Demi Kromidellis’ practice explores her connection to Greek heritage as a third-generation Australian, examining themes of identity, migration and cultural inheritance. From photographing her ancestors’ neglected homes in Greece to the heirlooms and traditions carried to Australia, she weaves these elements together to better understand her own cultural identity. Working with medium format film and the colour darkroom process, Demi enlarges and extracts imagery from negatives as a way of questioning the legacy held within these places and objects; the process itself becoming a means of carrying these historical remnants forward. Drawing on the fragments of her Greek background that remain, her work raises questions about the endurance of culture and what future generations will inherit, transform or lose along the way.

Demi Kromidellis is a multi-award winning emerging artist that has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne. Her photographic work has been exhibited at Abbotsford Convent, 138 Gallery, the Museum of Australian Photography and Te Waka Tūhura Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. She has also independently shown her work in a temporary space for the collaborative project proika, facilitated by networking group yitonia. She was shortlisted for the Majlis Travelling Scholarship at the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, and was the recipient of the Evans Family Award for Photography at the VCA Graduate Show 2023, as well as the Fiona Myer Award at the VCA Graduate Exhibition 2024. Most recently, she presented her work as a solo exhibitionist at Horsham Regional Art Gallery.