8TH APRIL | Athens Open Art

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NODNOL EXHIBITIONS

INDEX 1. LAURA SOTTOSANTI 2. ELISART 3. K KANIA 4. YIRAN WANG 5. ABDOUL-GANIOU DERMANI 6. VERONIKA TUCKOVA 7. CRYSTAL HUANG 8. GIORGOS ZOUZELIS 9. TERPSICHORI TRACHALAKI 10. NATHANAIL EVAN LINARDIS 11. HXORO 12. JONATHAN BERKH 13. NATALIA MARIN 14. THIERRY FUNCK

LAURA SOTTOSANTI IG: @laurasottosanti Laura was born in Catania, Italy.

She uses Abstract Art combine with Acrylics to express her innerself, in a rough savage and energetic way.

She sees Art as a mission to change society, or to just inspire people and specifically women to empower themselves and take real action. The collection "We buy our own flowers now" is a colletion for Women Empowerment. Made up of 15 50x70cm coloured different pieces.

Currently she is based in Barcelona, Spain, where she is an Art resident at La Madriguera, the atelier of well known Painter Paula Bonet

ELISART IG: @elisart.studio Elisabeth is an abstract expressionistic painter , creative educator & visual artist based in London. Art means Life ,a way for her to find peace and express feelings.Being self-taught gives her no parameters on what is right or wrong this is why she is using different techniques and materials of all kinds.Digital painting is an innovative way for her to create art with a modern perspective.Her art can be described as dark, expressive & chaotic inspired by psychology,spirituality,science,music & poetry.

YIRAN WANG IG: @marcel_wang_ Yiran Wang is an artist and creative technologist who works with installation, virtual production, and music. Her works focus on building the kinetic system and physical materials exploring the human subconscious and experience, and emotions. She is a graduate student at New York University.

In many cases, the distress can build up over time and result in the emotional pain of strong intensity that negatively affects someone’s life, which in certain instances may become permanent and incurable. The artist intends to reflect on the gradual emotional collapse we experience during moments of despair. Originally, the surface of the paper is completely flat and unharmed, but over time it wrinkles, twists, or tears to bits. Paper is fragile, as well as human being.

ABDOUL-GANIOU DERMANI IG: @abdoulganiou.dermani Abdoul-Ganiou Dermani was born in Togo and currently lives and works in Stuttgart (Germany).

Graduated from the College of Arts and Crafts in Kpalimé (Togo), his artistic practice encompasses painting, drawing, photography and video.

His exhibitions include the OSTRALE Biennale O21 in Dresden, Germany (2021); London Art Biennale in London, UK (2020); 13 th Havana Biennial/ FIVAC Festival in Cuba (2019); 18 th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in Dhaka (2018); NSK State Pavilion at the 57 th Venice Biennale in Italy (2017), among others.

He has earned numerous prestigious awards for his work, including the Honor Award at the 7 th Geoje Art Festival 2021 in South Korea; the Artfacts Performance Award 2019 and 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

VERONIKA TUCKOVA IG: @verca.tuckova In her youth Veronika divided her love equally between art and animals. When she had to decide what direction to take in life, she pragmatically decided to study a Master's degree at the University of Agriculture. However, the paths of life are unpredictable and time has led her in a roundabout way back to her beloved art. She first returned to the basics of realistic drawing and painting, but soon became completely absorbed in abstract art.

Her artistic style is predominantly expressionist, yet at times with traces of impressionism, although the form is abstract.

She paints mostly in oil, occasionally using acrylics or various mixed media. She also works with crinkled paper and has recently begun to dabble in encaustic art.

CRYSTAL HUANG IG: @crystalhuang_art Crystal Huang is a Taiwanese artist currently based in Hong Kong. She uses different types of media such as alcohol ink painting, digital art and mixed media. Her work responds to her environment and she hopes to bring elements of nature and beauty back to people through her art. Flowers are an important subject in her works as it is a metaphor of life for happiness and strength. Like people, each flower is unique and beautiful in their own way; and although their lifespan may be short, they can still bloom wonderfully. The symbolic meaning of the flowers in her work deliver positive messages that we should treasure our time and that we can all blossom beautifully.

GIORGOS ZOUZELIS IG: @lostre433 The artist's name is Giorgos Zouzelis and he has been living in Florina for the last 22 years.

Influenced by Giorgos and many other residents of our city by nature and our artistic past are looking for a way out on the canvas. George has been painting for 3 years and he admires the era of expressionism. He is also a student and prepares for a local art workshop to enter the school of fine arts. Finally, these works express absolute calm and simplicity.

TERPSICHORI TRACHALAKI IG: @terpsichoritrachalaki Terpsichori Trachalaki was born in Chania (Crete) in 1979.

She holds a BA in Politics & International Relations and an MA in Diplomacy from the University of Reading (UK).

She has worked in related fields and lived in Greece, UK and Berlin. Meanwhile, she becomes involved with painting and fashion design.

The different paths and changes in the course of her life are expressed creatively through her art.

Tough times taught her life changing lessons thus, in recent years, she decided to focus on her big love "painting" and start exhibiting her work.

She now takes lessons at the Design and Painting Workshop of Michailidis-Kapnisis.

NATHANAIL EVAN LINARDIS IG: @linardis.nathanail Nathanail Evan Linardis was born in Arta - Greece, in 1993. He started expressing himself through painting, music composition and writing from a young age and was awarded in several painting competitions.

He studied painting at the department of Visual and Fine arts, in Florina - Greece. His artwork was mainly abstract paintings created by his own invented tool "multiple ball-pen" paint brush. His research had its roots in neural activity and his thesis included digital media along with his self produced music pieces.

As a writer, he has published a Greek poetry collection and he is writing articles about several topics including sociology, transgender studies and autism.

HXORO IG: @hxoro_ HXORO - "72 Fears We Cannot See" - N. 3, 7, 9 11 -When the first person entered the room he mistreated one of the two plants and went away from a secondary door. New people came in and all seemed good but as soon as the first man re-entered the room the untouched plant started giving signals of fear to the Truth Machine.

The original series of "72 Fears We Cannot See" explores the inner side of plants, animals, objects, idols and shapes. Any colour, size and texture can be applied to customize a specific environment.

Hxoro is the attitude children have during their first two/three years of life when they give something to someone without expecting anything back. They want to check her/his reaction and create a language based on a common interest so the result is not the main goal as the process becomes more significant.

JONATHAN BERKH IG: @jonathanberkh Vienna based artist Jonathan Berkh has worked as a contemporary artist in the fine and applied artist since 2000.

His work derives from his background as a dancer and contemporary jazz choreographer where his ideas and pieces were focused on the differences of perspectives of each "participant" - choreographer, dancer, audience - and how the choreography and surrounding external and internal structures - urban, artistic and mental - create a different experience in everyone depending on the members point of view in this flowing, constantly moving and changing complex system of bodies, spaces, structures, mind and soul.

The physical movement of body in dance is a very important part that Jonathan fully incorporates in his work as an artist.

NATALIA MARIN IG: @matalianarin Her work focuses on the convergence of human and non-human. At the age of only 18, Natalia is already a remarkable presence on the Romanian contemporary art scene, elaborating complex artistic discourses and using science as the main artistic medium (bio simulations, creative coding, interactive art and technology installations, photography and digital processing techniques). In the summer of 2021, her passion for psychiatry and art therapy gave birth to a charitable exhibition in support of the Help Autism Association, at the Galateca Gallery, one of the most prestigious contemporary art galleries in Bucharest.

The young artist's latest project refers directly to the medical field and is promoted by Qolony: The Art and Science Colony, an independent organization that supports the development and intertwining of art with science and technology.

THIERRY FUNCK IG: @ _titi_74 My name is Thierry Funck, born on July 20th 1974 in Luxembourg based in Prague.Autodidact artist.When I was 15 years old my father died and I lost all inspiration for every kind of art Than My mother lost her fight with Dementia in 2018 and suddenly since my beloved mother’s funeral my life Changed dramatically . I heard a voice in my head that said, “You were born to be an artist, so do what you were born to do.”

My creations are thematic art with a deep story . Mixed media .Inspired by daily life .

Exhibitons , 2 times international exhibition prague 2020-2021, prague art 21, passage of czech design 2022

ATHENS OPEN ART 8TH APRIL