The Art Curator Paris Kapralos, in collaboration with visual artists, presents the exhibition “Nameless Journeys” at Alma Mater gallery (62, Emmanouil Benaki St., Exarchia, Athens). This exhibition is an artistic response to the dramatic rise in forced displacement in our era, shedding light on the unseen paths and human stories behind the statistics.
The opening event will take place on Thursday, July 10, from 19:00 to 22:00.
The exhibition features painting, drawing, photography, wall-mounted constructions, and video art.
The exhibition is held physically in Athens at Alma Mater from Thursday, July 10 to Sunday, July 20, 2025, and simultaneously online, in collaboration with ARTgrID.
In his curatorial note, Mr. Kapralos writes: “Every journey has a beginning, a destination, and a story. And yet, there are journeys that remain invisible—without name, without map, without testimony. They are the paths of those who move silently among us, leaving behind homes, identities, memories—driven out and abused en masse or individually. Carrying collective and personal traumas that most people find hard to comprehend, let alone imagine overcoming. ‘Nameless Journeys’ do not speak only of movement. They speak of the search for meaning, the struggle to exist where one has never belonged. hey have no face because they were never given the right to stand still long enough to gain one. They speak of the fear of rejection, the insecurity of waiting, the fatigue of endless ‘after’. These journeys carve through unknown roads, lands that promise nothing but the hope of survival. Nameless does not mean faceless. Behind every step is a decision. Behind every silence, a scream that was never heard. In ‘Nameless Journeys’ we observe the unseen—where visibility is not a given. People at a threshold: between earth and sky, past and present, familiar and foreign. Many will never be recorded. They will never meet normality. They may never find a place to stand without fear. Let us make space for these nameless journeys—not to name them, but to respect them. To look upon them as one looks at the horizon: with uncertainty, with hope, and with the deep awareness that somewhere out there, someone keeps walking.”
Participating artists include: Niki Roumbani, Apopsych, Olga Barmazi, Panagiota Kalesoglou, Aleksandra Acic, Dimitrios Bozios, Sofia Skourti, Giannis Karatzas, Anthia Filippi, Ioannis Karras, Georgia Athanasopoulou, Kostis A. Makris, Elena Tsouka, Elena Karali.
Opening Hours / Days: Wednesday to Sunday, 19:00–22:00.
On other days, visits are by appointment only at 6972445353.
Admission is free.
A bilingual (Greek & English) commemorative exhibition catalog-book is available free of charge to all visitors.
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About the Curator
Paris Kapralos is an Art Curator, Founder of ARC – Art Revisited Collective, publisher of Arts & Antiques CCR, and co-founder of ARTgrID. Born in 1975, he grew up in Athens where he lives and works. He studied Economics (Athens) and Graphic Arts (Staffordshire, UK). He worked as a journalist in financial newspapers, magazines, and news agencies (1999–2006), and as a business conference executive (2004–2011), before shifting to the art sector in 2011. Since then, he has curated and organized over 200 exhibitions, art events, projects, and participations in Greece and abroad. Find out more at his WEBSITE.
About ARTgrID
ARTgrID is a company focused on promoting high-quality visual art, primarily through its digital services platform and also via physical events, actions, and collaborations with curators, art venues, dealers, investors, legal experts, and more. It offers a specialized online platform at artgrid.gr, supporting physical and online exhibitions, symposiums, and other art-related actions, as well as the creation, hosting, and promotion of artists’ websites.
About Alma Mater
“Alma Mater” is an art space located in the heart of Athens, in Exarchia. It is housed in a renovated neoclassical residence built before 1890. In Latin, “Alma Mater” means “nurturing mother” and symbolically refers to knowledge as a nurturing force in human development. The space aims to function as an “alma mater” for the intellectual and aesthetic evolution of the city. Beyond exhibitions, it also hosts events and is equipped accordingly. More information: https://almamater.gr
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