Yorgos Efthymiadis

Yorgos Efthymiadis is a Greek-born visual artist and independent curator based in Somerville, MA. He is a 2025 Foster Prize Winner (Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston) and a recipient of Collective Futures Fund 2025 Grant (The Warhol Foundation). Efthymiadis is a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow (2025, 2017), and a St. Botolph Club Foundation Fellow (2017).

Part because of his peripatetic life, his photography has always been drawn to home and domesticity, belonging and non-belonging, culture and alienation. While his earlier work focused on quiet, internal images for solitude and reflection, access to a new audience and broader platforms challenged him as an artist to turn more outward. Efthymiadis’ images build connection even as they cross boundaries, first immigration and queerness and, recently, class. Especially in a moment when immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, unions and the arts are under attack, his voice as an artist continues evolving as he draws inspiration from the people he photographs.

Efthymiadis finds it very fulfilling to help fellow photographers and give back to the photographic community. He has served as a board member of Somerville Arts Council and Chair of the Visual Arts Fellowship Grants from 2018 to 2025, and has been a reviewer for the Lenscratch Student Prize since 2023. In 2015 he created a gallery in his own kitchen, titled The Curated Fridge. The idea behind this project is to celebrate fine art photography and connect photographers with established and influential curators, gallerists, publishers and artists from around the world through free, quarterly curated calls. Over 11 years, it has featured more than 1,500 artists across 45 shows.

For acquisitions, exhibitions, commissions, teaching opportunities and licensing, please contact Yorgos via email.

Finally, Yorgos operates an architectural/interior design photography business. Clients include Christie’s, OOAK Architects, Shepley Bulfinch, Follonier Architects, and Runcible Studios among others, and he’s looking forward to collaborating with you on your projects!