Lafina Eptaminitaki

Lafina is an architect and visual artist based in New York. She practices, writes, and teaches the confluences of art and architecture with an emphasis on aesthetic philosophy and its relevance to everyday life narratives. Through multimedia expression, she weaves together spatial and optical elements of nature, memory, identity, and the performative body, exploring the dynamic interplay between human experience and the built environment. Lafina holds a Master in Design Studies with Distinction from Harvard University, an MA in Architecture from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Denmark, and a Master of Architecture with Highest Honors from the University of Thessaly in Greece. She has worked for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and MOS Architects, designing various exhibitions, installations, buildings, objects, and publications. Lafina is also the co-founder of Atelier Atthis, a woman-led award-winning interdisciplinary practice in Athens and serves as co-president of Womxn in Design at Harvard GSD.

During her residency, she will work on a series of drawings that explore the interconnectedness between humanity, nature, individual and collective memory, fostering a dialogue that bridges personal and environmental fragmentation.