Irene Pouliassi Portfolio by Irene Pouliassi

IRENE POULIASSI PORTFOLIO 2016

CONTENTS

Statement.........................................................2 Biography........................................................3 Artworks..............................................................5 Osteotopia installation.................6 Bonscapes...............................................8 Torn Dermis...........................................14 Ashen Fleece......................................16 Reviews and publications.........20 Contact information.........................23

artwork takes a critical view on the narration of time and its effects and it explores the human body as a manifestation of nature and universe .Studying the triptych Nature -Human-Genesis I want to state human has with its own nature . I implement time in my work as both a tool and an idea so it attains temporal qualities as it experiences change and fluctuation. Having engaged subjects as disintegration and existentialism my work reproduces familiar visual stimuli such as the temporar y nature and distortion of the human image transforming artwork to a memento mori. Landscapes seek resemblance with lying bodies reminding us that human and nature has the same design. While I use a variety of mediums in each project the methodology is the same

Design-Disintegrate-Narrate.

travel from one medium to another citating a continuity among the p rojects. The subject defines the medium and the “ Landsca pes ” as well a s the “Bonescapes” serve as stor yboards viewed under the micros c o p e. A s m y m a i n m a t e r i a l s I u s e p l a s t e r a n d i r o n , O x i d a t e d o r n o t. A n d I use them with a purpose on creating flesh and bones through mine rals and resembling the process of ageing through oxidisation.I let t h e t i m e n a r r a t e i t s o w n p r o c e s s a n d l e t t h e ‘ ’ La n d s c a p e ’’ r e a c h b o t h Z enith and Nadir at the same time.Seeing something as it matures, you can accept more easily the passage of time. ‘ ’ G i v e n s u f f i c i e n t t i m e , o x y g e n , a n d w a t e r, a n y i r o n m a s s w i l l e v e n t u a l l y c o n v e r t e n t i r e l y t o r u s t a n d d i s i n t e g r a t e ’’ IRENE POULIASSI http://pouliassi.wixsite.com/irenepouliassi

BIOGRAPHY I rene

Po u l i a s s i wa s b o r n i n A t h e n s G r e e c e i n 1 9 8 9 . Po u l i a s s i wo r k i s predominantly experimental, creating instalations deriving from the pr inciples of painting as well as sculpture. She has completed an B.A in Design at Akto College in Athens and in 2016 she recieved her Bachelor in fine arts (honours) from Fine Arts school of University of western Macedonia, Greece, having Harr is Kondosphyr is and Thomas Zografos as her main super visor s.

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2 0 1 5 s h e i s t h e l e a d d i r e c t o r o f Pe r i a p s i s p r o j e c t, a h i g h l y s u c cessful art project that introduced Concept art as a valid art form in the Greek ar t scene.

olo Exhibitions 2016 “Ostetopia”, Thesis solo exhibition at the old national army barracks of Flor ina, Greece. 2014 ‘ ’ C o n v e r s a t i o n 2 ’’ ( F e ( O H ) ) Pe o p l e , S o l o e x h i b i t i o n G o o s e a r t Cafe ,Flor ina,Greece.

G roup Exhibitions 2016 “ O s t e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l B i e n n i a l o f D r a w i n g ” , O s t e n G a l l e r y, S k o p j e , M a c e donia(upcoming). “ Mini Castra ”, Lokarjeva Galerjia, Castra, Slovenia (upcoming). “ W i n d ow s r e m a i n s ” , Pa r t h e n o n fi l m f e s t i va l, Pa r t h e n o n, C h a l k i d i k i, G r e e c e. “ UNTITLED 2016”, Curator:Melissan Gurierri & Giovana La Cava, Chiost r o D e l l e G r a z i e , V i t t o r i a , S i c i l y, I t a l y. “ L u s t a r t i n a u s t e r e t i m e s ” , I s n o t g a l l e r y, N i c o s i a , C y p r u s . “ P e r i a p s i s p r o j e c t ” , C a s k G a l l e r y, L a r i s s a , G r e e c e , “ P e r i a p s i s P r o j e c t ” , A r c h i t e c t u r e d e p a r t m e n t , U n i v e r s i t y T h e s s a l y, V o l o s ,Greece. “ R e m b r a n d N a m e ” , C u r a t o r : G e o r g i a D a m i a n o u , L o l a N i k o l a o u G a l l e r y, Thessaloniki, Greece. 3

2015 “Φ.Ε.Κ”, National Press Office Of Greece, Curator:Louiza Kara pidaki, Athens,Greece. “ Coex is tence networ k”, Athens, Greece . “ Pe r i a p s i s Pro j e c t ” , Ro m a n t s o / B i o s, A t h e n s, G r e e c e. “ Pe r i a p s i s Pro j e c t ” , T h e fi r s t C o n c e p t a r t e x h i b i t i o n i n G r e e c e, Lo l a N i k o l a o u a r t g a l l e r y, T h e s s a l o n i k i , G r e e c e . “ Incubar te Inter national Ar t Fes tival ”, Curator:KasiaNagor ska, Galler ia 9 , Va l e n c i a , S p a i n . “ V f o r v e r s a t i l i t y ” , A t h e n s C o n , C u r a t o r : Ve r a Ka r t a l o u , Ta e K w o n D o s t a dium, Athens Greece. “ R e m b r a n d N a m e ” p r o j e c t , L o l a N i k o l a o u G a l l e r y, T h e s s a l o n i k i . “ DISPLACEMENT ”, curator:James Symbouras, ΒΕΤΟΝ7, Athens,Greece. “ D e - t o u c h ” , R e m o v e m e n t , c u r a t o r : M a r i a V a s s a r i o t o u , S . A . F, S a n t o r i n i , Greece. “ M o m e n t s ” , s p e c i a l g u e s t o f G e o r g e Ko r b a k i s s o l o E x h i b i t i o n, Te c h n o c h o r o s G a l l e r y, A t h e n s . “ Undrained w hite, black color ”, National Theatre of Nor ther n Greece, Kozani,Greece. “ Q - u a r t s ” , A r t i s C a u s a G a l l e r y, T h e s s a l o n i k i , G r e e c e . 2014 “ I Dared to praise”, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece. “ R e m - b r a n d - n a m e ” , L o l a N i k o l a o u g a l l e r y, T h e s s a l o n i k i , G r e e c e . “ Te c h n o s t i h i a ” , G a l l e r y 5 1 2 , P t o l e m a i d a, G re e c e. “ R e m B r a n d N a m e p r o j e c t ” , A R T AT H I N A , Ta e k w o n d o S t a d i u m , Lo n g Ve h i cle team, Athens,Greece. “ S m a l l C a n v a s E x h i b i t i o n ” , P a p a t z i k o u G a l l e r y, V e r o i a , G r e e c e . “ Visual Laundr y ”, Public ins tallation, Thessaloniki, Greece. “ Pe o p l e a n d P l i n t h s ” , G a l l e r y 5 1 2 , P t o l e m a i d a, G r e e c e. “ R e m - B r a n d N a m e ” , T e c h n o c h o r o s G a l l e r y, A t h e n s , G r e e c e

Y o u c a n d o w l o a d t h e c o m p l e t e C V, H e r e .

ARTWORKS

OSTEOTOPIA INSTALLATION Osteotopia sets human existence as a point in a infinite timeframe, there is underlined irony and

controversy.In one hand you have a Molded replica of spine bones, static in time and then you have the eternal form alteration. An infenently small time window which originates from a temporal eternity.

he Insttallation placed in the old infantry barracks in Florina city ,Greece.The place was chosen due to the events following the Albalian civil war. 6

BONESCAPES Molded replica of teeth, our post mortem identity become one with flesh landscapes ,static in

time. Its the observation of a natural process(disintegration and death) through my understanding as a transition of energy and not just the end of something.

2.1.2.3 Molded plaster and Oil colours 140X140 Cm 2016

2.1.2.3 Detail

Bonescapes series Molded plaster and Oil colours 140X140 Cm 2016

Bonescapes series Plaster,Acrylic and oil colours 140X120 Cm 2016

Bonescapes series Plaster,Acrylic and oil colours 140X100 Cm 2016 10

Detail

Bonescapes Forms. Plaster and oil colour in canvas 140X140 Cm 2016

Bonescapes series, Plaster and acrylic in canvas 500X300 Cm, 2016

TORN DERMIS Installation created at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Directional forcesâ&#x20AC;? residency, Psarades, Prespa Lake, inspired by the events

that transpired in Kokkalis Cave during the Greek Civil war.

Installation was placed in an abandoned school in the

border village of psarades, Greece.It consists of torn books and Greek flags found at location and mounted in the corner, lieying under an biomorphic sculpture constructed of molds made of human vetebrae. 14

Detail

ASHEN FLEECE The skin

serves the pasage of time as identity .Ashen Fleece is this identity hanging as something amorphous, colorless and unrecognizable.

Ashen Fleece, 300X100 Cm Plaster and oxidised iron 2016 16

Detail

Ashen Fleece, Variable dimensions Plaster and oxidised iron 17 2016

Ashen Fleece, Variable dimensions Plaster and oxidised iron 2016

Pantepoptes/Male Plaster and oil colour in canvas 170X70 Cm 2016

Pantepoptes/Female Plaster and oil colour in canvas 170X70 Cm 2016 18

Ashen fleece variable dimensions Plaster and oxidized iron 2016

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REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS Publications 2016 “Osteotopia”, Pouliassi. I, Thesis Research, publication for the University of western Macedonia. 2016 “Concerning Corpus”, Pouliassi. I , publication in “Floroi eikastikoi” , University of western Macedonia, blog concerning personal research.Date: 18/11/2015

Art Reviews 2016 2016 2016 2016“ 2015 2015 2015

“Art Reveal Magazine”, Issue 14, Pages 70-75, February 2016. Link Rizopoulos Post :Irene Pouliassi answers to Proust questions, 15 February 2016, Link BALDHIP Magazine issue 06. Link Artists Inspire Artists :The exploration of decomposition by Irene Pouliassi”.Link “Landescape art Review” magazine, Anniversary edition,Page 59-70, June 2015 “Entropy and human body”, Art 22, online magazine ,11/08/2015. Link “Incubarte 7”Croco magazine, Valencia, Spain, Link

Affiliations Periapsis Project. Link MPGart, Italy. Link Emergent Art Space. Link

CONTACT INFORMATION IRENE POULIASSI

Doiranis 4, Kifisia,14561 Athens Greece (+30)6980745534 pouliassi@hotmail.gr / pouliassi@gmail.com http://pouliassi.wixsite.com/irenepouliassi http://periapsis.weebly.com/