New Forms, New Voices: Dimitris Agapiou
Dimitris Agapiou’s practice interrogates the production and destabilization of form through processes of capture, imprint, and spatial displacement. Working with a juxtaposition of natural and industrial materials such as rocks, gypsum, stainless steel, and plexiglass, his work originates from site-specific sources that are scanned, cast, and reduced into abstract configurations. Moving beyond traditional representation, these forms operate indexically, serving as physical traces of contact, pressure, and transformation.
Recent pieces foreground the imprint as a threshold condition, where form emerges precisely at the limit between appearance and disappearance. In these spatial arrangements, shadow, void, and cutout function not merely as absence, but as generative structures that allow the image to become the object itself. Within these configurations, a tension exists, where precision and fragility coexist; the resulting forms remain contingent and unstable, resisting any final resolution. Agapiou invites the viewer to consider how material history is encoded in the object, transforming the act of making into a dialogue between the physical world and its abstracted echo.
Dimitris Agapiou (b. 1998) is an artist and educator based in Larnaca, Cyprus. He graduated from the American Academy Larnaca in 2017, before studying Sculpture at the University of the Arts London, completing his degree in 2021. Currently, he teaches at the American Academy Larnaca and founded the Agapiou Art Studio, continuing to develop his practice within the local and international contemporary art scene.
125 Space is proud to present New Forms, New Voices, a group exhibition showcasing the work of eleven emerging artists selected from a competitive open call that highlighted the vibrant and diverse talent currently shaping the local art scene.
As a platform committed to supporting emerging talent, 125 Space provides a professional context in which new artists can present their work and engage with collectors, curators, and the wider creative community. New Forms, New Voices reflects a dedicated interest in how these artists are redefining visual language through rigorous experimentation, material exploration, and critical engagement with contemporary conditions. While the selected works respond, both explicitly and intuitively, to urgent questions of identity, place, and cultural inheritance, they remain firmly open to broader global dialogues, demonstrating how new voices contribute to ongoing conversations within the international artistic community.
Exhibition opening
Friday, 5th of June 2026 at 18:00
Exhibition duration
6th of June – 18th of July 2026