Inspired mainly from: subconscious, dreams, fantasy, memory, feelings, string theory,
holographic theory, quantum theory, cognitive science, randomness, chaos,
microscopic, macroscopic.

I prefer working with watercolors, acrylics, oils, oxidations, collage, fabric on
canvas, paper, metal, wood.

In my paintings I work from memory and/or imagination, and I like experimenting
with different materials, techniques and tools, I usually prefer to start a
painting with a very flexible idea, memory or feeling and allow room for constructive
randomness and chance. I am usually experimenting with different or altered perspectives
and I am more interested in the fragmented, deformed out of focus way of
expressing and/or perceiving “reality”.

The creation of different textures, the thickness or type of the paint, the
constant dialogue with the non-specific, the back and forth, the layers of
colors, the adding and then subtracting, are all part of the process I enjoy
and follow to paint.

My educational background and early professional years are scientific (BSc
Industrial Chemistry and Design from The City University London UK) but have
been into arts & crafts for the last 20 years. Mainly self taught, followed
numerous seminars and workshops from local artists and craftsmen in India,
Greece & England.

I believe that Art & Science have a lot in common and even more to learn from
each other.

Born in Athens, lived between Athens, Johannesburg, and London.

Currently based on the Greek Islands of Aegina & Amorgos.

YZAGOR

ABOUT ME