Haris Rigalos
Haris Rigalos (b. 1984, Athens) is a Greek artist and self-taught designer whose practice spans sculpture, furniture, and ceramics. He entered the construction industry at the age of fourteen, working on large-scale construction sites—an experience that shaped his understanding of weight, structure, and the physical behavior of materials. Alongside this early exposure, his studies in music and analog collage shaped a compositional approach rooted in rhythm, balance, and intensity.
Rigalos’s work explores what happens when objects are removed from their fixed utility while remaining closely connected to the body. Chairs, utensils, and sculptural forms appear as presences rather than solutions, testing the boundaries between use, ritual, and memory. The materials function as a language through which form communicates directly, without the need for explanation or justification.
Over the past year, clay has become central to his practice.
Known for his raw texture and unpredictable nature, he allows the process and his instinct to guide the form. His ceramic works exist in an intermediate state, where function is relaxed and the objects exist as gestures of presence, weight, and quiet attention.
Haris will be working with Mr. Christos (89), a blacksmith from Leonidio. Mr. Christos is a third-generation blacksmith who was born and raised in Leonidio, and he continues to work in his workshop to this day, creating all kinds of objects with perseverance and patience.
