Big Table was born in December 2022 and has since evolved into a multiform, collective, artist-run space. Most of the time it functions as a studio, a shared work space, crowded with tables of various sizes (rather big) supporting a mix of practices. Sometimes the tables are crammed in a corner. Once free, its 200m2 baby blue floor turns into an event space for live performances, screenings, exhibitions, dinners or parties. True to its name, Big Table merges time and space. It fosters collaboration, supports ideas and desires, and —like any table— invites others in, creating circularity and a sense of community.      

       @big_table_athens      

      Collaborative artists are welcome to visit Cherry's, a cozy room where the embroidery machine lives. Artist Aliki Pavli offers free embroidery samples of artwork. Small monograms and pre-designed embroidery is done on-site at the event.      

       www.alikipavli.com      

      Cypher is an artist-run, non-profit space founded in 2024, dedicated to the exploration and celebration of contemporary art across diverse media and materials. Its mission is to create a dynamic platform where creativity and critical thought converge, offering a space for exhibitions, screenings, workshops, and social art therapy practices. Driven by a commitment to inclusivity and community, its primary goal is to foster horizontal relationships that bridge individuals and networks from various fields, professions, and backgrounds as well as to promote emerging and under-represented artists. It aims to cultivate a vibrant and open environment where artists, thinkers, and audiences can engage with art that challenges, inspires, and connects people across different genders, ethnicities, classes, and interests.      

       cypherathens.com      
       @cypher.athens      

      A multidisciplinary design studio based in Athens and Amsterdam, working as a collective. Esto creates and curates research-based work both by commission and self-initiative in graphics, objects, and XR.      

       estoassociation.com      
       @esto_association      

      independent
      exploring creative possibilities beyond established institutional structures
      artistic freedom is key | room for experimentation | not scared of collapse      

       @f.e.a._initiative      

      ististist project is a multidisciplinary artistic platform, founded by Anna Stroulia and Elias Tsolis in Athens, in October 2020, as a non-profit organisation. Ististist project's practice focuses on the interaction of art and education, investigating the correlation between artistic creation, research and knowledge.      

       ististist.com      
       @ististist      

      Living Room is an independent project space currently situated in the Metaxourgeio district of Athens, Greece. Founded by Auðunn Kvaran, the space is currently managed by Auðunn and Nikoletta Georgakopoulou. Living Room is dedicated to fostering the creative development and public presentation of contemporary art. The project space offers a supportive environment for artists to realize their artistic concepts, from initial ideation through to the final exhibition and potential publication. Each artist's engagement with Living Room is conceived as a focused, short-term residency culminating in a public exhibition of their work.      

       www.livingroomathens.com      
       @livingroomathens      

      A very little gallery in the center of Athens.      

       salon.io/vasconceflash/micro-gallery-athens      

      We, Mouries Collective, are a fluid and interdisciplinary group of female artists, researchers and therapists based in Athens, Greece. Originally gathered due to our common interests in healing and divination practices, we recently focused on developing connections with trees, plants and the diverse beings with whom we share this planet. We are now working under the theme of healing and (e)merging women’s knowledge while refining our collective processes.      

       mouriescollective.org      
       @mouries_collective      

OKAY is a community-based initiative-space in Athens with socio-cultural purposes, aims to create an artistic pole for young generations, emphasizing on fine arts, performance and architecture.              okay-space.com      
       @okay.space      

      Kimona Marika Venieri Vassilaki is an artist and curator. She studied film and psychology at Brooklyn College and is the founder of Red Carpet Project Space in Exarcheia, Athens. An independent platform for experimental art, dialogue, and community. Her inaugural exhibition, The Seven Planets, brought together seven international artists to explore pressing cultural and political realities. Since 2017, Kimona has been closely involved with the Mykonos Biennale, founded by Lydia Venieri, an international festival where artists, filmmakers, and thinkers gather in dialogue between history, mythology, and contemporary practice.      

       theredcarpetprojectspace.com      
       @redcarpetprojectspace      

      ZOETROPE is an artist-run space based in Athens, devoted to collaborative artistic practices, co-learning, and transdisciplinary experimentation. ZOETROPE'S programming is wide-ranging, with a special focus on films, photobooks, and archives. ZOETROPE'S mission is to catalyze the creation of intimate and inclusive creative communities. ZOETROPE'S identity wishes to remain fluid and open, less of an artist-run space and more of an ongoing experiment. In short, ZOETROPE is a place yet to become.      

       zoetropeathens.net/lab      
       @zoetrope.athens