---
title: Andrea Spiridonakos
description: "Fiber artist & experimental designer creating sensory experiences that challenge familiar perception"
url: "https://www.artsume.com/a/spiridonakos"
type: artist
createdAt: 2026-04-25
updatedAt: 2026-04-25
disciplines:
  - Fiber Arts
  - Sculpture
  - Installation
  - Fashion Design
location: "Miami Beach, FL, United States"
---

# Andrea Spiridonakos

*Fiber artist & experimental designer creating sensory experiences that challenge familiar perception | Fiber Arts, Sculpture, Installation, Fashion Design | Based in Miami Beach, FL, United States*

## Artist Statement

In an analog assault on our digital age, my practice is driven by the human hand, the energy of my touch. 

I deal in labor-intensive techniques that move between fiber art and experimental design. Informed by a prior career as a professional ballerina, I felt wool by hand, with needles or water, using a natural balance of asymmetry and irregularity to evoke an impression of perpetual movement. My sculptural forms are either welded steel or entirely carved by hand, without the use of any power tools.

The resulting works poetically explore notions of materiality and so-called reality, as they operate in the liminal space between the domestic and the wild. Across disciplines, my work seeks to create a surreal, tactile encounter... a sensory experience that unsettles familiar perception and returns you to the world slightly altered. 

## Curriculum Vitae

### Education

- **2015** - BFA, in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, (Summa Cum Laude, Critic’s Choice Award, FSF Scholarship )

### Solo Exhibitions

- **2025** - "Andrea Spiridonakos: Without You (I’m Just an Empty Shell)," Newport Art Museum Newport (Curated by Danielle Ogden)

### Group Exhibitions

- **2026** - "Glass Half Full," Rhett Baruch Gallery Los Angeles
- **2016** - "Varengeville," Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris

### Awards & Grants

- **2024** - Artist in Residence Fellowship, Newport Art Museum

### Residencies

- **2024** - Interdisciplinary Practices in Bio Art, School of Visual Arts, New York

### Collections

- DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, (Public)

## Portfolio

### Bubble Lamp 1 (2025)

*Glass, wool, discarded foam, electrical*

*14” h x 8” w x 6” d*

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### Once Bitten (2024)

*Wool, antique marine buoy, marble, brass, electrical*

*20” h x 11” w x 11” d*

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### Smitten (2024)

*Wool, discarded foam, brass, marble, electrical*

*72” h x 42” w x 12” d*

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### When The Oceans Drank Atlantis (2023)

*Wool & silk fibers, oak wood, foam, Dacron*

*36” h x 65” w x 32” d*

## Links

- **instagram:** https://instagram.com/Spiridonakou