Valia Kapeletzi is a Textile Designer and Artist from Greece. With a degree in Textile Design from London College of Fashion, and experience as Textile Developer at Iris van Herpen, she is  currently working at her studio in Athens.

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Valia specialises in textile experimentation and hand crafted fabric processes, while she also has a ceaseless enthusiasm for illustration. She draws inspiration mainly from organic shapes and textures, seen in everyday life and nature, which she then translates into textile installations.

 

She finds excitement in creating new material surfaces, manipulating and often deconstructing them, as well as in interfering with their properties. Solidifying soft and dainty components, such as threads and fabric elements, allows her to built texturally intricate compositions, while a common thread in her work is transparency, which allows for interaction of her artworks with light and their surrounding environments.