ATHENS OPEN ART 7 T H
J A N U A R Y
GALLERY
SNEHTA
NODNOL EXHIBITIONS
INDEX 1. STELIOS TATAS (MR. SPAWN) 2. DESPOINA LYSSARI 3. NIKOS MIHOS 4. MARION EMMANUELA MANIOU 5. KANG JOJO 6. MANOS PYROVOLAKIS 7. KOTZIAS AGELOS 8. GIORGOS CHRONOPOULOS 9. GREGORY GOY
STELIOS TATAS (MR. SPAWN) IG: mr.spawn1985
Stelios is a graffiti artist and a graphic designer based in Athens. He is 36 years old. He started graffiti at an age of 13 influenced by comics and surreal paintings, he continued to study graphic design and fine arts. He is mostly influenced by comics,animation, fantasy & mystery novels and Dali paintings. These two oil paintings were created during the two strict covid 19 lockdowns. "deep blue peace" Depicting the precious value of peace and quiet in our lifes, especially in adult life full of responsibilities. And also his love of water. "evil on the inside" Depicting how looks can be deceiving, ang beautiful people can be dangerous and evil sometimes, using their skin to hide their intentions and mislead people. The paradox.
DESPOINA LYSSARI IG: @despoina_ly
Despoina is a self-taught abstract painter with love and passion for expression. Strongly inluenced by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. Everything is part of the story and the journey so she expresses whatever herself or the canvas asks of her.
NIKOS MIHOS IG: @nikos_a_mixos
Nikolaos Mihos has graduated the school of fine arts in Milan (Accademia di Arti di Brera) he is member of the chamber of fine Arts of Greece (EETE). He has participated in individual and group exhibitions and his work has a symbolic path that remarks the resistance of space and the wear and tear of time
MARION EMMANUELA MANIOU IG: @maniou_collages
Marion Emmanuela Maniou is a collage artist & curator based in Athens, Greece, with a background in poetry, philosophy and cultural management. She is the curator of the collaborative art project Transition Lands, exploring the notions of identity and exclusion in historic sites all over Greece, that were once used as confinement places. Mainly inspired by the 20th Century’s artistic movements such as Dada, Surrealism and Pop Art, as well as Critical Theory and Postmodernism, her work explores concepts of human existence where the decomposed body, regains its lost parts, whilst empowering femininity.
KANG JOJO IG: @alva_aredhel Kang JoJo is the alias name of a Greek- Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, currently based in Athens. Born in the year of the Ox, JoJo’s work is found through the secret corners of the soul; our haunting past and haunted future. JoJo grew up in a family of artists, and of martial art background, both of which shaped her way of perceiving life; through various media – writing, performing, painting, and design – JoJo seeks to restore and renovate old and new worlds, by drawing inspiration from her childhood, her present fears, and her future hopes and desires.
MANOS PYROVOLAKIS IG:@manos_pyro
Manos Pyrovolakis is a Visual Artist and Contemporary Painter, grew up and works in Athens. Studied at the school of Fine and Applied Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, under the supervision of professors Mortarakos Kyriakos, Koupegos Stylianos in painting and Manolis Yannadakis in printmaking. Through the use of painting, illustration, printmaking and 3D art he seeks the renewal of the "metaphysical" view in modern art. For this purpose he chose to work on a series of paintings and printmaking artworks on the problematic present of the urban industrial landscape. His works engage with the effect of the dazzling and diluting mediterranean light on the urban landscape, using traditional methods and raw materials to paint such as painting powders and acrylic paints. He exhibited in various festivals and group exhibitions and earned a distincrion at the 2nd Biennale of Greek-Indian Students of Engraving 2015. He currently works from his studio in Athens.
KOTZIAS AGELOS IG: @agelos_kotzias @kotzias_a
Kotzias Agelos is an art student living in Uk. His work in means of media focuses on materiality and expression through overworked layers. Memories, feelings, and ideas can sometimes be too complicated to describe fully with words, for Agelos art is there to talk in more abstract and less exact ways than words. Kotzias has already a work of his in two personal collections and has practised under professional artists from time to time. Angelo's theme in his work derives from personal experiences and everyday affections. This individual work is to highlight the loss of a friend.
GIORGOS CHRONOPOULOS IG:@giochronart
Giorgos Chronopoulos was born in Athens-Greece in 1979 where he lives and works as a musician. After his graduation from Music High school of Pallini he studied Electronic Engineering in the university department of TEI Pirea. In 1999 he has his harmony degree from the national conservatory and started teaching and playing music as a profession. His engagement as a professional painter starts at 2016. The last years he has focused in watercolor influenced by the great impresionists. Since then he takes part in a lot of exhibitions in Athens, Thessaloniki and abroad as a member of the greek teams of International Watercolor Society (IWS) and Fabriano in Aquarello.
GREGORY GOY IG:@gregory.goy.art Gregory Goy was born on May 27, 1986. He began to paint in oil at the age of 20. A Palette knife is his favorite tool that he uses in oil painting. After eight years in the civil service, he quit his job, and then, at the age of 28, he started his career as an artist. His favorite topic is cities. Big cities. Continuous movement, the unrestrained pace of life, which boils during the day and does not stop at night, the windows in which it is never dark, and the cars that tirelessly move along the highways and have long forgotten what silence is ...
ATHENS OPEN ART 7TH JANUARY