MY NAME IS DEMETRA EVANGELOU. I AM AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER RESIDING IN TORONTO, ON.

I GREW UP IN A COASTAL TOWN NEAR ATHENS IN GREECE, WHERE I SPENT THE FIRST 18 YEARS OF MY LIFE. IN 2016, I MOVED TO NORTHERN ONTARIO IN CANADA TO PURSUE MY STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURE. IN 2023, I COMPLETED MY BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES AT THE MCEWEN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OF LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY.

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN CREATIVE, ALWAYS CARRYING A RESTLESS SOUL. I LOVED MAKING THINGS WITH MY HANDS GROWING UP, I EXPRESSED MYSELF THROUGH DRAWING, PAINTING, WRITING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

IN EARLY 2022, I ESTABLISHED MY FIRST SMALL BUSINESS SPECIALIZING IN TATTOO ART. MY PRACTICE ALLOWED ME TO GROW AND DISCOVER PARTS OF MYSELF THAT HAVE GIVEN ME A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE AS A CREATIVE. I BEGAN TO EXPLORE OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND DESIGN, INCLUDING CERAMICS, UPHOLSTERY AND FURNITURE RESTORATION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH ME. WE ARE ALWAYS CHANGING AREN’T WE? I USE PLATFORMS LIKE THIS TO EXPRESS CREATIVE SHIFTS, PERSONAL CHANGE AND WHO I BECOME THROUGH EACH STAGE.