residency, Slade School of Fine Art, London, U.K.;
Slade Schol of Fine Art Graduate Degree Show, London, U.K.
Friends of the Foundation, Sarabande Foundation, London, U.K.
Fast Forward: Women In Photography, Slade Research Centre, London, U.K.
Bite the Bullet, ArtWorks Project Space, Barbican Arts Trust Group, London, U.K.
2018
One Night Stand, Barbican Arts Trust Group, London, U.K.
Slade School of Fine Art Interim Show 2018, Slade Research Centre, London, U.K.
OPEN18 SOLO Shortlist Screening at Onca Gallery and the OPEN18 Shortlist Showcase at the Outdoor hub, Brighton, U.K.
2017
Photograd's First Birthday Exhibition, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, U.K.
2015
Synchronicity, Priestman Building, Sunderland, U.K. (BA degree show)
2014
BALTIC Artists' Book Fair : 'Communist Nightmare in Romania' (book), Baltic, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
D I S T O R T E D (installation), University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK. (solo site specific installation)
2013
Alternative Print Processes, Northern Centre of Photography, Sunderland, U.K.
Residencies
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2021
Beaconsfield Gallery, B_T5 Ioana Marinescu PAST PRESENT – VISUAL DIARY
Guest artist for B_T5 Ioana Marinescu PAST PRESENT – VISUAL DIARY, Beaconsfield Gallery, London, UK
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2020
Transparent Domain, London, UK
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2019
Slade Summer School Art Residency, Slade School of Fine Art, London, U.K.
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Relevant Work / Workshops
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2023 - present
Photography Studio Manager, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK
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2025
Make Your Own Matchbox 35mm Film Pinhole Camera, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London UK
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2024
Book Binding Workshop, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London UK
Structured Shadows - A Cameraless Photography Workshop: the Cyanotype, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK
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2022
Cyanotype Workshop, Oxford for Romania, Oxford, UK
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2021 - 2023
Art Handling Technician, Tate Galleries, London, UK
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2020
All Day Breakfast Zine Recipe, (online due to the pandemic), London, UK
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2019
Zine Making Workshop, Oxford for Romania, Oxford, UK
BLEND: mix a substance with another substance - the archive and the instinct , Barbican Library, London, UK
Studio Officer, London Summer Intensive Residency with Camden Arts Centre and Slade School of Fine Art
Curator, Fast Forward: Women in Photography, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
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2018
Studio Officer, London Summer Intensive Residency with Camden Arts Centre and Slade School of Fine Art
Curator, Pic London
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