40Roomors

In an era where artificial intelligence is redefining production and creation, the need to make room for and give voice to new creators becomes more urgent than ever.
Human Hands functions as a quiet yet meaningful form of resistance: it reminds us of the value of the human hand, of experience, learning, and hands-on knowledge. It is a struggle we must bring to the forefront, encouraging our children to look beyond the obvious, to discover professions with substance, longevity, and a future — professions that keep the human being at the center of creation.

Our artwork for this exhibition functions as a play on words that expresses anguish and concern toward artificial intelligence and contemporary digital glorification. It refers to the sanctification of technology (Ai–AI), commenting on the failure of the social advancement promised by techno-scientific progress.

Media: Tapestry loom

Curation: Eleni Simoni, Giannis Argyriadis

Participated in Art Thessaloniki Fair through Papatzikou Gallery, presenting the woven work "Terra arida". This textile piece depicts a single flower within a dry, barren landscape, exploring the tension between fragility and endurance. The flower emerges as a restrained presence, embedded in its environment rather than isolated from it.

Variations in texture and density articulate the landscape and form. Presented in an international exhibition context, Terra arida continues 40Roomors’ investigation of textile as a contemporary artistic language grounded in process and conceptual clarity.

Στις 9 Φεβρουαρίου, το καλλιτεχνικό δίδυμο 40 Roomors, ξετυλίγει στις
Βιτρίνες Τέχνης ΟΤΕ τρεις ιστορίες φτιαγμένες από νήμα και αγάπη,
ωδή στην Μητέρα Φύση.
Υπό τον τίτλο, ‘No Room for Tales’, ‘Traces of Life’, ‘Terra Árida’,
φτιαγμένα με την τεχνική Tufting, τα έργα αποκαλύπτουν στο κοινό την
στενή σύνδεση που αισθάνονται οι δυο δημιουργοί αδιάλειπτα με το
φως και το φυσικό περιβάλλον.

On February 9, the artistic duo 40 Roomors unfolds on
OTE Art Showcases three stories made of thread and love,
ode to Mother Nature.
Under the title, 'No Room for Tales', 'Traces of Life', 'Terra Árida',
made with tufting technique, the works reveal the
close connection that the two creators feel continuously with the
light and the natural environment.

Κείμενο: Σοφία Ζαράρη

40Roomors and the Education Curators of MOMus–Museum of Modern Art organized a three-day hands-on creative workshop focused on the tufting technique. The works of Russian artists associated with Organic Pedagogy provide ideas and inspiration for compositions featuring organic forms and dynamic relationships between color and shape. Landscapes, as well as representations of the macrocosm and the microcosm, can serve as a starting point for the creation of small tufted rugs.

By the end of the workshop, each participant acquired the basic knowledge required for transferring a design onto the special tufting fabric, inserting yarns into the surface using tufting guns, applying backing materials, shaving the pile, creating relief and textured forms on the rug’s surface, finishing the piece, and, of course, completing their own handmade rug.

The space of Toss Gallery transformed into a soft, tactile landscape of textures, colors and forms, inviting visitors to move through and explore the transition of street art into a more intimate and welcoming sphere of reality. The urban environment is redefined through yarn, turning streets into narratives and textures into fairy tales.

Curation: Theano Giannézi

Μία έκθεση που αποτελείται από 19 καλλιτέχνες με ειδίκευση στην εικονογράφηση, το κόμικ, το street art και graffiti. Οι καλλιτέχνες που συμμετείχαν είναι:
3MK, Anastasia Stb, Anel, Decomposition (Νασια Στυλίδου), Dirty Rasel, Ευγενία Βερελή, Felix Felis (Αθηνά Παππά), Freakasso, Hannio, Ισμήνη Τελιγιορίδου, Karma Two Gee, Kokoris, Lex pan, Μαρία Ελισαβετ Κοτίνη, Mimoza, NefK., Σταύρος Σέγκουλης, Τεο ΔΜΦ (Θεόφιλος Παπαδόπουλος), Vales 40Roomors

This woven artwork was created specifically for a restaurant interior and features an abstract dripping scene developed in direct response to the space’s color palette. A quiet dialogue with the surrounding architecture and atmosphere.

A woven tapestry artwork installed in an all-day bar in the heart of Thessaloniki. It becomes an integral part of the space, functioning almost like a living wallpaper. Through its smooth colour pallette and tactile textures, the tapestry softens the architectural lines and adds warmth and depth to the interior.

Vertical lettering - tufted wall piece.
Wooden backing adjusted.

Vertical lettering - tufted wall piece.
Wooden backing adjusted.

Abstruct design tufted artwork. Influenced by flows of nature.
Frame included in the price.