Anastasia Kandaraki
Jeweller
Published: 28.09.2026
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6 new pieces, available at Alice Floriano Gallery, have been added to the artist's profile.
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Bio
Anastasia Kandaraki (b. 1983, Athens) is a contemporary jewelry artist, educator, and mentor, as well as the founder of the jewelry school ANAMMA. She was co-founder and co-organizer of Athens Jewelry Week (AJW). She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Jewelry and Body Ornament under the guidance of Lucy Sarneel, and a BA in Contemporary Jewelry under the mentorship of Manfred Bischoff from Alchimia Jewelry School in Florence. Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries, and in 2020 she was selected for Schmuck München, the oldest and most prestigious international contemporary jewelry fair in Munich. Her pieces are held in private collections and in the collection of CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. She approaches jewelry as a means of communication, interaction, and social expression.Statement
About Gestures of Clamping:Limited edition of 15 jewelry pieces inspired by industrial devices. An attempt to illustrate and also handle the overall feeling during the coronaviruslockdown. Jewelry, made of steel, which serves as a symbol of restraint, safety and support, yet constricts in a rigid, strict position and thus creates a sense of immobility, atrophy, suffocation.
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The knowledge of the world is identical to the dissolution of its consistency - Ovid
By exploring the properties of materials through a process of continuous deconstruction and reconstruction, I attempt to understand the nature of existence and, thus, of the world. This work at the limits is also a means to probe what I am and what I am not – and perhaps what we all can be.
Tradition and preciousness are important to me. Coming from a family of goldsmiths, I have a deep respect for traditional techniques; yet I have been trying to use them in my own personal way. You see, I don’t believe preciousness is only related to the value of the material. I think it is mostly dependant on the story and symbolism a piece of jewelry carries.
I draw my inspiration from everyday life and my surroundings, as well as social interactions and human values. I am usually working with hard materials: silver, steel, bone and wood. Their resistance, durability, toughness and the traces of corrosion found on them, are qualities that truly fascinate me and are often reflected on my work.
I consider jewelry as something intimate; as a channel of communication with oneself; as a link between our physical and emotional existence. But jewelry also operates as a social statement made by its wearer, as a form of interaction between body and space, individuals and society.
With this in mind, I create three-dimensional objects that function as an extension of the human body. Jewelry pieces inspired by people, for people. And by constantly questioning the nature of existence, as well as that of jewelry, I move on.
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News!
6 new pieces, available at Alice Floriano Gallery, have been added to the artist's profile.
- Website Anastasia Kandaraki
- Facebook Anastasia Kandaraki
- Instagram Anastasia Kandaraki
- Website Anamma Studios
- Mail:
- anastasia.kandarakigmail.com
- infoanamma.gr
- Phone:
- +30 6972848300
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