ALKISTIS MAVROKEFALOU

  • vernal, 2019, 30x30x47 cm, mixed media (thread, flower petals, silicone resin, wire)
  • seashell, 2023, 25x20x20 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons, thread, flowers in plexiglass box)
  • alight, 2022, (detail 8x8 cm), pen and pencil on millimetre paper
  • alight, 2022, 24x56 cm, pen and pencil on millimetre paper
  • nothing for it iii, 2021, 80x20x40 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons,
  • yours, 2022, 20x20 cm, colour pencils on millimetre paper
  • in sight, 2022, 20x20 cm, colour pencils on millimetre paper
  • nothing for it i, (detail), 2021, 80x20x40 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons,
  • tithoni, 2023 (view of solo show tithoni, Ileana Tounta contemporary art centre,
  • nim, 2021, 1.5x1.5 cm aprox., mixed media (lemon core, thread, flower petals)
  • liminal, 2022, 21x12x22,5 cm, mixed media (lemon cores, cicada exoskeletons, thread, silicone resin, flower petals, dry colour pigments). Phto Credit: ano.atelier
  • vernal, 2019, 30x30x47 cm, mixed media (thread, flower petals, silicone resin, wire)

    vernal, 2019, 30x30x47 cm, mixed media (thread, flower petals, silicone resin, wire). Photo Credit: Thalia Galanopoulou

  • seashell, 2023, 25x20x20 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons, thread, flowers in plexiglass box)

    seashell, 2023, 25x20x20 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons, thread, flowers in plexiglass box)

  • alight, 2022, (detail 8x8 cm), pen and pencil on millimetre paper

    alight, 2022, (detail 8x8 cm), pen and pencil on millimetre paper

  • alight, 2022, 24x56 cm, pen and pencil on millimetre paper

    alight, 2022, 24x56 cm, pen and pencil on millimetre paper

  • nothing for it iii, 2021, 80x20x40 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons,

    nothing for it iii, 2021, 80x20x40 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons, urchins, shrimp exeskeletons, thread, silicone, dry colour pigments).

  • yours, 2022, 20x20 cm, colour pencils on millimetre paper

    yours, 2022, 20x20 cm, colour pencils on millimetre paper

  • in sight, 2022, 20x20 cm, colour pencils on millimetre paper

    in sight, 2022, 20x20 cm, colour pencils on millimetre paper

  • nothing for it i, (detail), 2021, 80x20x40 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons,

    nothing for it i, (detail), 2021, 80x20x40 cm, mixed media (cicada exoskeletons, pistachio, thread, flowers). Photo Credit: ano.atelier

  • tithoni, 2023 (view of solo show tithoni, Ileana Tounta contemporary art centre,

    tithoni, 2023 (view of solo show tithoni, Ileana Tounta contemporary art centre, 2023). Photo Credits: Dimitris Foutris

  • nim, 2021, 1.5x1.5 cm aprox., mixed media (lemon core, thread, flower petals)

    nim, 2021, 1.5x1.5 cm aprox., mixed media (lemon core, thread, flower petals)

  • liminal, 2022, 21x12x22,5 cm, mixed media (lemon cores, cicada exoskeletons, thread, silicone resin, flower petals, dry colour pigments). Phto Credit: ano.atelier

    liminal, 2022, 21x12x22,5 cm, mixed media (lemon cores, cicada exoskeletons, thread, silicone resin, flower petals, dry colour pigments). Phto Credit: ano.atelier

Alkistis Mavrokefalou (born 1993) lives and works between Athens and Chios.

She received her BFA from Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford (2014) and her MFA from MET, Athens School
of Fine Arts (2017).

She has received the second prize in Mataroa Awards of Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Fair (2021) and is an Artworks Fellow (SNF Artist Fellowship Award from Stavros Niarchos Foundation 2020).

Her first solo show, titled tithoni and curated by Galini Lazani was held in Ileana Tounta contemporary art centre in 2023 (Athens, January-March 2023).

She has taken part in several group exhibitions among which: ArtAthina 23 in Ileana Tounta contemporary art centre booth, Zappeion Megaron (Athens, 2023), #ekeipouzo 23 festival (Chios, 2023), solo show Vernal as part of “Kati” project of Apodec (Thessaloniki 2022), Sinantiseis Eikastikwn (Chios, 2022), #ekeipouzo 22 festival (Chios, 2022), Mataroa, 5th Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Fair (2021), If Anything Survives, Potential Project (Athens 2021), Sleeping Beauties, curated by G. Lazani, BacktoAthens8 International Arts Festival (Athens 2021), Matrix, Hydra School Projects (Hydra 2020) curated by D. Antonitsis, Coffins of Black, Coffins of Luck, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre (Athens 2019) curated by G. Lazani, Kypselian Salon, Snehta (Athens, 2019), The shell, Space18 (Thessaloniki 2019), An Earthly Matter, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center (Athens 2018), Rooms18, Kappatos gallery (Athens 2018), Never Below Zero, Snehta (Athens 2018), InBetween, DepoDarm gallery (Athens 2017), Mind the Gap, Kodra, KodraFresh (Thessaloniki, 2016), About Power, LoandBehold, Athens Biennale Omonoia (Athens 2015), Per Form/ Free Cake, Dilston Grove (London, 2012).

Her work is centred on the coexistence of frailty and durability observed in organic shreds found in nature (such as cicada exoskeletons, other insects, flower petals etc) and on the magical, illusory presence of these fragments within their surroundings. Her practice is an effort to communicate their elusive, quietly strong, elliptical essence.