4th February | Athens Open Art

ATHENS OPEN ART 4 T H

F E B R U A R Y

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NODNOL EXHIBITIONS

INDEX

1. ZEI 2. JEAN DE CLERCQ 3. DAVID GALAN 4. GORICA KIESSHAUER "GOGO" 5. VASILÍSA 6. RODRIGO ESCOBAR CANCINO 7. UNWOODIT 8. NIKOLA RŮŽIČKA 9. VASILIS GIOGKAS 10. ERIC WIXON

ZEI IG: @zei_ts Zoi or Zei, as she prefers, is an amateur artist who was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Until last year, she was working as salesperson. The last two years, she started drawing beaches and landscapes on small objects such as stones, because it made her feel very calm. Therefore, she began practicing on canvas in a more abstract style. Zei likes using many different colors in her paintings, and lately she is drawing things related to nature. She prefers using acrylic materials. Her favorite artists are Gustav Klimt and Claude Monet. She is a constant learner and practices continuously. Now it is a way to express her feelings, as it is a new journey for her that begins now.

JEAN DE CLERCQ IG: @Johannes De Clercq Born 1952 in Antwerp (Belgium).

1984 completed on the Academy of Graphic Arts in Belgium with studies woodcut and copper engraving. Many years he dealt with black and white representations and had several exhibitions.

1986 moving to Switzerland for family raisons, different from what he imagined. In short: had to leave his art studio. 1993 his first exhibition in Sils Maria, Graubunden CH with drawings.

2004 he detached from drawings and moved to color (as self-taught painter), located in realistic painting, this through his artistic training. Landscapes and objects that are recognizable in perfection. By participating in larger events and art projects that brought attention to his realistic art. Nature always provided him enough motifs, atmospheres and moods. Also, depth becoming increasingly important, always looking for challenge to paint.

The future will move him further towards "hyper-realisms". But landscape paintings always go on to reproduce nature as accurately as possible.

DAVID GALAN IG:@davidgalan_artist Born in 1975 in Spain, David is a London based artist since 2010.

He found his own artistic voice developing a mix technique between collage and conventional painting. Through his mix media collage painting artwork explores unconventional approaches to objects and colour palettes. His compositions bring to life vibrant art pieces with a 3D effect.

Textures and patterns play a main role on David’s artwork. Clean compositions and geometrical shapes creates his particular world, in which day life objects are re-born in a new Pop Art from 21st Century.

There’s no doubt that his paintings are full of light and colour, and always bring happiness and positive vibes.

Dare to explore this artist peculiar world and let him take you into a fantastic journey. You won’t be disappointed.

GORICA KIESSHAUER IG:@gokies_farbenrausch “She´s 50 years old and a native Serb but have been living in Germany - Munich for 47 years.

Her motto in life is: It's never too late for a new love - whether for someone, for something, for yourself or for ART. Art finds YOU! But it wasn't until not so long ago that she discovered her love for abstract acrylic painting by pure chance that she noticed how much pent-up creativity she had. So, she taught herself abstract painting and acrylic pouring as an autodidact. In fact, creativity, curiosity, and imagination reflects most of her personality. So, she finally found the “missing piece of the puzzle” in her life in painting.

VASILÍSA vasiafrag@gmail.com Vasilísa paints from a very young age with her left hand. She speaks four languages. As an adult she became a medical doctor in order to help people and save lives, but art is her best way to give the colors she wants to life.

RODRIGO ESCOBAR CANCINO IG: @rec__arte

Chilean artist, specialized in the oil technique from an early age and more recently in watercolor, acrylic and some other techniques. He was always greatly influenced and inspired by nature and realistic and impressionist painting. In recent years he has gone deep into his own spiritual connection, which has led him to focus his art on delivering messages of consciousness about our understanding as a species within the vast universe that we inhabit and that each one of us is, in communion with all other species and our environment. He has exhibited in his hometown and has also imparted painting and drawing workshops for adults and children.

NIKOLA RŮŽIČKA IG: @_nikola_ruzicka Nikola Růžička is a Czech expressive painter who never shows his face in public, he is currently experiencing a flowering epoch, that means a period of awakening and prosperity.

His work is influenced by contemporary Czech painting and expressionists from the 19th century.

Nikola Růžíčka is an alter ego.

UNWOODIT IG: @Unwoodit With a background in engineering and a tendency towards nature and its raw materials, Zacharias Makris was inspired by nature’s ability to rebirth itself and created Unwoodit.

Unwoodit is an Athens-based alternative woodworking studio with the aim to create unique ergonomic designs.

Unwoodit’s projects are not only focused on original furniture designs but to re-purpose existing ones. So, old pieces of furniture together with new materials that can be used as parts, blend harmonically to create a new and coherent body of work.

The artworks are part of the line “alteration project”. Here, the urban setting acts like nature, and craftmanship gives a second life to antique-like furniture with a modern-day twist.

Concrete is the b•nd that connects classical artistry with sharp minimalism.

VASILIS GIOGKAS IG: @Vasilis_giogkas

He was born in 31/08/2001 In this painting Vasilis has captured the autocritisism which people tent to avoid do on themselves but with their own decision and acts manifest without realizing. The painting was inspired, as all of his paintings, from the normal life of us. Every single one detail in life can turn into a real piece of art, you just have to keep up in the right.

Vasilis has collaborated with a house of auction held in Netherlands.

ERIC WIXON IG: @ericwixon

These prints are from the series Internal Dialogue which Wixon loosely describes as, “dealing with reflection, projection, and the hopeful possibilities of a better future.” Personal experiences of financial difficulty, an ending relationship, and the recent loss of his father enable the work to express a whirl wind of emotions some deeply relate to. Viewers are reminded it’s okay to feel overwhelmed and recommended to search within. As you spend time with this work the underlying positivity begins to stabilize the chaos presented on the surface and provide the clarity needed to move forward.

ATHENS OPEN ART 4TH FEBRUARY