Evi Kalogiropoulou experiments with installation, sculpture, and film to portray dystopian environments and elements of science fiction based on urban stories from contemporary society amongst socio-political crises. Kalogiropoulou is intrigued by the idea of exploring the social context of the post-colonial and patriarchal environment of our current time. Her practice is informed by the desire to cross-pollinate modern philosophical and mystical theories with ancient philosophy, in an effort to cultivate new narratives. These theories also serve as a source material for her investigation of how urban environments are shaped and developed as a result of social and political crises that tend to adversely impact both immigrants and women.

Kalogiropoulou’s installation and sculptures combine the past and present as her work is influenced by ancient stories that reveal the complexities of past mentalities concerning politics, femininity, the female body, and societal roles. Her practice serves as connective tissue between these traditional ways of thinking and our present time via contemporary technological material. By portraying the parallels, connections, and contradictions between these, she seeks to unpack how perception and tradition have the potential to become a breeding ground for misunderstanding, oppression, and impeded social progress.

Cynisca is said to have been a tomboy, 2020
Marble, metal, synthetic hair, 109 x 110 x 31 cm
Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens

She was honored by having a bronze statue of a chariot, 2020
Marble, metal, synthetic hair, 160 x 80 x 27 cm
Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens

But she though not herself a bona fide heroine, 2019
Marble, metal, synthetic hair, 160 x 80 x 20 cm
Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens

I declare myself the only woman to have won this wreath, 2019
Marble, metal, synthetic hair, 130 x 84 20 cm
Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens

She was the first woman to breed horses, 2019
Marble, metal, 44.6 x 70.3 x 30 cm
Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens

Tiles, 2020
Video, 10’28’’
Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens
The project was developed with the support of the ENTER program created by Onassis Foundation