Giorgos Papasotiriou

I am inspired by the beauty and mystery of the natural world. My sculptures celebrate form and texture and hover in the relationship between light, shadow and atmosphere.
I am concerned with the search for inner truth and the purpose of existence. The journey we have taken, a journey inward to retrieve memories that exist hidden within us, poses questions both to me as I create and to the viewer. Who he is, what he is, where he comes from, what he carries, what he wants to tell us now, what he is doing in this world, what his purpose is, where he lived, how he breathed, how he moved. These are the questions that arise every time I hold a new piece of stone or a new idea in my hands.
In many of my sculptures I bring the material to such a stage that the viewer often questions the material himself. I enjoy and always encourage viewers to touch my sculptures, because I believe that through touch they can feel the sculpture as a new being, since touch is a sense of contact with other bodies.
I am constantly experimenting with different marbles and techniques to express new life forms and personalities, creating an eclectic body of work.
I complete the intuitive process of form making with great attention to harmony and detail. I wa...

Born in Athens, Greece in 1981.

I have been practising for almost ten years on the medium of clay, plaster, wood, and marble. Besides sculpting, I also enjoy photography, video and performance art.

After taking pottery lessons during the period 2011-2013, I went on to learn casting and moulding techniques. I then tried sculpting with clay and plaster alone.

In 2018, while still in Athens, I took clay and marble carving sculpture lessons.

In 2019, I passed the exams for the Preparatory and Professional School of Fine Arts in Tinos island, where I stayed until 2022 . I learned traditional techniques for marble carving, drawing, art history and design.
Now back in athens on my new house-workshop where i create my own works.

25/01/24 - 24/2/24 Group exhibition at A.Galerie Brussels
18/1/24 - 17/2/24 Group exhibition at Blender Gallery, Glyfada Athens
08/2022 Marble sculpture Symposium in Ripesi Messinia,Greece
07/2022 Marble sculpture Symposium in Tinos island, Greece
2021 Marble sculpture Symposium in Nafplion, Greece
2015-2016 performances in six dogs festival
2014 solo exhibition 'Sexuality', and performance show.
2013 group exhibition 'Tripolar disorder'.
2012 group exhibition 'Bipolar disorder'.