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Peggy Kliafa: Healing the grid
Zoumboulakis Galleries present Peggy Kliafa’s new solo exhibition entitled “Healing the Grid”, an istallation based on the interactions of art and medicine, curated by Dr. Sozita Goudouna. It consists of a large central sculpture-chandelier and luminous columns made of capsules-pills, as well as a series of wall and assemblage sculptures made of pills blisters. The installation is complemented by a large wall collage made of pharmacy bags.
In the words of the curator: “The grid is the silent dictator of modernity. It structures our cities, our screens, and even our medicine cabinets. From the relentless right angles of Manhattan’s skyline to the clinical precision of pharmaceutical packaging, the grid imposes an illusion of order upon the chaos of life. Yet, beneath its rational veneer lies a paradox—it both sustains and suffocates, heals, and controls.
In her solo exhibition, Healing the Grid, Peggy Kliafa’s work confronts this duality, drawing upon the ancient ziggurat as a counter-symbol to the flat, oppressive logic of the modern grid. […]
This exhibition does not merely present an aesthetic contrast between two forms (the rigid grid and the ascending ziggurat) but stages a philosophical and historical confrontation. The ziggurat, a sacred structure from Mesopotamia represents a different way of understanding space, health, and society—one that was holistic, stratified, and spiritually engaged. Meanwhile, the modernist grid, with its cold efficiency, reflects our contemporary condition: a world where systemic health crises—pollution, urban alienation, mental health epidemics—are met not with structural change but with pills, quick fixes that mask rather than mend. […]
The exhibition unfolds as a dialogue between the imposed order of the city grid and the organic yet algorithmic logic of the body. It is not merely an aesthetic inquiry but a critical reflection on how modernity’s architectural and artistic ideals are inscribed onto the flesh—both the body politic and the physical body. In Kliafa’s vision, the grid is no longer just a structure; it is a living, breathing entity, a map of both the city and the self”.
Short Curricullum Vitae
Peggy Kliafa is a multimedia visual artist and her work is deeply connected to medicines, treatment and healing of the body and soul, as well as the environmental impact of the medical and pharmaceutical waste.
Peggy Kliafa graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts – Department of Painting with major in Sculpture (2011/12) – Integrated Master Degree -, as well as from the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) – Department of Business Administration with major in Marketing (1990).
She has had 2 solo exhibitions (Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki , 2016 and Kappatos Gallery, Athens, 2013/14) and 2 three-person shows (Lola Nikolaou Gallery, 2019, and Museum E. Averoff, Metsovo, 2017/18). She has participated in more than 60 group exhibitions and Art Fairs in Greece and abroad.
Her artworks have been acquired by Public Collections/Museums in Greece as well as Foundations and Private Collections in Greece and abroad.
She lives and works in Athens, Greece.
