BORN 2005, ATHENS, GREECE
LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK
MY WORK USUALLY EMERGES AS A COMPOSITION OF FRAGMENTS—WHETHER IT IS FRAGMENTS OF MOVEMENT, THE DIGITAL FRAGMENTATION OF IMAGES EXTRACTED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS I HAVE CAPTURED, IMPRINTS ON CLAY, OR FRAGMENTS OF DOMESTIC OBJECTS, RECONTEXTUALIZED. I DO NOT CHOOSE AN IMAGE OR OBJECT OR IDEA FOR WHAT IT REPRESENTS BUT FOR ITS POTENTIAL AS A FRAGMENT WITHIN A LARGER COMPOSITION—ITS COLOR, SHAPE, TEXTURE, AND ETHOS.
THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH FRAGMENTATION IS NOT SOMETHING I DEVELOPED AS AN ARTIST; IT IS AN INCLINATION THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH ME, EVEN FROM MY EARLIEST MEMORIES. AS A CHILD, I WOULD TAKE APART MY TOYS, NOT TO DESTROY THEM BUT TO UNDERSTAND THEM, TO REIMAGINE AND RECOMPOSE THEM INTO SOMETHING NEW. I WAS FASCINATED BY THE ACT OF BREAKING THINGS APART AND THE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES INHERENT IN THEIR REASSEMBLY. IN HINDSIGHT, THIS INSTINCT FEELS INNATE—A WAY OF PERCEIVING THE WORLD NOT AS FIXED, BUT AS MALLEABLE, MADE UP OF PIECES WAITING TO BE REORGANIZED.
NOW, AS AN ARTIST, I SEE MY PRACTICE AS A CONTINUATION OF THIS WAY OF BEING. THE WORK I CREATE FEELS PERSONAL BECAUSE IT REFLECTS HOW I HAVE ALWAYS INTERACTED WITH THE WORLD. MY FIRST MEDIUM WAS DRAWING, BUT PAINTING SOON BECAME CENTRAL TO MY PRACTICE. GROWING UP SURROUNDED BY MY GRANDMOTHER’S ABSTRACT PAINTINGS, I GRAVITATED NATURALLY TOWARD ABSTRACTION, FINDING IN IT A LANGUAGE OF SIGNS, SHAPES, STROKES, AND COLORS.
EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — B.A. IN VISUAL ARTS
NEW YORK, NY | 2024–2028
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF GENEVA — IB DIPLOMA
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 2016–2024
HIGHER LEVEL: VISUAL ARTS
CORNELL UNIVERSITY — “ART AS EXPERIENCE” (SUMMER PROGRAM)
ITHACA, NY | 2022
3 COLLEGE CREDITS, GRADE A
COURSEWORK INCLUDED DRAWING, PRINTMAKING (MONOPRINT/SCREEN PRINTING), AND PHOTOGRAPHY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
COLUMBIA UNDERGRADUATE ART SHOW
NEW YORK, NY | 2024
GROUP EXHIBITION
BYE BYE SPRING, ARTION GALLERY
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 2024
GROUP EXHIBITION
IB VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION, CENTRE DES ARTS
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 2024
GROUP EXHIBITION
FEAR / FORGET FEAR, ART CENTER
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 2023
GROUP EXHIBITION
PARIS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
PARIS, FRANCE | 2023
ART FAIR
BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM | 2022
ART FAIR
EVENT
BERLIN, GERMANY | 2022
GROUP EXHIBITION
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
ART FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 2023
CO-FOUNDED A NONPROFIT INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON STUDENT-LED ART WORKSHOPS IN HOSPITALS, ORPHANAGES, AND REFUGEE CENTERS, FOSTERING COMMUNAL CREATIVITY AND HEALING THROUGH VISUAL EXPRESSION
THE THIRD PARADISE — MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO FOUNDATION
GLOBAL | 2023
PARTICIPATED IN A COLLABORATIVE MURAL PROJECT EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY, ART, AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION; CONTRIBUTED TO FUNDRAISING FOR A SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IN MULABARI, NEPAL
WILL BENEDICT WORKSHOP — CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | 2022
PARTICIPATED IN A WORKSHOP LED BY ARTIST WILL BENEDICT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS RETROSPECTIVE DIALOGUE OF THE DOGS, FOCUSED ON IMAGE MANIPULATION, COLLABORATIVE COMPOSITION, AND CRITICAL REFLECTION