George Sampsonidis (b. 1987) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Athens.
He recieved his BFA from Athens School of Fine Arts and has completed his MA (Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age) at the Ionian University
Artist statement
At the core of my creative exploration is the evolution
of representation, the interaction between classical art forms and
contemporary modes of expression, exploring the transitions in the way
we constitute,reconstitute and remember experiences, requests,
memories, determinants and perspectives.
My first solo exhibition was deeply influenced by classical art
traditions, focusing on the depths of human emotion. Characterized by
contemplative stillness and a monochromatic palette, the works were a
meditation on light, shadow, and form.
The notion of ‘being’ and its inherent striving force ¬– the Conatus –
formed the cornerstone of those works, claiming the search for beauty
and meaning in the essence of existence, memory and death.
This era, characterized by introversion, loneliness and a deep
engagement with traditional media and their limits, set the stage for a
transformative exploration.
As time unfolded, my artistic inquiry deepened, giving way to a period
of transformation toward ‘becoming’. This metamorphosis was marked
by a bold embrace of vibrant narratives, digital textures, and an active
dialogue between the past and present.
The intervening years – a period of academic immersion and technical
training in digital media, with a Master’s degree in Audiovisual Arts in
the Digital Age– marked an important crossroads in my creative
practice.
The recentworks, presented in my latest solo exhibition, embody this
transition using digital technologies to create multidimensional
narratives of Liminality.
Grounded in the study of the human form and the aesthetics of
representation through the ages, my work illustrates the tension that
exists in each relationship: tension between image and text, between
the analogue event and its digital representation, between roots and
deterritorialization.
The conversation between the works portrays how our perception of
reality is shaped: fluid, transitional, between the request for
wholeness and the experience of a fragmented world.
Through my art, I aim to create heterotopias: spaces of alterity that
are both tangible and intangible, reflecting the diversity of human
experience and thought. The transition from static to moving images –
from silence to movement – embodies my reflection of time, denoting a
fluid continuum that challenges the duality of past and present.
In a nutshell, my work invites those who see it to experience it as an
interweaving of signs and symbols that constitute our collective
visual memory; an attempt to merge the echo of history with the pulse
of the present.