Paris Kapralos, art curator, in collaboration with visual artists from Greece and abroad, invites you to visit the exhibition “Dwellings of the Self” and honour with your presence the opening on Thursday 15 January from 19:00 to 22:00.
The exhibition takes place physically in Athens at the art venue Chili Art Gallery (13-15 Dimofontos Street, Thiseio, Athens) and online, in collaboration with ARTgrID.
The exhibition explores the concept of dwelling as a psychic function, where the self forms its own inner space in the face of an unstable world. The visitor will encounter works of painting, sculpture, photography, and digital art, making the visit to the exhibition a unique experience.
It is noted in the curatorial text: “After the “great confinement” of the “Stay at Home” period during the Pandemic, the notion of ‘home’ becomes increasingly detached from its architectural substance and is transformed into a function of the psyche. The dividing lines between private and public, personal and collective, are no longer clear. This exhibition examines, through Art, the psychosocial imprint of confinement today: the internalization of the world, the shift in the meaning of dwelling, the construction of an inner place. Drawing from the concept of the “inland of the self”, as articulated by Paul Valéry, the home reappears as an inner topography of the Self. This inland is now organized as a response to an uncertain, threatening and extremely unpleasant external reality. The construction of an inner world is not a contemplative or poetic process, but a survival mechanism. The internalization of the familiar functions both as protection and isolation. The self is structured as a world – an autonomous, self-sufficient and often impenetrable landscape. A key role in the psychosocial part of this process is played by the impact of technological and networked conditions. The home of the self now functions as an interface. Our gaze is mediated, experience is organized through screens, and the “inside” and the “outside” communicate digitally, not experientially. The individual inhabits a mental system of information and images which they attempt to organize as a real world. The exhibition invites artists to think about the notion of dwelling beyond the material nature of space, as a psychological, existential and symbolic process that permanently changes our relationship with society, with others, and with the world.”
The following visual artists have contributed their works to the exhibition: Dan Jauca, Kostas Michos, Ioana Axente, Efi Mamona, Maria P. Oikonomopoulou, Konstantinos Adamantidis, Anna Fragkaki, Catherine Tsiringouli, Katerina Papaspiliopoulou, Ioannis Stamoulis, Anastasia Chania, Fani Gavriilidou, Maria Papatrecha, Theodora Anagnostopoulou, Amalia Triantafyllou, Evangeli Karangeli, Maria Darla, Giorgos Pistikos, Elina Kehagedaki, Olga Barmazi, Chrysoula Demagkou, Polytimi Balopoulou, Magda Dimoudi, Argyro Karamouzi.
A bilingual (Greek and English) commemorative catalogue-book has been published for the exhibition and is available free of charge to all visitors.
Ώρες/Μέρες: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00 – 18:00, Thursday 12:00 – 19:00, Saturday 11:00 – 15:00. Monday, Sunday Closed
The exhibition will run from Thursday 15 to Saturday 24 January 2026
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Audience Awards
Additionally, on the official Facebook page of ARTgrID, from the opening night and until the end of the exhibition, an album with photographs of all the artworks will be posted, where the public will be able to express their preference for the works by clicking “Like” until the final day of the exhibition at 23:59. For the artist who gathers the most “Likes” by that date and time, the organizers will announce to the media the artwork that received the audience’s preference and will award the artist with non-monetary prizes.
About the Curator
Paris Kapralos is an Art Curator, Founder & Coordinator of the ARC -Art Revisited Collective, publisher of Arts & Antiques CCR, and co-founder of ARTgrID. He was born in 1975 and grew up in Athens, where he lives and works. From 2008 to 2022 he lived in Northern Greece. He studied Economics (Athens) and Graphic Arts (Staffordshire, UK). He worked as a journalist focusing in Technology business & investing, collaborating with newspapers magazines and online news agencies (1999–2006), as an organizer of business conferences in the IT & Telecommunications sector (2004–2011), and changed his career path towards the field of Art in 2011. Since then, he has curated and organized more than 200 exhibitions, visual art events, projects and participations both in Greece and abroad.
About ARTgrID
ARTgrID is a company systematically engaged in the promotion and advancement of quality visual art by visual artists, primarily through a digital services website, but also by organizing physical events, actions, and collaborations with many different stakeholders in the field of Arts (curators, venues, art dealers, investment consultants, specialised lawyers, etc.). It operates an online platform at artgrid.gr offering services including the organization of physical and online exhibitions/symposia/visual art actions, creation, hosting and promotion of visual artists’ websites, and more. Information HERE.
About Chili Art Gallery
Chili Art Gallery was founded in 2010 and is located in Thiseio next to the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens “Melina”, just a breath away from the most vibrant part of the city, Gazi. It is a cultural venue where art lovers and the wider public can engage with all forms of Contemporary Art. Painting, sculpture, collage/compositions, installations/constructions, printmaking, photography are presented on a monthly basis through solo and group exhibitions and events. Information HERE.
Photography Sponsor
Studio Kotsireas | www.studiokotsireas.com
Online Support
ARTgrID | artgrid.gr
