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“If I’m not sketching, then I’m not alive. It’s kind of a bloodline.”

In this conversation between artists Chris Christodoulou and Michelle Avison recorded during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown, Chris discusses his obsessive sketching practice and how drawing is fundamental to his life.


Artist:Chris Christodoulou



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How do I feel now?

This exhibition brings together new work – animation, drypoints, drawings and video projection – made in response to Odyssey, Chris’s 100m epic charcoal drawing.

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“They’re not simple images. They are about everything.”

Artist Chris Christodoulou grapples with the complexities of life in his epic drawing series Odyssey.

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Odyssey

Exhibition of large scale drawing and prints by Chris Christodoulou.

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Home

What is home? Chris Christodoulou searches for ‘home’ in the blurry, velvety lines of drypoint, as he obsessively draws from his dream diaries and his domestic environment.

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Lizzie Latham

Lizzie Latham is an artist living and teaching in London. She graduated in 2025 from an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts.

Lizzie is the recipient of the HAUSPRINT Graduate Studio Prize 2026.

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Lizzie Latham

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Hard ground

A traditional technique in etching. After degreasing the surface of the plate, hard ground is rolled over the surface.

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“They’re not simple images. They are about everything.”

Artist Chris Christodoulou grapples with the complexities of life in his epic drawing series Odyssey.

Artist:
Chris Christodoulou

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