Alexandra Papademetriou (Greece/Sweden)

Alexandra Papademetriou (b. 1994) is an artist, researcher, and designer, currently based in Gothenburg, Sweden. She trained as a painter in her hometown of Athens, Greece (BFA in Fine Art and New Media, Middlesex University/AKTO College, 2015), before moving to Sweden in 2018 to further her studies (MFA in Fine Art, HDK-Valand, 2020). More recently, she completed the post-master course Of Public Interest at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (2023). 

Her work has been shown in exhibitions and conferences across Europe, and her writing has been published in journals, university publications, and exhibition catalogues.

Alexandra Papademetriou is an artistic researcher working through social engagement and text. Operating at the intersection of art and ecology, her work explores how artistic practices can provide the testing ground for environmental and social change, cultivating a sense of interdependency with the more-than-human. Using shared learning as method, she aims to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogues and collaborations.

Her current research focus is on the subject of degrowth, and specifically how degrowth thinking and strategies can be mobilised within artistic practices to create a more equitable and humane field. Through publications, exhibitions, and workshops, she aims to introduce more people into the degrowth discourse, while also creating spaces for other artists to come together and create strategies for social change.