[contact: elli.antoniou.studio@gmail.com]
London- Athens
Elli Antoniou (b.1995) explores the multifaceted notion of ‘the virtual’ and the boundaries of sensory experience. She has devised a hybrid technique combining gestural drawing with the use of abrasive tools to subtly alter the surface of steel panels, transforming their reflective properties. Animated by their surrounding light, her ‘metallic drawings’ propose scaleless fluid cosmoi in perpetual motion. Employing the use of power tools in an unconventional manner, Antoniou’s drawings are physically demanding. Claiming co-authorship with her tools, she engages with them in a high speed choreography of synthesis. Her subtracting process allows for forms to emerge at the surface of the steel sheet, referencing an ontology of fullness; where the perceptible emerges from the imperceptible. Through her drawings, she proposes a world of possibilities with each glistening moment capturing a glitching experience of the present. As her sculptures continuously regenerate images under the play of light, they become speculative screens for an unfolding parallel reality, whose profile she is gradually shaping.
Antoniou holds an MA Degree in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art (2018-2020), with a scholarship from NEON Organisation for Culture and Development and a BA in Fine Art & History of Art from Goldsmiths University of London (2014-2017). She has been awarded the ARTWORKS 2022-23 Fellowship by Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Greece. Antoniou has participated at the Palazzo Monti residency programme (2023), Brescia, Italy and at the Roman Road studios programme, London, U.K. (2023)
PRESS
2024 Elculture, Involution exhibition feature [link]
2024 10 Emerging Artists to Discover at Foundations, Artsy [link]
2024 L'essenziale Studio Instagram Feature [link]
2024 So Young Magazine, Issue 48 [link]
2024 Artist of the Week, Lvl3, Chicago [link]
2023 Something Curated, London [link]
2023 QUASI publication, Bristol [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 [link]
SELECTED EXHBITIONS
solo & duo:
2024 passages through the caustics, Cob Gallery, London, U.K.
2024 Morphic Fields, Night Cafe Gallery, London, U.K.
2024 a brief interval - spills within, Split Gallery, London, U.K.
2023 *pinch* to zoom, Generation & Display, London, U.K.
2021 _overlapping moments of a slightly present, Saigon, Athens, Greece
group:
2024 Involution, Supported by the Ministry of Culture Greece, Wildreeds, Athens, Greece.
2024 Veils of Impermanence, Supported by Arts Council England, Gossamer Fog, London, U.K.
2024 things fall apart; the centre cannot hold, Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, U.K.
2023 Al Dente: A Feast for the Senses, Bertson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London, U.K.
2023 Halls of Mirrors, PLOP, London, U.K.
2023 Warm Reflections On Black Ice, Rosa Stern x Saigon, Munich, Germany
2023 Excursion II, Split Gallery , London, U.K.
2023 Recursion I, Split Gallery , London, U.K.
2022 Doomed Companions, Unsubstantial Shades, Hellenic Residence, London, U.K., Supported by NEON Organization for Culture and Development
2022 Moon White Moth, Saigon & PTX, Athens, Greece
2022 Back to Athens 9: No Apocalypse Now, Isaiah Mansion, Athens, Greece
2022 THE DEEP END, Two Thirds, Athens, Greece
2021 Art Athina [Virtual], Space52, online
2021 Monts Analogues, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
2021 AORA: IV, Nationwide, Internet.
2021 SPACE LAPS [RCA Sculpture Degree Show], Royal Society of Sculpture, London, U.K.
2021 BAMBI WOODS PRESENTS, ERGO Collective & Space 52, Supported by ΝΕΟΝ Organization for Culture and Development, Athens, Greece
2021 Scenes of Inclination, Manor Baths, London, U.K.
2020 moment[1.3]escape.now, AOS [Arebyte on Screen], online, London, U.K.
2020 RCA2020 [Royal College of Art Degree Show], online, [UK]
2019 On the Edge of the Blade we run, PLYFA Factory, Athens, Greece
2019 Marketing Suite Publication Launch, Assembly Point, London, U.K.
2019 Aube immédiate, vents tièdes, Mécènes du sud, Montpellier, France.
2019 Critical Cartographies: Marketing Suite, Fillet, London, U.K.
2018 I reply: by want him to know (that) i wai him to know; him to know; they saw it in a dream, Studio59, London, U.K.
2018 The Thingness of The Thing, Hammer Cafe, Basel, Switzerland
2018 My Life As A Succulent Pattern, Popupbastille, Paris, France
2024 Elculture, Involution exhibition feature [link]
2024 10 Emerging Artists to Discover at Foundations, Artsy [link]
2024 L'essenziale Studio Instagram Feature [link]
2024 So Young Magazine, Issue 48 [link]
2024 Artist of the Week, Lvl3, Chicago [link]
2023 Something Curated, London [link]
2023 QUASI publication, Bristol [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 [link]
SELECTED EXHBITIONS
solo & duo:
2024 passages through the caustics, Cob Gallery, London, U.K.
2024 Morphic Fields, Night Cafe Gallery, London, U.K.
2024 a brief interval - spills within, Split Gallery, London, U.K.
2023 *pinch* to zoom, Generation & Display, London, U.K.
2021 _overlapping moments of a slightly present, Saigon, Athens, Greece
group:
2024 Involution, Supported by the Ministry of Culture Greece, Wildreeds, Athens, Greece.
2024 Veils of Impermanence, Supported by Arts Council England, Gossamer Fog, London, U.K.
2024 things fall apart; the centre cannot hold, Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, U.K.
2023 Al Dente: A Feast for the Senses, Bertson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London, U.K.
2023 Halls of Mirrors, PLOP, London, U.K.
2023 Warm Reflections On Black Ice, Rosa Stern x Saigon, Munich, Germany
2023 Excursion II, Split Gallery , London, U.K.
2023 Recursion I, Split Gallery , London, U.K.
2022 Doomed Companions, Unsubstantial Shades, Hellenic Residence, London, U.K., Supported by NEON Organization for Culture and Development
2022 Moon White Moth, Saigon & PTX, Athens, Greece
2022 Back to Athens 9: No Apocalypse Now, Isaiah Mansion, Athens, Greece
2022 THE DEEP END, Two Thirds, Athens, Greece
2021 Art Athina [Virtual], Space52, online
2021 Monts Analogues, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
2021 AORA: IV, Nationwide, Internet.
2021 SPACE LAPS [RCA Sculpture Degree Show], Royal Society of Sculpture, London, U.K.
2021 BAMBI WOODS PRESENTS, ERGO Collective & Space 52, Supported by ΝΕΟΝ Organization for Culture and Development, Athens, Greece
2021 Scenes of Inclination, Manor Baths, London, U.K.
2020 moment[1.3]escape.now, AOS [Arebyte on Screen], online, London, U.K.
2020 RCA2020 [Royal College of Art Degree Show], online, [UK]
2019 On the Edge of the Blade we run, PLYFA Factory, Athens, Greece
2019 Marketing Suite Publication Launch, Assembly Point, London, U.K.
2019 Aube immédiate, vents tièdes, Mécènes du sud, Montpellier, France.
2019 Critical Cartographies: Marketing Suite, Fillet, London, U.K.
2018 I reply: by want him to know (that) i wai him to know; him to know; they saw it in a dream, Studio59, London, U.K.
2018 The Thingness of The Thing, Hammer Cafe, Basel, Switzerland
2018 My Life As A Succulent Pattern, Popupbastille, Paris, France