ARTIST STATEMENT
My work reflects a deep connection with the inner world and my relationship to the whole. Its creative matrix is born from a life of experience, my relationship with nature, silence, and meditation. It is a representation of self-knowledge in parallel with exploration and openness to all that is new. These spheres intersect and emerge through diverse mediums: drawing, painting and sculpture. In the act of painting, I seek to awaken consciousness and go beyond the structure of the mind; it is a creative and energetic experience, a space of discovery and intuition, of the non-rational and magical.
As an encounter with feminine energy, my work embraces, nourishes and guides me. Colors flow and emanate freely from within. To paint is a meditative process, a space in time that is infinitely free where I surrender, play and build.
I believe that we are all channels of the Universe….multitudes that are interconnected, experiencing this dream, this dance with its diverse dimensions. Color and light invite us to discover and feel their illuminating power, their healing power, as they elevate and balance our spiritual vibrations.
BIOGRAPHY
Daphne Anastassiou Mustakis was born in the seaside town of Viña del Mar, Chile. As the daughter of Greek immigrants with strong ties to the arts, she attended college in Greece before returning to the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile where she received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Since 2006, the desire to understand human nature has been a motivating force in her work. She is an interdisciplinary and transformative artist who speaks to both intellect and intuition. In 2000, she published We Are Love, a book that explores ways to free people of limiting ideas, to trust their own creativity, and to live life to its fullest. Anastassiou has exhibited her work in Athens, London, Paris, New York, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Dubai, Italy, and Cairo. Since 2011, she has been represented in Paris by the Galerie Colette Dubois, and her work is in private collections in several countries.
Daphne currently lives in Chile where she continues to develop her visual art through painting, sculpture and animation.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2024: Exhibition Joy , Teatro del Lago, Frutillar, Los Lagos, Chile
2022: Exhibition Al´Mar , Club house Marbella, Puchuncaví, Valparaíso, Chile
2021: Exhibition Plenitude , Kaufmann branch, Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile
2021: Exhibition An Endless World , CV Gallery, Secret Gallery, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
2017: Exhibition The Human Being and its Dimensions , Casas de Lo Matta, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
2016: Exhibition No Title , Galerie Colette Dubois, Paris, France
2014: Exhibition Loving Reflections , Casas de Lo Matta, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
2013: Exhibition Sacred Dimensions , Artespacio Gallery, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
2013: Exhibition No Title , Galerie Colette Dubois, Paris, France
2011: Exhibition No Title , Galerie Colette Dubois, Paris, France
2009: Exhibition Agapi , Artespacio Gallery, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
GROUP
2024: Collective Exhibition Art Faim, Independent Art Fair, Chamartin, Madrid, Spain.
2024: Collective Exhibition Feria Ch.ACO, Santiago, Chile.
2023: Collective Exhibition Exposition de Nöel , Galerie Colette Dubois Paris, France
2022: Collective Exhibition International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Argentina, Viva la Diversidad series , Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022: Collective Exhibition Metaverse , NFTs, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, Portofino, Italy.
2022: Collective Exhibition World Art Dubai , NFTs, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, Dubai, Arab Emirates.
2022: Collective Exhibition New Expression , Physical and NFT, Saphira & Ventura Gallery National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
2022: Collective Exhibition The Palm Beach Show , Physical and NFT, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, Florida, USA.
2022: Collective Exhibition NFT Meets Artverse , NTFs, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, New York, USA
2022: Collective Exhibition Neocon , NTFs for interior design, Saphira & Ventura Gallery, Chicago, USA
2020: Collective Exhibition Art Essex Gallery Virtual Exhibition Review by George Billis.
2019: Collective Exhibition Premium, Art Basel Season 2019, At curators Voive Art Proyect.
2019: Collective Exhibition Latin American Fibers, Organized by Arte al Límite and Mercedes Benz, Santiago, Chile.
2015: Collective Exhibition Arte Club de Polo y Equitación San Cristóbal, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile.
2014: Collective Exhibition Meeting in Shangai, International Art Fair.
2012: Collective Exhibition Tríada , Espacio Presidente Riesco, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile.
2012: Collective Exhibition Amsterdam Whitney, Chelsea, New York, USA.
2011: Collective Exhibition Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London, UK.
2010: Collective Exhibition Art Faim, Madrid Independent Art Fair, Palacio de Congresos, Madrid, Spain.
2010: Collective Exhibition Feria Ch.ACO, Santiago, Chile.
2009: Collective Exhibition Expotrastiendas, Municipal Exhibition Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.