Black and white portrait of Elena Vevoi in her studio

Athens, 1986. Lives and works in London.

Elena Vevoi

“The wall is not merely a support. It is the primary participant.”

My practice is rooted in the quiet interrogation of space and the permanence of light. By stripping away the ornamental, I seek the architectural skeleton of human emotion: the rigid geometry of loss and the expansive fluidity of hope.

Each canvas is treated as a structural site, where layers of plaster and ink are applied with surgical precision to build a matted depth that demands silence from the viewer.

Selected exhibitions

2024The Architecture of SilenceSolo exhibition, Gagosian, London
2023Void and VolumeBiennale di Venezia, Greek Pavilion
2023Matted RealitiesMuseum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2022Chroma PlasterThe Broad, Los Angeles
2021Archetypes of LightSolo exhibition, White Cube, Paris
2020Neutral GroundTate Modern, London

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