Christina Anid lives and works in Piraeus, the port of Athens. Active on the international art scene since 2010, she creates a diverse panel of works of which collages, wall sculptures made from ex votos and “memory tables” made from the sentimental books one would never read but has a hard time letting go.

Her proficiency in different mediums and use of various materials is the reflection of her family history, an echoing theme in her work. Born in Beirut of a Hungarian and Greek mother and a Lebanese father, Christina Anid grew up in Paris where she studied French literature at the Sorbonne. She then travelled the world and practiced environmental communication, journalism, photography and jewellery design before settling in Greece. In 2022, she is invited to showcase a retrospective exhibition of 13 years of creation at the French Embassy in Athens and also participates in Reality check II : Inner sanctum curated by Dr. Kostas Prapoglou at Dafni Psychiatric Hospital.

EX VOTO SUSCEPTO

Ex voto suscepto, “from the vow made” are votive objects, offerings placed in temples or shrines in thanks for a blessing, in support of a wish or a desire longing to be fulfilled. From time immemorial, in all cultures, all religions, men have always believed in the power of intention and have always practiced offerings as a means to communicate with their Gods. The ex voto suscepto series is Anid’s latest body of works. In each of these works echoes the sound of uprooting, of transformation as well as a call for freedom. In this series of works adorned with mystery, the artist binds her personal story to our time’s story merging the wishes of many into one. In uniting personal and universal matters to tell stories of love, belonging, wandering and wondering while searching for freedom, Anid exorcises hurt. In these labours of love, spontaneous, visceral yet laborious, she opens up while the mystery remains.