Travelling exhibitions

30 October 2007
Dimitra Goussi (2) - Greece

6 October 2007
A Series of Travelling Art Shows in Greece, France, and Brazil by Yolanda ZIAKA


Children’s paintings from Georgia - 26 September 2007

On March 16 2007, the Georgian Charter facilitation team has organized a workshop with the children’s art studio. There were two groups of children participating the project: 1. The children from the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Homeless Children, from the Risk Group (Tsisartkela, Begurebi), from a school in Ananuri and from the former orphanage of Temka. 2. The children from the Art Studio in Tbilisi (a group which also includes handicapped children). The ages of children in both (...)

Niki Kapokaki – Greece - 26 September 2007

Athens 2004 Photographs - Video projection (6 minutes) Description of work Artist’s biography Niki Kapokaki studied painting in the School of Fine Arts of Thessalonike, in Greece and in the School of Fine Arts of Paris (E.N.S.B.A.). She foll

Andreas Kargsten – Sweden / Greece - 26 September 2007

Five moons and a red mountain Wood, acrylics, 25Χ35 cm Artist’s statement Artist’s biography Andreas Kargsten was born in 1965, in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied sculpture in the School of Fine Arts of Stockholm (1984-89). He won the first prize for the graduates and a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts of Stockholm. His work was displayed in individual exhibitions in the gallery “Epistrofi” (Athens, 2000) and in the park of the square Nik. Kitsiki (Athens, 2004). He has participated in (...)

Vanda Chalyvopoulou - Greece - 26 September 2007

Sunday Luncheon on the Lawn A small garden in calle Ágata 18, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Μadrid, 1991. Montage with photos, 40X70 cm. Description of the work ; Every little garden constitutes for its owner a small universe. The garden is a fragment of nature which takes its form expressing the personal Utopian paradise of its owner. This artwork is the elaboration, a second reading of an action that took place one Sunday morning in the garden of a house at 18 Ágata str. at Pozuelo de Alarcón of (...)

Konstantinos Pantelakis - Greece - 13 August 2007

Saint Isidoros blessing the Schinos tree Artist’s statement Artist’s biography Konstantinos Pantelakis is an icon painter and a researcher in Orthodox iconography and popular painting. He paints icons following the Byzantine way (Cretan School). He is currently teaching the painting of icons and he participates in an art-therapy project in the public psychiatric hospital of Dromokaitio. He has participated in group exhibitions in Chios and Athens in Greece, and Brindizi in Italy. He has (...)

Nancy Andrade Pinto (Fletea) - Brazil - 13 August 2007

Viewing Nature through Angel P. 50 cm X 70 cm – mixed technique Artist’s statement: Artist’s biography: The Brazilian artist Nancy de Andrade Pinto has presented her artwork in eight countries. Her work is classified in nine Art Journals, in Brazil and abroad. Fletea’s art expressions are: mixed techniques, oil on canvas, acrylic, collages, and watercolors. Contact with the artist: e-mail: fletea J7e uol.com.br site : (...)

Giannis Andriomenos - Greece - 13 August 2007

Artist’s statement Artist’s biography Giannis Andriomenos was born in Athens, Greece, in 1976. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of Athens and was trained in engraving at the Willemm De Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, Holland. He is currently working as a high-school art professor. He has presented his work in group exhibitions in Athens, Chania, and in Tsesme, Turkey. Contact with the artist: Address: Troon 104, Ano Petralona, Athens, Greece e-mail: (...)

Anastasios Presvelis - Greece - 12 August 2007

Artist statement Artist’s biography The Greek artist Anastasios Presvelis was born in Athens in 1969. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Naples, Italy.

Sotiria Thomopoulou - Greece - 12 August 2007

Silent protest Artist statement Artist’s biography The Greek artist Sotiria Thomopoulou works as a social worker. She is a painter, a stage designer and a poet. Some of her paintings and her mosaics have been presented in group exhibitions in Egaleo, Perisso, in the edifice of Zappion in Athens and elsewhere. Since 2004, she has been collaborating with the School of Drama and the (...)

Nicola Damiani - Italy - 12 August 2007

Conscience mixed technique, 50 x 70 cm Artist’s statement Nicola Damiani is an Italian amateur painter living in Greece. He has been painting since 1996 and has followed courses on painting and pottery. He has presented his artwork in three individual exhibitions in Ioannina, Greece, as well as in various group exhibitions. Contact with the artist: Address : Souliou 35, 45445 Ioannina, Greece e-mail: (...)

Elsa Tatsi - Greece - 11 August 2007

Isolation Dimensions: 50cm x 100cm Material: charcoal, acrylics Artist biography Elsa Tatsi was born in Ioannina, Greece, in 1978. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in Greece, as well as at the School of icons painting of K. Georgiadis, in Thessaloniki. She has presented her work in two individual exhibitions in Ioannina, as well as in various group exhibitions in Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Philippiada. She has won two awards, in the 4th (...)

Noêmia Nunes – Brazil - 11 August 2007

Passage Seduction, appropriation and endurance Artist biography The Brazilian artist Noêmia Nunes has studied painting and drawing at the Fine Arts University of São Paulo. She is post-graduated in Museology, and has presented a thesis on “Art as cultural education”. She has taken part in various cultural and activism shows, on environmental and social issues, li

Cristina Schleder – Brazil - 11 August 2007

Seed of life’s tree Artist’s statement Artist biography Cristina Schleder was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1952. She has studied “Design and Visual Communication”. Since 1992, she has started to present her art work in individual shows in places like the Romero Britto Gallery – Miami - USA, as well as in various galleries in Sao Paulo – Brasil. She part

Eirini Tsiraki - Greece - 11 August 2007

Catharsis - the rubbish and us Artist’s statement Artist’s biography Eirini Tsiraki was born in Chania, Greece, in 1980. She studied design at the School of Visual Arts “Choros” in Chania. She followed courses in the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Crete. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy, during 2000-2004, following the courses of professors A. Trotti and C. Baldino. She has presented her work in an individual exhibition at the Visual (...)

Elli Xatziantoniou - Greece - 11 August 2007

Magnifying lens Artist’s statement Artist’s biography Elli Xatziantoniou was born in 1986 and grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece. She is currently studying at the Department of Products and Systems Design Engineering of the Aegean University in Syros, Greece.

Inna Cymlich Janse - Brazil / Australia - 9 August 2007

Save THIS planet Artist’s statement Artist’s biography The artist Inna Cymlich Janse, native of Australia, has studie

Dimitra Goussi (1) - Greece - 9 August 2007

Imprints Artist’s statement Artist’s biography Dimitra Gousi was born in Ioannina, Greece, in 1976. Between 1994 and 1999 she studied at the School of Fine Arts, Department of Visual Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her biography includes an individual exhibition in January 2007 in Ioannina and the participation in several collective exhibitions in Greece, in Thessaloniki, Serres, Edessa, Ioannina, Irakleion, as well as in Belgrad, Serbia. Contact with the artist: (...)

Christella Demetriou - Cyprus / Australia - 9 August 2007

Three constructions Titles of works: 1. Ladder, mixed media on wood, 11”X 17.5” 2. Inside the Two Halves, mixed media on wood, 11”X17.2” 3. Window, mixed media on wood, 17”X17.6” Artist’s statement Artist biography The Australian / Greek-Cypriot artist Chri

Marcelo Bicalho - Brazil - 8 August 2007

In our hand About the painting Artist biography The Brazilian artist Marcelo Bicalho, born in 1962, is a designer and illustrator. He teaches Art and Design History in the Design School of Minas Gerais State University, in Brazil. In the last 10 years he has been well known by his works in paper sculpture, creating pieces that combine figurative rendering with simulated perspective, visual illusionism and the complexity of folded paper patterns. His drawings and sculptures are in awarded (...)

Luci Torres - Brazil - 8 August 2007

“Carroceiros III” (Rubbish collectors) Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 70 cm. Thematic description Artist biography The artist Luci Torres was born in 1964, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She has studied architecture and she is currently

Caterina Canellis - Greece - 8 August 2007

The colors of life 2006, Painting oil, 80 x 65 cm About the painting Artist biography Caterina Canellis was born in 1945 in Athens. She grew up and was educated in Greece but before she was 20, she left and got married in Paris. There she started a late career in painting. She has followed courses in the “Ecole des Beaux-Arts” but she is mainly self-taught. During the last 20 years, the public has had many opportunities to see her work in places like Paris, Brussels, Istanbul, Luxembourg, (...)

Osório Garcia - Brazil - 8 August 2007

PEACE Description of the work Artist biography Writer and illustrator of children literature, Brazilian from Minas Gerais, dyslexic and self-made man. I live astonished in a world that I don’t understand. My literature and drawing try to translate the chaos that surrounds me. With books published by many different publishers, I overcome my personal crisis and those imposed by the virtual world to me. Some of my books: War! Why? The abominable Anacleto and the adorable Ana Clara Little (...)

Caterina Aslanidou - Greece - 7 August 2007

Fragments of nature Description of work Artist biography Caterina Aslanidou was born in 1978 in Athens, Greece. She has studied painting in the School of Arts of Athens. She followed the workshop of engraving in the Faculty of Arts in Sevilla, Spain. Since 2005, she works in the island of Chios, in Greece, as a professor of Art at the high school. She has participated in six collective exhibitions in Greece, in Chios, Athens, Samothrace and Lavrio. Her work was displayed in an individual (...)

Elpida Iatrou - Greece - 3 August 2007

Τ-R-E-E-S Description of work Artist Biography Elpida Iatrou was born in Ioannina, Greece, in 1974. She studied painting and sculpture at the School of Arts of Athens, where she also followed the workshops of photography, scenography and mosaic. She has displayed her work in 4 individual and various collective exhibitions in Greece. She has prepared the costumes and was responsible for the scenography in various theatrical shows. Contact for information : Tel.: +30 - 6946 98 17 17 (...)

Oscar Araripe - Brazil - 26 July 2007

Reflected Caraiva Acrylic and others on synthetic sail-cloth 60 cm x 50 cm, 2007 Description of work ; This painting shows images reflected in the water, one of the most familiar subjects of the art of painting. The canvas shows the houses of the people of Caraiva, a small village in the south of Bahia State, Brazil. "Caraíva" in tupi-guarani language means : One that eats men. These charming fishermens’ houses are a good example of the houses that couldn’t escape from modernism, that in (...)

Constance Thalken - USA - 26 July 2007

Purge #1 Statement The Environment: Common Good - Common Responsibility Artist biography Constance Thalken is a photographer and intermedia artist whose recent work incorporates video, digital technologies, and performance. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Birmingham Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, The Bunnen Collection of Atlanta and Georgia Perimeter College in addition to many private collections. She has (...)

Melody Reeves - USA - 26 July 2007

Contemporary Pursuit Description of Work Artist Biography The work of Melody Reeves investigates the complex of worlds framed by our intertwining economic, social, natural and cultural spheres. She uses a wide range of materials and systems of thought, examining pivotal points of spiritual navigation through a trans-disciplinary vocabulary of assimilation, improvisation, and contemplation. A Lecturer in Three-Dimensional Design at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, she received (...)


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