About Us
A brief history of Delirium
It all started with a dream and a young graffiti artist growing up in the streets of Athens in the 90s. At a time that graffiti art was viewed as a crime by society and thought of as a lower form of art by the art galleries and curators of the world. Feeling isolated and cut-off he wanted to experience the art world from the inside and made the big decision to move to London.
Fast forward 20 years, the same artist feels like there’s something missing back home. Having accumulated tons of experience from working both as an exhibiting artist with galleries from America to Japan and curating art shows in London from 2008 onwards, he wanted to bring his knowledge and expertise to his home town of Athens.
Rejoining his peers of the past and new friends, he set out to establish a new home for the contemporary urban art scene in the heart of Athens. An art gallery that will have a strong physical and online presence, as well as attract art lovers and collector’s from all over the world.
So in December of 2021 Delirium Athens gallery open its doors.
The Krah
Otherwise known as Demitri
Was brought up in the Athens, inspired by subcultures like Punk, skateboarding, pop-surrealism and European comics. In the late 90s he became well known as a graffiti artist in Greece and was a member of two of the most famous old school graffiti crews that played an important impact to graffiti history in Greece, the SR Squad and the 101 crew. They painted the first Metro trains and published the zine: Tsu-Tsu that was a showcase of Greek graffiti on trains. In the 2000s he moved to London, England, where he lived for 20 years. In London he continued being an active street-artist and exhibited his art in galleries internationally.
From European countries to the USA and Japan. 3 of his art prints are in the Victoria and Albert museum’s (V&A) collection in London. He has worked with high-profile clients such as Adidas, Nokia, the Arctic Monkeys and many more. He has been published in lots of books/magazines and now self publishes fanzines of his art and creates original merchandise. In London he curated urban art exhibitions as pop ups and for gallerys so when he moved back in Greece in 2021 he opened Delirium Athens gallery that is the only urban-art and lowbrow art gallery in Greece.
