RETURN

Christos Damianos July 22 – August 22, 2026

Municipal Gallery of Tripoli “PH. Tsichritzis, Greece

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”In one of the first solo exhibitions presented at the newly established Municipal Gallery of Tripoli “PH. Tsichritzis,” Christos Damianos returns to his hometown with a body of recent work shaped by years of living and working between Greece and Canada.

Although this marks his first solo exhibition in Greece, Damianos is no stranger to exhibiting in Europe. Maintaining studios in both Tripoli and Canada, his practice moves fluidly between places, cultures, and identities. This exhibition becomes both a personal and artistic homecoming.

Return speaks to multiple layers of meaning. It references the artist’s physical and emotional return to his birthplace, while also evoking the broader cultural narrative of nostos—the homecoming—most famously embodied in Odysseus and his journey back to Ithaca in the Odyssey. At the same time, the title subtly nods to contemporary culture, including the recent The Return, drawing a parallel between ancien myth and modern storytelling.

Through layered surfaces, material experimentation, and an ongoing exploration of memory and transformation, Damianos reflects on migration, identity, and the cyclical nature of departure and return. The works presented here carry traces of both geographies—rooted in Arcadia yet informed by the diasporic experience—suggesting that return is never simply going back, but rather arriving changed.

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Tovrika, 71x23x25 cm, mixed media sculpture, 2026