Theo Kontaxis is an architect in quest of new ways of expression. He grew up in Athens, Greece in an architectural family, early introduced in the world of art and aesthetic. Being part of the street culture in Greece back in the 90’s, early on with skating and later on getting involved in the graffiti scene, he started experimenting with various artistic outlets. Somewhere between admiring art and questing for materialism, the need to merge art and logic led to architectural studies in Brighton and London.
A moment when creativity surpassed boredom in 2005, one night in Brighton, was when the engraving journey began, with a hunting knife on a student desk. By destroying to create and manipulating the materials to reveal images, the art is embedded onto the surface thus becoming one with the architecture of each object. The technique of subtraction speaks to more than one sense like in architecture, the feel, touch and smell of the materials and even the sounds during the creative process. His style consists of immense details combining realism with abstraction.
