Niko Lina (1972) - Self-Portrait

Artist: Niko Lina (1972)

Title: Self-Portrait

Series: Women in Transmission

Inventory number: NL001

Year: 2026

Country: Greece

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 80 × 80 cm

Format: Square

Edition: Unique original, 1/1

Signature: Hand-signed on the reverse see images; and front signature

Certificate: Artist-signed Certificate of Authenticity

Presentation: Stretched on a wooden stretcher and ready to hang

Shipping: Shipped stretched; never rolled

Description:
Self-Portrait opens Women in Transmission, an ongoing series by Greek painter Niko Lina in which female portraits are constructed through repeated vertical bands and stepped, block-like interruptions.

Painted entirely by hand, the work behaves like an image being scanned, transmitted, or recovered from incomplete digital data. From a distance, the portrait gathers into view; seen closely, it separates into a physical architecture of lines, layers, exposed marks, and subtle irregularities. The warm pink, coral, orange, and burgundy palette combines tenderness with visual force.

The title does not suggest that permission was finally granted. It marks the moment the artist moved beyond waiting for it.

Niko Lina (b. 1972) is a Greek contemporary painter whose work explores female identity within a visual world shaped by screens, repetition, and image saturation. After years spent working in office environments and attending to the priorities of others, she returned to her hometown and committed herself to a painting practice long postponed. Her artist name derives from the line—the element through which she examines visibility, self-authorship, and the right to occupy space.

This is a unique original painting and the first work in the Women in Transmission series. It is signed on the reverse and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.

The artwork is sold stretched on its wooden stretcher and is ready to hang. It will be carefully protected with reinforced outer carton, then shipped with tracking number. It will not be rolled or removed from its stretcher.

Please note that colors may vary slightly according to lighting and individual screen settings. Any room image or photomontage is provided only as an illustration of scale; the frontal photographs show the actual artwork.

Artist-profile biography

Niko Lina (b. 1972) is a Greek contemporary painter exploring female identity in a world shaped by screens, repetition, and image saturation. After years spent working within office systems and attending to the priorities of others, she returned to her hometown and committed herself to a painting practice long postponed. Her portraits are built from hand-painted vertical bands and stepped, pixel-like interruptions, making each figure appear scanned, transmitted, or partially recovered. The name Lina derives from “line,” the central element through which she examines visibility, self-authorship, and the right to occupy space.