Contact
studio@grigorisdigas.com
Dr. Grigoris Digas is a research-based photographer, born and currently based in Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests revolve around notions of boundaries, displacement and exile in a political and cultural context. He chooses and approaches his subjects through these concepts, using the landscape and its inherent cultural characteristics as an allegory. The narratives he creates are subjective and personal, emphasizing the experience of the landscape, but also analytical through the research they have behind them. Digas works in long-term projects which are usually conceived and carried out in book forms.
Books
Toumba: A stroll in the city Collective work from selected artists, University Studio Press, 2015
Exiled in India handmade edition of 20, self-published, 2012
Memento Mori handmade edition of 10, self-published, 2011
Exhibitions
Ithacas Discovery Awards Finalist Projection, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal, 2020
Memento Mori Thessaloniki Photobiennale, Greece, 2014
Ithacas Research Student Exhibition, James Hockey Gallery, UCA Farnham, UK, 2013
Memento Mori London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2012
Exiled in India Wokingham, UK, 2012
Memento Mori Delhi Photo Festival, New Delhi, India, 2011
Ithaca MAde, UCA Farnham, UK, 2011
Deserted Land Group show, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011
Deserted Land Group show, Cultural Center of Kozani, Kozani, Greece, 2011
Awards
Discovery Awards, Encontros da Imagem Finalist, 2020
Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust Award Winner, 2012
PMI2 Award of British Council Commissioned work in India, 2011
Collections
National Art Library Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum London, UK
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography Thessaloniki, Greece
Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece
Artist Books Collections, University for the Creative Arts Farnhman, UK
Education
PhD University of Brighton, 2020
Artist in Residence The Arctic Cirle, Svalbard, 2022
MFA Photography University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 2012
MSc Electrical and Computer Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2010