In this work, I worked with the idea of ugliness, in order to create an artwork. I tried to show how time affects what we consider beautiful which in our case is youth and beauty. In my painting I created a barbie figure to symbolize beauty, which is being devoured from a monstrous-looking male. This ugly male figure is a reference to Goya’s painting “Saturn devouring his son” where Saturn, one of the Titans eats his son alive so that he won’t be able to take his place. Here instead of Saturn, we have Chronos, who eats the beauty out of a young woman who also happens to be a universal symbol of femininity.
The triptych depicts the fight to escape my old life. The first painting “The Dead Man’s Life” illustrates a life with no purpose, no emotion, lying as a dead man wasting my life away. It continues with the second art piece, “The Rebellion”, which shows my rebellion from this way of life, as I attempt to destroy everything related to that period. Lastly, “The Liberation” showcases my achievement of reaching a life with new purpose and ambitions full of color and emotions around the world of art.
In this work, I tried to work around the basic notions of Minimalism, getting inspired by artists such as Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin and Robert Morris. Thinking about the basic shape of minimalism, the cube, I created a cube container that inside the viewer will find a second smaller wooden cube.
What is interesting here is that my main cube is made from reflective glass which means that the smaller one inside is infinitively reflected, enhancing my attempt to highlight the most fundamental shape of minimalism.
In the remote village of Antia in Evoia, Greece, lies the Sfyria language. This unique form of communication, characterized by melodic chirps and whistles, is threatened by globalization. Mr. Tzanavaris has dedicated over a decade to preserving Sfyria, striving to unveil this linguistic gem to Greece and the world. His fourteen years of teaching and advocacy showcase human resilience against cultural erosion. Similar endangered languages in remote, mountainous villages globally echo this struggle. "Chirps and Whistles: Sfyria Language" underscores the link between cultural and ecological conservation, emphasizing our collective responsibility to preserve both heritage and nature.
“My Own World” is a 70x50cm drawing which was made using soft pastels, markers, pencils and colored pencils. This drawing was inspired by one of my favorite video games, “Mobile Legends Bang Bang”. It shows my three favorite characters from that game in the battlefield. This drawing expresses how video games, especially this one, are very important to me since they helped me gain confidence, humor, friends, and a sense of escape and safety from reality’s harsh grasp on my life.
“Harmonious Opposites” is a collage series consisting of 4 collages of the same design and logic. It shows two female figures looking at each other. These two figures represent two very different sides of mine, my masculine and feminine side respectively, living together in my body respectfully and peacefully after many years of identity crisis.
This instalation is a multilayer exploration of an anthropomorphic idesliazion of a physical and mental space named “across”. More specifically, for the artist, is the spot on the edge of the Hydrian Harbor that looks at the pelloponiasian seashore two miles away.
However, it is also an investigation of a mental spaces of across that combines the longing for serenity and familiarity with an unknown, deepened by nightfall.
"Environ" provokes a conversation between the naturoid, the gallery space and the viewer. Allowing the audience to start asking questions about the installation itself, and its placement within the gallery. A naturoid is a combination of technology and nature, and with this combination, we have the emergence of new structures and processes. In "Environ", emphasis is placed on the interaction of natural processes and the man-made elements in today’s world, demonstrating our approach towards the environment.
"Environ" consists of natural and artificial structures. The use of natural material refers us to the imperfect patterns of the natural world, while artificial comments on the accurate and industrially made technological materials. The use of these materials highlights the difference and the dynamic of these two worlds. The human impact, the choices we make about the materials we use and insert in our lives, build the world that surrounds us. Our everyday use of technology, either consciously or unconsciously, affects our view of our surroundings. The details that we pay attention to and the things that we ignore.
“ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος, ὑμεῖς τὰ κλήματα” was created by my immersion in the world of Greek monasteries. The simplicity and humility that defines the life of nuns creates an environment that invites the soul to purify, stripping away worldly attachments and ego driven desires. However it requires unwavering devotion not only to the Devine, but to themselves and this unique way of life they have chosen. The work stands as a testament to their complete surrender for something greater, inspired by their most powerful spiritual moment, their collective prayers, a very defining moment of theirs.
Αντίλαλοι (Echoes) is a sound installation consisting of found objects. By recreating a stripped-down version of the artist's childhood bedroom, he revisits his trauma - the result of a dysfunctional family. Throughout working on this project, the artist undergoes a process to heal his younger self and invites the audience to do the same. Elements and voices of the artist’s childhood are intertwined with his present, creating a discussion between the child and the adult in this deteriorating room. As the trauma leaves the kid hollow just like the space, one questions if the audience -through their own experiences- will find their echo in this empty room.
