Annita Apostolidou Platis 6/11/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 6/11/25

Nothing Easy, Nothing Random: The Work Beneath the Glow

In Behind the Art: The Luminous Abyss, Annita Apostolidou Platis shares the process behind her mixed media digital collages—where myth, memory, and meticulous craft shape luminous works of symbolic storytelling.

By Annita Apostolidou Platis

Behind the Art: The Luminous Abyss | Mixed media digital collage process

Art doesn’t begin at the moment of creation. It begins long before—often in silence.

For me, it starts with study. With reading. With tracing the roots of mythology, decoding symbols from ancient psychology, and immersing myself in the language of archetypes. It begins with questions: What do we carry in our shadows, and what does the light reveal? What does an image mean—not just visually, but symbolically, culturally, and emotionally?

My work in The Luminous Abyss is not just digital collage—it’s excavation. It’s a layered visual narrative crafted through mixed media, myth, and memory. Each piece you see, glowing with color and symbol, is the result of sustained labor: research, sketching, erasing, building, and beginning again.

This is not instant art.

There are no filters that simulate intention.

No shortcuts that replace soul.

Before any digital composition takes form, there are pages of notes. There are failed drafts. Long walks with unanswered questions. I sketch not only with pencil, but with vision, emotion, and deep attention. Every element—whether acrylic stroke, scanned textile, photo fragment, or digital trace—is placed with purpose. Nothing is accidental. Even a lampshade holds a story. Even a shadow has a memory.

This is how I work: with process, with patience, with progression. I build my collages the way one builds a poem or a garment—layer by layer, symbol by symbol. It begins with hand-drawn ideas and evolves into complex, digital compositions that carry both image and meaning.

Mixed media digital collage is a demanding medium. It requires not only technical fluency, but also narrative instinct, visual literacy, and emotional endurance. What may appear “assembled” is in fact architected—a tension between texture and concept, where hundreds of micro-decisions quietly shape what the viewer finally sees.

When you look at one of my works, you’re not just seeing an image. You’re witnessing a process. You’re seeing the trace of revisions, the ghosts of deleted layers, the structure beneath the glow. You’re seeing a professional practice rooted in discipline and growth—vision shaped over years of artistic study, experimentation, and cross-disciplinary exploration.

True vision comes from within. It can’t be rushed. It can’t be reproduced. Art like this is earned—through thought, time, and soul.

The glow you see on screen? It’s built by hand, by mind, by memory.

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Annita Apostolidou Platis

Creator of The Luminous Abyss—a collection of symbolic, mixed media digital collages forged through layered storytelling, myth, and meticulous visual craft.

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Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/31/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/31/25

Artist of the Month – May 2025 | Annita Apostolidou Platis | Camelback Gallery

Honored to be named Artist of the Month – May 2025 by Camelback Gallery for my artwork The Light Dwells in Shadows, a digital collage exploring identity, resilience, and the symbolic glow of light within shadow.

🌟 I’m honored to be selected as Artist of the Month – May 2025 by Camelback Gallery! 🌟

My artwork “The Light Dwells in Shadows” was chosen as one of this month’s featured pieces in their international juried showcase.

This mixed media digital collage is a visual meditation on identity, resilience, and the quiet power of introspection. Inspired by the metaphor of vintage lampshades—objects that diffuse light and conceal as much as they reveal—the figure embodies the duality between inner illumination and outward obscurity. A reminder that the most powerful glow often comes from within.

I’m truly grateful to the Camelback Gallery team for this recognition, and send my congratulations to all the incredible artists featured this month.

🌐 See the official post and featured works

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist

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Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/28/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/28/25

Golden Trio Award | Gallery Ring | PEOPLE May 2025 | Annita Apostolidou Platis

Thrilled to announce that my series The Era Clockmakers received the Golden Trio Award in Gallery Ring’s PEOPLE Exhibition (May 2025), honoring portraits that blend mythology, innovation, and the timeless quest to reshape time.

Thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded the Golden Trio Award by Gallery Ring in their May 2025 PEOPLE exhibition.

My series The Era Clockmakers — featuring Clockwork Couturiere, The Elemental Forger, and The Quantum Alchemist — explores the intersection of mythology, innovation, and the human drive to shape time itself.

“Through my series The Era Clockmakers, I explore the timeless interplay between mythology, innovation and human purpose. Each portrait is a symbolic tribute to visionary figures — guardians, inventors and seekers — who navigate fractured realities and re engineer time as a force for transformation. These characters exist between eras, where ancient knowledge converges with imagined futures. In Clockwork Couturiere, time itself becomes fashion, stitched into elegance and memory. The Elemental Forger channels ancestral strength and future vision, forging harmony between cultural heritage and technological power. The Quantum Alchemist stands at the threshold of magic and science, embodying the quest for truth across dimensions. My intention is to honor those who walk alone yet move history forward — visionaries shaping tomorrow not with certainty but with courage. This collection is a call to re-imagine time as both myth and mechanism, driven by the deep belief that every moment can be remade.” — ANNITA APOSTOLIDOU PLATIS

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Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/28/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/28/25

Annita Apostolidou Platis Wins Golden Trio Award for The Era Clockmakers Series

Honored to receive the Golden Trio Award in Gallery Ring’s May 2025 PEOPLE Exhibition for my series The Era Clockmakers, blending mythology, technology, and timeless storytelling through digital portraiture.

Annita Apostolidou Platis Wins Gallery Ring’s Golden Trio Award | The Era Clockmakers

Annita Apostolidou Platis receives the prestigious Golden Trio Award from Gallery Ring for her visionary series "The Era Clockmakers", blending mythology, technology, and timeless storytelling through digital portraiture.

I'm incredibly honored to share that my digital portrait series The Era Clockmakers has received the Golden Trio Award in Gallery Ring’s May 2025 PEOPLE exhibition.

The award recognizes three artworks — Clockwork Couturiere, The Elemental Forger, and The Quantum Alchemist — as equally outstanding in skill, originality, and creative impact. Only 18 such awards have been given worldwide.

This series is deeply personal: it explores the timeless interplay between mythology, innovation, and human purpose. Each character is a tribute to visionary figures who reshape time, reality, and the future.

🕰️ Clockwork Couturiere: Time becomes fashion, stitched into elegance and memory.
🔥 The Elemental Forger: Strength and culture forge a new harmony.
⚛️ The Quantum Alchemist: Truth and transformation through science and magic.

Watch the official Winners Video here and explore the full exhibition.

Thank you to the Gallery Ring jurors for this meaningful recognition. I’m filled with gratitude and inspiration to keep creating — and remaking time, one portrait at a time.

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist

Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/28/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/28/25

Legends – The Code: The Alchemy of Myth and Modernity | Solo Exhibition by Annita Apostolidou Platis

Honored to present my solo exhibition Legends – The Code: The Alchemy of Myth and Modernity, curated by Sfumato Art Creatives (New York)—a collection of acrylic and digital collage works exploring myth, femininity, and sacred transformation.

Legends – The Code: The Alchemy of Myth and Modernity

Presented by Sfumato Art Creatives, New York

I am truly honored to unveil my solo exhibition “Legends – The Code” in collaboration with the visionary team at Sfumato Art Creatives. This exhibition invites viewers into a mythic realm where ancient symbolism merges with the modern female psyche—transcending time and medium.

Curated as part of Sfumato’s commitment to showcasing bold, narrative-driven contemporary art, Legends – The Code explores femininity through a series of deeply textured acrylic and digital collage works. Each piece emerges from a black canvas—a symbolic void—transformed into a radiant space of rebirth, resilience, and sacred transformation.

The exhibition speaks to the collective mythology of womanhood. Figures draped in symbolic fabrics and adorned with mythic codes embody a spectrum of archetypes: the warrior, the healer, the oracle. My visual language—rich in crimson, gold, and oceanic hues—draws from the spiritual, the sartorial, and the subconscious.

Art, for me, is an alchemical act. It’s where personal memory, myth, and the sacred feminine meet. Through techniques that blend fine art with fashion and esoteric symbolism, I aim to create spaces that do not just depict stories—but awaken them.

I invite you to experience the full virtual exhibition on Sfumato’s website:🔗 Visit the Exhibition

Stay tuned for the upcoming release of the official exhibition catalog.

With gratitude and light,

Annita Apostolidou Platis

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Visual Artist

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Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/27/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/27/25

Aqua Chrono Guard Wins Distinction Award | Gallery 4% | Annita Apostolidou Platis

Honored to receive a Distinction Award for Aqua Chrono Guard at Gallery 4%’s Anything & Everything 5 exhibition in San Francisco. This artwork, part of The Era Clockmakers series, symbolizes balance through myth, water, and time.

I’m honored to have received a Distinction Award for my artwork “Aqua Chrono Guard” in the international juried exhibition Anything & Everything 5, presented by Gallery 4% (San Francisco, USA).

Aqua Chrono Guard, part of my Era Clockmakers series, explores the power of myth, intuition, and water as symbolic forces of transformation. This guardian figure represents balance — mastering time and emotion through stillness, symbolism, and surreal precision.

Deep thanks to the jury and curators for this recognition and for providing such a thoughtful platform for visionary art.

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist

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Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/23/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 5/23/25

Silver Award for “Bloomora” at FLOWER POWER 2025 – A Celebration of Spring and Artistic Renewal

Honored to receive the Silver Award at Camelback Gallery’s FLOWER POWER 2025 exhibition (Arizona, USA) for my artwork Bloomora from The Seasons – Special Edition, celebrating spring’s renewal and poetic bloom.

Silver Award for “Bloomora” | FLOWER POWER 2025 | Camelback Gallery | Arizona, US – Annita Apostolidou Platis

I am honored to share that my artwork “Bloomora” from The Seasons – Special Edition has received a Silver Award at the FLOWER POWER 2025 Art Awards, hosted by Camelback Gallery in Arizona, USA. This prestigious juried exhibition includes artists from 14 countries, and I’m grateful to represent Greece among such powerful voices in contemporary art.

“Bloomora” is a visual and poetic embodiment of the spring season.

Crowned in wild florals, Bloomora radiates with color, vitality, and deep reverence for the natural world. She embodies the spirit of spring in full flourish—a celebration of untamed elegance and the joyful force of renewal. Inspired by the fusion of “bloom” and the poetic suffix “-ora,” the name itself becomes a tribute to nature’s bloom and poetic power.

The award was juried by Sesse Lind, Holly Cannon, and Marie McCallum, with artworks selected based on theme interpretation, quality, and technical skill.

“Bloomora” reflects the spirit of Spring—its delicate renewal, emotional depth, and timeless bloom—through layered symbolism and mixed media collage.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Camelback Gallery team and the jurors—Sesse Lind, Holly Cannon, and Marie McCallum for their continued support of contemporary artists and for offering platforms that truly spotlight the creative voice.

🌸 View the online exhibition: www.camelbackgallery.com

🌿 Explore my full collection: www.annitaplatis.com

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist

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Annita Apostolidou Platis 1/11/25 Annita Apostolidou Platis 1/11/25

Beyond Boundaries International Art Exhibition & Competition -Blue Space Gallery - Annita Apostolidou Platis

Honored to be named a finalist in Blue Space Gallery’s Beyond Boundaries International Art Exhibition, where my artwork “Veil of the Bear” from Legends – The Code received an Honorable Mention for its mythological symbolism.

Honored to be a Finalist & Honorable Mention

I am deeply honored to have participated as a finalist in the Beyond Boundaries International Art Exhibition and Competition, presented by Blue Space Gallery, with my Legends – The Code collection. Among the top 53 finalists chosen from many entries, my artwork "Veil of the Bear" received an Honorable Mention for its exploration of themes like empowerment, transformation, and resilience through mythological symbolism.

Thank you to Blue Space Gallery for this opportunity and for supporting the global conversation of artists.

🔗 Beyond Boundaries International Art Exhibition and Competition

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist

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Honorable Mention in the 14th Annual "All Women" Art Exhibition - January 2025

Honored to receive an Honorable Mention for my artwork “Tapestry of Creation” from Legends – The Code at Light Space & Time’s 14th Annual “All Women” Art Exhibition, chosen among the Top 20 Photography & Digital submissions from 26 countries.

I am honored and thrilled to have received an Honorable Mention for my artwork "Tapestry of Creation" from the “Legends – The Code” Collection in the 14th Annual “All Women” Art Exhibition, presented by the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. This prestigious exhibition celebrates the incredible talents of women artists from around the world, and I’m proud to be a part of it.

Out of 555 submissions from 26 countries, my artwork was chosen in the Photography & Digital category, placing me among the Top 20 artists in this category. The recognition validates my ongoing dedication to exploring the intersection of history, culture, and mythology through digital art, with "Tapestry of Creation" serving as a powerful reflection on themes of transformation and strength.

I want to thank the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery for this recognition, as well as for providing such an inspiring platform for emerging artists. Their dedication to promoting the visibility of women artists is truly commendable, and I look forward to more opportunities to participate in their future exhibitions.

The journey of creating art that connects past, present, and future continues, and I’m excited for the new artistic challenges and collaborations that 2025 will bring.

Thank you to everyone who has supported my work — your encouragement means the world to me!

Check out the 14th Annual “All Women” Art Exhibition here: Light Space & Time Exhibition

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist

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