My name is Claire Bamplekou and I am a visual artist and photographer born in 1989 in Athens, Greece.

 

In 2008 I moved to the UK to study art at Chelsea University of the Arts London and obtained my BA degree in 2016 from the Large Glass Department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.

 

As a student I often found shelter in photography but it was after I graduated when this interest took form. My artistic practice mediates between performance art and photography while exploring the connection between the self, the image and reality. My projects often emerge as a response to the existential questions which rise out of everyday life. 

 

As an artist I have been greatly influenced by the works of Marina Abramovic, Andy Warhol, Fischli and Weiss while being inspired by great photographers such as Alex Soth, Martin Parr and filmmaker Richard Moss.

 

My current line of commercial work revolves around making portraits at the Greek Islands during the warm summer months. This summer I was employed as a photographer in Santorini - a job which I eventually quit due to the harsh working conditions.

 

I am currently in Athens, Greece trying to make things work.