Untitled (work in progress)
Klavdia Balampanidou Richter
The series attempts to capture the vital relationship between human beings and nature and highlights the need for acceptance and empathy in a capitalist society. It presents young people isolated from the urban environment and integrated into nature in moments of collapse, testifying to their desperate desire of belonging. At the same time, it highlights the need for a simultaneous re-appropriation, that of the body and nature, while raising questions about the refusal to integrate into urban wage systems within the spectrum of biopolitics.
Klavdia Balampanidou (b.1991) is a Greek photographer based in Nicosia, Cyprus. She studied Audiovisual Arts at the Department of Sound and Visual Arts of the Ionian University. She holds a Master’s degree in History and Theory of Art from the Department of Fine Arts at the Technological University of Cyprus. Her projects explore concepts of personal and collective identity, concepts of belonging, as well as mental health themes. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in England, Italy, France, Greece and Cyprus. In 2018, Klavdia received the Young Greek Photographers award from the Hellenic Center of Photography, while in 2021 she was selected as one of the 30 Under 30 Women Photographers by Artpil.