Demi Kromidellis' work questions whether she is able to truly connect to the weight her ethnicity holds as a third-generation Australian. She explores themes of cultural loss, displacement, death and immortality through the use of photographs, oral histories, handwritten text and inherited objects. From photographing her ancestors’ neglected homes in Greece to inherited heirlooms and traditions carried to Australia, she weaves these elements together to better understand her cultural heritage. Her work is photographed on medium format film and enlarged through the colour darkroom process. The process of extracting raw imagery from negatives enables her to question the legacy that resides within these monuments, forming a new way of carrying these historical remnants forward. Despite the generational effect of cultural customs and stories being lost as time progresses after the process of migration, 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 (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.