PARIS MEXIS

Paris Mexis is a director, designer and writer working in opera, theatre, dance, cinema, television and advertisement in Europe and the USA. He also creates shows, exhibitions and corporate events and he is an associate creative director and copywriter at the multi awarded communication design agency, Beetroot. Paris is a frequently invited public speaker, he has participated in all the TEDx events in his home-city Athens (TEDx Athens, TEDx Academy and TEDx Youth) and he lectures at colleges, universities and conducts seminars and workshops about design, education and performance internationally. He is a tutor and lecturer at the Athenian Artistic and Technological Group (AKTO) and a communication advisor and lecturer at the CGS School in Athens. Paris is the president of the Greek Theatre Designers Association, a founding member of the non-profit cultural organisation "Polyphonica" championing equal opportunities in music education and he is a member of the Greek National Board for Dance and a member of the International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT). He was born in Athens and studied scenography in London at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (BA Theatre: Design for Performance, MA Scenography) and Prague at Divadelni fakulta Akademie Muzickych Umeni [DAMU] (Opera Design), interior design at the Athenian Artistic and Technological Group (AKTO) and at the Middlesex University (BA Interior Design, Prize for Outstanding Performance in 1998 and 1999) and music at the Exemplary Experimental Conservatory in Athens.