On rare and wonderful days I come across tiles so beautiful I could cry. And the day I discovered Myrsini Alexandridi I very nearly shed a tear.
Greek-born and Stockholm-based interior architect Myrsini Alexandridi creates artworks informed by her architectural practice, Greek tradition, and topographical forms, neatly and uniquely on the world’s greatest canvas – tile.
Mini murals as small as two tiles and up to six, eighteen, and more, as well as stand alone individual tiles feature faces, abstract forms, arches, and mythical creatures. Signature spots, flecks, and stripes add visual texture and enticing dimension, filling out forms, creating shadow, and implying movement.
Each artwork has a story, whether the piece is inspired by Greek embroidery, Bronze-age citadel gates, or ancient figurines from Keros, with each one somehow more beautiful than the next.
A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, June 2024.