Niovi Kafantari


Statement

I draw, I paint, I sculpt—each line, each gesture a testament to my faith. I believe in the eternal. Art is not a freeze-frame; it is a flowing river, a cycle that turns like the wheel of fate. I invest in the tangible, for it anchors me to the here and now. I seek out flaws, finding allure in the unfinished.
Concepts are my anathema; the senses are my sanctuary. Pathos is my rhetorical persuasion. Eroticism births existence. Myth unveils the world's secrets. Humor makes life bearable.

    Biography

    Born during the halcyon days of the mid-1980s in Thessaloniki (Greece), I embarked on my artistic journey studying Fine Arts in Athens School of Fine Arts, earning a BA (Hons), and now completing my M.F.A in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London. My work has been showcased in group exhibitions in both Greece and U.K. Notably, my sculpture received an honorary distinction from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. I live and work in London.

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      Degree Show Location: Laurie Grove  Baths

    Our Love was not the something else, oil on silk, 180X140m, 2023

     Now I_m yours. For ever and ever, oil on linen, 160X140m,2024
    Toy Boy, Oil on Linen, 200 X 180 cm, 2024