Angelo Tziara presents his solo exhibition titled Utopia at the Cyclades Gallery in Ermoupoli, Syros, from May 3 to June 15, 2025, as part of the Syros Culture 2025 program.
The exhibition invites us into a dreamlike, almost mythological world—a fluid and transformative painted universe where memory, matter, and imagination converge. Through large-scale works, the artist constructs a personal utopia of light, color, and internal landscapes.
Each composition functions like a gestation capsule: uncertain forms, psychic traces, and mysterious birds seem to emerge from the liquid element, in an environment governed not by narrative logic but by sensation.
The viewer is not called to interpret; they are called to immerse themselves.
As exhibition curator Eleni Gatsa notes, the works act “like a living organism, where light and color do not merely describe but generate forms and shape rhythms.” Utopia is not an escape from reality, but a visual proposal for its redefinition—an embodied experience of existential imagination.
The exhibition is accompanied by a curatorial text and a bilingual printed catalogue, available online here:
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Angelo Tziara reveals the philosophical connection:
“Aesthetically and philosophically, my work connects to the evolutionary course of art, from surrealism and organic abstraction to contemporary influences like artificial intelligence—not as a tool, but as inspiration—and science fiction, at times evoking details reminiscent of comic art.
I draw inspiration from the birth of the first life on Earth in aquatic environments and the ongoing mutation of organic forms.
To me, unknown biological structures are images of both the microcosm and the macrocosm—a game of scale where the tiny may be immense, and the vast may be invisible.
The forms I create could be symbols of another universe, a parallel reality where life evolves under different laws.
Within them, I see primordial memories of a first world—a fictional evolutionary path connected not only to biology and astronomy but also to the philosophy of aesthetics across cultures.
It’s a balance between knowledge and intuition, composing a world that evokes organisms, flowers, gardens, or even dense forests.”
On Morphology and Symbolism:
“This body of work is an evolution of my primal forms. Here, the organic shapes take on a more defined identity—perhaps reminiscent of birds, but not realistic ones—creatures of an imagined biology.
Elements like collars and pearls suggest a kind of ritual adornment, referencing humanity’s desire for decoration and meaning-making.
The external environment, with its vivid grass, plays a defining role in the composition. Grass is an element of transition: it lies between the earth and the sky, just like the forms in these works, which seem to float between the real and the imaginary.
Symbolically, grass represents the persistence of life, the cyclical nature of regeneration, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
While it may be considered humble, it is also fundamental to existence—just like the microscopic organisms that first appeared in Earth’s ancient waters.”
Admission is free.
Venue: Cyclades Municipal Gallery, Ermoupoli, Syros
Dates: May 3 – June 15, 2025
Opening Hours: Friday – Sunday: 11:00 – 14:00 | Daily: 19:00 – 22:00
Curated by: Eleni Gatsa, Art Historian
Organized by: Municipality of Syros – Ermoupoli, Imagine Visual Arts
Sponsor: Quality & Reliability Group
More information: www.tziara.com
Contact: +30 210 6026751 | imaginevisualarts@gmail.com | www.imaginevisualarts.com
