Demi Kromidellis' work questions whether she is able to truly connect to the weight her ethnicity holds as a third-generation Australian. She applies an archival approach to themes of cultural loss, displacement, death and immortality through the use of photographs, oral histories, handwritten text and inherited objects. The intricacies of the archives physicality and contents are re-photographed and enlarged through the darkroom process, these are then pieced together in an attempt to make sense of the past lived experiences of her ancestors. Despite the generational effect of cultural customs and stories being lost as time progresses, Demi utilises the limited sources indicative of her Greek background to connect to her cultural identity. However, these fragmented realities of what life once was for her ancestors often lead to more questions rather than answers.

Demi Kromidellis is a multi-award winning emerging artist that has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Degree with Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne. She has shown her photographic work in a range of exhibitions including ARISE 2 at Abbotsford Convent, Pride at 138 Gallery, Develop at the Museum of Australian Photography, Future Call at Te Waka Tūhura Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, Majlis Travelling Scholarship at the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery as a shortlisted candidate, the VCA Grad Show 2023 at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she was the recipient of the Evans Family Award for Photography, and the VCA Grad Show 2024 where she was the recipient of the Fiona Myer Award. She recently held an exhibition at a temporary garage space in Cremourne for the collaborative project proika, facilitated by yitonia.

Photograph taken by Dean Kotsianis at the Victorian College of the Arts.