My works initially remarked on environmental issues, questioning how we consume and produce waste. However, the arrival of war refugees to Greece, often drowning in their attempt to cross the Mediterranean, could not leave me indifferent. The drama of human invasion on nature was redefined as the drama of people fleeing from war.
On the other hand, the reluctance of the Western world to offer them shelter, reinforcing boarders with walls and razor barbed wire fences instead, inserted my work.
Coming from a minimalistic background, in my past work, razor barbed wire becomes a new element, symbolizing enforcement. It often is used in juxtaposition to symbols of innocence and playfulness, such as colorful backgrounds and children’s games.  
My latest work, questions the barriers and cancellations of human existence in the modern world, imposed either by contemporary sociopolitical systems, or from visible and invisible threats of an ever-changing environment due to the irrational use of its resources.
Personal and collective freedoms are constantly being restricted or abolished and barriers and enclosures are violently imposed onto humanity, as we are currently experiencing due to the global health crisis of the coronavirus. This is the basic theme of my work, aiming at raising these issues and sensitizing the public.


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