Welcome to the online edition of the exhibition “Ink on Paper 11” — an exhibition that took place in person at Alma Mater Art Space from Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 12, 2025. Curated by art curator Paris Kapralos, in collaboration with visual artists who use ink as their primary expressive medium, this was the 11th installment of the namesake series. The online edition of the exhibition will remain available until November 12, 2025.

In the curatorial note, Mr. Kapralos writes:
“Ink — or ‘the ink’ as we commonly refer to it today — is a colored liquid substance used in writing, typography, and painting. It comes from the ancient Greek word ‘melas’ (=black), as the first color used was black. If we write ‘Human history has been written in ink,’ most people will think of books. But much earlier, human memory was painted on cave walls with ink, long before the concept of writing was invented. A hundred thousand years ago, people first painted, and only later began to write down what needed to be preserved. Since the 15th century, when paper became widely available in Europe, artists adopted it, and the histories of paper and ink merged into a bouquet of arts.

Today, visual artists produce with immense stylistic diversity and a variety of experimentations based on their unique points of origin — creating works of exceptional sensitivity, often entirely unexpected, and remarkable in their approach. The global trend of using water-soluble ink — either colored or black — as an alternative to traditional paints, along with the availability of outstanding handmade and industrial papers from around the world for printmakers and painters alike, makes the art of ink on paper one of the most revitalized and exciting approaches in contemporary visual art.”

Participating visual artists:
Andreas Sinopoulos, Olga Barmazi, Giorgos Valvis, Kony Zervou, Alexios Demelis, Chryssa Tsovili, Sotiris Dandanas, Dimitris Galanakis, Chryssa Teliou, Ioannis Vlachos, Pepi Karagiannaki, Mary Poulakou, Panagiota Outsiou