ATHENS OPEN ART 1 8 T H
M A R C H
GALLERY
SNEHTA
NODNOL EXHIBITIONS
INDEX 1. ANASTASIA USHAKOVA 2. STEVI DIMITRANTZOU 3. TONIA CONSTANTINOU 4. KHALID BALOGUN 5. AS 6. ROBERTA BERGMANN 7. GIORGIO MUSSATI 8. EIRINI ILIOPOULOU 9. MAJO PINO 10. ERASMIA 11. KRISTOPHER THOMAS 12. SERGEI DOBRUNOV
ANASTASIA USHAKOVA IG: @tasya_yeah_for_art Paris-based emerging artist, participant of numerous international art exhibitions and projects in France, England, Luxembourg, Russia, Greece and Spain. ‘Chateau Orquevaux’ artist in Residence July 2021. The art style was born out of a combination of her education and experiences which allow her perspective as an artist to remain traditional yet contemporary and to offer new ways of viewing the world. She has developed her abstract figurative style with influences from both impressionism and the postmodern era. Welcome to her Art world where the dynamics of colors, people, streets, and actions are transformed in a symphony on a canvas.
STEVI DIMITRANTZOU IG: @steviart Stevi Dimitrantzou is a self-taught painter. She has studied Philosophy, Social studies and Psychology. She started painting during the quarantine period. Her art is related to realistic portraits with charcoal, pencil and acrylic colours. Her inspiration is the view of the night sky and the music of Pink Floyd. She is influenced by Tanya Shatseva and Arinze Egbengwu. She desires to become a meritorious artist with irresistible artworks.
TONIA CONSTANTINOU IG: @toniaconz Tonia Constantinou (b.1999) is a Cypriot artist and architecture student. She studied Architecture at the University of Nottingham, Uk and currently works in Athens, Gr. Tonia’s paintings seek to expose elements of minimalism with a touch of contemporary art. Tonia’s artworks often illustrate human figures portraying the power and delicacy of the human body. Her distinctive personal style emanates minimalism while expressing her vigorous character. Her paintings are often rich in Greek elements, including mythology paying homage to her homeland. Tonia cherishes a strong connection with the Greek culture, while feels that the artistic exchange between the past and the artist unfolds numerous opportunities. She has been brought up to appreciate the arts through numerous exposures and attending art lessons from a very young age. Throughout her life, Tonia has always been captivated by the arts including music and poetry and how the world is expressed/ represented through different eyes. Naturally, she was drawn to painting, which instilled in her a belief that she can reach new heights. Consequently, Tonia intends to create designs that engage emotion and influence the audience.
KHALID BALOGUN IG: @khalltemi_art Khalid Balogun is a Nigerian born in 2002. He is a self-taught artist who started creating works at an early age, replicating direct drawings of great artists like M.C. Escher. He thereafter went on to train under many art gurus including Master Sobayo Abolore, a renowned artist based in Nigeria. His style is best described as hyper-realism with a keen interest in moving water, flowers, landscapes, and other natural elements as a way to express his inner thoughts and perspective. Growing up in a riverine area sealed his love for nature, and from visits to the lagoon, he draws inspiration. Khalid’s artistic goal is to afford his audience a surreal sense of attachment and presence in his paintings, one that goes in line with his expression of thoughts as “Creating Sceneries with Voices". He has participated in various workshops including one which earned him a certificate at the National gallery of Art in Lagos State.
AS IG: @aspp.art AS is a Venezuelan artist who has experienced herself among various cultures. AS is attracted to what makes subjects unique, particularly the uniqueness that every person carries from their origin. How does where you come from help construct who you are? For years, AS waited for a sense of belonging that never culminated, eventually realizing that a sense of belonging needn’t be attributed to a single place. Rather, we are the sum of everywhere we’ve been. Understanding that belongingness is perpetually recreated, AS discovered “upcycling art”. Sourcing objects from dumpsters, street markets, and scraps, AS found inspiration in blending different mediums to fit together perfectly. The connectivity of textures and materials is the translation of AS’s vision that everything belongs.
ROBERTA BERGMANN IG: @robertabergmann Roberta is a studied german freelancing illustrator and artist. She also is loves, writes, illustrates and designs books and teaches creativity and design. podcast: „The creative flow“.
GIORGIO MUSSATI IG: @giorgiomussati "We all die, the goal is not to live forever but to do something that will". This sentence is what better describes who is Giorgio Mussati and his ambitions. The series "Popping", iconic stars and normal people popping with a gum, is all about that. "If you dream big, you get big things from life", he says. "You don't have to let negative and envious people discourage you, or distract you from your goals. There will always be someone that will not believe in you or in your dreams, but this is his problem, not your". Good and posivive dreams make the world a better place, and dreams are for free.
EIRINI ILIOPOULOU IG: @reneta_art Eirini Iliopoulou was born and lives in Florina. She works and experiments relentlessly on her artistic pursuits. From an early age she has been involved in painting and has been an apprentice in various art schools.She is currently preparing for the academic art, in order to participate in the entrance exams of Fine Arts universities in Greece and abroad.
MAJO PINO IG: @majopino_art The eclectic artworks of Majo Pino, seeks to express primarily “The loneliness in a vibrant immensity“. The solitude in the crowd, the loneliness surrounded by seemingly colorful environments and pleasant situations, where the apparent is not always the obvious. Her intense and vibrant colors used, show and cover everything with an apparent beauty that invites us to reflect. In her artworks, you can appreciate the different saturated colors and the drastic changes between lights and shadows, also an intense and short brush stroke, leaving the possibility of appreciating each movement of this. Her paintings have been physically exhibited in cities such as Marbella, Madrid, Paris and Greece. She has also participated in virtual exhibitions in India, London, Santiago de Chile among others cities. Paintings held in private collections in Portugal, U.K., Usa, Paris, Saint Tropez and Santiago. Majo Pino, who was born in Santiago de Chile and lived much of her life in this country, she lives now in Paris, the city from where she creates.
ERASMIA METAXA IG: @erasmiacreation Friends call her Era. She was born in Thessaloniki and grew up in Xanthi with many cultural influences. She has been involved in decoration, fashion design and hairdressing, through which she made a living for several years. She loves change, travel, diversity, ingenuity and nature. Art has always been present in her life in various forms. She likes to experiment with different crafts and techniques. She wants what she paints to come to life and she achieves this by embroidering on her designs. Her latest creations draw inspiration from Greek tradition.
KRISTOPHER THOMAS IG: @kthomaspainter is an emerging artist, born in New Zealand 1991 and now based in Berlin, Germany. He first picked up a brush and approached his first canvas at 15 years of age. The mark he made on that very first canvas was also a major mark towards a colourful career. Kristopher presents his vision of diverse subjects through a painting technique that uses oils on canvas and board. The process of using traditional methods and transparent glazes to expose unique atmospheric effects is one that he particularly enjoys. Through this connection with the painting development, one can see paintings that reveal promising hints of depth, colour choice and sensation.
SERGEI DOBRUNOV FB: @sergey.dobrynov.7 Sergei Dobrunov was born in the city of Lugansk (Ukraine) 12/21/1984. studying at the magistracy of the Lugansk Institute of Culture. a participant of exhibitions in Ukraine. paint in oil, the specifics of my work are portraits, architecture. write in oil on glass The Mother of God is shown, who received the news that she would give birth to Christ, the son of God. Streams of Divine light emanate from her, all nature, flowers, birds rejoice at this good news. The work depicts the image of St. Nicholas in my understanding. This image is shown from behind, it moves away from us, leaves, it is shown from the back. His clothes are covered with symbols. He brings goodness and wisdom. This image appeared to me in a dream, and in the middle of the night I made a sketch and the next day I did this work.
ATHENS OPEN ART 18TH MARCH