Ariadni Vitastali (b. 1970) is a Hellenic visual artist based in northern Greece. She holds a D.N.A.P. (Diplôme National des Arts Plastiques) from the École Supérieure d’Art et Design Saint-Étienne, France (1994), and a D.N.S.A.P. (Diplôme National Supérieur des Arts Plastiques) from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1998). Ariadni has exhibited internationally in group shows and held solo exhibitions in New York, France, and Greece. Her practice centers on the interplay of space, movement, and mythology, weaving historical echoes with a contemporary perspective. Driven by ancient Greek and Roman myths and the intricate patterns of classical ceramics, her work becomes a dialogue between the eternal and the intimate. Through a choreographed display of vacant and supercharged spaces, dynamic gestures, and untamed energy, her art delves into the thresholds of grace and grit, structure and entropy.

”Through my hasty handling of oil sticks and violent application of strokes, my practice explores the tension between harmony and chaos, beauty and vulgarity, emptiness and excess. Inspired by Greek and Roman mythology and classical ceramics, I reimagine these narratives through a contemporary lens, blending history with personal experience. At its core, my practice examines boundaries of the feminine body (my body) — between the timeless and the contemporary, order and chaos — through its influences and its associations to feelings of aggression, love, and lust, and their points of osculation.”

— Ariadni Vitastali

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