Who Am i

My name is Myrto Grigoriou (b. 1995, Larissa, Greece) and I am a visual artist working primarily with photography. My practice focuses on the construction of a personal visual language through the exploration of memory, time, and the subconscious. I am interested in how photographic images function not only as representations of reality, but as psychological spaces where personal experience, collective memory, and sociopolitical structures intersect.

In my artistic development, I approach reality instinctively, positioning myself between presence and distance as an observer. Through this mode of spectation, I explore latent dimensions of socialization, emotion, and perception, focusing on subtle moments that often remain unnoticed. These moments allow me to examine broader sociopolitical extensions, revealing how individuals relate to, internalize, or resist the environments they inhabit.

Over the past seven years, my work has been published in various online and print platforms and presented in group exhibitions in Athens. A central part of my practice is backstage documentation, where I collaborate with artists to capture the ephemeral energy and atmosphere of creative processes. I treat these transitional spaces as autonomous narratives, documenting gestures, emotional states, and temporal shifts that would otherwise disappear.

I currently work between Greece and Belgium, continuing to merge documentary practice with an introspective, observational approach. Through my work, I aim to create images that function both as records and as reflective spaces, inviting a deeper engagement with memory, emotional presence, and sociopolitical awareness.