Athina Pappa was born in 1986 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Athina started drawing at the age of three and has shown a general interest in the arts and performing from an early age. She graduated with honors from Kalamari école gréco-française high school and studied Architecture at Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. She later received her Masters degree in Visual Communication (majored in Illustration) from Birmingham City University in the UK. Her artistry explores symbolism, the human-nature relationship and female empowerment. She draws inspiration from pop culture, magic and spirituality. She describes her style as dream pop.
Athina’s work has been exhibited in the UK, Spain, Australia, the US and in the Teloglion Foundation of Art and the MOMus–Experimental Center for the Arts among other spaces in Greece. It has been published in a broad range of mediums from silk scarves, zines and wine labels to murals, music album covers, posters and more. She was featured in Pictoria Vol.3 The best contemporary illustrators worldwide (capsules books, Australia, 2019). Athina received an honorable mention in the A’ Design Awards (Milan, Italy, 2019) for her logo of the Estrella brunch restaurant and a Certificate of Artistic Achievement from the Luxembourg Art Prize organization for high artistic quality for the years 2020 and 2021. Clients include natural wines winemaker Domaine Ligas and silk scarf fashion brand Emmanuelle silk.
Athina lives and works between Thessaloniki and Athens while her cat Kiana thoroughly oversees her projects. She loves practising ballet, thrifting vintage fashion and eating veggie burgers.
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