Pupet (Stelios Pupet) (1983) - Surprise

Artist name: Stelios Pupet

Nationality: Greek

Date of birth: 1983, Athens, Greece

Title of the work: Surprise

Year: 2023
Medium: Gouache on paper

Dimensions:

Canvas: 32 cm x 42 cm

Framing: yes

Details of the signature:
Hand-signed by the artist

Edition:
Unique work (no numbering, original piece).

Provenance:
Work directly from the artist's studio, Stelios Pupet. The work is for sale with a certificate of authenticity issued by the artist himself.

Documentation:
Certificate of authenticity issued by THE ARTIST

Condition:
The work is in perfect condition, with no notable imperfections.

Delivery:
The work will be shipped from Greece, carefully packaged, rolled, and insured.

About the artist:

Stelios Pupet (born in 1983), known as Pupet, is a Greek contemporary visual artist who lives and works in Athens. A graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts, he has established himself as an important figure on the national and international art scene through a practice that combines traditional techniques with digital processes.

Originating from urban culture and graffiti, Pupet gradually developed a personal visual language, where figuration occupies a central place. His work explores themes such as identity, memory, and perception of reality, inviting the viewer to reflect on the human condition and the modern world. Paintings, installations, and urban interventions compose a coherent body of work, marked by a singular aesthetic and a subtle use of color and structure.

For several years, the notion of the grid has become a fundamental element of his creative process. First appearing during digital experiments intended to be transposed into screen printing, the grid gradually asserted itself as a conceptual and formal tool. Far from a rigid framework, it acts as a guide, structuring the image while leaving room for intuition and accident. This tension between geometric construction, minimalism, and pictorial expressivity gives birth to dynamic compositions where tradition and innovation constantly dialogue.

His work stands out for a mastered fusion between academic painting, contemporary visual culture, and digital technologies. The figures he stages, often fragmented or reinterpreted through the weave, seem to evolve between materiality and dematerialization, between constructed image and deconstructed image. This constant search for new modes of expression testifies to an exacting experimental approach.

Exhibited in Greece and abroad, Pupet pursues an evolving artistic trajectory, strengthening his place among the most distinctive Greek contemporary artists of his generation. His work, at the crossroads of figurative and conceptual, engages with current reflections on the image, its reproduction, and its transformation in the digital age.