My work is colourful and whimsical,
but the concepts I'm dealing with are heavier.
Irony is the distance that makes them bearable,
and the invitation that makes them seductive.
but the concepts I'm dealing with are heavier.
Irony is the distance that makes them bearable,
and the invitation that makes them seductive.
TRIANTAFYLLIA NTOUROUPI is a Greek artist, writer, and world-builder working across 3D animation, immersive installation, sculpture, interactive game development, holographic illusion, augmented reality, and AI-generated music.
Her practice is grounded in a long-running cosmology, Deepworld, a post-apocalyptic underwater universe first developed in an unpublished novel written before her formal entry into the arts. Deepworld presents surreal, opulent environments that reimagine iconic artworks. In Deepworld, hybrid figures lounge in calm detachment as catastrophe unfolds around them. The work reflects on apathy in the face of disaster, exploring how spectacle replaces empathy and distraction becomes survival. By merging beauty with collapse, Deepworld examines humanity’s impulse to aestheticize crisis and transform collective anxiety into entertainment.
Before moving into fine arts, Ntouroupi pursued a career in the natural sciences, completing a BSc and PhD in Molecular Biology and working for several years as a research scientist. This foundation runs through every layer of the work: from the chimeric impossible species of Deepworld, to the glass architecture of a civilisation one collision from shattering, to the emotion-recognition systems that make the viewer's own physiology the instrument of the installation.
Her most recent work, Phosarion and Vythia, extends this research into the territory of isolation, deep survival, and the cost of human connection, accompanied by an original rock opera soundtrack with lyrics drawn from the same emotional territory as the installation itself.
Ntouroupi is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Peloponnese, developing robotic and emotion-responsive art installations that react to human affect and environmental conditions.
Her practice is grounded in a long-running cosmology, Deepworld, a post-apocalyptic underwater universe first developed in an unpublished novel written before her formal entry into the arts. Deepworld presents surreal, opulent environments that reimagine iconic artworks. In Deepworld, hybrid figures lounge in calm detachment as catastrophe unfolds around them. The work reflects on apathy in the face of disaster, exploring how spectacle replaces empathy and distraction becomes survival. By merging beauty with collapse, Deepworld examines humanity’s impulse to aestheticize crisis and transform collective anxiety into entertainment.
Before moving into fine arts, Ntouroupi pursued a career in the natural sciences, completing a BSc and PhD in Molecular Biology and working for several years as a research scientist. This foundation runs through every layer of the work: from the chimeric impossible species of Deepworld, to the glass architecture of a civilisation one collision from shattering, to the emotion-recognition systems that make the viewer's own physiology the instrument of the installation.
Her most recent work, Phosarion and Vythia, extends this research into the territory of isolation, deep survival, and the cost of human connection, accompanied by an original rock opera soundtrack with lyrics drawn from the same emotional territory as the installation itself.
Ntouroupi is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Peloponnese, developing robotic and emotion-responsive art installations that react to human affect and environmental conditions.
EDUCATION
PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Peloponnese (ongoing)
BA, Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts
PhD, Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
BSc, Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
BA, Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts
PhD, Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
BSc, Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
Group Exhibitions:
Revolting Bodies (Inventing Revolution), Athens
· 2021
"Are We Not Plunging Continually? ", Leipzig and Athens · 2021
The Wrong Biennale #5 · 2021
Platforms, ASFA Open Studios, Athens · 2021
Crossing Confluence, 60Seconds Festival selection for PINK FESTIVAL, India · 2022
Greetings from the Deepworld · DRHA · Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London · 2022
The Tyvek Project, Athens · 2022
Platforms, ASFA Open Studios, Athens · 2022
Space Between · Group outdoor exhibition · Athens (billboard, one year duration) · 2023-2024
CHANIARTOON (OPEN SPACES), Chania · 2023
Platforms, ASFA Open Studios, Athens · 2023
BackToNature, Athens · 2023
Ένα Ρόδι Κυβισμένο · AR illustrated book · publisher: 24grammata, Athens · 2024
We Are All Made of Stars: Digital media and new technologies in contemporary art practice, Thessaloniki · 2025
Animation Marathon · 2025
DEEPWORLD · Degree Show · Athens School of Fine Arts · 2025
The Wrong Biennale #7, Copenhagen · 2025-26
Cutella, Athens · 2026
Athens Animfest · 2026
Chamber of Fine Arts Greece Exhibition, Athens · 2026
Art Research World Exhibition, Turin · 2026
"Are We Not Plunging Continually? ", Leipzig and Athens · 2021
The Wrong Biennale #5 · 2021
Platforms, ASFA Open Studios, Athens · 2021
Crossing Confluence, 60Seconds Festival selection for PINK FESTIVAL, India · 2022
Greetings from the Deepworld · DRHA · Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London · 2022
The Tyvek Project, Athens · 2022
Platforms, ASFA Open Studios, Athens · 2022
Space Between · Group outdoor exhibition · Athens (billboard, one year duration) · 2023-2024
CHANIARTOON (OPEN SPACES), Chania · 2023
Platforms, ASFA Open Studios, Athens · 2023
BackToNature, Athens · 2023
Ένα Ρόδι Κυβισμένο · AR illustrated book · publisher: 24grammata, Athens · 2024
We Are All Made of Stars: Digital media and new technologies in contemporary art practice, Thessaloniki · 2025
Animation Marathon · 2025
DEEPWORLD · Degree Show · Athens School of Fine Arts · 2025
The Wrong Biennale #7, Copenhagen · 2025-26
Cutella, Athens · 2026
Athens Animfest · 2026
Chamber of Fine Arts Greece Exhibition, Athens · 2026
Art Research World Exhibition, Turin · 2026