• Dimitris Tampakis’ solo exhibition FERAL NOM explores the hybrid human experience in an anesthetized society, navigating discomfort and seeking existential awakening. His work reflects moments of tension and vulnerability, where profound change emerges through chaos and uncertainty. Utilizing materials like aluminium, oxidized zinc, leather, and rubber, Tampakis creates confronting and edgy sculptures and installations. His latest body of work examines the concept of the tribe as a response to digital-age alienation, focusing on fading connections and cracks in routine. These cracks symbolize liberation, revealing opportunities for collective action and transformative experiences.

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    FERAL NOM serves as the meeting ground for an evolving collective, a place where security is not engineered but arises organically, shaped by the willingness to surrender to the unknown. 

    Under the framework of FERAL NOM, Dimitris Tampakis envisions renewal through fragmentation. Cracks in the system are not just flaws but openings—revealing its weaknesses while unleashing raw, untamed energy. Within these gaps, individuals reclaim their bodies as tools of spontaneous expression, liberated from the constraints of consumerism. Their connection is forged through shared vulnerability and defiant acts, rejecting control and rigid ideologies in favour of a more profound, instinctive unity.

     

     For Tampakis, transformation is neither clean nor linear. It dismantles shallow identities and artificial constructs, exposing unfiltered connections beyond systems of profit or power. Trust becomes the foundation of this way of being, and risk is the only constant. His work embraces this leap into the unknown, where instability transforms into strength, and unpredictability becomes the essence of life. To Tampakis, cracks and chaos are not threats but opportunities to reimagine and rebuild. The light spilling through these fractures symbolizes abandoned identities and unmet desires, glowing with the potential for destruction and renewal. His work highlights the fragility of systems that suppress chaos while celebrating the life force that emerges from within.

  • And now we stare up from our hole, 2025
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  • Prints on metal

    Tampakis’ artistic practice is deeply experimental, blending photography, printmaking, and sculpture. He works with photographic prints on metal, using old printmaking etching techniques to transfer images onto zinc sheets through a chemical process. This approach merges precision with unpredictability, as the exposure time to acids unexpectedly alters the final image. The black surfaces in these works are not created with ink but result from material burned by acid, forming distinct and dynamic visual textures. Light plays a crucial role in these pieces, interacting with the reflective metal surfaces to create shifting images that change depending on the viewer’s position and environment.

  • Sculptural Pieces

    His sculptures extend this engagement with metal, primarily using aluminium, which he manipulates through bending or casting techniques. His metal casting process involves pouring molten metal into fireproof plaster moulds, embracing the inherent unpredictability of this method. Because metal flow into the mould cannot be completely controlled, accidental formations emerge—imperfections that Tampakis incorporates rather than corrects. This reinforces the uniqueness of each piece, ensuring that no two works can ever be identical. Light’s interaction with the metal amplifies this sense of continuous transformation, making each piece feel alive and in flux.
  • Dimitris Tampakis, Approaching the zero point, 2025 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Dimitris Tampakis, On a cracked generator, 2024 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Dimitris Tampakis, Loving every second, every moment, every scream, 2025 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Dimitris Tampakis, You asked me what's my pleasure, 2025 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Dimitris Tampakis, She sought cracked pleasures, 2024 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Dimitris Tampakis, Barely grieving, 2025 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Dimitris Tampakis, Approaching the zero point, 2025
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  • About the Artist, Greek, b. 1991

    About the Artist

    Greek, b. 1991
    Dimitris Tampakis is an artist and designer and co-founder of the art group un.processed.realities, which engages in art and design in Athens and Tinos. His work explores the intersection of beauty and raw sensuality, reflecting the complexities of modern existence.

    Dimitris Tampakis's work embodies a desire that is both deadly and liberating, reflecting the complexities of the new human experience—a hybrid being navigating an anesthetized society in search of existential awakening. He delves into the psyche of those who crave unexpected encounters, moments that elicit discomfort and challenge perceptions. Tampakis focuses on these cringeworthy peaks where profound awakenings may occur—an instinctive reawakening, akin to L'appel du Vide, the intoxicating pull felt on the edge of a leap.
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