Artists from different countries come together in an exhibition that examines identity as something fluid, layered, and constantly in motion. Moving between borders, languages, and shifting cultural realities, the works presented challenge the idea of identity as a fixed or inherited label. Instead, the “I” emerges as something unstable—sometimes clearly defined, sometimes elusive—shaped equally by what is passed down and what is consciously chosen.
In today’s globalised world, identity unfolds as a continuous process of transformation. It is influenced by geography, language, social environments, memory, and personal experience. The exhibition does not attempt to provide clear answers but instead raises open-ended questions: What am I? What am I not? How am I defined by others, and how do I define myself? What is real, and what is projected? Identity is explored here as a space of negotiation—between the visible and invisible, between choice and imposition, between self-perception and external gaze.
Through diverse artistic approaches, the participating artists reflect on these tensions from deeply personal and cultural perspectives.
Affirmation
Alexandros Maganiotis explores identity through lived experience and everyday roles, examining personal narratives alongside identities shaped by family and social expectations. His work weaves together literature, archival photographs, and references to Greek mythology, using humour, symbolism, and free association to question how identities are constructed and performed.
Identity
Robert Barcia, an internationally recognised photographer living between the United States and Greece, focuses on the complexity of the spaces we choose to inhabit—socially, culturally, and emotionally. His work blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy through experimental textures and processes, suggesting that identity is something constantly presented, misunderstood, and reinterpreted. He raises a critical question: “when the image becomes the way the world sees us, how much truth remains?“
Rejection
For Tao Luo, identity is inseparable from the body and spiritual consciousness. Drawing on his practice as an artist, architect, and yoga and meditation teacher, his work explores the relationship between inner awareness, physical presence, nature, and space. Through this connection, identity becomes a lived, embodied experience rather than a static definition.
Reshape
Christiana Dafni Tatsi approaches identity through movement and interaction, creating a poetic language of the body. Working with installations, spatial interventions, and interactive technologies, she challenges the structures of contemporary reality. Her work explores memory, personal and collective identity, and the systems that shape them, asking: “if identity is a story continuously written, who holds the pen?“
Self-definition
Kevrekidis turns to family memory and migration as sources of inspiration. Drawing from old photographs, heirlooms, and objects found in preserved family boxes from Asia Minor, he reanimates personal history through pop-art experimentation. By recontextualising these objects, he highlights their emotional weight while giving them new life within the present.
Across the exhibition, identity is treated not as a final answer but as a moment—fragile, shifting, and unresolved. In an ever-changing world, these works ask whether it is possible to truly capture who we are, or whether identity exists only in transition. Ultimately, the exhibition invites the viewer to confront their own contradictions, limits, and potential, becoming an active participant in the ongoing process of self-definition.
Yuhan Wang & Her Concept
Yuhan (or Zoe as she is mainly known in Athens) Wang has been living in Athens for three years now and took the initiative of opening Aether Art Space thanks to her passion for the arts (having started off as a ballerina and teacher for years in China) and Chinese culture, connecting these two universes. The combination of her gallery space with the concept store Vermilion Neo, gives the visitor a sensation of walking into an alluring fusion of China with Western elements, a meeting of two worlds, old and new, East and West. The traditional Chinese tea sets, jewelry with symbolic elements such as flowers, fans and butterflies, as well as, the silky variety of confectionary colored dresses, robes, shirts and skirts inspired by different, Chinese dynastic aesthetics is a direct bridge to the philosophy of both spaces and of EMWG’s vision.
Aligned with the EMWG vision, the Vermilion Neo fusion shop & the Aether Art Space gallery foster cross-cultural exchange by bringing Eastern aesthetics, craftsmanship, and contemporary creativity into dialogue with Greek cultural life. By situating Chinese aesthetics and craftsmanship within a Greek cultural context, it encourages exchange, mutual understanding, and new forms of collaboration, offering visitors an immersive experience of the East while reinforcing shared values of creativity and innovation. Through exhibitions, curated objects, and cultural encounters, the space becomes a meeting point for ideas and traditions. It highlights culture as a dynamic force for connection and long-term cross-cultural partnership.
Location: Aether Art Space, Glyfada, Markou Mpotsari 7
Dates: December 12, 2025 to December 28, 2025
Curator: Yuhan Wang