Collaborative duo was formed in 2019. Ileana Arnaoutou (*1994) is a painter and sculptor, and a graduate of the BA Fine Art program at the Slade School of Fine Art and the MA History of Art at UCL, London. Ismene King (*1993) is a sculptor and ceramist, and a graduate of the MFA Sculpture program at the Slade School of Fine Art, London.

They have held solo presentations such as “Lo que una vez fue, lo que perdura” (2025) at Artnueve (Project Space Ap1), Murcia; “I will hold you forever. Or till everyone leaves the room” (2024) at Alkinois, Athens; and” All the sticks, spears and swords, blades entwined” (2024), part of the One Work Show Series at Callirrhoë, Athens.

Currently based in Athens, they recently participated in the group exhibitions “In Bright Green Field” (2025) at the Benaki Museum, organized by the DESTE Foundation and the New Museum and “Wet Heart” (2023) at ATOPOS cvc. 

They have been awarded the G&A Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize (2022), and both received the ARTWORKS Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship. In 2025, they were also awarded the Dukato Residency Prize at Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza.

Photo by Yorgos Prinos