Atlantis

Artist Statement

I’ve been exploring my heritage via the mythologies of the lost lands. My father was born in Crete, which I aligned with Atlantis. I started the project by researching a lot of the mythologies and explorations surrounding Atlantis and the story I wanted to tell was an amalgamation of Plato’s story of Atlantis in Timaeus and Critias (c 360BCE), the history of the Minoan Civilisation and the new age concepts of Atlantis. It’s a story of a civilisation that was intensely connected to nature and the cycles of the year, but then lost their connection to mother earth and were instead enticed by greed and technology. The series is shot with a digital camera converted to full spectrum with an infrared filter.

Exhibitions and Prizes

Atlantis was exhibited at Gallerysmith in Melbourne, Australia, October 7 2022, - October 29, 2022.

Portals to Atlantis was a site specific work exhibited as headline artist at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale in 2023.

‘Serenity’ from the series was a finalist in the William and Winifred Bowness Prize, exhibited at the Museum of Australian Photography, September 9 2021 to December 5 2021.

‘Serenity’ was also a finalist in the Kings School Art Prize, Sydney, 2021.

‘Paros’ and ‘Amorgos I’ were finalists in the Omnia Art Prize, Melbourne, 2023.