Athens, Greece

Eirini Antonaki

"To art or not to art. To ant or not to ant."

About me: I was born in Athens in 2000, where I continue to live until this day. I study Architecture at National Technical University of Athens, while at the same time I attend several seminars and workshops about art, comics, creativity and photography among others. I have always had a great passion for art. I’m involved in various forms, such as sketching, theater, music and writing. Concerning music and theater, I have been a member of the team “Theatrical - Musical Team of students and graduates of the 2nd High School of Voula” since 2013. I have taken part in many festivals and musical and theatrical events and competitions. I was also a member of “Liber Animus” choir (2013-2017), while I was attending guitar and piano lessons. But most of the time I’m sketching – anywhere, anytime, with every tool I have access to. My creative work: It is basically composed of paintings, sketches, texts, photography and at times a combination of the above with collage. I work both analog, with ink, markers, charcoal and pastel and digitally with design and editing software. I’m inspired by everyday situations that I have experienced externally and internally. Social and political issues, interpersonal relationships, phenomena of everyday decline etc. usually is what usually triggers me. That’s why my work is widely human centered, because I believe that all of the above is directly or indirectly related. Why I create: Because it fulfills me, because it’s a way to express my thoughts, to channel the negative energy and to expose myself. It’s a personal need, which is why my work is often unfiltered, spontaneous. It is an associative path, intensity in both of the texture of the line and the emotion, a raw depiction of worries and everyday life through the prism of distortion, a confusion that eventually passes to the viewer. The texts that I include in my works are not always visible to the viewers and, even when they are, they’re not legible in a logical order. Thus, the confusion I’m referring to, becomes even more intense and a part of the conception which always remains invisible and, therefore, purely personal.

Languages:Greek, English, German