BIO

Alexandra Panou (GR, 1992) is a costume designer and theater maker. Born and raised in Athens, she studied Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, focusing on dramaturgy. In 2020 she moved to Belgium, where she pursued a Bachelor’s and later a Master’s degree in Costume Design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, graduating in 2024. Her practice lies at the intersection of costume, performance, and installation, with a strong focus on materiality: fabric density, weaving, and texture become structural tools in her process. By combining ready-made objects with crafted pieces, she recontextualizes materials to give them new, paradoxical roles that question social expectations and gender norms. A distinctly feminine perspective informs her work, which frequently engages with questions of identity, power, and social commentary. She has collaborated with institutions including Toneelhuis, MoMu Antwerp, the National Opera of Greece, and the National Theatre of Greece. In 2023 she received the ARTOS Incentive Award. She continues to develop a personal artistic language where costume functions not only as an aesthetic layer but also as a performative and critical tool to reimagine bodies, identities, and the stories they carry.

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EDUCATION

Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium — Master in Costume Design (2023–2024)

Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium — Bachelor in Theater Costume Design (2020–2023)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece — Bachelor in Theatre Studies (2010–2016)

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

Costume Design Seminar — Instructor: Kenny McLellan, Athens (2020)

Costume Design Seminar — Instructor: George Lintzeris, Athens (2015)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Toneelhuis, Antwerp — Costume Design Assistant/Intern (2024)

Shelly Shonk Fiffit, Dir. Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe

MoMu Antwerp — Costume Design Assistant/Dresser (2023)

Vocabularium, Rosas ECHO: Wrapped in Memory Exhibition

DeStudio Residency — Costume/Scenography/Execution (2023)

Performance ‘Hallucinatory Reflections’

National Opera of Greece, Athens — Costume Design Assistant (2019)

Capuleti e Montecchi, Dir. N. Petropoulos; The Princess of Sazan, Dir. Th. Moschopoulos

National Theatre of Greece, Athens — Costume Design Assistant (2019)

Le Misanthrope, Dir. Yannis Houvardas

Art Theatre Karolos Koun, Athens — Costume Design Assistant (2019)

Ghosts, Dir. Dimitris Karatzas

Neos Kosmos Theatre, Athens — Wardrobe Assistant/Dresser (2018)

The Maids, Dir. Cezaris Grauzinis

National Theatre of Greece, Athens — Costume Modifications, Backstage Dresser (2018–2020)

Athens and Epidaurus Festival — General Assistant/Intern (2015)

Nepheles, Dir. V. Papavasileiou

SHORT FILMS & MUSIC VIDEOS

Moonlight Woman, Dir. Griet Elsen — Costume Designer Assistant/Intern (2023)

Purple Haze, Dir. V. Groos — Costume Design/Scenography (2023)

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Master Expo, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (2024)

Kernsysteem, Plantin Moretuslei 190, Antwerp (2025)

Expo Ensemble, T-Space, Antwerp (2025)

AWARDS

ARTOS Incentive Award (2023)