Adam Martinakis (Polish-Greek, b. 1972) is a contemporary artist whose practice explores the human condition through digital sculpture and metaphysical figuration. He treats the human form as an archetype rather than a portrait, and makes suspended, often impossible scenes in which bodies fragment, merge, dissolve and reassemble. He works across digital sculpture, moving image, photography and physical editions.
Martinakis was born in Lubań, Poland, to a Polish mother and a Greek father, and moved to Athens in 1982. After studying interior architecture, decorative arts and design, he began developing his independent practice in digital space in 2000.His work has evolved, in his description, from digital surrealism towards what he calls digital metaphysical symbolism. He is based on the island of Crete, Greece.
In 2015 he created Final Globe for The New York Times Magazine, and in 2019 he gave a TEDx talk on the relationship between an artist's intention and the viewer's interpretation. His work has been presented in museums, galleries and festivals, including the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art in Saint Petersburg, FILE Festival in São Paulo and the Museo de Arte de Querétaro in Mexico.His Quantum_X_Theory series was released as 1/1 auctions on MakersPlace, with a second drop of 3D artworks that he described as an “exploration of the fascinating and enigmatic world of quantum field theory, viewed through the lens of human emotions and experiences”.In his series Interference Patterns, from 2026, he uses 3D digital space to explore the moments where the physical body dissolves and a deeper psychic reality begins to surface. Its vertical interference lines and fragmented forms stand, in his words, for constant human mutation, in a palette of red and white.
