Kostis Damoulakis "Jamer" (1986) - Bathers

Artist name: Kostis Damoulakis (Jamer)
Nationality: Greek

Date of birth: 1986, Athens, Greece

Title of the work: Bathers
Year: 2017

Technique: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 100 cm x 70 cm

Framing: None

Signature details:
Hand-signed by the artist

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

Provenance:
Work directly from the artist's studio, Kostis Damoulakis. 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.
It will be shipped Rolled, insured delivery.

About the artist:

Kostis Damoulakis is a Greek visual artist living and working in Athens. A graduate of the School of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, over the last twenty years he has developed an artistic practice deeply influenced by his involvement in graffiti and tattooing, two disciplines that have left a lasting mark on his visual language, references, and the very structure of his works.

Primarily using painting as his medium, he creates decidedly contemporary works that draw their symbols from different artistic movements, cultures, and eras. His work explores urban daily life by placing the human body at the center of the composition, giving rise to a form of poetry of the banal and the ordinary. Through moving figures, street scenes, and suspended moments, he captures the rhythms of city life and the subtle emotions that flow through it.

His works are today part of private collections in Greece and internationally, while his murals are visible in many cities around the world. He has presented his work in several solo exhibitions, notably at PET Projects (Athens), Neo Cosmos – Laboratory for the Urban Commons, Montana Gallery Barcelona (Spain) and Lola Nikolaou Gallery in Thessaloniki.

He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in major institutions and art spaces, including the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hellenic Cosmos Culture Centre, the a.antonopoulou.art gallery, the Athens School of Fine Arts, and the Art-Thessaloniki International Art Fair (2018).

In 2022, he received the ARTWORKS prize and became a fellow of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation artist support program, a significant recognition of his contribution to the Greek contemporary art scene.

Under the pseudonym Jamer, he also pursues a practice related to urban space. In 2024, he presents "Urban Life", his first solo exhibition on the island of Syros. Through bold forms, vivid colors, and poetic realism, this series features city dwellers in motion, at rest, or in reflection, paying homage to everyday life and the deeply human dimension of the urban experience.

Between studio painting and mural interventions, Kostis Damoulakis thus develops a sensitive, contemporary body of work at the crossroads of street art and modern figuration, where the body, the city, and ordinary life become the central elements of a visual narrative deeply rooted in his era.