The exhibition presents photographs of Chloe Akrithaki’s encounters with visual
artists, capturing them in their studios and other places familiar to them.

In 1992, Chloe Akrithaki photographed her father, the artist Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994), in his studio. This was her first attempt at capturing an artist while he was creating within his studio, feeling free, forgetting the camera’s presence. However, this “defined” the manner and relationship between her and other artists she would photograph many years later in Athens.

Chloe Akrithaki’s Encounters is an ongoing project that explores the mutual relationship of trust, acceptance, and freedom between artists. Her images capture the essence of these encounters, reflecting the diversity of the artists and their works. It is a photographic rendering of sharing, the energy, and the pulse of an encounter.
The project develops like a living organism over the years, gradually taking shape through multiple visits to artists, enriched by new works, ideas, concerns, and
techniques. These encounters are, ultimately, presented through a selection of other works, her own, each as different as the artists themselves and as varied as their creations and motivations. The only constant throughout is her commitment to providing genuine and meaningful images to the viewer. Her photographs convey a sense of natural communication, connecting viewers to the artists and their creative processes. In these images, the artists compete for significance with elements and objects in their space—through a movement, an expression, or an uncontrolled play of light and shadow. Unexpected conditions and seemingly trivial details, often overlooked, contribute to shaping an atmosphere conducive to the artistic creation and the warmth of a friendly meeting…

Chloe explains, “It is a personal approach, a visit to a friend. We enjoy coffee, tea, and sometimes beer and talk about art, especially in Greece. Occasionally, I take
photographs. In some images, the studio environment and details or individual body parts stand in for the whole person. And sometimes it happens that after establishing a deep trust, the artists forget that I’m there. During these times, I can capture candid moments where they focus on their artistic creation.”

Katerina Koskina

Photographed artists:

Dimosthenis Avramidis, Yannis Adamakos, Christos Athanasiadis, Eugenia Apostolou, Christos Bouronikos, Lizzie Calligas, Capten, Dionisis Christofilogiannis,
Paolo Colombο, Martha Dimitropoulou, Antonis Donef, Maro Fasouli, Vasso Gavaisse, Dimitris Georgakopoulos, Vassilis Gerodimos, Marianna Gioka, Efi Haliori,
Athina Ioannou, Apostolos Karakatsanis, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Irini Karayannopoulou, Nikomachi Karakostanoglou, Peggy Kliafa, Katerina Katsifaraki, Michalis Katzourakis, Panagiotis Koulouras, Alexandros Laios, Vasiliki Lefkaditi, Panagiotis Lezes, Marianna Lourba, Miltos Manetas, Maro Michalakakos, Irini Miga, Kyriakos Mortarakos, Kleopatra Moursela, Eleni Mylonas, Efrosini Mytilinaiou, Nikos Papadimitriou, Nikos Papadopoulos, Ilias Papailiakis, Alexios Papazacharias, Nikos Podias, Lila Polenaki, Spiridoula Politi, Mantalina Psoma, Georgia Sagri, Nana Sachini, Kostas Sachpazis, George Stamatakis, Sofia Stevi, Chrisanthos Sotiropoulos, Tolis Tatolas, Thanasis Totsikas, Nikos Tranos, Giorgos Tserionis, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Kostas Tsolis, Dimitris Tzammouranis, Alexandros Tzannis, Amalia Vekri, Kostis Velonis, Katerina Zacharopoulou