Born in Crete, Greece, and influenced by the island’s layers of varied occupations and archaeological sites, Lafina draws from a heritage of fractured histories, spaces, and artifacts. Her practice explores the notion of brokenness while interweaving themes of visual culture, femininity, mythology, and ecology. Working across installation, performance, projection, and painting, she investigates how fragmented narratives shape personal and collective memory and identity in an ever-changing, systematic world. Using natural and found materials like marble, wood, leaves, and rocks, Lafina is interested in abstraction, where information unfolds upon closer inspection. Similar to an archive, her practice approximates archaeology, excavating layers of evidence that interrogate existence, its absurdity, and the boundaries we impose upon ourselves.
Lafina Eptaminitaki is a visual artist, architect, and poet from Crete, Greece, based in New York. She holds an MDes (with Distinction) from Harvard University, an MA from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and an MArch (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Thessaly. Professionally, she has collaborated with the Guggenheim Museum, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and MOS Architects, contributing to various exhibitions, installations, objects, and publications. Lafina has received several grants, awards, and residencies, and has exhibited internationally, including at New York Live Arts, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, 11th and 10th Biennale in Athens, 6th Architecture Triennale, AIA Architecture Conference in Las Vegas, Milan Furniture Fair, et al. Currently, she teaches at Syracuse University.
