Stelios Pupet (1983) - Embracing loneliness 04

Artist name: Stelios Pupet

Nationality: Greek

Date of birth: 1983, Athens, Greece

Title of the work: Embracing loneliness 04

Year: 2019
Technique: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 150x140 cm

Framing: canvas on stretcher

Signature details:
Signed by hand by the artist, on the back of the work

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

Provenance:
Directly from the artist's studio, Pupet. The work is for sale with a certificate of authenticity issued by the agency representing the artist, MP ARTS AGENCY.

Documentation:
Certificate of authenticity issued by MP ARTS AGENCY.

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

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


About the artist:

Stelios Pupet (born 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.

Originally arising from urban culture and graffiti, Pupet progressively developed a personal visual language, in which figuration plays a central role. His work explores themes such as identity, memory, and the perception of reality, inviting the viewer to reflect on the human condition and the contemporary world. Paintings, installations, and urban interventions make up a coherent body of work, marked by a distinctive aesthetic and a subtle use of color and structure.

For several years, the notion of a grid has become a fundamental element of his creative process. Initially appearing during digital experiments intended to be transposed into serigraphy, the grid gradually established itself as a conceptual and formal tool. Far from being 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 rise to dynamic compositions where tradition and innovation constantly dialogue.

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

Shown in Greece and abroad, Pupet continues to develop his artistic trajectory, solidifying his place among the most distinctive Greek contemporary artists of his generation. His work, at the crossroads of figurative and conceptual, is part of a current reflection on the image, its reproduction, and its transformation in the digital age.