Aimilios Metaxas
London, United Kingdom
Aimilios Metaxas, born in Athens, Greece in 1999, started studying art academically during his high school years where he was mentored by a visual development artist from Pixar and Walt Disney studios. He would later on win a scholarship to study at NABA:Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan graduating in 2020, earning a Bachelor's degree in Painting and Visual Arts. In 2023, Aimilios completed his Master's degree in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London.
In his current practice Aimilios aims for the exploration of the unconscious from which consciousness arises, but little do we know about the dangers aligned with the unknown and restrained part of ourselves which causes us to lose our own self. For that reason it is vital to pay attention to the creative child inside every individual and to bring out the spirit, beauty and creativity of childhood into adult life for the inner child is not a retrogression towards a sophomoric state of life, but a progression towards wholeness.
He skilfully harnesses the pectoral elements into his work in order to create an illusionistic pictorial space. This effect extends from the use of intricate repetitive details combined with striking imagery of his imagination, heavily influenced by his own personal experiences and mythology, allowing for an intensification of the affective “impact” of his work and creating an impression of “wholeness”. One should regard the simplicity and fluidity of his lines along with his use of patterns as the means necessary to attain pictorial force and directness .
Materials play a fundamental part in his practice, they serve as the means to link his practice with his ancestors, for his family name has long being tied to history importing silk from China to the Byzantine Empire through the silk road. In addition, materials are a testament to the treasures and legends depicted in gold and other precious stones Greece is known for. That leads him often to grapple with style versus the spiritual aspect of things, the decorative nature of the art of the West - combined with essence found in the art of the East.