Olympia Antoniadis is a Visual Artist living and working in Melbourne, Victoria on Wurundjeri land. Olympia completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, painting at the Victorian College of Arts in 2015, and is currently undergoing a master’s in art therapy at La Trobe University.
Her most recent works uncover her personal experience with life, death and the grieving process. Olympia uses flowers as symbols and metaphors to explore the traditional genre of ‘Memento Mori’ in a contemporary light. Traditionally, a Memento Mori is a symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Olympia is intrigued by the ultimate concerns of existence and is fascinated with the fear of death that western society holds. She finds beauty in the tender decomposition of the flower and arranges her subjects to reflect her personal experiences with grief and loss.
Olympia has had three successful solo shows within Adelaide and Sydney and has taken part in several group shows throughout Australia. In 2019 Antoniadis was runner-up for the Belle Emerging art prize where her work was displayed in the Gallery of NSW and a finalist in the EMSLA painting prize.