Lara Daskalou is a Berlin based artist and art director. Her work moves between surreal, dreamlike and dystopian visual worlds and examines the tension between human beings, society and space. Shaped by the places she has lived in and the people she has encountered, she develops visual narratives that question existing structures and reveal emotional as well as social fractures.
After living in places such as Malta, Japan, Egypt and Greece, Daskalou moved to Berlin in 2011. Her first solo exhibition took place in Berlin in 2013. This was followed by an exhibition in 2015 for the German Embassy at the UNESCO Center in Bahrain addressing the fall of the Berlin Wall, and later by exhibitions including a project for Deutsche Bahn exploring the theme of connection.
A central theme in her artistic practice is the role of women in society. Through humor, irony and deliberate exaggeration, she challenges social taboos surrounding desire, morality and the female body. Beyond this focus, her work explores urban spaces, cityscapes and dystopian scenarios that often carry an apocalyptic atmosphere and raise questions about the relevance of humanity within an increasingly alienated world.
Daskalou works with digital illustration, ink and acrylic painting on canvas, as well as clay. Berlin functions as a key point of reference in her practice, understood as a place that breaks with conventions and offers space for freedom, contradiction and artistic engagement.
Alongside her independent artistic practice, she has been active in the creative industry for over nine years, moving between fine art and commercial communication. In this context, she works with agencies, startups and international digital teams, and has been responsible for creative concepts, visual direction and social first communication for well known brands such as MINI and BMW.
After living in places such as Malta, Japan, Egypt and Greece, Daskalou moved to Berlin in 2011. Her first solo exhibition took place in Berlin in 2013. This was followed by an exhibition in 2015 for the German Embassy at the UNESCO Center in Bahrain addressing the fall of the Berlin Wall, and later by exhibitions including a project for Deutsche Bahn exploring the theme of connection.
A central theme in her artistic practice is the role of women in society. Through humor, irony and deliberate exaggeration, she challenges social taboos surrounding desire, morality and the female body. Beyond this focus, her work explores urban spaces, cityscapes and dystopian scenarios that often carry an apocalyptic atmosphere and raise questions about the relevance of humanity within an increasingly alienated world.
Daskalou works with digital illustration, ink and acrylic painting on canvas, as well as clay. Berlin functions as a key point of reference in her practice, understood as a place that breaks with conventions and offers space for freedom, contradiction and artistic engagement.
Alongside her independent artistic practice, she has been active in the creative industry for over nine years, moving between fine art and commercial communication. In this context, she works with agencies, startups and international digital teams, and has been responsible for creative concepts, visual direction and social first communication for well known brands such as MINI and BMW.
