
Evangelia VS aka Abyss X is a performer and artist from crete active in the fields of music, theatre, dance, FILM, creative direction and event curation. She has an academic background in computer science and the performing arts, including a MA in Performance from Central St Martins.
She has released albums on acclaimed music labels AD 93, Halcyon Veil, Danse Noire and Infinite Machine and her music has appeared in fashion for the likes of Mugler, Luis de Javier and more. Former and ongoing collaborators include Grammy-nominated producers Rabit and SOPHIE and Chinese-American filmmaker and visual artist Andrew Thomas Huang. Evangelia VS has contributed choreography, movement direction and video design to theatre productions by the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, the National Theatre of Greece, the Mediterranean Biennale and more.
Her cross-disciplinary work traverses a range of themes including the feminine body, eco-grief, surveillance, monetization of the feminine, the erotic, war, violence, pop culture and memory. She uses her body and voice as vessels to convey socio-political issues and her performances are tableaux vivants where sound, movement and scenography intertwine with eloquent symbolism. She has performed and toured her work worldwide at numerous festivals as well as art and music spaces including La MaMa, National Sawdust, Tanzquartier Wien, Performance Space New York, Phoenix Central Park, 3537org, La Gaité Lyrique, ICA Miami, Miami Art Basel, Southbank Centre (Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room), La Casa Encendida, Vooruit, the Biennale of Moving Image (Geneva), Small Epidaurus Theatre, HAU2, DOKUFEST, MONOM, Wysing Arts Centre, Tai Kwun (Hong Kong), Inkonst and many more.
Evangelia VS is also the founder and curator of Nature Loves Courage Festival taking place in Crete annually since 2019.