My engagement with visual arts and especially with painting began as a concentration exercise, which in time grew into a very efficient way to put the abundant chaos of my thoughts into order. It is not only the need to express my mind and feelings, but also to convey information into a format I can apprehend better.
Painting isn't just an occupation to me; it is a necessity, it is the way to define myself; it is my quest to understand existence as a part of its ambience, should be a society, an ocean, or the cosmos. I aspire to share the image of the world the way I perceive it, a world where “All is colour”. Of all mediums, I prefer oil, because of its vibrant “honesty”; its ability to preserve its character from the moment it is applied till after it dries. I put colour in gradual layers, one over another, without them mixing together. Letting each layer to rest and dry before applying the next, allowing them to coexist on the same canvas. This procedure goes on until I am able to see what I wish to state. A finished painting is a conclusion containing all: the initial notion, my perception of it, reflections and feelings on it. My current work focuses on the points of intersection between sound, image and spatial analysis. The conjunction between image and sound has been a significant issue for artists and theorists since the ancient times. On this issue I am attempting a fresh approach. Considering the space that surrounds us; ambience, as a composition of sounds. Ambience constitutes of “music” produced by us and anything around us, every existing thing produces sound and every sound reflects on surrounding entities and then altogether produce that “music”. These sounds and their composition, in my perception, appear as colours. I use my palette and variations of basic geometry shapes, to transmit those soundpictures on canvas. I try to retain all the elements of the ambience -without omitting my existence in it- and place them orderly in the abstract environment of my painting. Since 2013, I am actively involved with the Athens Art Network, which was created by many restless independent art groups and has been trying to gather, organize and channel our energy to new alternative cultural structures. |
Education / Academia
•University of Leeds, UK [2018] MA Arts Management and Heritage Studies •University of the Aegean, Greece [2015] Summer School "Digital Culture" •University of Ioannina, Greece [2011] BA Plastic Arts & Art Sciences •Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Italy [2011] LLP Erasmus programme Training, Courses, Seminars •“6th International Conference on Cultural Economy and Development” Athens [2015] •“Interdisciplinary Art” program: seminars & workshops, lecturer D. Agrafiotis, Contemporary Art Showcase Athens, GR [2015] •“MOOC Managing the Arts: Marketing for Cultural Organizations”, Supporter role, online programme, Goethe Institut [2015] •“Culture and Tourism”, lecturer A. Mavroleon, Kostis Palamas program, University of Athens, GR [2015] •“Creative Europe”, Informative webinar about European Commission's program for support to the culture and audiovisual sectors [2015] •“Communication and Culture”, lecturer G. Veltsos, Stoa vivliou, Athens [2012] •“3rd International Art History Conference” held in Thessaloníki, Greece [2007] •Technical drawing courses, Plakas Center, Athens [2004] •Pencil and charcoal drawing courses, by Nicolas Christoforakis [2002-4] Collective Exhibitions [2015] - "Bistrot et Cafe Culture" curated by Natasha Iliopoulou, festival Petit Paris d'Athènes 2015. -"Cheapart" Nicosia & Limassol,CY -"Rem Brand Name" project, Long Vehicle Platform, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thesalloniki, GR -“Ecos Enohis”, Orizontas Gegonoton, Athens, GR -“Dream Tank”, 7 th annual exhibition of Elefsis, “L. Kanelopoulos” cultural centre, Elefsis, GR - “Surprise 6”, charity exhibition, curated by Alexandra Kollaros, Ennea Gallery, Athens, GR [2014] "The Belle Epoque's Vanity in the World War I trenches" : Petit Paris d'Athènes 2014 @Old Finos Films building. [2013] “F for friendship” : Discrimination, photography workshop & exhibitions @ Aerikon café, old port Thassos, Greece & @ Çanakkale Belediyesi Yazar ve Sanatçı Evi’nde, Turkey [2008] “Real presence 2008”, workshop &exhibition,Belgrade, curated by BiljanaTomic, Dobrila Denegri [2006] Student exhibition, Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ioannina Working Experience [2014] "Petit Paris d’Athènes 2014": De la Βelle Εpoque à la 1e Guerre mondiale. 100 ans apres. by AthensArtNetwork collective Exhibition @ex-Finos Films building, Event Manager [2013] “Petit Paris d’Athènes 2013” by Athens Art Network , Visual art and Photography exhibitions, Event Manager - "Athens Gardens Festival", by Athens Art Network, Information desk. - "Cuisine et Dépendances" by Antigone Amanitou@Simio Theatre, Athens, Assistant Director [2011] Invigilator @ Athens Biennale. |