Dimitra Konstantinidi
Dimitra Konstantinidi lives and works in Stockholm. She studied Painting at the Department of Fine Arts of the Athens School of Fine Arts (2016–2022), under the supervision of Dean Angelos Antonopoulos, from which she graduated with honors. She continued her studies with a master’s degree in Textile Arts at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm (2024–2026), supported by a scholarship from the nonprofit cultural organization NEON for two consecutive academic years (2024/25 and 2025/26). Her work has been honored with grants from the Axel N. Andersson Foundation (2024 and 2025), the Beata Brummer Foundation (2026), the Eva & Hugo Bergmans Minnesfond (2026), and the First Nordic St. Johannis Lodge Jubilee Fund (2026).
Her work has been exhibited at Liljevalchs as part of the Vårsalongen exhibition in Stockholm (2026), at The Cell in Stockholm (2025), at the Larissa Biennale (2023), and at Kappatos Gallery in Athens (2022). She also participated in the artist residency program *Everything You Want Was Already Here*, organized through the KUNO arts network and focused on artistic practice in post-agricultural environments, at Remjyre Art Lab (2025). Her work has been recognized with awards, including first prize at the Addition+ exhibition (2016), second prize at the Mataroa Awards in Kalamata (2025), and the top honor at the Athens Eco Festival (2020).
Dimitra Konstantinidi explores the intersection of the visual arts and traditional weaving practices. Her artistic work focuses on issues of cultural heritage preservation, democracy, and social justice. Through her work, she examines forms of resistance against collective amnesia, often transforming public spaces into sites of artistic intervention. Utilizing embroidery and painting on a spatial scale, she creates woven environments where personal memory meets collective experience. In her works, fabric serves as a narrative medium that promotes inclusion, transforming everyday material practices into vehicles for political and social reflection.
Dimitra will collaborate with Elisabeth Rodopoulou from the “Tsakonika Yfanta” workshop, based in Tyros, Arcadia. Elisavet is a third-generation weaver who, together with her mother, keeps the technique of Tsakonian weaving on a vertical loom alive. Through her practice and her workshop, Elizabeth brings Tsakonian weaving into dialogue with contemporary creative needs.
Her involvement with weaving began at a young age within her family, and since 2018, she has been in charge of directing and running the workshop, with the goal of keeping traditional techniques alive and sharing them with a wider audience.
In her work, she combines respect for tradition with the need for innovation, creating high-quality handmade textiles and actively participating in initiatives that promote the cultural heritage of Tsakonia.
