Press & Features by Annita Apostolidou Platis

CATS! – International Art Exhibition & Exclusive Publication Edition

Format: International Exhibition & Artbook Publication
Location: Global
Organizer: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Published on: Print (limited edition) and Digital (Heyzine Flipbook)
Date: September 2025
Feature: Four Graphite Drawings (She Who Sees Beyond, The Oracle of Unwritten Time, The Scribe of Forgotten Kingdoms, The Watcher of Every Stroke) + Essay (Of Thread and Shadow: The Cat as Guardian and Muse)
🔹 Virtual Exhibition: Launches September 20, 2025
🔹 Artbook Release: September 30, 2025

This special publication includes both my artworks and essay created exclusively for CATS! — a project celebrating the cat as timeless muse, guardian, and oracle.

Art Magazine – Issue 5, Summer 2025

Format: International Print & Digital Publication
Location: Global
Publisher: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Published on: Print (Peecho) and Digital (Heyzine Flipbook)
Date: August 30, 2025
Feature: Four Exclusive Summer Artworks (Silent Observer, Voyager, Insider, Summerverse)
🔹 Print copy: Art Magazine Issue 5 – Print
🔹 Read the digital issue online: Art Magazine Issue 5 – Flipbook

This Summer edition features my exclusive works exploring the duality of summer — its radiant light and its hidden undercurrents. Through surreal maritime symbolism and mythic figures, the series reflects on beauty amidst fragility and transformation.

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Gallery Ring – Ruby Award – August 2025

Format: Online International Juried Art Contest
Location: Ontario, Canada
Publisher: Gallery Ring
Date: August 2025
Award: RUBY Award
Awarded Artwork: The Curtain Knows
Series: The Luminous Abyss

🔗 See the Show
🎥 Watch the Winners Video on YouTube

I am deeply honored to have received the Ruby Award in Gallery Ring’s International Juried Contest RED. This recognition celebrates the originality, composition, and evocative power of my work The Curtain Knows.

Beneath the striped grandeur of a circus-tent crown, The Curtain Knows unveils a silent performance where light reveals as much as it conceals. The central figure—balanced between innocence and revelation—is both ringmaster and secret-keeper, guarding emotions that share the same painted smile. Lamps and parasols stand like quiet witnesses, their glow playing deliberate tricks, uncovering fleeting truths behind the façade.

This is no spectacle of noise, but of introspection, where identity becomes a dreamlike theatre and the curtain remembers everything we try to hide. Part of my series The Luminous Abyss, the work explores the emotional tension between light and darkness, between what we reveal and what we keep in shadow. Lighting forms—chandeliers, lampshades, glowing bulbs—serve as portals into the soul’s hidden architecture, bridging retro opulence with timeless human vulnerability.

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Gallery Ring – Artist of the Month – August 2025
Format: Online International Juried Art Contest
Location: Ontario, Canada
Publisher: Gallery Ring
Date: August 2025
Award: RUBY Artist of the Month
Awarded Artwork: The Oracle of Opaline Brass
Series: The Luminous Abyss

🔗 See the Show
🎥 Watch the Winners Video on YouTube

I am truly honored to have received the Ruby distinction in Gallery Ring’s International Juried Contest, recognizing excellence in originality, composition, and emotional impact.

The Oracle of Opaline Brass explores the intersection of symbolism, emotional depth, and luminous form. Through layered digital collage, I evoke the subtle tension between light and shadow — both physical and psychological. This mythic feminine figure becomes a vessel of vision and memory. Architectural motifs, ceremonial adornments, and golden elements reflect my fascination with ornamentation as a language of presence. This piece is a meditation on stillness as perception and beauty as resilience. I create to illuminate personal archetypes that feel at once intimate and eternal.

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Voices of Creativity – Interview Feature #20, July 2025
Format: Curated Online Artist Interview
Location: New York (Digital)
Publisher: Sfumato Art Creatives
Published on: SfumatoArtCreatives.com – Voices of Creativity
Date: July 2025
Feature: Full-length Interview with Annita Apostolidou Platis
🔹 Read the Interview: Voices of Creativity #20 – Sfumato Art Creatives

This thoughtfully curated interview delves into my visual language, core inspirations, and the layered emotional narratives that shape my art. Through a series of perceptive and poetic questions, the Sfumato editorial team cultivates a deeply personal dialogue—one that reflects on the symbolic resonance of mythology, memory, and feminine identity in my creative practice.

The feature also highlights recent international awards, solo exhibitions, and evolving milestones in my artistic journey. I’m truly honored by the insight, attention, and care that shaped this feature—it remains one of the most meaningful and introspective interviews I’ve had the joy of sharing.

Light Space & Time – Summer Art Exhibition 2025

Format: Online International Juried Exhibition
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (Online)
Publisher: Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
Date: July 2025
Award: 6ᵗʰ Place – Photography & Digital Artists Category
🔗 See the Exhibition: Light Space & Time – Summer Art Exhibition 2025

In this open-themed international exhibition, my digital artwork received 6ᵗʰ Place in the Top 20 Photography & Digital Artists category, selected from 822 entries representing 25 countries and 31 U.S. states. The exhibition celebrates excellence in abstract and representational art across 2D and 3D media.

This recognition highlights the creative impact and narrative strength of my work, which continues to explore visual poetics, symbolism, and the emotional resonance of form. Featured on the gallery’s homepage through September 5, 2025, the exhibition marks a meaningful milestone in my evolving artistic journey.

Gallery Ring – BLUE June 2025 Winners Video

Format: Official Video Feature
Location: Ontario, Canada (Online)
Publisher: Gallery Ring
Date: May 2025
Award: Golden Trio Award for Aokage, Aiyume, and Kansō – From a New Series Exploring the Emotional Language of Blue
🔗 See the Show: Gallery Ring | BLUE May 2025 Exhibition
🎥 Watch the Winners Video: Gallery Ring YouTube – BLUE May 2025

This official video feature showcases the awarded artists of Gallery Ring’s BLUE May 2025 International Juried Exhibition. I am truly honored to have received the Golden Trio Award—a rare distinction granted only when three artworks in a single submission are equally distinguished in vision, skill, and creative originality.

The awarded works—Aokage, Aiyume, and Kansō—are part of a new series that explores the emotional spectrum of blue—not merely as a color, but as a symbolic space of memory, stillness, introspection, and truth. Through layered digital collage and subtle surrealist elements, each piece delves into a different facet of feminine presence and internal perception.

This recognition marks a meaningful milestone in my ongoing artistic journey and my commitment to emotional storytelling through symbolic form and visual poetics.

Camelback Gallery – Artist of the Month (May 2025)

Format: Online Gallery Feature
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Publisher: Camelback Gallery
Date: May 2025
Award: Artist of the Month – May 2025

🔗 View the Official Feature

Recognized for the digital collage “The Light Dwells in Shadows”, this monthly feature honors international artists for exceptional visual storytelling and creative execution. The selected work is a symbolic meditation on identity, resilience, and the quiet strength of inner light—blending digital collage with vintage aesthetics and introspective depth.

Sfumato Art Creatives – Legends: The Code | Solo Exhibition Feature

Format: Curated Digital Solo Exhibition & Full-Page Artist Profile
Location: New York (Online)
Publisher: Sfumato Art Creatives
Date: May 2025
Exhibition: Legends – The Code
🔗 View the Exhibition – Sfumato Art Creatives

Presented by Sfumato Art Creatives, this curated solo exhibition explores the intersection of mythology, feminine archetypes, and temporal symbolism through digital collage and mixed media painting. The featured works portray mythic figures—goddess-like yet fractured, regal yet vulnerable—who inhabit the liminal space between ancient memory and imagined futures.

The exhibition includes a full-page digital feature and visual showcase, highlighting key works from the Legends – The Code series. Each piece is staged against a black canvas void, where light, sacred geometry, and couture-inspired detail evoke transformation, resilience, and spiritual awakening.

This immersive presentation affirms the evolving dialogue between myth, identity, and artistic innovation in contemporary visual storytelling.

Gallery Ring – PEOPLE May 2025 Winners Video

Format: Official Video Feature
Location: Ontario, Canada (Online)
Publisher: Gallery Ring
Date: May 2025
Award: Golden Trio Award for Clockwork Couturiere, The Elemental Forger, and The Quantum Alchemist from The Era Clockmakers series
🔗 Watch the official Winners Video – Gallery Ring | PEOPLE May 2025

This official video feature presents the award recipients of Gallery Ring’s May 2025 PEOPLE International Juried Exhibition. I am deeply honored to be featured as a Golden Trio Award recipient—an exceptional and rare recognition, granted only 18 times globally. The award is reserved for submissions where all three artworks are equally distinguished in originality, creative vision, and technical excellence.

The video highlights my works Clockwork Couturiere, The Elemental Forger, and The Quantum Alchemist, all from The Era Clockmakers series—a visual exploration of myth, identity, and time alchemy.

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FLOWER POWER 2025 Art Awards

Format: Online – International Art Awards
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Dates: May 2025
Publisher: Camelback Gallery
Award: Silver Award for Bloomora from The Seasons – Special Edition collection

Bloomora, a celebration of nature’s transformative energy and lyrical vitality, received the Silver Award in the prestigious FLOWER POWER 2025 international competition hosted by Camelback Gallery.

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• 📰 Featured in Art Week:
  Award recipients, including Bloomora, are listed in Art Week's global online publication, with over 569k views.
  🔗 Art Week – FLOWER POWER 2025 Art Awards

• 🏅 Best in Show Announcement – Art Week:
  Coverage includes the Best in Show and other winners from the same exhibition.
  🔗 Art Week – Katrina Swanson Receives Best in Show Award

• 📌 Published at TheArtGuide.com:
  The full exhibition is listed on The Art Guide, with all award-winning artists named.
  🔗 The Art Guide – Flower Power 2025 Exhibition
  🔗 State Listing – Arizona Exhibitions (1-year listing under the award exhibitions page)

• 🖼️ Official Winner Exhibition Page – Camelback Gallery:
  The complete exhibition with winning artworks is available on Camelback Gallery’s official website.
  🔗 Camelback Gallery – Winner Exhibition

Art Magazine – Issue 4, Spring 2025

Format: International Print & Digital Publication
Location: Global
Publisher: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Published on: Print (Peecho) and Digital (Heyzine Flipbook)
Date: May 2025
Feature: Opening Essay + Four Artworks from The Seasons – Special Edition Collection (Spring)
🔹 Print copy: Art Magazine Issue 4 – Print
🔹 Read the digital issue online: Art Magazine Issue 4 – Flipbook

🔹 Read the Opening Essay: My Blog

This edition opens with my four-page curatorial essay, “Whispers of Spring: The Poetry of Renewal and Transformation,” a lyrical reflection on nature’s rebirth and the creative cycle. Accompanying the essay are four artworks from my Seasons – Special Edition (Spring collection): The Blooming Soul, Allure, Dawn, and Heirloom—each visually echoing themes of transformation, memory, and inner awakening. This dual feature marks a meaningful moment in my creative journey as both artist and essayist.

The Alchemical Art Magazine – Issue I
Format: International Digital Publication
Location: Global
Publisher: The Alchemical Art
Published on: Issuu
Date: April 2025
Feature: Artist Interview + Artworks "Blaze," "Message," and "Regalia" from The Seasons – Special Edition Collection
🔗 Explore the Magazine
This issue includes my in-depth artist interview and artworks from the EROS exhibition. My art piece was also showcased on a large digital billboard at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, marking a powerful moment of public visibility.

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Masterful Minds Magazine – Artists to Watch in 2025
Format: International Digital Publication
Location: Global
Publisher: Circle Foundation for the Arts & World Wide Art
Published on: Issuu
Date: March 2025
Feature: "Juno" from the Links Collection

🔹 Read the digital issue online:Masterful Minds Magazine Vol.7
Featured among 87 artists from 33 countries, this edition highlights my mythological reinterpretation of Juno through digital artistry and symbolism.

Art Poetry Book, Issue I – Fall 2024
Format: Print (Peecho) and Digital (Heyzine Flipbooks)
Publisher: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Date: October 2024
Feature: Four artworks and poetry from "Legends – The Code" Collection

🔹 Print copy: Art Poetry Book Issue I – Print

🔹 Read the digital issue online: Art Poetry Book Issue I – Flipbook
This book includes both my visual and literary contributions, exploring mythological narratives through mixed media digital collage and poetic symbolism.

Art Magazine, Issue II – Summer 2024
Format: Print (Peecho) and Digital (Heyzine Flipbooks)
Publisher: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Date: August 2024
Feature: Artworks from "Legends – The Code" and "Links" Collections

🔹 Print copy: Art Magazine Issue II – Print

🔹 Read the digital issue online: Art Magazine Issue II – Flipbook

An international feature celebrating contemporary digital and mixed media artists blending historical themes with modern innovation.

BCAF – Spring International Art Exhibition | PRIMAVERA
Format: Official Exhibition Essay
Publisher: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Date: June 2024
🔗 Read the Article
My curatorial essay explores the vibrant symbolism of spring, highlighting rebirth and creative flourishing. Also included is one of my featured artworks in the group exhibition.

The Legacy of Myth in Art: A Historical Reflection Through 'Legends – The Code'
Format: Official Digital Essay
Publisher: Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation
Date: Fall/Winter 2024
🔗 Read the Essay
My essay discusses the lasting cultural relevance of mythological female figures and their role in shaping modern narratives, particularly through my own series.

Newspaper Vradini (Η Βραδυνή)
Format: Print Press Feature
Location: Greece
Date: December 2022
Feature: Article on the International Art Exhibition "Inspiration" at Time of Art Gallery, Kifissia, Athens, Greece.
Coverage of the group exhibition where I exhibited alongside renowned Greek and international artists.

Time of Art Gallery – "Inspiration" Exhibition
Format: Physical Group Exhibition
 

The Art Guide – Autumn Festival of Art 2024
Format: Digital Exhibition
Publisher: Camelback Gallery
Feature: Gold Award for "Copper Reverie in the Fall"

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Art Week – Autumn Festival of Art 2024
Format: Online Exhibition Feature
Publisher: Camelback Gallery

Feature: Gold Award for "Copper Reverie in the Fall"

Accademia Italia In Arte Nel Mondo – Premio Hermes Il Messaggero Degli Dei
Location: Brindisi, Italy
Date: August 2021
Feature: Award recognition for the artwork "Celestial Aura" from "Soul Kingdom" Collection

Premio Dante Alighieri – Art Now Magazine
Location: Florence, Italy
Publisher: Art Now
Date: June–July 2021
Feature: Full-color feature of "Beyond" from "Soul Kingdom" Collection

✍️ Editorial Essays by Annita Apostolidou Platis

The Art of Presence: Women in 2025 and the Power of Self-Expression
Platform: LinkedIn
Date: March 2025
🔗 Read on LinkedIn
A reflection on modern womanhood, art, and the evolving role of self-expression in creative identity.

Behind the Mask: What Carnival Teaches Us About Art and Identity
Platform: LinkedIn
Date: March 2025
🔗 Read Article
Exploring cultural symbolism, duality, and transformation through the lens of the Venetian Carnival.

Fashion Today: From Sustainability to Technology and Social Responsibility
Platform: Vogue Hellas (New Talents Contest Submission)
Date: February 2025
🔗 Read Article
An exploration of haute couture as cultural storytelling and future-forward innovation.

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