GRIGORIOS ILARIDIS
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Grigorios Ilaridis (b. 1997, Athens) is a Belgian-Greek visual artist based in Antwerp.

His layered practice moves between two-dimensional collage and three-dimensional sculpture, exploring the interplay of image, material, and form. Ilaridis begins by creating digital collages, drawing on references ranging from personal photographs and mythological references to pop culture and memory. These collages serve as blueprints for forms he translates into clay. Using playful visual strategies, he explores hybridity, identity and the enduring relevance of myth. Working with materials such as acrylic, metal, plaster, and wax, he creates works that weave historical references with contemporary visual culture.

After earning his MFA from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 2023, he established his presence with milestones including participation in Art Brussels 2024, receiving the Mark Macken Prize, and presenting his debut solo exhibition KLEOS at Base-Alpha Gallery, which now represents him.

In 2025, he was awarded an Emerging Talent Grant from the Flemish Government, supporting new material research and international study trips to Denmark and Los Angeles.

Portrait of the artist Grigorios Ilaridis in his Antwerp atelier, 2024.

Selected Exhibitions

SOLO
2024
‘KΛEOΣ’, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Group
2024
‘HYBRIDEN’, curators Tom Liekens and Glenn Geerinck, Cultuurhuis De Warande, Turnhout (BE) ‘Art Brussels 40th Edition’, represented by Base-Alpha Gallery, Brussels Expo, Brussels (BE) ‘Mark Macken Prize’, Vierkante Zaal d’Academie Beeld, Sint-Niklaas (BE)
2023
‘To Be Antwerp’, Gert Voorjans, Antwerp (BE) ‘MASTERS EXPO 2023’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE) ‘De (on)macht van het beeld’, Paleis der Academiën, Brussels (BE) ‘Masters at Work’, Lange Zaal, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE) ‘WIPWAP’, Raapstraat, Antwerp (BE)
2022
‘3BA EXPO’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE) ‘Startersprize’, Wintertuin, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
2021
‘Startersprize’, Wintertuin, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
2019
‘De Kunstprijs: Klein Sculptuur', CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg (BE)

Awards & Grants

2025
Emerging Talent Grant, Flemish Government
2024
Laureate Mark Macken Prize 2024

Education

2019 – 2023
Master of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)

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