Fotis Varthis
Engraver | Printmaker
Athens, GreeceEngraving is the main way in which I create my artworks, looking for the possibilities of the material and engraving with various techniques. Utilizing woodcut, the first method of engraving and transmitting the image through multiple copies, I try to incorporate it into the modern era through the themes themselves and also by combining new media.
The themes are often reinforced by the use of the Byzantine design in order to combine the transcendent and the timeless with"here" and "now". At the heart of my interest is the human state as an internally experienced condition with its full range of emotions. In an effort to create an artistic language capable of communicating with speech and emotion, I recall elements from archaic art to folk painting as well as from artists who have incorporated similar stimuli into their works.
Starting a series of projects, in addition to their visual arts, I look for ways in which they can be combined with other arts to create a final result. Literature in particular, as an art that has been associated with engraving for centuries through typography, often leads me to seek collaboration with artists who serve this genre.
This goal is watered down by the desire to be created
each time an authentic work that can reach more people and be part of their aesthetics and ethics.
The themes are often reinforced by the use of the Byzantine design in order to combine the transcendent and the timeless with"here" and "now". At the heart of my interest is the human state as an internally experienced condition with its full range of emotions. In an effort to create an artistic language capable of communicating with speech and emotion, I recall elements from archaic art to folk painting as well as from artists who have incorporated similar stimuli into their works.
Starting a series of projects, in addition to their visual arts, I look for ways in which they can be combined with other arts to create a final result. Literature in particular, as an art that has been associated with engraving for centuries through typography, often leads me to seek collaboration with artists who serve this genre.
This goal is watered down by the desire to be created
each time an authentic work that can reach more people and be part of their aesthetics and ethics.
Work Experience
Archaeopia
Art Director, Illustrator
Engraving "Eclipse" for the cover of the vinyl album
Illustrations of the booklet
Lettering of the titles
Illustrations of the booklet
Lettering of the titles
August 2017
- September 2017
Greece
Hexahedron
Art Director
December 2012
- Present
London, United Kingdom
Education
Athens School Of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
Engraving, Painting, Graphic Arts, Bookbinding, Icon Painting
History of Art, History of Byzantine era Frescos, History of Architecture, Philosophy, Pedagogical Teaching, History of Comics
History of Art, History of Byzantine era Frescos, History of Architecture, Philosophy, Pedagogical Teaching, History of Comics
September 2009
- September 2015
Greece
Languages
Greek (Native),
English (Advanced),
Italian (Conversational),
Awards
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Bookbinding,
Egg Tempera,
Engraving,
Oil Painting,