Stoidis Aris
He was born in Thessaloniki, in 1971. There, he studied music and ancient antiquities maintenance. He has also studied wood and glass restoration and decorative painting in Barcelona. He lives and works in Thessaloniki, Athens and Agion Oros. As a composer, he writes music mainly for the theater and has participated in three Young Artists Biennale, as well as various festivals. As a visual artist, he sets out from a two-dimensional, blank piece of paper and then, with a simple gesture, like a violent folding, he passes to a three-dimensional level. On this level, he depicts stories revolving around people and animals, through the interaction between forms, time and empty (or temporary) space. His forms seem to be emanating out of the abstract and faint borders of a piece of paper.