In his work he merges different genres, unifying variegated media to explore the fleeting dreamscapes of reality with noise, movement, and disturbance. He holds an MA in Communication, Text Semiotics from the University of Siena in Tuscany, Italy and an MFA in Film and Cinematography from Syracuse University in New York. Papaioannu is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Transmedia, Film, in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.