'New Era' | 28th February - 21st March 2021 | Part 1, Room 3

New Era: Part i 28th February - 21st March 2021

room III www.artnumber23.uk | London - Athens

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1.DIMITRIOS LEFAKIS 3.EVREN GORALI 5.RIA MORT 7.ADI AVIDANI 9.ARTEMIS EVLOGIMENOU 11.ROYALVENOM 13.EMMA COYLE 15.PINAR GURSOY 17.STEPHEN SPILLER 19.DILAN ATASAYAR

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art number 23 London • Athens

Art Number 23 is a London based organisation with two physical Gallery spaces in London and in Athens and also a Virtual Gallery! We are organising art exhibitions in all our Galleries and we invite artists from all over the world to share their work with us and participate in our shows!

The aim is to create opportunities, in order to encourage and support artists to exhibit and promote their work.

DIMITRIOS LEFAKIS @the_sea_breeze_artifacts

Growing up in a family with tradionary carpenters and as I am from Volos/Greece a city related to the sea I tried to express my love through my artworks. My main effort is to use only natural material in order to compose my artwork. The prime material, the driftwood was collected from the shores of Lesvos, a north island of the Aegean Sea. My “treasures” were wandering for many years and if you listen carefully you can hear many stories, so I struggle with myself and my imagination in order to convert these stories to artworks.

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'The petrified forest…' | 50x40x10 Driftwood fabric cable dimmable warm light

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EVREN GORALI @evrengorali

Evren Gorali's education includes: ITU Chemical Engineering (1998-2004) IFSAK Istanbul Photography and Cinema Amateur Society (1999), ITU-Energy Science and Technology (2004-2007) (Master of Science).

He also had personal photo exhibitions; some of the are: Duvar yazıları (2009 İFSAK), Farklı zamanlar listesi (2011 AFSAD) Siyah ve Beyaz (2012 Fotoğrafevi) Çeşitlemeler (2012 İFOD) Bilimsel bakış (İFOD 2013), Kalanlar (2014 istanbul Photoworld Fotoğraf Merkezi) ,2014 Cağaloğlu Anatolian Highschol Bilimsel bakış Personal Photography Exhibition (İFSAK 2015)

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'Photography III' | 90 x 30 cm photography

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RIA MORT @mortria

Ria Mort, born juanary 21 1997, is a Greek born artist and photographer who rose to prominence in late 2016. Her photography is characterized by a dreamlike feel and experimenting materials on photographs. In 2017 she did her first work for the campaign of Athens international film festival. From 2018 till today she has been featured in various titles worldwide such as Vogue Italia, Pier59, Luomo Vogue, Athens Voice ,Wul magazine. Her work has been published in numerous titles worldwide like L' Officiel, Votre Beaute, Highsnobiety, Blanc Magazine, Wave Magazine, Lampoon Magazine and much more. In October 2020 She participated in her first group exhibition at Benaki Museum in the section of Young Greek Photographers at Athens Photo Festival.

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'Imprint' | 42 x 60 cm PRINT MAT PHOTO PAPER MIX MEDIA- PAINT/ PHOTOGRAPH/ SCANNING

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ARTEMIS EVLOGIMENOU

My inspiration stems from three, lifelong obsessions - anthropology, sound and nature. I explore these themes by experimenting with both digital and analogue processes. In 2015 I qualified as an HSE Commercial Diver for filming underwater and completed a diploma in Marine Biology, in order to deal with my addiction to the ocean. Before focusing on film and photography, I trained and worked as a performance designer and animator.

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'C'est Celestial' | Video Art video art a collaboration with composer Marina Elderton

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ADI AVIDANI @minekmrts

Adi Avidani is an Israeli artist and art teacher based in the UK. Fascinated by the clear connection she finds between clay and people, Adi uses clay to portray human relations. You can usually find her working on her pieces in the studio, around the clock.

Adi is currently working on a collection of chains and knots, shedding light on the essence of human relationships; our connections, limitations, desires, temptations and dreams. She also strives to accentuate the contrasting nature of chains, an object often associated with imprisonment - and how it also evokes a strong sense of security and consistency. Most of Adi's inspiration comes from her early life in Jerusalem, and the contrast of living in a loving warm home, on such conflicted grounds.

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'Lava Chain' | 35 x 35 cm Black Lava clay rich in iron Ring diameter: 5cm Ring thickness: 1 cm

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ROYALVENOM @royalvenom Raised on the mythical island of Cyprus - according to ancient myths a birthplace of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, passion, and beauty, My story takes back to the early 2000’s.

Obsessed with thearts from a very young age, enthralled by the raw beauty and sense of freedomthat the craft provided. Despite the fact that Cyprus was still in its ‘infant’ age in terms of residing graffiti styles, I was determined to get involved, and make a name for myself.

What led me to organize one of the island’s first events where graffiti, breakdance, and skateboarding were finally all showcased.

Utterly dedicated to the mastery, I have received a bachelor’s degree in Art Design & Technology at Derby University (UK). Main Influences: Stickupkids, Mark Palmer (the ambigram artist) Steve Locatelli, Paul Antonio Scribe, Zepha1, Theosone, Retna.Motivated by a genuine pleasure for the process, I am actively in pursuit for “perfect” letters (the ever-moving target). While many say, “Practice makes perfect”, I fundamentally believe that analysisof practice makes perfect.

Calligraphy is the name of the game, and breadth of work is at an altitude that reflects the sheer amount of time i have spent on a paper perfecting my skill set. Bold, intricate, and diversified projects, with the absolute cleanest of letters. All at a level to blow viewers mind

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'Stripes - «НАС МАЛО, НО МЫ В ТЕЛЬНЯШКАХ»' | 100x150 cm , 2020 Acrylisc, Aerosol paint, Alcohol Based Paint on Canvas

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EMMA COYLE

A recipient of International Art Market’s 'Gold List' Award, Coyle has been working within art for over 20 years and been based in London UK since 2006. Coyle’s figurative work focuses to push ideas and produce accomplished paintings of a Fine Art standard using process and execution of ideas. Coyle’s current Linda series uses mixed white backgrounds for the first time, including yellows and browns in the mixed paint. The use of negative space and primary/secondary line work is very important to each piece.

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"'Linda no.4' | 120 x 150 cm painting

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PINAR GURSOY @pinarturegursoy Istanbul-based Figurative Painter Born in Istanbul, she completed her higher education in Urban Design in “Yildiz Technical University.” Since 1998, worked intensively in painting in many art studios in Istanbul, where she learnt from Turkish fine artists such as Prof Tayfun Erdoğmuş, Hülya Düzenli, Mahir Güven, Orhan Taylan etc. Besides, to study the human figure further, she occasionally participated to live drawing sessions in “Académie de la Grande Chaumière”, in Paris.

She also worked on etching, linocut and photography and has been participating to a number of group exhibitions and/or fairs in Istanbul, Ankara, Venice, Napels, Tiran, Thessaloniki, Marrakesh, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Lucern, Berlin etc...

In 2014, she graduated from BA in Philosophy with merits (Anadolu University).

On 2014, she began studying MA in Museum Management (Istanbul University) and in 2018 after graduating from masters degree she creating in relation to a thinking process in the art of display.

She insists on reviving of figuration, by incorporating inspirations of Ancient Anatolian and Ottoman patterns in highly personal, hermetic visions. Her art thus asserts a critical viewpoint with regards to the relative underrepresentation of such patterns in the global contemporary art scene.

She lived and created in Paris(2010-2014) and right after in London (2015-2018) and then currently continues her professional works in her own studio in Istanbul as freelance.

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'Femme nue en rouge' | 50 x 25 cm oil colour on paper

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STEPHEN SPILLER @spillerurman

I’m interested in social and political issues, especially how and why they arise and how attitudes change over time. Inseparable from those concerns, I think, is this question: What would the world be like if everyone understood, or tried to understand, events in their lives modeling their identity and driving their behavior? I have made artworks dealing with beauty, fashion, prostitution, aging, gender, rape, misogyny, politics, etc. I have exhibited in over eighty U.S. and international galleries and museums in these locations, e.g. New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami Beach, FL; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Arles, France; Malaga, Spain; Thessaloniki, Greece; Venice, Italy; Berlin, Germany; Beijing, China; Barcelona, Spain; Tokyo, Japan, and more.

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American Vision # 4' | 30 x 22 cm archival print

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DILAN ATASAYAR @d.atasayar

Dilan Atasayar was born in 1997 in Istanbul. In 2017, she earned a scholarship at the Islamic School of Arts (ISOA) in Iran and attended lectures about Philosophy of Islamic Art. In 2018, she studied as an exchange student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in the Decoration Art and Environment Department. After graduating from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Traditional Turkish Arts, Turkish Tile and Ceramic Design Division in 2020, currently she is doing her Master's Degree in the same university and department.

About the artworks: Humanity has used science to make sense of life since our existence, and interpreted events that it cannot interpret by associating them with supernatural forces and beliefs. One the belief was the evil eye, representing the relations between the inner world and gazing. Many cultures choose protective forms to prevent themself from the evil eye. In this work, I wanted to reconsider the protective forms of amulets that emerged only with the creation of man and have the principle of timelessness. My aim was to create a bond between today and the past. While doing this, I used the traditional Turkish tile design technique (“çini”) and the forms used against the evil eye in Anatolia and the eye as a new interpretation.

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'Evil Eye II' | 55 x 1,5 x 72 cm, 2020 Underglaze Technique on Ceramic Tile and Mirror Panel

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