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Back in 2014, on the 6^th of December, Italian artist Giusy Lauriola was the first to exhibit at Domus Art Project, with the solo exhibition “Butterfly Effect”, presenting to the Greek public works which intertwined aspects of Roman and Greek culture, myth and history, whilst working on two layers (canvas and plexiglass).

In May 2015, more Italian artists followed, when Lauriola’s work was joined with that of Mauro Bellucci, Dino Ignani, Enrico Lorenzani and Mauro Molle, in an exhibition entitled “A5”.

From March 18-June 30, 2016, the two-person exhibition with works by Marjan Fahimi and Giusy Lauriola, entitled “Dreamland” was realized. This exhibition combined Fahimi’s ethereal works which dealt with weather phenomena together with Lauriola’s new project “Wings Plunged into Colors”.

In May of 2019, Giusy Lauriola paired up with British-Greek artist Natassa Kaloti to present the exhibition “Women In Colors” – a fabulously feminine universe of art. Kaloti’s series “Illusion of Free Will” explored the motion of dancers, while Lauriola’s new works presented transparent but hidden figures rendered via the use of resin and colors.

From December 18, 2019, to January 31, 2020, the solo exhibition of works by Ioanna Kardiakou entitled “On the Move” was hosted at Domus Art Project. Industrial romanticism prevailed in her representations of ships, adding her own interpretation of maritime art – this heavyweight of genres, especially in Greece.

In October of 2021, Domus Art Project changed venue, and became Domus Art Gallery, yet with the same concept in mind – integrating the  home and the gallery. The new space boasts a high-tech, tastefully designed gallery, complete with exhibition panels and suitable lighting fixtures in what appears to be the home’s garage from the outside. We have all heard of garage music, but never before of garage art! This inspiring space became the hotspot for new artistic interactions.

The first artists to inaugurate Domus Art Gallery on October 30, with their work, were Petr Shevchenko and Nikos Mikroulis. These two artists were later joined by Vittoria Panunzi and Luisa Valeriani in the exhibition “Matter in Motion”, which took place in December (2021). “Matter in Motion” was an interesting mix of artists and mediums, demonstrating yet again Lorenzani’s eye for creative ingenuity: From the reworking of the concept of the mosaic, via the use of the lenticular prism by Shevchenko, to the wood-carved constructions of Mikroulis which incorporated sections of clock mechanisms into their designs, and the mixed media works of Panunzi with their relief  surfaces, plus Valeriani’s transformation of cellphone photos into works of art.

What followed next was “Waves of Weaving” (March 10 -April 10, 2022), comprising the work of Yuriko Damiani, Tania Welz and Florence Vacher. This stunning event wove together the beautiful ceramic designs of Damiani, which reflect her own unique Japanese/Italian cultural mix, plus the African-inspired textile creations of Vacher, and the textile art of Welz, which transforms the entire nature of her primary materials, such as jute, into precious and luxurious contemporary creations.

In May of 2022, Domus Art Gallery hosted the solo exhibition of the world-acclaimed contemporary artist and tattoo artist Marco Manzo. As a tattoo artist, Manzo is the pioneer of the ornamental style tattoo, “tattoo d’haute couture”, but also expert of the tribal and 3D style. He managed to introduce the tattoo as an art form in the ever-expanding world of contemporary art. As a contemporary artist, he creates sculptures of the human form made from casts taken from real bodies (including that of actress Asia Argento), engraving upon them intricate designs.

In June, 2022, Domus Art Gallery realized its first artists residency. Following a long-distance discourse and preparation process between the gallerist, curator and the artists (that took place April/May), Domus Art Gallery was then transformed into a studio/workshop for ten days, where artists Merima Fetahovic, Giusy Lauriola and Stella Sevastopoulos joined forces with curator Manuela De Leonardis, and worked non-stop on the concept “Greetings from Athens”.

The activities of Domus Art Gallery then travelled to Rome in November of 2022, with the project “Shadows of Light” by acclaimed Italian artist Simone Lingua. Domus Gallery was in charge of the promotion and organization of this project. Lingua’s site-specific installation was presented at La Lanterna di Fuksas in Rome, together with his works from 2015 to 2020, created with plexiglass and supermirror stainless steel, two materials that reinforce the dialogue with the elements of architecture. The result was an incredible immersive experience in which the projection of lights and sounds animated the connection between the installation, its architectural context and the other exhibited works.

A contemporary take on ceramics was the next exhibition organized by Domus in Italy. Entitled “Tetes et Betes” the exhibition took place in January 2023, in an intimate space in Rome.  The works of artists Ilaria Gatti and Emanuele Scoppola comprised in the exhibition were examples of how imaginary childhood monsters can be turned into contemporary ceramic creations.

Domus Art Gallery then teamed up again with Simone Lingua for a summer project (June 25-July15), this time in Palermo, at the Palazzo Drago Airoldi.  This project was of an experimental nature for Lingua, who envisioned it in the following way: “I imagined my works expanding and multiplying into a myriad of fragments. And so, like portions of a mirror, they invade the rooms of the Palace, according to an order dictated by the architectural geometries and the works.”