contact: elli.antoniou.studio@gmail.com
Athens based
Elli Antoniou's practice is anchored in a fascination for what she calls iconography of transcendence or transformation, with the aim to capture the fluid essence of a reality in perpetual motion. At the core of Antoniou’s oeuvre is a technique she has developed combining gestural drawing with abrasive tools to subtly alter the surface of stainless steel panels and transform their reflective properties. Metal itself gains conceptual relevance: its own passage between solid and liquid states, and its traces of deep time, offering a direct analogue to the fluid, ever-shifting and multi-temporal nature of the world. Spanning drawing, both on metal and paper, and sculpture, Antoniou explores notions of material circularity and radical interconnection across scales. Her speculative narrations unfold across phantom landscapes, cosmic histories and the residual trace of bodies in motion.
Elli Antoniou has had solo exhibitions at Cob Gallery, London, UK and Saigon, Athens, Greece. Antoniou has had work curated in group exhibitions at Cob Gallery, London, UK; Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy; CAN Gallery, Athens, Greece; Carvalho Park, New York, US; Night Cafe Gallery, London, UK; Split Gallery, London, UK; Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, UK; Bertson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London, UK; Hellenic Residence, London, UK; FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France and Mécènes du sud, Montpellier, France. Residencies include Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy (2023) and Roman Road Studios Programme, London, UK (2023). Antoniou has been awarded a Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies by NEON Organisation for Culture and Development, Greece and the ARTWORKS 2022-23 Fellowship by Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Greece.
SELECTED PRESS
2025 Artissima 2025: 7 Female Artists You Absolutely Need to Know, Vogue Italia [link]
2025 5 Artists not to miss in one day at Artissima 2025, Harpers Bazaar Italia [link]
2025 Cob Gallery Celebrated Their New London Location with an Inspiring Group Show - Surface Magazine, David Graver [link]
2025 Abandoned Cartographies & Other Odd Hours at CAN Gallery, THISISPAPER [link]
2025 Art Cube: Top 5 Discoveries at MiArt [link]
2024 Elculture, Involution exhibition feature [link]
2024 10 Emerging Artists to Discover at Foundations, Artsy [link]
2024 The Artists Garnering the most Attention in Foundations, Artsy Editorial, Casey Lesser [link]
2024 L'essenziale Studio Instagram Feature [link]
2024 So Young Magazine, Issue 48 [link]
2024 Artist of the Week - Interview, Lvl3, Chicago [link]
2023 Nothing New: Exhibition Making Against the Myth of Novelty,
Something Curated,London [link]
2023 Ofluxo, *pinch* to zoom, London [link]
2023 Conversation with Ottavia Lunari for Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine, Vienna [link]
2023 Artist of the Month, ArtUltra, London
2025 Artissima 2025: 7 Female Artists You Absolutely Need to Know, Vogue Italia [link]
2025 5 Artists not to miss in one day at Artissima 2025, Harpers Bazaar Italia [link]
2025 Cob Gallery Celebrated Their New London Location with an Inspiring Group Show - Surface Magazine, David Graver [link]
2025 Abandoned Cartographies & Other Odd Hours at CAN Gallery, THISISPAPER [link]
2025 Art Cube: Top 5 Discoveries at MiArt [link]
2024 Elculture, Involution exhibition feature [link]
2024 10 Emerging Artists to Discover at Foundations, Artsy [link]
2024 The Artists Garnering the most Attention in Foundations, Artsy Editorial, Casey Lesser [link]
2024 L'essenziale Studio Instagram Feature [link]
2024 So Young Magazine, Issue 48 [link]
2024 Artist of the Week - Interview, Lvl3, Chicago [link]
2023 Nothing New: Exhibition Making Against the Myth of Novelty,
Something Curated,London [link]
2023 Ofluxo, *pinch* to zoom, London [link]
2023 Conversation with Ottavia Lunari for Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine, Vienna [link]
2023 Artist of the Month, ArtUltra, London