2025 ARTISTS & EXHIBITIONS
A programme of exhibitions, artist studies and collaborations connecting Hydra with an international creative community
Annu presented Interruption II, a site-specific exhibiton. Her Hydra work turned flour, a substance, once ordinary and charged, sustaining yet precarious - into a promise and threat of both nourishment and scarcity.
“Flour carries latency: a fine dust suspended between nothingness and form. Alone, it offers no shape or sustenance. It requires an encounter, water, yeast, heat for potential to become substance.” - Annu Yadav
Canadian born, London-based painter Stephen approaches his art as storytelling, searching for characters and settings to weave into his otherworldly universe.
His dark, intimate scenes, rich colors, and dramatic lighting evoke the timeless mastery of Baroque painters like Caravaggio. A passionate animal lover, Stephen joined us for a nine-day residency and studio exhibition inspired by his latest muse - Hydra’s cats.
On Hydra, four friends - Jacqueline Savidge, Dimitris Fousekis, Maribe Lambert and Andreas Horstmann presented a collaborative work, unveiled at our Gardenia screening event and displayed througout the Summer.
“Different in age, nationality, and artistic voice, yet bound by the island’s spell. The process was as vital as the work itself, woven with generosity, love, and the tender unpredictability of true human collaboration.“ - Ydra 4
Saudi-American photographer and a creative powerhouse whose eye for detail and passion for visual storytelling brought an exceptional dimension to capturing the ArtCinema Hydra experience.
Hisham’s presence reminded us why mastery in film and photography is as much about soul and connection as it is about skill. Hisham captured amazing moments, blending warmth, precision, and cinematic flair in every frame.
Vittoria is an Italian ceramicist and has been living and working in Hydra for over a decade. Her pieces combine traditional Italian and Greek techniques with modern innovation, reflecting her deep connection to Mediterranean culture and passion for craftsmanship.
ArtCinema commissioned a special order of 6×6 hand-crafted plates to be presented during the Artists & Patrons Lunch, celebrating a union of art, craft, and community.
Following from our 2024 collaboration with the local Hydra art community.
We invited guests and friends to join curated guided tours of Hydra’s local artist studios, where participating artists opened their private working spaces for intimate exhibitions, conversations, and insights into their creative practice.
Guests were also encouraged to arrange private studio visits independently throughout their stay.
We were thrilled that art collector and founder of the DESTE Foundation, Dakis Joannou, enjoyed an informal tour of the artists’ exhibitions. It meant so much to ArtCinema and the artists to personally introduce him to their work and to share the experience of ArtCinema’s first steps in patroning and supporting our artist residencies and exhibitions on Hydra.
"Dakis has already inspired me to understand the true value of patronage - that it’s much more than acquiring artworks. It’s about offering support, resources, and networks, and engaging with artists in ways that help them create their best work. His enthusiasm for our resident artists’ work was an incredible gift. He has done so much for art in Hydra and Greece, and to have his blessing felt like a true elevation of what we can achieve in the future."
- Amanda Palmer, Founder of ArtCinema