Gianni Kazakis

b. 1998 in Detroit, Michigan

Currently living in Chicago, IL, USA

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Gianni Kazakis (b. 1998) is an American-born Greek interdisciplinary artist whose work examines the color experience as it relates to human defined consciousness within the context of color psychology. Most of his works are untitled and are instead given unique serial numbers to prevent interpretive bias. He graduated with a BFA from Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (The Florence Academy of Fine Arts) in Italy, where he studied Visual Arts on a fully funded scholarship.
 
As a Greek-American who grew up in a religious and conservative environment, his re-creations of environments suggest how the extraordinary can be staged and transformed from the ordinary, serving as a scenographic device for self-understanding and self-realization, uninfluenced by a title. As a result, he pushes the boundaries of observers to question what they are actually seeing through a color experience. He counters viewing entropy by introducing a subtle monochrome order to chaotic emotions. Inspired by color psychology, he leaves enough space for viewers to create their own reality and question their role in space.