Athanasia-Iris Giaxidis

I was born and raised in Holland. After my studies I returned to my beloved Greece, a life-long dream.

Living in Greece, I started missing my “other” country, Holland, so these last years I divide my time between my two home countries.
But if you ask me and I’m forced to choose, I’d say I come from a small village of Evros, in Thrace, called “Mikra Kavissos”.

We find references to a city in Thrace called KAVISSOS in Homer’s Iliad. “Mikra [little] Kavissos” today has few residents; less than 200 … to me, though, this small patch of land is a paradise on earth … it’s where I belong.

I engage in many and various forms of art.
Apart from painting and sculpture, I write fairytales, I teach, I am an artist in jewellery and various artifacts (mostly from papier mache).

I use a wide range of materials: acrylics, charcoal, india ink, natural pigments, metals, glass, resins, clay, papier mache.

It’s a great challenge each time I “discover” and use a new material.

To me, Art is not a profession, but a way of life and an endeavor to pursue and comprehend truth.
Usually before I start a new piece I have a strange mood, a strong feeling there’s something I must do, an energy whirling inside me that must be made manifest. I...

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