Dimitris Ntokos first emerged on the Greek art scene as a street artist, drawing heavily on the symbolism of ancient Egypt. His early works featured the scarab motif, which later evolved into compositions dominated by hieroglyphs. Ntokos primarily works with acrylics and oils in vivid, saturated colors.

What stands out in his practice is that the symbols he paints are rarely repeated—whether he’s working on canvas, a car, a wall, or a mirror. Each symbol follows the next in a sequence, unfolding like a mysterious papyrus, a cryptic letter, or a coded diary, open to interpretation through the viewer’s gaze. In his latest series, Ntokos takes a distinctive turn: each ideogram is now isolated within a square canvas, contrasting with previous works where the symbols densely covered the surface in a flowing succession. Throughout his career, Ntokos has gradually shifted from storytelling to focusing on the individual "letter." It's as if, through a magnifying glass, the viewer is invited to examine the intricacies of his earlier works—studying each letterform in detail, each stroke of his symbolic language. In doing so, they enter the threshold of Ntokos’ labyrinthine visual lexicon.

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