Name of Family Member
Sofia Petrides

Artist Statement
"We have all worked hard to create a different foundation for my daughter, age 12 at the time of posing, to build on—a safer one, emotionally and physically. She knows the broad outline of the family story but is not asked to carry everyone else’s unresolved pain.

As to the sculpture, it is inspired by an ancient Greek Kore, one of the full-size sculptures of Athenian maidens. My sculpture has a distinctly different emotion and sculptural style than the prior five sculptures. Her expression is, I believe, one of innocence, intelligence, optimism, and a tiny bit of a smirk. Not burdened. Perhaps the cumulative work by my parents and later by me has succeeded.

As a public sculpture, Kore’s optimism has been welcomed in two important institutions around the world, outside of the exhibition."

History & Setting
2022 and forward — New York/Athens: the next generation steps into the present, shaped more by education and possibility than by inherited shadow.

Global Value Alignment
Futures Literacy: Intergenerational justice and youth-led hope.

Sculpture Completion
2024 (Version II)

Material
Mixed media (body 3D-printed using PETG from medical packaging waste on to which is epoxy clay, ground metal with resin/catalyst, pigments and acids are applied)

Dimensions
75 cm (h) x 57 cm (d)