ATHENS OPEN ART 1 0 T H
S E P T E M B E R
GALLERY
SNEHTA
NODNOL EXHIBITIONS
INDEX
1. CLARA LEMOS 2. VASILIS KAMPAS 3. SOPHIA ZVARA 4. JERÓNIMA 5. EKATERINA IVANOVA 6. NATALIA NTOVA 7. SAKENTELAA 8. RAMZ 9. SIMON SAĞLAMOĞLU 10. FOTIS MASKAI 11. HAROLD PERRIN 12. DAVID IAN BICKLEY 13. MOHAMMAD ALI FAMORI 14. AREZOU RAMEZANI
CLARA LEMOS IG: @_clara.lemos_
Clara is an emerging Portuguese artist, currently based in Berlin. Her work is an attempt to express her subjective concept of beauty – it takes a great deal of inspiration from her emotional states, but also from the most ordinary and mundane little things. It is about giving context and meaning to all the forgotten details. She is particularly drawn to the imperfect beauty of the walls all over Berlin. Random marks, irregular textures, leftover paper, have all become key features of her work. As a self-taught artist, she does not feel bound to any conventions or rules and truly enjoys the freedom and intuitive nature of her creative process. She loves the endless possibilities, the surprises, the revelations.
VASILIS KAMPAS IG: @mrkampas
Vasilis Kampas is an Architect and Artist based in Athens Greece. He organised his first art exhibition in Ecoteca along with his participation of PEAM (Pescara Electronic Artists Meeting) in the years 2004 and 2005. In Parma, during his studies he created and presented a video art installation for a concert. He graduated from the School of Architecture in Italy in 2012. In November 2014, his second solo art exhibition took place at the cultural centre of Neo Psichico in Athens and in 2017 he complited his third one also in Athens. Since then he participates in various group exhibitions and expands in worldwide commercial activity. His practice and professional assignments cover a wide range of projects in Architecture, Design, Graphic Design and Art.
SOPHIA ZVARA IG: @zvara_art
Through painting I try to capture everyday tensions and at the same time to express emotions, isolated in their raw form. Painting has become a necessity and at the same time a way to transfigure the different phases of my life, often emphasizing the difficult and darkest ones. In my paint- ings I choose abstract expressionism in order to vividly illustrate through the amorphous shapes and the manifes- tations of the colors the very process of creating the paint- ing and the emotional influences that it produces, while it produces them. Every viewer sees something different in my paintings and I hope that this way they can relate and find a part of themselves. In a society of alienation, art remains the most genuine way of communication.
JERÓNIMA IG: @jeronima___
Jerónima Jaume Clar was born in 1997 in Mallorca. Most of her work is abstract and suggestive. It is characterized by the combination of a texture and chromatic range inspired by the shapes, colors and textures of Mediterranean nature and her island. She defines her work as a constant experi- mentation to translate into a personal plastic language everything that lives and arouses interest in her. She works volumes and textures through the use of raw materials such as sand or plaster, as protagonists of her works.
EKATERINA IVANOVA IG: @e.i.art.official
I’m a Bulgarian artist, graduated with BA in Mural Paint- ing (NAA, Sofia, Bulgaria) and currently finishing an MA in Creative Practice (CCAM, Galway, Ireland). My work explores the topic of the opposites and links between them. There is a hidden background behind every of my pieces - a personal story, understanding of a particu- lar topic or of the world in general. I'm a detail lover, black and white addict and I often rely on mathematics to help me build visual harmony. I aim to provide to the viewer a majority of exquisite details, hidden symbolic signs and elements bound in a complex multi-layered ‘map’ that should lead you to your own version of the untold story.
NATALIA NTOVA IG: @Nataliantv In a non-realistic work, colors are the main protagonists. I prize color for its powerful symbolism and its incredible ability to express what words simply cannot. My inspiration comes from moments of everyday life, such as a walk by the coast before the winter strikes. I challenge myself to turn these moments into color and thus convey the feeling that surrounds them. In relation to media, I work a lot with modeling paste and acrylics mostly on wood, using my bare hands instead of a brush. The golden element is something characteristic in my paintings, representing my way to captivate the bright rays of light that illuminate our existence.
SAKENTELAA IG: @sakentelaa
My name is Vasilis and i study cinematography in Greece. I have no significant experience in painting( started paint- ing during the 1st quarantine), but i found out that i can express my feelings and feel free, so i decided to get more into it. I love unusual colors and random shapes and i wish you to enjoy the exhibition!
RAMZ IG: @ramzisaibi
RamZ is a French-Tunisian street-artist based in Paris. He is the author of a contemporary Arabic calligraphy marked by multiple influences and inspired by tradition to create novelty. With a modern and urban touch, the artist forges and sculpts shapes and symbols that interpret words. We may wonder if it is a coincidence that in Arabic, the root of the name “Ramzi” means “symbol”. His art is the reflection of his dual culture. He defines his style as a “merging of calligraphy and contemporary art, a symbiosis between the East and the West”.
SIMON SAĞLAMOĞLU IG: @simon.saglamoglu.art
Following a pattern of abstract creation, Simon Sağlamoğ- lu’s works offer a window, passage or just a set of lights for the viewers’ perception. In the light of his belief in "forms and colors," the artist tries to break all connections to reality and create a strong vision through abstraction. His approach is to achieve a balance between textured layers and distinct color fields spread over the surface, which approximates to mono- chrome. Based in Istanbul, Sağlamoğlu is a self-taught artist with a background in architecture and art history. His works have been featured in various national and international exhibi- tions and online platforms.
FOTIS MASKAI IG: @fotismaskai
I am Fotis, a self-taught painter, born and grown up in Athens, Greece. Started painting from a young age, I realized the power and the importance of art in life.Paint- ing is a source of salvation to prove that there is a way to escape by making art. For me, painting is an inner journey of self-research and at the same time an outward expres- sion, a voice to the world. Exhibitions:M. A. D. S. Art gallery Milano (2021)
HAROLD PERRIN IG: @haroldniperr
My work is very influenced by my graphic design back- ground. I studied applied arts in Paris and then moved to London to kickstart a career in design and advertising. The flow of life rerouted me towards a more technological approach to art while maintaining a very personal aesthet- ic. After a few months of experimenting with creative coding, I found my true vocation in 3D, motion design and VFX. Being very much influenced by abstract and surrealist artists, my current approach explores a world of ambigu- ous realities, where what you see will be very unique to you. I am new to the field and this is the first time some of my work is exhibited.
DAVID IAN BICKLEY IG: @davidianbickley
Threads is a monomyth, a personalised journey that the viewer is encouraged to take, through a series of events based on Irish folklore. Through a truly immersive audio visual environment the visitor experiences a direct visceral connection with the conceptual, the ancient symbolic motifs embedded deeply in Irish culture. David Ian Bickley is an award-winning media artist whose body of work spans the primitive technological of the 1970’s to the digital cutting edge of today. His media work has manifested as television, installation, electronic music and video art.
MOHAMMAD ALI FAMORI IG: @designfam
Mohammad Ali Famori is an award-winning Multidisci- plinary Artist, Art Director and Curator with a demonstrat- ed history of working in the fine art industry. He has pursued his BA in Photography and a master’s degree in Cultural Management, specialised in spearhead- ing exhibitions and creative projects including running the first glitch video art group exhibition in Iran. He has +10 years experience in art directing, graphic design, photogra- phy and visual arts, as well as exhibiting his works in 30 international exhibitions including: “The Identity Architec- ture Exhibition” at Plaza Casanardi Gallery in Venice, Italy and “The Art Box” in Basel, Switzerland and a solo exhibition at Seyhoun Gallery in Tehran,Iran.
AREZOU RAMEZANI IG: @arezouart
Having pursued two masters in Animation, Arezou loves to use different mediums. She believes sharing emotions is essential that’s why she investigates the human's rawest feelings through her art where she conveys an emotion and evokes a feeling to the audience. In her ink paintings, she gets inspired by music and humans where she expresses herself by drawing figures and portraits through hatched black ink lines that are in juxtaposition of fluid colourful inks. She believes humans go through common experiences and art is the language we all understand and that's why in her art she tries to connect to the deeper layers of inner feelings of the audi- ence and hopes they resonate with them.
ATHENS OPEN ART 10th September