ABOUT
Alexi(s) CHAROVAS

Artist | Photographer | PhD Researcher at University of Westminster (CREAM)

Hellenic-born and London-based, I navigate the intersection of art, fashion, and critical visual storytelling. After graduating with First Class Photography BA (University of Westminster) and completing a scholarship-funded MA at the Royal College of Art, I’m now returning to Westminster’s Harrow campus as a practice-led PhD researcher exploring the queering of national symbols, especially through Greek Tsolias portraiture.

My work uses cyanotype, silkscreen, and darkroom techniques fused with digital processes, allowing me to explore gender, identity, and nation as more than spectacle, but as mediated performances that are historically rooted and radically open to reinterpretation. Large-scale photographic installations (Liberated Masculinities, Reclaiming Tsolias) challenge hegemonic patriarchy through fragile surfaces and slow materiality.

As a tutor and lecturer, I support students to integrate theory, concept, and craft, encouraging them to interrogate archival, cultural, and ecological registers through making, critique, and reflection. My approach emphasizes inclusive, reflexive pedagogy: reflecting on positionality, embracing uncertainty, and legitimizing imaginative risks.

My visual and pedagogical work is geared towards helping others uncover hidden histories, amplify marginalised voices, and reimagine identity beyond fixed binaries. I continue to exhibit, publish editorial and exhibition portfolios, and engage in social-action collaboration, looking always for work that transforms knowledge and practice into collective understanding.

Over the years, I have worked extensively in the creative industries, particularly in portrait, event, and fashion photography. My portfolio includes collaborations with leading figures in fashion, music, and the arts, including Kate Moss, Elsa Hosk, Edward Enninful, Daphne Guinness, Jordan Bridge, Valery Kaufman, and Sofia Resing. My work has been featured in high-profile fashion campaigns, magazine editorials, and international fashion events in both London and Paris. Yet, despite my industry success, I remain deeply committed to my artistic practice and scholar research, continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible within photography.