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Anthi Papatheodorou



I am Anthi, born in Athens in 1985, a writer, artist, and instructor specializing in Creative Improvisation and Tuning Practices in Arts.


I graduated from the Department of Theatrical Studies at the University of Athens and earned a Master’s degree in World Theaters and Cultures from UFC in France. My focus was on researching Eastern theatrical traditions, with a particular interest in their symbolic practices. As part of this research, I studied at the National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) in Taipei, fulfilling a long-held aspiration.

Immersed in the school’s holistic spirit, I explored Chinese visual arts alongside theater, profoundly expanding my understanding of art and the creative processes.


The most meaningful contribution of my studies was that they introduced me to the subtle and intricate world of stories, symbols, and scenes — a world hidden in plain sight. I witnessed how art is not merely a form of expression or demonstration of skill; it is a vehicle of wisdom and understanding — a way of exploring existence through the act of creation.


My studies, along with my life’s demands and its poetry, gradually led me toward a more direct, lived engagement with creation. Together, they shaped the ground for what would become my ongoing discipline.


Over the past decade,  I have cultivated a practice of Improvisation and Tuning Practice in art, across multiple forms — movement, painting, writing, photography, music, and creative dialogue with materials. This practice is a space for discovery, a method to explore presence, perception, and attentive engagement—both deeply personal and profoundly artistic—revealing new ways to approach creation, inhabit materials, and respond to what emerges in the act of making.



As an Instructor


I work with individuals and groups of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences—including artists, students, professionals, children, and communities from diverse contexts. At the core of my work is the invitation to enter that sacred and magical stage where the arts converge. My aim is to cultivate a space in which attentiveness, intuition, and creative exploration intersect and to inspire each of us to educate ourselves on that exquisite “instrument” that is the creative human.

This "tuning" training, as I call it, supports personal growth while also advancing artistic perception, practice, and the development of substantial bodies of work.




As a Writer and an Artist


I follow the flow of life, exploring its countless faces through projects ranging from noir sketches to earth pigments, from ink and color to charcoal and stone, from written narratives, automatic writing and poetry, to photography and movement. Through profound engagement with materials, movement, and the world, I play with limitations and uncover new layers of perception, form, and relationships between body, medium, and environment. In this ongoing inquiry, everything becomes my collaborator — intuition is my foremost partner, attention is my medium, and the infinite subtleties of life on Earth are my canvas.