“It felt as though we had stepped into another reality, one where I could witness myself existing within my sculptures. This is something often felt in the relationship between an artist and their work, but rarely seen. And somehow, through this process, Dan managed to capture the invisible.”
Angeliki Stamatakou
“For me, photography has always been an art of practice. I have always been drawn to the way it guides and helps me interact with the world during creation. Honestly, I am more in love with the process than the products it produces. Meeting Angeliki was a breath of fresh air because I met someone halfway around the world who also values the moments of creation and their inspiration as much as I do. Sometimes we previsualize ideas of what we want to create, but more often we draw from the present moment: what is in us and all around us. The camera and the clay help us uncover thoughts and feelings that, otherwise, we have no ability to recognize or express.”
Daniel Trego
Angeliki Stamatakou (b. 1986, Athens, Greece) is a Greek artist whose intuitive practice explores organic, subconscious forms through ceramic sculptures that evoke relics from imagined worlds. Since launching her professional career in 2022, her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, Milan Design Week, the Florence Biennale, where she received the Lorenzo il Magnifico Award for Ceramic Art, the LA Art Show, Art Athina, and Bonhams’ Greek Sale in Paris.
Daniel Trego (b. 1983, Colorado, USA) is a photographer, designer, and educator whose work explores the intersection of visual storytelling and the human experience. As an Educational Media & Design Specialist at Michigan State University, he develops immersive learning experiences while using photography to document the relationships between people, places, and history. His photography has been published and exhibited internationally.