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SANCHO ANA KARSANIDI NINA CHASAPI EVIANA GEROUSI LIZLOV ART VICTORIA POTAMITI DAFNI FYSENTZIDI LITO APOSTOLAKOU KALLIOPIE IESSAI PAUL JAMES KEARNEY INDEX
SANCHO IG:@sanchosculpture
The sculptural work of Sancho lays on the edge of natural and artificial worlds He seeks to materialize the invisible with a craftsman and industrial designer approach With a playful and experimental attitude he investigates the relations between aesthetics, science and technology.
Starting from raw materials he modifies them into uniquely refined sculptures, combining traditional and digital fabrication techniques. With an empathetic sense of touch, he concludes each piece with a final distinctive hand work, leaving a background story in them.
Ana Karsanidi’s work in large focuses on the theme of intimacy Emotion is a key factor in her work, as she aims to translate emotional intimacy and her feelings on the depicted themes similarly to Edvard Munch Her Russian and Slavic heritage is a core influence in her work, as culture and history are vital and individual in influencing women, and the journey to personhood itself.
Through researching woman activists like Pussy Riot, their unorthodox way of presenting their work inspired the “shock factor” which she aims for in her work. This forced closeness to things that may be considered taboo, leaves the viewer with the lack of choice to turn a blind eye.
ANA KARSANIDI IG: @zapreshchena
Her personal style is heavily influenced by her time in London and specifically the exploration of human physicality and characteristics. She follows a conceptual and theatrical approach to her projects with a prevalent representation of humans in her work She presented her first solo exhibition titled 'Detached' in Cyrpus in 2018 She participated in international group exhibitions in Europe in the last couple of years
NINA CHASAPI IG: @n1na photography
Nina Chasapi was born in 1989 and raised in Nafplio Greece
Although her studies were in Political Science and accounting, throughout her life she followed her father's footsteps and explored her artistic tendencies focusing on photography
EVIANA GEROUSI IG: @eviana art Eviana, a young and talented artist, was born in Belgium, 2001, and was raised in her homeland, Greece She spent her teenage years in Dubai, where she specialised in photography and art, graduating from the University of the Arts London (UAL) in July 2022
Art is her way to investigate, answer and translate life to herself and to her audience. In more depth, Eviana is intrigued by atmospheric landscapes, the different materials and psychological connection it takes to create art. Eviana is known to express herself through intense, emotional and abstract paintings. You will notice that her work varies in abstracted landscapes. Recreating and freezing moments, she paints substantial, large scale works that relate to her daily and personal life.
LIZLOV ART IG: @lizlov art Lizlov Art is the abstract paint project of Sotiris Litsas based in Xanthi, Greece Making music as Lizlov, Sotiris also tried to express his feelings through abstract art. He uses mixed media on canvas or paper He is influenced mainly by abstract expressionism
Victoria Potamiti is an abstract painter living between England, Greece and China She studied ceramic design and graduated from the University of Brighton in 2014 Victoria has since exhibited in shows such as the London based ‘New Designers’ and Brouhaha Gallery in Hong Kong Her work examines the relationship between light and shade, whilst her paintings’ focal features (people and nature) are represented through the silhouettes created by objects and their shadows
VICTORIA POTAMITI IG: @victoriapotamiti
Victoria relies heavily on colour to evoke a specific feeling or emotion Washes of burnt sienna, midnight blues and purples are layered under thick coats of acrylic She also utilises the textures that are created through her process of building multiple layers of paint and various other mediums
DAFNI FYSENTZIDI IG: @d ftz & @d ftz
Dafni Fysentzidi is a freelance Interior Architect, currently based in Athens Her passion is photography, a field she is exploring through a Master program in Barcelona Regarding all her artistic works or hobbies she is basically influenced by her everyday life and she is very fascinated about the human body, portraits and street photography. What is important for her work is the aim of every piece of art to present to the audience a story through her point of view.
LITO APOSTOLAKOU IG: @inklinks
Apostolakou’s latest work appeared in Princes’ Arcade, Piccadilly, central London (participatory installation supported by Westminster City Council and the Crown Estate), in a building site, in a domestic setting in north London, inside a 18th century mill and distillery on the River Lea, and in the Convent of St Francis, Atina, Italy
Lito Apostolakou is a London based artist working with sculpture, drawing, writing, and installation. Her work explores domestic spaces and objects as they are dreamt of, remembered, and transformed by narratives real and imagined. Her pieces are often ephemeral and fragile, made from detritus and found materials, and shown in unusual spaces.
KALLIOPIE IESSAI
Kalliopie Iessai residing in Sounio, has been attending sketch and drawing lessons for five years at the drawing workshop "Iris" in Lavrio She has attended educational programs e learning by ekpa "Painting and self expression" and "Art history and visual arts". In the last four years, she has taken part in group exhibitions of "Iris" and this year has presented her first solo exhibition.
IG: @kalliopie iessai
Kearney studied Fine Art Painting at Atlantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland under the tuition of Blaise Drummond Graduating in 2014, Kearney completed an MA in Arts Policy and Practice at NUI Galway in 2015 In 2014 he exhibited his first solo exhibition at Farmleigh House in Dublin. Kearney’s work has evolved to focus exclusively on digital drawing since 2015. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Hennessy Portrait Prize at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Kearney’s work has been shown numerous times in Dublin, Galway and Northern Ireland and also in Cologne, Brooklyn, Asheville, Athlone, Timisoara and Barcelona. Kearney’s work can be found in the public collections of NUI Galway and the Irish State Art Collection. Kearney’s work is held in many private collections internationally.
PAUL JAMES KEARNEY
ATHENS OPEN ART 26th AUGUST