visual artist

​Harikleia Papapostolou (she/her) is a Greek mixed media artist based in London. Her work explores the Womb as a universal symbol of creation, transformation, and connection. Beyond its biological associations, it becomes a sacred space of renewal, where beginnings and endings, light and darkness, trauma and healing converge.

Her practice is deeply informed by ancient cosmological narratives, particularly the Hesiodic cosmogony, where Chaos gave birth to Gaia, the first feminine force of creation and the cosmic womb of all things. Gaia embodies the primordial act of bringing form and structure into existence, linking the feminine archetype to creation, order, and renewal. In this way, the Womb in Harikleia’s work mirrors Gaia’s generative power—both as a physical and metaphysical space where life, transformation, and energy circulate in an eternal rhythm.

Through a multidisciplinary approach—painting, textiles, sculpture, and installations—her work translates these cyclical rhythms into tactile, immersive environments. The spiral, a recurring motif, embodies movement, energy flow, and evolution, mirroring the interconnectedness of life and the cosmos. While textiles play a key role as carriers of memory and touch, her work extends beyond fabric, engaging with space, materiality, and perception. By activating the body and senses, she invites viewers into a dialogue with the unseen, fostering introspection, meditation, and connection.

Rooted in metaphysics, natural philosophy, and ancient archetypes, her work bridges the personal with the universal, the earthly with the transcendent, offering a space for reflection, healing, and transformation.

Harikleia Papapostolou holds an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art, an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts, and a BFA in Visual and Applied Arts from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

She has had solo exhibitions in London and Athens, including Breathing Colours at Belgravia Gallery (2015) and When Light Shines And Vibrates in Optimism at Ersi Gallery (2014). Her work has been featured in MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona (2023), Late at Tate Britain: Constructing Landscapes/Building Worlds (2020), Healing at Cookhouse Gallery (2020), Personal Structures: Time Space Existence as part of the 57th Venice Biennale (2017), Art Athina (2015), Thessaloniki’s XV Biennale de la Méditerranée: Symbiosis (2011), and others