Paris Giachoustidis is a Berlin-based Greek painter whose vividly layered works blend satire, semiotics, and societal critique.
Combining digital iconography with painterly gestures, he challenges conditioned perceptions of mass media imagery. His playful yet pointed visuals invite reflection, humor, and a touch of absurdity. He draws on online platforms, archival recordings, and pop-cultural tropes, reworking them through deliberate appropriation and alienation. Beneath the humor lies urgency, with themes including ecological breakdown, sexuality, the collapse of labor identity, and the surreal rituals of digital life.
Born in 1990 in Serres, Greece, Giachoustidis completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at both the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2013 and the Kunsthochschule Weißensee in Berlin in 2018. His first solo show, Urlaub in Deutschland at 68projects Berlin (2021), marked a key moment, establishing his position in the European contemporary art scene.
For Giachoustidis, the greeting card format presents a paradox: a humble, personal medium with the potential for powerful public insight. His collaboration with ArdorU brings his work into intimate, shareable form - extending his artistic practice beyond the gallery wall into everyday life.
