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Adonis Stoantzikis (born 1984, Athens, Greece) earned his BFA (Integrated Master) in painting from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 2011. His thesis was honored with the B&M Theocharaki Foundation Award in 2013, leading him to pursue his Master's Degree in painting in The Netherlands with the support of a scholarship from the I.K.Y Foundation. As part of an exchange program in 2014, he studied at Hunter College in New York. Recently, he completed his PhD at the University of West Attica with the support of a scholarship from the ELKE. Since 2010, Stoantzikis has showcased his work internationally in various institutions and galleries, including Galerie Bart in Amsterdam, Laden für Nicht in Leipzig, the Miniature Museum in Amsterdam and Hydra School Projects in Greece.

Initially incorporating elements of landscape painting into his early career, Stoantzikis shifted to creating abstract works during the pandemic. In his new series, the artist transforms his exploration of textures into captivating sculptures and paintings, showcasing touchable patterns crafted through oil painting or the use of polymer clay and glass. These abstract creations involve layering various non-representational materials, revealing a mysterious and gradual transformation of substance. As a result, the details and emerging patterns create a captivating ambiguity between illusion and reality, navigating the interplay of presence and absence, the visible and the invisible. This dynamic interaction evokes a sense of both materiality and emptiness within the artworks.