Athens Open Art | 29th October

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INDEX

1. TATIANA BOULOS 2. SOLEDAD DE LA HOZ 3. PRACHETA BANERJEE 4. ANNA RYZHOVA 5. ANISIA MARIA CALIN 6. LOS ACOSTUMBRADOS 7. MARIANA PEREIRA 8. KONSTANTINOS PAPAIOANNOU 9. EVINA MAKRI 10. JOE CURTIS 11. JULEN ZUBIETA

TATIANA BOULOS IG: @tatt.artt

Tatiana Boulos is a Lebanese, Greek abstract Artist and Graphic Designer. She was born in 1991 in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2013 she graduated from ALBA, Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts and in 2014 from FDA, Florence Design Academy. She now lives between Greece and Lebanon. Tatiana’s compositions are formed through an intuitive process, along with feelings.

Her inspiration comes from many sources, including experimental design, abstract expressionism, street art and typography. Tatiana’s compositions stimulate the viewer's emotions and imagination, enabling them to build their own interpretation. Tatiana believes that art is a form of experimentation. It is a place where everything and nothing is possible.

She loves working with mixed media and discovering new ways of creating visualizations through collages, papers, acrylic, ink, pastels... In her own words: “When I create, I play.” She doesn’t believe that everything should have a specific definition because when there’s no concrete reasoning behind it, it becomes real. She explains: “I can fool you into thinking it’s all meticulously created, but in truth, painting is simply an emotional expression; it’s emotion on canvas. Painting is feeling, and feeling gives it meaning.

SOLEDAD DE LA HOZ IG: @drawnbysole

Soledad is a Spanish artist. She started drawing at an early age. Fascinated by movement and artistic expression she moved to London in 2007. Her lines are inspired in her background in dance, medicine, nature, and connection.

Soledad work is currently exhibited in London. She’s the official illustrator of the dating app Swant. Has worked in several personal commissions, logos and is currently working on her first illustrated book. She’s honoured to be exhibiting at Art Number 23

PRACHETA BANERJEE IG: @prachetabanerjee

Born in the northeastern Indian state of West Bengal in 1994, Pracheta took up art seriously at the age of 11. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media with Animation Specialization from St. Xavier’s College Kolkata in 2017 and won the prestigious Millarworld Annual in 2016. Pracheta's work was featured on the British daily, The Guardian, and on several popular pop-culture websites such as BuzzFeed, Comic Book Resources & Comicbook.com. Her works have been a part of several prestigious national and international exhibitions, Art Revolution Taipei 2022, POWER IN NUMBERS 6 in Los Angeles at Gallery Nucleus, Utsav 2 at Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi, Artverse Monsoon Art Exhibition 2021 at Jamini Roy Gallery in Kolkata to name a few.

ANNA RYZHOVA IG: @nushanchel

Anna studied illustration in HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL in Moscow, Russia. She’s usually working with watercolour which helps her to draw colourful works heavily inspired by emotions. “I’m Emotion” series is devoted to suppressed emotions and inability to express oneself in a healthy manner. Anna’s works also have been displayed in Moscow Museum and in HSE GALLERY.

ANISIA MARIA CALIN IG: @an1s.art The lamb is specific to the Orthodox Easter, that's why the artist chose it as the main point of attention. The rope around his feet represents the restrictions we had to endure on the night of the resurrection, many of us feeling that we're held tightly outside our normalcy, fact is also indicated by the state of depression that the being transmits. Red eyes and dark circles are signs of fatigue that we encounter in humans.

This painting represents society, how it kills what and who we love, holding a gun to lovers' head, not wanting them to grow and succeed together,overworking them until they do not have time to love and how the flavor of death sits subtlety in our cup of tea, waiting for us to drink it and replace us. The background is made out of receipts symbolizing the importance of money in our lives. The cigarette besides the "cup of death" implies that we have little time before we burn out. The artist censored the kiss between the couple with the intention to show the viewer that this kind of affection between lovers is perceived as a vulgar one by society.

LOS ACOSTUMBRADOS IG: @los_acostumbrados

Evaggelina Korozi is a self taught artist and PhD candidate in microbiology. She is 26 years old and always passionate about art. Los acostumbrados stands for "common" which is the exact opposite from the meaning of this project that represents something unique and rare. The inspiration came from the fashion world that always lead people to choose something bold to stand out. The idea was to use the combination of art and clothing so that people would be able to wear their favourite piece of art not only to stand out but show the world their aesthetic and bring color to this grey era. During covid times, everyone is hiding behind a mask and it was an opportunity to make a fashion statement and bring to life the personal taste of each one with just a simple jacket. From the artist's point of view, art is wearable, bold, unique and what could bring more happiness than see people around expressing their ideas.

The moto while working on each project is "you dream it? I can bring it to life" and that is the motivation to continue working.

MARIANA PEREIRA IG: @mari_artplayground

Mariana Pereira is a Brazilian born emerging artist living in London since 2003. She is a selftaught painter particularly interested in high contrast portraits. She has a background in physical theatre and Jungian psychology, exploring the idea of characters as the embodiment of archetypal symbols of the collective unconscious.

KONSTANTINOS PAPAIOANNOU konstpa@gmail.com Greek Philosophy and Ancient Greek Mysticism. They both provide Konstantinos Papaioannou with the inspiration in his symbolic work that explores the question: What is the Soul?

His fluid figures represent the philosophic notion of the Psyche/Soul and all those ethereal and cosmic powers that define its journey through the Visible and the Invisible.

The pattern in black and white - his visual signature present in all his work - resembles a psychedelic lace running through the whole surface, and symbolises that universal and timeless energy within every animate and inanimate entity.

Konstantinos Papaioannou was born in Athens, Greece. He lives and works in both Athens and London.

EVINA MAKRI IG: @evinamakri

Evina Makri is a self-taught painter. Her work has great diversity in both themes and techniques. She has experimented with different styles with a variety of materials, in order to find and chart her own personal path of expression. Born and raised in Athens, she studied computer systems engineering and works in the field of education. She has taken part in group painting exhibitions and has designed book covers and CDs.

JOE CURTIS IG: @joecurtis_art

Joe Curtis is one of the most important and eye-catching contemporary artists to emerge out of London in the past couple of years.

He is a self-taught artist best known for his use of vivid colours and intricate paintings in which he is capable of capturing the human body in a distorted way.

Since departing from his job in May this year to pursue art full time, he has quickly built up a strong client base including corporate clients and independent art consultancies and has been accepted onto a summer Residency in 2022.

JULEN ZUBIETA IG: @zubieta_art

Spanish traditional and digital artist, private and professional orders, illustrations, portraits and caricatures.

ATHENS OPEN ART 29th October