E X H I B I T I O N ES X H I B I T I O N S G A L L E R GY A L L E R Y L O N D O N A T H E N S A T H E N S O P E N A R T 2 N D S E P T E M B E R
КАТЮША THANOS THIRIOU CHRISTINA POLY ANNA SKRYABINA MATTEO CARELLA INDEX
Behind the art label катюша is Kathrin Schwarz She was born to Moldavian parents in Germany in the late 1990's She was taught art at home at an early age She got her first camera at the age of 7 It was a promotional gift, a mix of a calculator and a webcam After her sociology studies she turned back to her passion. Art and photography. Today the artist travels the world as a digital nomad, creating art, printing her art on shirts and writing about her life. The art label has been in existence for two years. The artworks are all based on real photographs. Nude photos combined with colorful floral patterns are meant to draw attention to social deficits and the role of femininity in society.
КАТЮША IG: @kadtjuscha
Thanos Thiriou is an Athens based photographer who holds an MA in Photography and Visual Language from Middlesex University His work has been exhibited at festivals such as Athens Photo Festival and Photometria International Photography Festival and has been featured in photography magazines such as Eyeshot and FiveSix Magazine. His influences include Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Patrick Keiller, Raúl Ruiz, among others.
THANOS THIRIOU IG: @thn thr
Christina Poly started her photography journey back in 2017 after giving birth to her first child Her daughter was her inspiration and she devoted herself to child photography Christina continuously studying photography, now she discovers herself in women portraits, where she can show them their inner beauty. While participating in international photo competitions, she entered the TOP 10 photographers of Athens. Repeatedly took top places in various categories. She was invited as a speaker at various master classes. She also gives private photography lessons. Photography allows not only to stop the moment, but also to show what people do not notice in everyday life She believes that photography is a great value if it is filled with meaning
CHRISTINA POLY IG: @christina.poly.art
ANNA SKRYABINA IG: @annaskryabina
Anna is a visual artist and designer Born in St Petersburg, Russian, Anna now splits her time between Copenhagen and Athens Her work includes graphic design, fashion, textiles, painting, and experimenting with AI neural networks. As an artist with a background in information science, Anna is particularly interested in applying machine learning to art and music, as well as painting as continuous self discovery and psychotherapy.
In the three oil paintings selected for this exhibition you can recognise her inclination towards naïf realism, through bold shapes and bright colours. The set can be approached as a triptych, covering themes such as fertility, the interaction between male and female, and the healing codependency between parent and child
MATTEO CARELLA IG: @adjacent.future Matteo Carella is a self taught photographer from Torre Annunziata (Naples) and he started his first project “adjacent future” in Tokyo, a city he visited a lot. After the pandemic and the impossibility to travel he started focusing on different themes His vision is to live photography without constraints experimenting reality through multiple lenses, styles and colours, letting a sense of coherence emerge from multiple fragments Featured on different web magazines and published on Artsy net, many of his work were sold as NFTs and bought from collectors and galleries from Bangkok and Bogotà. He also exhibited some of his photos physically in Milan, Zurich and in Venice during La Biennale 2022.
ATHENS OPEN ART 2nd September