Efstathios-Alexandros Zoulias

My artistic practice is primarily related to the search for forms within the turbulent condition of matter, particularly in the details of rocky surfaces, which I have been meticulously observing and photographing over the past years in both the Attic landscape and on islands. Within these images, the movement of the gaze reveals various figures, scenes, and landscapes. The gaze sculpts worlds in a process that could be described as "image sculpting."

Although my initial focus was on figures, my recent emphasis on landscape representation is evident. The landscapes that emerge from the rocks carry an alien sense of locality, suggesting that these formations may contain the codes for the announcement of distant and inaccessible worlds.

If the process of decoding the rocks in my work is primarily expressed through the method of photographic collage, in my painting, I attempt to convey these turbulent qualities of nature through a different approach—one that is more instinctive and spontaneous, less cerebral. This is achieved through automatic drawing and asemic writing.

The common denominator in both directions of my work is, in any case, the turbulent condition of matter as revealed in nature. This very subject has been the focus...

ARCHTECTURE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS(2000-2006)
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (Philosophy of Space, Arts and Architecture), NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (2007-2010)

2 solo exhibitions
2018, “A blade runner” curated by Teo Daskalakis at Booze Cooperativa, Athens
2023, “The voice of the rocks” curated by Samson Rakas at Sozopolis Athens

Selected group exhpibitions
9/2010: LOCUS SOLUS, Benaki Museum (Curator: S. Goudouna)
11/2012: “Counter-culture: the emergence of a new social subject”, CAMP (Curator: P. Arapinis, T. Moutsopoulos)
7/2018 “Artificial Edems”, Ursulines Museum, Loutra, Tinos island
(curator T. Moutsopoulos)
11/2021 “La regle du jeu”, International Film Festival of Thessaloniki, curated by Orestis Andreadakis
12/2024 “The end of landscape”, Zoumboulakis gallery, curated by Christoforos Marinos