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Scepticism
My exhibition is centred around the theme of scepticism, acting as a summary of the dualities found in our daily lives. Acknowledging nature as the vast enclosure that all individuals live in, I intend to explore its connection to individuals as well as the intermediating space between the two elements. Initially, I focused on the individual's experience but soon I began to separate the complicated relationship between the three elements.
The exhibition opens with my first oil painting, “Adjacent emotions”, depicting positive and negative emotions. My intention is to guide the viewers to experience and acknowledge the coexistence of their spectrum of emotions. “Adjacent Production” on the opposite side is influenced by pop art and comic panels as I referenced Roy Lichstenstein’s “Whaam!” and his idea of mass production. Given the context of individuals’ internal understanding, I wanted to question one’s consciousness between reality and imagination. Thus through the caption, “IS THAT A COPY…”, viewers are invited to decide which of the two paintings is the replica of the other. What is also interesting about “Adjacent production” is that I used “Ben Day dots” to “speak back” to the tradition of grapheme and paintings, further exposing the duality between real acrylic paintings and implied comic panels. In short, I intended to have the two artworks interact with each other such that the viewers can focus both on their internal conflict of emotions and situatedness in the exhibition.
Moving beyond individuals’ internal conflict, I have decided to unveil the duality in nature, the space that surrounds all of us. What sparked me were media posts of nature’s grandeur and destruction. Combined with the dried leaves of Autumn, I decided to incorporate them as they provided organic forms. Indeed, leaves helped me conceptualise the beauty and fragility of nature together with paper cutting. This is the technique that I referenced in both Chinese paper cutting traditions and David Musgrave’s “Faulty Images”. Musgrave’s study of medium and its role in offering meaning to the work intrigued me to explore how paper and carving could support my conveyance. Therefore “Thousands of wounds and hundreds of holes” aims to draw a parallel between carved paper and exploited nature. Hence I hang it from the ceiling , a Chinese idiom that highlights an entity’s fragility. In short, my intention is to portray paper as a metaphor of nature as paper originates and degrades in nature. In a similar fashion, “Nature:
not the same anymore”, an installation of soft sumi paper is dampened, torn, and scrunched to capture fragile nature. I decided to include the two works because they complete individuals' understanding of dichotomous nature.
As the exhibition closes, I have chosen to include “The Mediator” connecting the duality of internal thoughts and nature. I have also arranged the “Binary comfort” and the “Recipients” as the binary representation of the digitalising world. Even though it is challenging to summarise the space between individuals and nature as a digitalising world, it is crucial that we reflect on our interaction with it. In order to establish this point, I have placed the “Binary comfort” in the corner of the room, offering an enclosed space where spectators can enjoy the physical comfort of the hanging scarf as well as the suffocation of the enclosement. My intention is to guide the spectators to realise that comfort is gained in both nature and the digitalising world. Hence this links back to the vastness of nature where humans meet primitive joy. It is also hard to illustrate comfort, including propaganda and mass dissemination. I decided to visualise the interaction between media and individuals. Together with the inspiration of Antony Gormley’s “Field”, I asked my classmates to help me make similar benches. As propaganda aims to establish conformity, duality forms when individuals per se are unique and different. Hence the setup is separated into two halves, one of which is covered by identical benches while the other is more diverse. My intention is to highlight common media forms such as television, being both a source of entertainment and propaganda.
My overall vision for presenting this body of work uncover the digitalising world that toggles between human internal conflict and the vast nature all around.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
Desire
2020
collage and crayons
71cm x 51 cm
I want to express the feeling of liberty and dreaming helpless people feel. This lady is forced into prostitution while dreaming of a better life, her pornographic pose projects what she is forced to do while the lines she is made from representing ropes. She is trapped, and not fully painted as people treat her as an object while showing the way she mentally feels, the picture behind her indicates what she dreams of. This connects well with “suppression” artwork as both are trapped and oppressed.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
May I
2021
Printmaking,screen printing
50 x 33 cm each print
With this artwork, I want to communicate the pre-established approach that society has about a person’s sexual life. Men with strong sexual desires are characterized as manly and muscular, in contrast to women who get slut-shamed, which is projected by the ropes as the limit. It is my belief that a globalized society that wants to move forward should not distinguish between genders. I choose the title “May I” as it stands ironically for society while the woman is asking permission to have a sexual life.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
Transformation
2021
Acrylics
30 x 20 cm
I created this piece as I wanted to show the influence that social media has on people. Some of the most common media stereotypes have to do with body image. The perfect body type in the media isn't real and many people in an attempt to reach that ideal body, end up hurting themselves. This piece shows how a body becomes a “perfect” one, by being “washed”, and becoming “acceptable”. For this piece, I got inspired by Lucian Freud who made nude portraits of Sue Tilley.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
biscuit boobs
2021
Sculpey clay
25x16x6 cm
My intention for this project is to normalize people's bodies and not hide them. In this art piece, I want my viewer to make the connection between a regular box of biscuits to human anatomy, especially women's breasts that are being sexualized for no reason. I am representing it like this as having a box of biscuits in our kitchen is very common, but having women's breasts around should also be, without judging or commenting.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
facing up
2020
acrylics, collage
74 cm x 54cm
I want to show the connection between humans and nature, but also the freedom that all people deserve. The nacked lady symbolizes freedom through her nudity and body confidence, her head is facing up and represents herself proudly. My work was inspired by Manal al-Sharif and her speech in a Ted talk called “A Saudi woman who dared to drive”. With this artwork, I don't want to change anyone's ideas or beliefs just to make my viewer more aware of the oppression this lady experienced.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
hot mamas with will
2021
sculpture, knit, legumes, spaghetti, yarn, fabrics, acrylic paint
This sculpture pinpoints abortion and the different stages of pregnancy. In this artwork, pregnant women are seen, some of them keeping the baby and some not, while the decision is theirs and not from someone from their surroundings. Through this piece, I want to encourage women to love and respect their bodies, while taking decisions about abortion by themselves when they wish to or not.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
suppression
2021
printmaking, linoleum
white prints 33 x 25 cm, a.p 30 x 20 cm
These prints illustrate two lovers of the same biological gender being tied and having to hide their identity due to judgment and biases. I choose them being tied as it represents the oppression and dysphoria they face every day. I made this artwork using printmaking in order to avoid realism and details, thus allowing the viewer to explore the artwork for many parts of identity that people have to hide while facing dysphoria issues.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
year A.D.
2022
Installation, acrylics
This artwork is about the change in society's mindset after the year A.D. that same-sex relationships are considered sinful and shameful. In the timeline, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum (from Egypt) and Achilles and Patroclus (from Grecce) are the two couples represented, as at the time people didn't care about sexual orientation. Next, the words describe how people with different sexual orientations were treated, ending up to today 2022 still having such actions?
Alexandra Kouimtzi
“pass the screw”
2021
Acrylics
90 x 60 cm
By this painting, I want to pass the message that all women are independent and can do the same jobs as men, while society still has this stereotype about women’s do’s and dont’s and still sees women as they should be perfect and in a barbie box. I want to express the dynamic that a woman can have, and her achievements can be more than typically expected. The personal meanings that are communicated aren’t from me (the artist) but they should be personalized to each one of the viewers and interpreted accordingly. With this artwork, I want to give courage to young people to achieve their dreams.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Caged beauty”
Acrylics & Water-mixable oil paints
30×40 cm
“Caged Beauty” symbolizes the make-up trends that influence young girls, acting as a barrier for natural beauty.“Violation of appearance is anonymous and sidelines the individual’s identity and character…” D.Martin. I was inspired by Daniel Martin who explores themes of defiled portraits. There needs to be a balance between make-up and natural beauty in order to be self-respected, this is shown through the use of oil paints which resemble make-up.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Candy rush”
Photography
70×50 cm
“Candy rush” is a photography series with two contrasting photographs. I got inspired by one of Cindy Sherman's film series which adresses themes of feminism and female stereotypes in mass media. In this artwork the model transformed into the conventional "everywoman", akin to a plastic Barbie doll. The candy backdrop behind her emphasizes the woman's sickly-sweet artificiality. The message that I want my viewers to gain is the idealized stereotypes that are far removed from reality.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Distorted reflection”
alkyd-based enamel
60×50 cm
This artwork consists of two juxtaposing ideas; the exploitation of women by the society, as well as the right to dress for themselves and feel confident in their own skin. I was inspired by the artist Princess Hijab who intentionally spray paints the hijab on women as a way of rebelling. In this artwork the mediums that I used were a canvas, printed with an image of a metro scene and alkyd-based enamel. The intimate moment that both women share, contribute to the viewer’s experience.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Gem of nature”
Collage
40×50 cm
“Gem of nature” was inspired by Michalene Thomas, who explores themes including empowering women to celebrate their culture and beauty. In my artwork, I touch upon the idea of skin conditions and how women should embrace what they are born with, making them unique, like gems. The sea symbolizes the “Waves of feminism” that took place in the past and the leopard’s eyes prevail ideas of self-reliance, authenticity, and rare beauty. These ideas connote messages of self-love and self-positivity.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Silhouette bride”
Oil paint on canvas
35x45 cm
“Silhouette bride” was inspired by the works of Maria Teicher and Turtaut’s work, which focus on projecting the power of women's beauty, by using symbolic objects, like the veil. The selection of colors in both my photographs exude a powerful sense of sensuality and emotion, similar to Turtaut’s work. My artwork consists of two juxtaposing ideas; the exploitation of women by the society, through the use of the veil and the right to feel confident in their own skin, through the use of colors.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Toxic Beauty”
Sculpey Polymer clay
20.5×15 cm
“Toxic Beauty” was inspired by the works of SHSadler’s “Fresh Meat” photography series, which included a packaged face as a form of “beauty photography” and Adrián Alfonso’s print. Both artists share themes of how beauty standards have “altered the way we interact with culture and each other”. Using Johnson Tsang’s sculptures as a reference, I was able to sculpt a face, creating a puzzling image, emphasizing on the idea of how make-up breaks down natural beauty.
Aravella Triantafillidou
“Unwrapped”
Photography
70×50 cm
The photograph “Unwrapped” was inspired by one of Cindy Sherman’s series. In this artwork, the model appears to have a candy backdrop where only the wraps have been left behind. We experience the realization that once the candy has been eaten, what is left is the wrap which essentially symbolizes the makeup that has been placed to cover a woman’s inner beauty. The wrap is used as a disguise, however what is most important is what is found on the inside.
Aurora Chen
The Noon Dream Acrylic on canvas
26 x 16 cm
24 x 18 cm
35 x 25 cm
The noon dream is based on my understanding of mood calmness. Calmness could be cold but also warm, so in these artworks, you could see me not only using the cold color but also the warm color for the base. I choose to paint 3 different types of work, color, portrait and nature because different people see the world differently, so is the mood. I want all of my audience to also see through my point of view of the world, but also know what they feel about the word calmness.
Aurora Chen
My job
Acrylic on canvas
44.5 x 34 cm
Love does not always stand for romantic love. If you look deeper to understand, love could be someone’s passion for their life, their job, their work. We often relate love to a sexual relationship, but we forget who create such a safe environment for us, I relate the love with the fireman next to my house, because their passion for their job, their love towards their society create a safer place for us, and this is how their love creates the relationship between them and our society.
Aurora Chen
Quarrel Digital artwork
100 x 90 cm
Anger comes always with incomprehension and irrationality. When people get angry with each other they start quarrelling without any consideration, which is why I paint the blank fold with the eye on top of the red blinder at people's faces, which to show how anger could stop a person from thinking and the energy from the shouting throat. Anger is always an intense color, a very different warm color, like a burning fire that is going to swallow everything down.
Aurora Chen
Rest time
Photograph
58 x 98 cm
If you have come through a time that is surrounded by anxiety, it makes you nervous all the time, and it feels like any moment the world will crash into two pieces. I chose my mom to be my model because I often see my mom being anxious because of the business, and she has to do a lot of housework even when she gets home. This is a photo after all of her work was finished and she finally could take a rest, but the pose of her hand was not resting, just like the anxiety never left her alone.
Aurora Chen
STOP WATCHING
Oil pastel on acrylic paper
40 x 30 cm
I’ve been through school bullying and this affected me for the rest of my life until now. My classmates used to humiliate me because of my weight and even slap my face for no reason. So, mentally and physically I got uncomfortable when people look at me, and I related this work with the helpless situation of when I’m being bullied and no one comes to help, only people who look at it. The cold eyes just like the lamp expose all of myself underneath the light, I feel so scared.
Aurora Chen
Sea Through
Oil and Acrylic on Acrylic paper; Acrylic with gouache on Acrylic paper; Gouache on Acrylic paper.
32 x 24 cm
32 x 16 cm
32 x 24 cm
Not everything has meaning. However, if they have come with a story, just like the sea could tell you the story about it. So in this series of artwork, I’ve created 3 senses to describe a story that relates to the separation of the sadness between people. In the middle is the main character dancing all alone, and on the side, another person was watching her, but not knowing where he was, and on the left side we have the sense, to make it more like the story, the color creates a connection of it.
Daniyar Kozhakhmetov
Collapse
Charcoal
50 x 50 cm
This artwork aims to emphasize the struggle of the person suffering dementia, thus focus is drawn on the eyes. Puzzle pieces floating around the head symbolize memories and thoughts, therefore in a combination with the depicted emotion, the artwork refers to different symptoms including memory loss, difficulties in communication a person with dementia faces in everyday life.
Daniyar Kozhakhmetov
Equilibrium
Indian ink
50 x 50 cm
Inspired by the philosophical concept of yin and yang that describes how opposite forces may be interconnected and balanced. This artwork depicting the Identity disorder shows the balance between the two distinct personalities. Interconnection is shown through illustrating connection between their different body parts, conflict between the two is shown by hatching technique intensifying the mood of the artwork.
Daniyar Kozhakhmetov
Scion
Indian ink, charcoal, and plaster gauze
50 x 70 cm
The last of the identity disorder trio artworks, Scion illustrates an increased number of personalities and shows a new identity approaching as a scion of a plant. As a logical continuation of the “Equilibrium” and “Torn apart”, “Scion” shares hatching technique and three dimensionality of the two previous artworks.
Daniyar Kozhakhmetov
Torn apart
Clay
Following the identity disorder theme, this clay sculpture’s objective is to communicate with the audience more directly, thus this medium was chosen. The figures on the sculpture, Domovoi and Oni, represent good and evil forces inspired from slavic and japanese folklore respectively. Domovoi is a house spirit that protects the inhabitants from harm, oni is kind of a demon from japanese culture mostly known for their evil nature.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Antique Ascend
Acrylics on paper
31.5 x 24 cm
In this artwork I attempted to restore the temple of Concordia which is an ancient Greek temple in Italy in the Valley of Temples. If you were to see this temple in real life you would likely be disappointed that nowadays this temple is a remnant of its past glory. In my artwork I restored this temple from ruins and meanwhile modified the columniation. This artwork was a great way to try myself as an architect restorator even though it was only done on paper.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Antique Ascend
Acrylics on paper
31.5 x 24 cm
In this artwork I attempted to restore the temple of Concordia which is an ancient Greek temple in Italy in the Valley of Temples. If you were to see this temple in real life you would likely be disappointed that nowadays this temple is a remnant of its past glory. In my artwork I restored this temple from ruins and meanwhile modified the columniation. This artwork was a great way to try myself as an architect restorator even though it was only done on paper.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Blank City
Pencil and Ink on Paper
19.6 x 20.5 cm
This monochromatic artwork of skyscrapers illustrates feelings that urbanism in architecture creates to me. The artwork’s perspective purposely doesn't include living objects in order to emphasize the feelings of power, progress and coldness that these huge stone “obelisks” create. While being inspired by George Shaw’s realistic and sentimental works I have tried to illustrate realistically, in order to express the feelings mentioned above that I have experienced on my first visit to New York.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Blank City
Pencil and Ink on Paper
19.6 x 20.5 cm
This monochromatic artwork of skyscrapers illustrates feelings that urbanism in architecture creates to me. The artwork’s perspective purposely doesn't include living objects in order to emphasize the feelings of power, progress and coldness that these huge stone “obelisks” create. While being inspired by George Shaw’s realistic and sentimental works I have tried to illustrate realistically, in order to express the feelings mentioned above that I have experienced on my first visit to New York.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Hanging Block
Acrylics on Canvas
40 x 54 cm
This work was inspired by an architect Lebbeus Woods who was known for his futuristic style. I found his works very unique and I wanted to try to follow his style to create my own work. This cityscape is the ideal scene that I believe could represent futuristic style architecture where in order to save living space some architectural structures would be “hanged” or in other words
be constructed above the cities.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Hanging Block
Acrylics on Canvas
40 x 54 cm
This work was inspired by an architect Lebbeus Woods who was known for his futuristic style. I found his works very unique and I wanted to try to follow his style to create my own work. This cityscape is the ideal scene that I believe could represent futuristic style architecture where in order to save living space some architectural structures would be “hanged” or in other words
be constructed above the cities.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Immutable
Photography
29.7 x 42 cm
This is a photoset of a Megaro concert hall in Kalamaria. The point of the photo session was to capture the hall during different times of the day while keeping the exact same viewing position. The photoset attempts to show the stability, reliability and immutability of architecture, The aim was to show that even if everything around changes, the architectural art will remain without a change.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Immutable
Photography
29.7 x 42 cm
This is a photoset of a Megaro concert hall in Kalamaria. The point of the photo session was to capture the hall during different times of the day while keeping the exact same viewing position. The photoset attempts to show the stability, reliability and immutability of architecture, The aim was to show that even if everything around changes, the architectural art will remain without a change.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Loop City
Sculpey Clay
10.6 x 6 cm
This is a miniature sculpture of a city enclosed in a loop. The work is done out of sculpey clay and it shows an old European city with burned rooftops in a constant loop. The work shows the city lifestyle where people spend most of the time going around circles. The sculpture as well has a road system which makes up a circle with some separate branches which lead outside the sculpture.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Loop City
Sculpey Clay
10.6 x 6 cm
This is a miniature sculpture of a city enclosed in a loop. The work is done out of sculpey clay and it shows an old European city with burned rooftops in a constant loop. The work shows the city lifestyle where people spend most of the time going around circles. The sculpture as well has a road system which makes up a circle with some separate branches which lead outside the sculpture.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Two World Trade Center
Acrylic on Wood
10 x 17.5 cm
It is a depiction of the famous One world trade center in New York. It is an intriguing building which I was lucky enough to see in real life and so I decided to illustrate it. This artwork was a great miniature style experience. The miniature style is very interesting as it allows you to capture huge landscapes in a small area
Dmitry Kiriakov
Two World Trade Center
Acrylic on Wood
10 x 17.5 cm
It is a depiction of the famous One world trade center in New York. It is an intriguing building which I was lucky enough to see in real life and so I decided to illustrate it. This artwork was a great miniature style experience. The miniature style is very interesting as it allows you to capture huge landscapes in a small area
Dmitry Kiriakov
Two Worlds
Ink and digital print
18.5 x 14.2 cm
This is a semi-painting that I have done for my urbanism theme. It illustrates the juxtaposition and comparison of two opposite themes of uranism and ruralism. The work is done in black and white colors to make the two components look even more alike. With work I aimed to say that cities are not very independent, in fact they depend on the nature surrounding them to sustain the health and well being of city people.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Two Worlds
Ink and digital print
18.5 x 14.2 cm
This is a semi-painting that I have done for my urbanism theme. It illustrates the juxtaposition and comparison of two opposite themes of uranism and ruralism. The work is done in black and white colors to make the two components look even more alike. With work I aimed to say that cities are not very independent, in fact they depend on the nature surrounding them to sustain the health and well being of city people.
Eleni Karekla
Naughty Kids, Beware
Wood, acrylics and air-dry clay
66cm x 66cm x 50cm
‘Misbehaving kids are often villainized in
fairy-tales, being considered inherently evil, which justifies punishing them severely. I wanted to emphasize the atrocity of these punishments by creating a sculpture of Pinocchio, the animated wooden doll, who was hanged for misbehaving. The hanged kid’s jarring contrast with its bright surroundings shocks viewers, bringing about the realization of the horrific nature of extreme punishment and how hurtful it is that it is justified in kids’ stories.’
Eleni Karekla
Out of Matches
Relief printing
68.5cm x 31cm
‘A relief print, inspired by Käthe Kollwitz’s work expressing desperation, displays the “Little Match Girl”, a girl that dies from cold, not going home out of fear of being beaten for not selling any matches. The piece makes the viewer grieve for her and other victims of abuse, struggling to get help which remains out of
reach. At the same time, having access to a lighter, symbolizing modern resources, the audience is reminded of their own capability to help the abused, persuading them to do so.’
Eleni Karekla
The Brides: A Collection of Short Stories
Acrylic ink and watercolor on hot pressed paper
16.5cm x 18cm
‘Male adventurers in fairy tales are often rewarded with beautiful brides. I made a toy which can be reassembled to make images from six tales, featuring moments where women are offered or offer themselves to marry unwillingly, focusing on their turmoil and sacrifice. The placement of all figures to the foreground and the images’ bright colors, inspired from Pahari miniatures, assist in the visual storytelling of these moments from the women’s perspective, making the audience notice the covert abuse.’
Eleni Karekla
The Gilded Key
Watercolor on paper
15.4 x 22.5 cm
'In“The Golden Key” a boy is sent to a cold, dark forest to collect wood, where he finds riches, giving his family fortune. In many stories such as this, the maltreatment of children goes unnoticed when it indirectly rewards them. In this piece I brought the focus back to abuse by making viewers realize the dire situation of the child, before it is rewarded. The dark colors, misty effect of watercolors and perspective from within the woods all create an eerie atmosphere, underlining the abuse.’
Eleni Karekla
The Not So Little Red Riding Hood
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40cm
'“Little Red Riding Hood” is a story that warns girls about strangers who might ‘eat’ or sexually harass them. The heroine's red cape, whose color is echoed in the blood of the Wolf, symbolizes her sexuality and portrays it as the cause of her liberation from abuse instead of its source. The composition, inspired by
pre-Renaissance paintings, mimics the one of holy paintings, relating sexuality to power. I wanted to show sexuality as something beautiful, not to be used to justify abuse.’
Eleni Karekla
The Ugly Duck
Newspaper and 80gr white paper
31.5 x 31.5 x 32.5 cm
‘Trauma and abuse have long-lasting effects on well-being. Through this artwork I wanted to show how even when changed, people still carry the wounds left by their past experiences with them, which if not healed “contaminate” their present lives. The ugly duckling was beaten and shunned by everyone, having to abandon its family. Can someone grow unaffected by such experiences, even if they “turn into a swan”? Newspaper and origami contrast, showing the grip of trauma on the present self.’
Eleni Karekla
The Witch’s Murder
Black carton, wood and white cloth
100cm x 50cm
‘If abused, children can grow up to display violent behavior. I wanted to showcase how this might be incorporated in fairy-tales through “Hansel and Gretel”, a story where, after being abused, a girl burns a witch to save herself and her brother. Was this murder solely fueled by fear, or traumatic experiences too? I investigate this question by using
shadow-puppets inspired by Kara Walker’s silhouettes, which depict abuse subtly and playfully, as portrayed in kid’s stories and perceived by them.’
Ema Stojanovic
The Fresh Alone
Oil on canvas
34.5 x 44 cm
This piece illustrates how psychological pain of isolation and solitude manifests itself physically through the human body. The desert with a dried river presentes a place of seclusion and isolation. The dryness represents the endless amount of time the subject spent in this place. The figures represent the same person as they wait, in different positions, for the time to pass. The peeling tangerine and scattered pieces of grass introduce a kind of freshness, into the dry life of isolation.
Erika Sfetsou
Emerged from the insides
Oil pastel on brown paper
43 x 50 cm
The blossoming journey can be very tough and fragile. However, once the petals open and the inner beauty emerges, the outside of the petals that were seen before and might have been misjudged does not matter anymore because everything that makes a flower beautiful and elegant is found inside the bud. Inspired by Judy Garfin and her complex paintings, I wanted to show that just like a blossom, we should not underestimate from the first impression, but explore and seek one's true self.
Kalypso Isaidou
Guilty?
Digital Photography
50 x 50 cm each
Greek mythology has proven time and again how women are constantly punished for defending themselves. The same can be said of Circe, the sorceress exiled to Aeaea, who turned Odysseus’ men into pigs for acting like so. And yet, only Circe is held accountable for her actions, antagonized for the power she holds. Inspired by Cindy Sherman’s noir photography recreating conventional depictions of women, I wanted to recreate Circe’s story staged as a mugshot, exposing the irony of her ‘crimes.’
Katerina Papanikolaou
God is a Woman
Oil on canvas
60 x 80 cm
Women in religion, in art, and in positions of power have never been a concept easily digested by the moral and religious order as originated by the conscientiousness of women, and my artwork enlightens this concept. By imitating the realistic, Renaissance style of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, my work aimed to contemporize his composition to include icons beyond the white masculine binary and replace them with dynamic appearances of women - a black goddess of a stigmatised religion and me.
Kelly Hu
Adjacent emotions
oil on canvas
40cm X 50cm
The name of this piece stresses the skeptical presence of misery and dread, emotions opposed to those which we cherish such as happiness. The background is covered with notable paintings based on their mood such as misery. This parallel structure of emotions is conveyed explicitly through the caricatures reflected on the mirrors, the mirrors themselves reflect individuals’ capability in distinguishing their skeptical emotions and accept that happiness is not always the only emotion they feel.
Kelly Hu
Adjacent production
acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 cm
Being inspired by Roy Richenstein, I explored the challenge imposed by mass produced art. Indeed mass production, pop culture, Ben day dots and vivid colours speak back at the mainstream artistic world. Therefore I have combined the function of paints and similarities between the right side painting and “Adjacent emotions”, questioning human judgment. While this work is not targeted at the dichotomy in a given context, it is a piece about a general interaction between the lack of and reality itself.
Kelly Hu
Binary comfort
Photograph and yarn
36.5 x 30 cm
Media can hold both nature and humans and at the
same time, it exists between humans and nature. This
artwork also coincides with the general theme of
skepticism where comfort is found in nature and
ironically in media. Through the use of a heavy knitted
scarf, the absence of real scarf from photography is
being installed, surrounding and enclosing the
spectator to engage with the juxtaposition of laptops
and trees.
Kelly Hu
Nature: not the same anymore
graphite, ink on Sumi paper
30cm X 40cm
This trio artwork piece falls under the subsection of “Nature”. It is inspired by David Musgrave, who explores the ways medium and materials have to offer the meaning of the artwork. Behind the three layers of artworks, there lies pencil, ink, and Sumi paper. The interaction of the soft paper and the harsh ink pen, and pencils invite observation. Approach all three of them either at a distance or closely, identifying the relationship between humanity and nature.
Kelly Hu
Recipients
sculpey
variable dimensions
This work is inspired by Antony Gormley and his 200,000 clay human figures, all made in a duration of 15 years. What is intriguing is that the artist asked the people who lived in the “Field” (title) to make the human figures together. Standing from my perspective, I want to magnify the duality of television and media such that I can reveal the understanding of the role of media as a part of propaganda and entertainment.
Kelly Hu
The Mediator
charcoal on paper
individual: 40cm X 28cm
Through the resemblance of motion, I can connect the ‘self’ or the ‘being’ with nature and the common ground that both humans and nature share. This is mainly a reference to the French dancer, Yoann Bourgeois, and the free and exuberant use of charcoal. More importantly, my intention is to contrast the intricate carved leaves or the pencil drawing of the dried leaf. I also want to make sure that the coherence of the ink leaves are maintained thus charcoal is the medium I have chosen for this piece.
Kelly Hu
Thousands of wounds and hundreds of holes
Watercolour paper and plastic sheets
60cm X 100cm
This artwork is the sequel of “Nature: not the same anymore” and it also introduced me to Xiaoguang Qiao from China and Karen Bit Vejle from Scandinavia.
Their intricate carving incorporated with dreamy lighting enhanced my own work with a dichotomous layer of meaning - presence and absence. I also combined the scenery I captured during November when real leaves fall, communicating the presence of nature explicitly.
Maria Basoglou Oulke
Anxiety
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 cm
For my art work I was trying to show how anxiety, insecurities and personal fears haunt you.
The girl in the background shows the insanity and it being big, and behind the smaller girl shows that it is haunting her. The smaller girl is just closing her eyes, so she doesn’t see or hear the scary girl behind her. Both girls are actually the same character, but the smaller girl is imagining the bigger and scarier girl in her head. I tried to make the background look trippy that’s why I used the bright colors of orange, yellow, blue and pink. My procedure for my art work was first to draw with a B3 pencil and then outline it with a black 0.4 ink pencil. After outlining it, painting it with black acrylic. I used other colors than black to differentiate the art work from my reference image. I made the eyes red and white, so it looked more crazy and not realistic.
Mariana Nikolaidou
O Kosmos mou (=My world)
Digital photography
30 x 42 cm
The Covid-19 pandemic took many of our everyday activities away from us. However, it also gave us the opportunity to appreciate the small things that surround us and make our lives a little bit more pleasant. Inspired by William Eggelston, my piece aims to communicate the beauty of ordinary things and show their significance in our well being. This piece is part of a small series that captures the places I visited and the things I noticed around me that helped me go through quarantine.
Nestor Karchkhadze
Mountain Road
Digital artwork
30 x 42 cm
The artwork represents a perfect place, an idealized world. With a mountain road leading to an unknown location towards the blue coast engulfed by a bright blue sky. The vibrant colors and the contrasting sky with the land are meant to symbolize positive emotions that are associated with the bright, vibrant colors. The soft flowing clouds are meant to represent the fragility and tenderness of this place and how this image captures just a brief moment of this hyperbolized world.
Presiana Hristova
Alone
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 30 cm
My artwork inflicts the sensations and feelings of someone suffering from depression. Essentially my intention was to focus on the emotion that comes with this mental disorder and give a temporary understanding of what it is like to live with it. Often this disorder is described as one that makes you feel trapped inside yourself and your own thoughts overpowering you. Essentially I wanted to communicate and explore the theme of emotion and focus on isolation from the outside world.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Man is Shell
Water based oil paint on canvas
50 x 40 cm
The work is loosely inspired by multiple artists such as VYXTRT and Goya. The work is primarily inspired by my own experiences and it is fully designed by me. It links to my idea of identity on a personal level since this is a self portrait. And part of it is disconnecting from my actual physical traits and just looking at myself like a face that is part of the uncanny valley phenomenon.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Night Lover
Water based oil paint on canvas
50 x 40 cm
This painting was loosely inspired by Dali and the surrealist movement. This is a work about queer love and how different people can carry the weight of their identity. It can be difficult for some, which can really affect the people around them if they choose avoidance to cope with being unable to find themselves.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Rusalki
Acrylics on canvas
34 x 44 cm
The Mermaid is a concept of a beautiful woman who drowned herself from a broken heart or drowned by her lover, and later haunts the waters and drowns men in the name of vengeance. This demonized beauty in women and devalued women based on how they look. My work aims to have a different take on the topic from the view of the female gaze. Showing relevance today through the use of color and nature symbols and how old ideals interfere with female identity in the modern world and can cause harm.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Triad
Water based oil paint on canvas
35 x 45 cm
My last work was inspired by my own exhibition. I wanted to bring it to a conclusion by expressing its core ideas. I wanted to express how an individual is more than just one perception of themselves and that those perceptions can not exist individually and are rather a gradient of an individual's personality.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Vessel and Cage
Wire and gypsum
50 x 30 cm
A sculpture made of gypsum inspired by Hans Bellmere and his doll with human eyes "La Pupe". I wanted to follow my theme of identity and express it more personally. The message of the work is the feeling of dissociation and feeling trapped in a vessel that is virtually useless. The theme of bodies and human form is consistent throughout my work and is present here once again, interacting with the viewer.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Window
Oil pastels and acrylics on canvas
40 x 34 cm
Inspired by Anthrmorph, who works with forming a bridge between nature and technology. My work shows a human lens and tells the importance of looking at humanity beyond the body and physical form. There is more to a being and a consciousness that visual features like a facial structure, a sex or a notion of beauty, there is life and there is energy. My work is focused on the human, the being, the gaze and identity, through shaping the face as an abstract window to nature.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Eye contact
Watercolour and acrylics on canvas
60 x 50 cm
This work is inspired by Shintaro Kago a japanese manga artist who specializes in shock art to show the twisted sides of primarily the male gaze. Taking this concept and building gore and surrealistic disturbing imagery onto it to evoke disgust. My interpretation of the work is that the disgust within the viewer is part of the experience created by gore and violent imagery, expressing how disturbing the romanticized gaze can be, and how innocence of youth is often fetishized in art and media.
Xinyi Lin
Demange
Pencil and charcoal on paper
35 x 50 cm
Aim to represent the damage emotionally and physically. By drawing with pencils and charcoal on paper. By inspiring form the watercolour artwork of Miroslav Zgabaj, and his style of partially photorealistic, shows the fragility of human emotion in the way of ‘disappearing’. Expressing the frailty of human emotion through physical damage and disappearance on face and ribs on the body, and the halo represents spiritual strength.
Zoi Okay
Armchair & Chandelier In A Room
Acrylic paint and Collage on canvas
22.5 x 32.5 cm.
The artwork shows a combination of two different art-making techniques, acrylic paints, and collage. The furniture is magazine paper glued on acrylic paint canvas. The intentions were to show light and shadow’s effect in a room as a spatial area. In order to see the lightning better, a few furniture items such as a chandelier and an armchair were used.
I was inspired by Tom Wesselmann mostly, by his collage works. How he combines colors and styles influenced me.
Zoi Okay
Armchair & Chandelier In A Room
Acrylic paint and Collage on canvas
22.5 x 32.5 cm.
The artwork shows a combination of two different art-making techniques, acrylic paints, and collage. The furniture is magazine paper glued on acrylic paint canvas. The intentions were to show light and shadow’s effect in a room as a spatial area. In order to see the lightning better, a few furniture items such as a chandelier and an armchair were used.
I was inspired by Tom Wesselmann mostly, by his collage works. How he combines colors and styles influenced me.
Zoi Okay
Bathroom
Digital Art on iPad
30 x 30 cm
I was inspired by David Hockney’s digital drawings on his iPad.
The style, the color scheme, and the elements are all combined in one artwork of mine from two artworks of Hockney’s.
The bathroom is the continuation of the house from my first artwork ‘Trite’. Now we see the bathroom of the same house.
I intended to make viewers think and observe the person who lives in this houses’ personality and his/her lifestyle.
Someone’s own living space and personal belongings can say a lot about them.
Zoi Okay
Bathroom
Digital Art on iPad
30 x 30 cm
I was inspired by David Hockney’s digital drawings on his iPad.
The style, the color scheme, and the elements are all combined in one artwork of mine from two artworks of Hockney’s.
The bathroom is the continuation of the house from my first artwork ‘Trite’. Now we see the bathroom of the same house.
I intended to make viewers think and observe the person who lives in this houses’ personality and his/her lifestyle.
Someone’s own living space and personal belongings can say a lot about them.
Zoi Okay
Her Culture
Watercolor and collage on cotton watercolor paper & Photography
30 x 45cm
How someone’s culture can show itself through the design of their interior, especially in living rooms is impressive. People usually tend to use decors that somehow represent their culture such as traditional ornaments or items which can be seen in the artwork.
I depicted someone’s ideal living room design with cultural additions.
As the viewer can see, she is a young girl from Albania, and in the artwork, her culture can be understood or at least be guessed by even looking at the window view.
Zoi Okay
Her Culture
Watercolor and collage on cotton watercolor paper & Photography
30 x 45cm
How someone’s culture can show itself through the design of their interior, especially in living rooms is impressive. People usually tend to use decors that somehow represent their culture such as traditional ornaments or items which can be seen in the artwork.
I depicted someone’s ideal living room design with cultural additions.
As the viewer can see, she is a young girl from Albania, and in the artwork, her culture can be understood or at least be guessed by even looking at the window view.
Zoi Okay
The Moment
Photo Collage
30 x 40cm
I got inspired by David Hockney’s photo collage works. Especially by the technique he uses to form the photo collages.
The different exposures of the individual pictures make up each collage lend fluidity and movement to the work.
My artwork communicates things such as the daily life of the people in the photo collage where they balance their work-life with their private life.
The movement of the swing represents a child’s presence in the frame though it cannot be seen by the viewer.
Zoi Okay
The Moment
Photo Collage
30 x 40cm
I got inspired by David Hockney’s photo collage works. Especially by the technique he uses to form the photo collages.
The different exposures of the individual pictures make up each collage lend fluidity and movement to the work.
My artwork communicates things such as the daily life of the people in the photo collage where they balance their work-life with their private life.
The movement of the swing represents a child’s presence in the frame though it cannot be seen by the viewer.
Zoi Okay
Trite
Watercolor paper and brush aqua markers
24 x 32 cm.
A typical bedroom of a person is depicted in the artwork. The color scheme and the design shows the person who lives there’s personality and style.
How someone’s living area is can say a lot about them and in my artwork I intended to let people see and observe that person’s taste.
I was inspired by Patrick Caulfield’s and Michael Harold’s works. Especially Michael Harold’s drawings inspired me with both the technique and the color scheme along with the style.
Zoi Okay
Trite
Watercolor paper and brush aqua markers
24 x 32 cm.
A typical bedroom of a person is depicted in the artwork. The color scheme and the design shows the person who lives there’s personality and style.
How someone’s living area is can say a lot about them and in my artwork I intended to let people see and observe that person’s taste.
I was inspired by Patrick Caulfield’s and Michael Harold’s works. Especially Michael Harold’s drawings inspired me with both the technique and the color scheme along with the style.
Zoi Okay
What do you see?
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 cm.
Georgio de Chirico and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam are two artists who inspired me in the concept of space and arches which are the two keywords for my theme for this artwork. Space can mean many things. It is something generous and wide. It might be a small space, a medium one, or a large space. In any shape or form, it still is space.
I intended to show space and also let people think what they see by also including their imagination too, and that is why my title is “What do you see?”.
Zoi Okay
What do you see?
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 cm.
Georgio de Chirico and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam are two artists who inspired me in the concept of space and arches which are the two keywords for my theme for this artwork. Space can mean many things. It is something generous and wide. It might be a small space, a medium one, or a large space. In any shape or form, it still is space.
I intended to show space and also let people think what they see by also including their imagination too, and that is why my title is “What do you see?”.
Zoi Okay
Woman
Photography
30 x 40 cm
I was inspired by Cindy Sherman’s photography techniques such as her photographing herself in different characters she wants to represent in her photographs. The girl represents a woman of today’s society who holds a book that interests her and a kids' book for her child while she’s trying to grab a toy in the library.
Her clothes are modern and a bit formal which also represents her work life.
Someone’s clothes, belongings, interests, book genres, and objects around her can say a lot about them.
Zoi Okay
Woman
Photography
30 x 40 cm
I was inspired by Cindy Sherman’s photography techniques such as her photographing herself in different characters she wants to represent in her photographs. The girl represents a woman of today’s society who holds a book that interests her and a kids' book for her child while she’s trying to grab a toy in the library.
Her clothes are modern and a bit formal which also represents her work life.
Someone’s clothes, belongings, interests, book genres, and objects around her can say a lot about them.
Alexandra Kouimtzi
Gender issues
My exhibition's theme focuses on gender issues, which is a topic that is discussed a lot these days, as for many centuries the term “gender issues” did not even exist. Since the year A.D. people were divided as male and female, while they had to be married to their opposite sex and display attributes based on their sex. Described as men: manly, masculine, strong, and less openly display emotion and affection, while women: good looking, housewives, obedient, and undervalued. These past decades, the society stereotype of patriarchy has fallen apart and minorities (LGBTQ+, women) have reached a level of “theoretical” acceptance and having free will and rights. As mentioned above theoretically, practically people are not that open-minded and properly educated concluding such issues still exist. Through this situation, I got inspired to create a series of artworks surrounded by my theme of “Gender Issues'' which
is focused on the human body and stereotypes that people create through social media, patriarchy, and the distinction between “beautiful” and “not beautiful”.
The selection of my works for this show was made very carefully and according to the appropriate projection of my intentions. The first artwork that my viewers see is called “Lovers” which is about queer identity, while is placed first as it's one of my most important pieces. “Facing up” is my second artwork that my viewer see as it is a piece that highlights freedom through nudity and its colors match best with the third one called “Desire”. My third piece is about human trafficking and people suffering from it while dreaming of a change. This change of my third piece follows in my fourth piece too, as the artwork is called “Transformation” and is about social media influencing people, especially in body stereotypes and harming people. The harm comes along with my fifth piece “suppression” as it depicts two lovers of the same sex being oppressed and facing dysphoria issues. Through the dysphoria issues and oppression, the next artwork comes and breaks up the ice as its called “Hot mamas with will” which are pregnant women independent and strong who will either will or will not keep their babies as their decision, this
piece is strong as through these issues it's the power that women have such periods and these decisions are made just from themselves. The seventh artwork connects with the eighth artwork very well as it's called “Biscuit Boobs” and is about normalizing and un-sexualize body parts, especially women's breasts.
As women, in general, get very easily sexualized and characterized, my artwork pops up and touches slut-shaming. “May I” is the title I choose, as it stands ironically for all the judgment and the comments
people will make to a woman when she has a sexually intense life. While if she was a man it would not be
a problem. The last and the strongest piece from my collection is called “Year A.D. '' and is about toxic masculinity and how before the year A.D. people especially men would be free to be homosexual without being considered sinful or shameful. This artwork pinpoints the change that happened since the year A.D. and judges people who make comments such as “ men shouldn't cry”.
I got so interested in this topic and I want through my work to break my viewer's boundaries and make them feel uncomfortable, face the pain that these people have fought through the years from the distinction or behaviors they faced, and even try to make them comfortable with the human body. After this exhibition, If my viewers go back home and think about this issue and consider it, even start becoming more familiar with the equality among us, for me, I have made my point and my exhibition is successful.
Aravella Triantafillidou
Make-up and beauty
This exhibition is centered around the theme of makeup and how it is being used to distort women’s real beauty. This body of work aims to facilitate the stereotypes that are set on women in today’s world by society, taking away their pureness and individuality. This exhibition aims to portray the struggle of being a woman in the 21st century and all the expectations that women need to meet, however it also sends a message of empowering women to feel good about themselves.
The first work that I have on display is the painting, “Caged beauty” which represents the makeup barrier that is added to a woman’s face, completely deforming her natural features. I was inspired by Daniel Martin who is known for his defiled portraits. The use of acrylic paint achieves a clean base layer, however, water-mixable oil paints represent the heavy layers of makeup that imply the remodeling of the face. For my second piece, I used photography as a medium and came up with two photographs that are displayed next to each other. I got inspired by one of Cindy Sherman's film still series, which addresses themes of feminism and female stereotypes in mass media. “Candy rush” depicts the conventional "everywoman” with a candy backdrop behind it, which emphasizes the woman's sickly-sweet artificiality and informs us that she is akin to a plastic Barbie doll. On the contrary, in my third artwork, “Unwrapped'' we are presented with a background where only the candy wraps are left behind, which symbolizes makeup that has been placed to cover a woman’s inner beauty.
The sculpture, “Toxic beauty” serves the purpose of depicting the toxicity of makeup and the depletion of one’s natural beauty. I got inspired by SHSadler’s “Fresh Meat” series, which contributes to the standards of beauty that are shifted outside the fashion industry to the public. The material that I used was Sculpey Polymer clay which helped me achieve a smooth-looking, doll-like face. I also used acrylic paint to paint a dramatic makeup look on the face. Moving on, I am displaying the painting and the photograph, titled “Silhouette bride” which consist of two juxtaposing ideas; the exploitation of women and the right to feel confident in their skin. Using Maria Teicher’s work enabled me to show the idea of suffocation and smothering, through the use of the veil. On the contrary, using Turtraut’s work implemented the idea of femininity. The medium that I used in this piece was oil paints that contributed to a glossy and wet-looking finish. For my sixth piece, I was inspired by the artist Princess Hijab who shares equivalent themes, as she intentionally spray-paints the hijab on women. In this artwork, the mediums that I used were a canvas printed with an image of a metro scene and alkyd-based enamel. Using this medium, I was able to add both a glossy and matte texture. Having a glossy result helped prevail a meaning of timelessness. Finally, my seventh artwork is a collage titled “Gem of nature” which explores themes of empowering women to celebrate their culture and beauty. Mickalene Thomas is known for her puzzling staged photographs, which redefine notions of race, gender, and sexuality. This piece was created by merging different photographs and acrylic paint, with the motive of communicating the meanings of self-love and self-positivity.
Finally, the arrangement of my artworks contributes to the overall theme of my work, depicting the evolution behind a woman’s voice. The first four artworks prevail ideas about the toxicity of makeup, then "Silhouette bride” and “Distorted reflection” are my transitional artworks that convey juxtaposing concepts between the suppression of womankind, through the use of symbols which later on become symbolic objects that support the subject's voice and sense of connection to the rest of the world. Finally, we move on to the final artwork which prevails ideas about empowering women to embrace their “insecurities”. I sought to present my body of work to an audience in this order as it would allow the viewer to experience women's susceptibility and intricacy as victims of a system that praises idealized notions that are far from the reality of normal life.
Aurora Chen
Mood
My exhibition artwork is around the theme of mood. We, as humans, contain the ability to feel different emotions in different ways, and how the emotions create the mood, is often that people cannot clearly define the line between emotions and mood. In my exhibition, I’m not only trying to define the mood but also to let my audience see through my understanding of the different emotions that create the mood. In the end, I could get other views on the different feel of each emotion that creates the mood from my audience. I chose this theme because it's important how the creation of the mood connects people, us into one big society, how the mood could affect others.
I got my inspiration from my own experience, I had a little different growing-up experience because as I grew up in a different environment, my parent isn’t people who like to expose themselves about their moods to others, and so that’s what I have learned, that’s what I present to other as an introverted person. I never like to express myself, which I have ended up with loss of basic ability been socialize because I don’t know how to express my feelings, or show the mood of my day, people who were around me always misunderstand about what I feel about, however when it comes to imagery, my feel of the mood is much more clear. And it has to do with Vincent van Gogh's work, from his work I found that I could relate my emotion and mood to the work, and the mood is something that could be expressed through the artwork. That’s the reason I started painting and it’s the inspiration for my chosen theme, it helps me to connect to other people and at the same time express myself.
In relation to my audience about my artworks, I’ve tried to present all my artwork in different ways, because from what I understand people have different ways to sense the mood. In the first artwork I’ve created I separate it into three parts, body language, nature, and color. The second series of artwork is the use of story, with the same hue going through all the work, creating a story in a different place, letting the audience go, and imaging all the rest, which in a sense makes my audience feel immersed in the artwork. However, always using materials such as acrylic and oil paints could make the audience feel bored, so in some artworks, I have tried digitally.
The artworks I create are different types of moods, calmness, happiness, sadness, anger, anxiety, fear, and love. The opening of my exhibition will be the mood of calmness because I want my audience to calm down before they start feeling about other moods of emotion. Then goes with happiness and sadness, because I want to have step by step from the gentle to stronger mood, and so in the end to face with love because in my opinion love is something that is sensitive, but love could contain all the moods at the same time. I want my audience to realize that love is a mood, is not a feeling that happens in the second, love is something that stays forever inside our heart, it will not disappear, but it might come into another form of love. And sometimes love is not always about the sexual relationship, it could be the love of people toward their job, the love toward their society. In the artwork, “My job” from the face we see the calmness of her eyes, which led back to the first artwork.
Overall, I want to use this body of work to show how moods create relationships between us. I want my viewer to see the world through my eyes and get into deep thought about what they could do to help their society throughout the mood. I hope that after this exhibition my viewer could know that it’s easy to achieve, and they could all feel the relation towards their society and think more globally about others.
Daniyar Kozhakhmetov
Mental illnesses
My work centers around the theme of mental illnesses. Mental illness is a serious social issue in today’s world. According to the CDC public health agency, more than 50% of people will be diagnosed with a mental disorder at some point in their lives. I chose this topic because I have experienced depression, I understood the difficulty the person is going through. In addition, I like psychological thriller as a genre in literature and cinematography, this supported and enhanced my interest in the subject. I have explored existing mental illnesses and their symptoms and decided to visually represent them.
My initial inspiration on the subject arose from personal experience and literature. I believe the issue with mental health problems is that people don’t consider them as serious as physical injuries. Thus, ignorance of the problem is a huge part of the problem of mental health.
The artworks selected for this exhibition interpret different mental illnesses and their symptoms. Emphasis on emotions and symbolism is used in the artworks in order to have different interpretations viewers can have based on their experience.
One way of interpreting the artworks is to combine three pieces that share the topic of identity disorder in one “timeline”, moving from “Equilibrium” to “Torn Apart” and then to “Scion”. The “Equilibrium” depicts a relative balance between two identities, “Torn Apart” shows intensified conflict between the two as they try to separate from each other, and finally “Scion” combines the two and three-dimensional aspects of previous works to show an incoming of a new identity. “Collapse” is the only artwork illustrating the mental disorder dementia, symbolizing the ignorance of the issue.
I arranged the works on the wall to achieve and maintain the visual balance of color and size. The pieces chosen are linked by a common color palette.
My overall vision for representing this body of work is to create awareness of the problem and the significance of mental illnesses in people's lives. I hope the viewer enjoys the visual and pays attention to behavior change in people surrounding, and/or would speak of them more freely.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Urbanism
My exhibition is focused on urbanism and its sections. Because my family members' careers are closely related to urbanism, that is how I got familiar with it . I have always enjoyed cities and their infrastructure. So I started looking towards architecture and urban designs.
However, I decided to approach these concepts from the artist approach instead of dealing with the full complexity of these areas like a professional architect or engineer. My works mostly focus on very dense and highly populated areas like a megapolis and its surrounding area.
However my exhibition does not only project the painting of a city, the underlying concept of my works is to intrigue people and make them look at the city they live in in a different way. Many people don’t even realize that the city they live in is a sort of a collage consisting of individual artworks which make up a city. My works deal with the point of view, abstraction and minimalism. Also, my works consist of various materials like oil paints, acrylics, ink and clay.
Each of these materials gives off a different mood. This way I was aiming to represent how any city always consists of buildings, streets and roads done in different styles. After strolling around a city you will see that there is always a building or a structure that stands out due to the materials it is built out of. By using various materials I show that all structures are unique works and they are worth paying attention to.
The works I have chosen for the exhibition each, show an outstanding building or a structure. If people can appreciate and like my work, they can as well go outside and be as pleased because all my works are or to an extent based on real existing structures which can be found in real life outside of this exhibition. Each of my work tells my interpretation of architecture and urbanism. One of the examples is my work “Blank City” which illustrates what cities truly are if we forget about people living in them. Imagining a city without people in them helps look at where we are living from a new perspective. Such “blank” cities personally make me feel like they are some sort of monuments or obelisks rather than places to live in. Alternatively, the “Loop City” oppositely shows how our lives pass around urban environments like cities, villages and so on. Artwork illustrates how our city life is spinning in a loop around the city we live in.
Another of my works “Immutable” shows another of my perceptions about architecture and urbanism. The photoset shows how despite external changes, an architectural work will remain the same. That is what my work aims to remind a viewer as whenever somebody leaves their house they are expecting it and everything inside of it to remain the same upon arrival, that is how buildings create this feeling of home - a place people can rely on. That is why it is important to appreciate architecture and urbanism.
The artworks are closely located close to each other in a row. Hence by putting them together I create a feeling that you are looking at the long cityscape where each building is very unique. This represents the way I view and would like more people to view the cities we live in.
Dmitry Kiriakov
Urbanism
My exhibition is focused on urbanism and its sections. Because my family members' careers are closely related to urbanism, that is how I got familiar with it . I have always enjoyed cities and their infrastructure. So I started looking towards architecture and urban designs.
However, I decided to approach these concepts from the artist approach instead of dealing with the full complexity of these areas like a professional architect or engineer. My works mostly focus on very dense and highly populated areas like a megapolis and its surrounding area.
However my exhibition does not only project the painting of a city, the underlying concept of my works is to intrigue people and make them look at the city they live in in a different way. Many people don’t even realize that the city they live in is a sort of a collage consisting of individual artworks which make up a city. My works deal with the point of view, abstraction and minimalism. Also, my works consist of various materials like oil paints, acrylics, ink and clay.
Each of these materials gives off a different mood. This way I was aiming to represent how any city always consists of buildings, streets and roads done in different styles. After strolling around a city you will see that there is always a building or a structure that stands out due to the materials it is built out of. By using various materials I show that all structures are unique works and they are worth paying attention to.
The works I have chosen for the exhibition each, show an outstanding building or a structure. If people can appreciate and like my work, they can as well go outside and be as pleased because all my works are or to an extent based on real existing structures which can be found in real life outside of this exhibition. Each of my work tells my interpretation of architecture and urbanism. One of the examples is my work “Blank City” which illustrates what cities truly are if we forget about people living in them. Imagining a city without people in them helps look at where we are living from a new perspective. Such “blank” cities personally make me feel like they are some sort of monuments or obelisks rather than places to live in. Alternatively, the “Loop City” oppositely shows how our lives pass around urban environments like cities, villages and so on. Artwork illustrates how our city life is spinning in a loop around the city we live in.
Another of my works “Immutable” shows another of my perceptions about architecture and urbanism. The photoset shows how despite external changes, an architectural work will remain the same. That is what my work aims to remind a viewer as whenever somebody leaves their house they are expecting it and everything inside of it to remain the same upon arrival, that is how buildings create this feeling of home - a place people can rely on. That is why it is important to appreciate architecture and urbanism.
The artworks are closely located close to each other in a row. Hence by putting them together I create a feeling that you are looking at the long cityscape where each building is very unique. This represents the way I view and would like more people to view the cities we live in.
Eleni Karekla
Abuse as it is portrayed in fairy tales
The theme for my exhibition is how abuse is portrayed in fairy tales, and it originated from my interest in children’s stories. I found it interesting how their bright colorful language and illustrations made it easy to ignore the abuse taking place in the tales, especially since they are told to young children who might normalize this abusive behavior. Through art, I wanted to investigate what the covert abuse in these stories reveals about society, and inquire how repeating these tales over generations honors culture and history, and to what extent it creates harmful stereotypes and ideologies in young minds.
For each of my artworks, I’ve chosen to use different fairy tales in order to depict different aspects of abuse, as well as its causes and its effects, using each story as a vessel to investigate my theme.
The pieces “The Gilded Key” and “The Brides: A Collection of Short Stories” focus on depicting the unnoticed maltreatment of characters, prevalent in fairy tales. I utilized the watery mediums of watercolor and ink in the two to create an eerie and uplifting atmosphere for each work respectively. Both moods highlighted unnoticed abuse in the fairy-tales referenced in the works, through either emphasizing its impact on the abused character through cooler, darker colors, or contrasting it with warm and brighter colors, so that it stands out. Exposing covert abuse, the two pieces are a great introduction of my theme to the audience, showing subtle and, gradually, more straightforward elements of abuse, and getting them interested and concerned about the topic.
Moving on from depicting abuse simply as a passing moment, in “The Ugly Duck” and “The Witch’s Murder” I begin to explore its further effects on individuals and societies. The origami swan, built piece by piece, represents the facade built to cover the crumbled duckling in its interior, the pain of unresolved trauma, showing the inner conflict caused by abuse. This is followed by a representation of external conflicts caused by it through a puppet show, depicting a girl committing murder, exposing the effect of abuse on a victim’s behavior. The viewer at this point in the exhibition gains a better sense of the danger of abuse, becoming disturbed by its long-lasting effects and history.
However, I wanted to avoid illustrating the victims of abuse as dangerous. The pieces “The Not So Little Red Riding Hood” and “Naught Kids, Beware”, show the power victims have to withstand having experienced abuse, and how easily villainizing people based on their behavior can lead to their further abuse. The Little Red Riding Hood being freed from the Wolf’s stomach wearing her triumphant red cape, is a figure of power rather than someone to pity or be afraid of. This makes viewers sympathize with her, as well as victims of abuse, which results in feeling
horror and sadness when confronted by Pinocchio’s hanging body, realizing he was hanged due to being villainized for misbehaving after being abused. Through the reactions they provoke, the two artworks bring about the realization of the injustice of marginalizing and punishing victims of abuse, who are judged too quickly by society.
After exploring the treatment of victims of abuse, the last work for my exhibition focuses on the real world instead of the fictional. “Out of Matches” not only expresses true desperation of abused people who cannot escape their situation, through its black-and -white color and jagged line of relief printing, but makes the viewer realize they have the power to help them. Displaying a match girl dying of cold with burned matches below her, reaching out of her frame, I symbolize the abused individuals’ struggle to escape their situation, who have run out of hope. The lighter she reaches for, hanging in front of the frame, symbolizes the resources she does not have access to, which would aid her to overcome her trauma. By giving the audience access to the lighter, I urge them to help victims of abuse like her, who desperately need them. Having been reacquainted with various aspects of abuse, observers will hopefully “take the lighter”, leaving the exhibition ready to honor the presented tales of abuse, eliminating the need for such cautionary tales in the future.
Valeriya Reshetnikova
Gender and identity
Originally I chose my theme with the subject of oxymorons and irony in mind. I wanted to show symbolic contrast of themes or ideas that clash together in a somewhat surrealist manner. As my work progressed I have noticed I am drawn to portraiture and expression, specifically expression of my own thoughts and beliefs on the subject of removing firm definitions and labels of identity. As this pattern evolved my theme led to more ideas on the topic of women, gender and identity.
The topic of identity and the human form is the focal point of this exhibition. I chose a portrait of a young woman "Eye Contact '' in order to bring attention to the strange obsession with young girls in today's society. I used a mix of materials in this work, mainly for practice, but also to add a connection between the different types of identity and outline the contrast between them. My second work was "Rusalki'', meaning mermaids, it was meant to represent women rejected from society for not fitting the ideal perception of a woman, not fitting what the ideal identity of a woman is. The third work was "Window" an anthropomorphic portrait of a creature with a window to nature. The significance of the piece comes from the composition that makes the form of the face to act like the frame to the natural landscape in the middle. The core meaning is how our human identity goes back to being part of nature and being an organic being. My "Vessel and Cage" sculpture was my personal reflection of how it feels to be human and I wanted to go into more psychological ways of identifying with oneself. And how the mind can not be disconnected from the body and how it exists in a vessel, trapped until death. This connects back to multiple ideas that can be interpreted. Personally I connected with body image and gender expression. The last work was a self portrait "Man is Shell" which is a depiction of how I see myself. The semi-realistic style of the image comes from my experience with finding it hard to recognize myself in the mirror and having a difficulty with establishing a connection with myself and the way others and myself perceive me. This work deals with individual identity as opposed to groups of people, showing how an experience can be unique and does not have to be clearly related to multiple others. The "Night Lover" was specifically focused on sexuality and how one can receive freedom with it but another can feel trapped in shame, and how a dynamic between the two can affect how they perceive themselves. My last work is "Triad" inspired by all the previous works combined. It's meant to represent those who cannot figure out who they are, those who feel fake and two faced, in this case even three faced.
I used a range of mediums in order to give more information for the viewer to absorb. I specifically wanted the viewer to go through a range of paintings and see a process from which a more large-scale idea, that applies to identities of many people, gets narrowed down into something more personal. I wanted to go from informative imagery to having a conversation with the viewer through my work. The layout I chose for my work is cramped and filled with action. I want to overwhelm the viewer, in the same way defining oneself in order to fit in is overwhelming. My vision for presenting my work is to avoid concrete definitions of identity and let the viewer place themselves within ranges and ideas with which they resonate with. In a way I believe that sometimes existence is nothing concrete and nothing that can be defined.
Zoi Okay
Interior design
The artworks are centred around the theme of interior design. Usually, basic furniture, room designs, textures, and colours are what come to mind when interior design is mentioned but my artworks are more linked to people’s interests and tastes in design than just basic designs.
I always had an interest in interior design which is why I chose such artists as David Hockney and Pieter Jansz. Saenredram who used the interior theme in their artworks often. I used different mediums in each of my artworks to create diversity. I wanted to create different rooms in the same house and I also focused on a person’s interests and taste in the interiors of rooms. When looking at all of my artworks together, there is more of a background story than just having different interior designs.
The first artwork we see is representing the use of space. How an empty space can be seen both wide and spacious to eye thought here are some element that fills up the space.
There is a storyline behind five of my artworks that starts with the “Bedroom” and ends with the “The Moment”.
We see different parts of a house such as a bedroom, the bathroom, and the living room. In each artwork, we see how the owner of the house's tastes in interior design is.
The colours, patterns, designs, shapes, forms, textures, furniture, and decorations that people prefer in their homes show their own characters and personalities. From the outside, we may not be able to make many observations about someone, but how they designed their houses can tell us a lot.
For instance, in my artwork ‘Bathroom’. I was inspired by David Hockney’s digital drawings.
The self-care items, shampoo bottles, perfumes, toys, clothes, etc. are representing the person who lives in that house’s personality and interests. The meaning behind the artwork is how someone's personal items/belongings can say a lot about themselves.
After seeing the house and its rooms, we suddenly come across photos of human figures. In my first "Woman" artwork, we see the owner of this house. She is trying to get a toy from the top of the bookshelf when she has a children's book and a book about DNA that probably interests her. By looking at such details, we can see the purpose of the person in the photograph and what kind of life or personality she may have.
Next comes the photo collage artwork, where we see a man in a suit working in a playground. This man and the foot that appears on the edge of the artwork are the owners of the house we've seen. The foot visible on the side belongs to the female figure we just saw. In this artwork, we see movement and a moment, from the daily life of that family. The swing swings, which indicates the presence of a child, and the foot that appears on the edge is the foot of the mother chasing her child to play.
Finally, we see a living room artwork and a photograph of a woman. This is the ideal living room that the person who has been photographed below dreams of. The landscape outside the window view is from Albania, Tirana, and represents the place where the woman was born and raised. Most of the surrounding decors are traditional, so in my artwork, I am emphasizing the place of someone's culture and traditions in their home.
Zoi Okay
Interior design
The artworks are centred around the theme of interior design. Usually, basic furniture, room designs, textures, and colours are what come to mind when interior design is mentioned but my artworks are more linked to people’s interests and tastes in design than just basic designs.
I always had an interest in interior design which is why I chose such artists as David Hockney and Pieter Jansz. Saenredram who used the interior theme in their artworks often. I used different mediums in each of my artworks to create diversity. I wanted to create different rooms in the same house and I also focused on a person’s interests and taste in the interiors of rooms. When looking at all of my artworks together, there is more of a background story than just having different interior designs.
The first artwork we see is representing the use of space. How an empty space can be seen both wide and spacious to eye thought here are some element that fills up the space.
There is a storyline behind five of my artworks that starts with the “Bedroom” and ends with the “The Moment”.
We see different parts of a house such as a bedroom, the bathroom, and the living room. In each artwork, we see how the owner of the house's tastes in interior design is.
The colours, patterns, designs, shapes, forms, textures, furniture, and decorations that people prefer in their homes show their own characters and personalities. From the outside, we may not be able to make many observations about someone, but how they designed their houses can tell us a lot.
For instance, in my artwork ‘Bathroom’. I was inspired by David Hockney’s digital drawings.
The self-care items, shampoo bottles, perfumes, toys, clothes, etc. are representing the person who lives in that house’s personality and interests. The meaning behind the artwork is how someone's personal items/belongings can say a lot about themselves.
After seeing the house and its rooms, we suddenly come across photos of human figures. In my first "Woman" artwork, we see the owner of this house. She is trying to get a toy from the top of the bookshelf when she has a children's book and a book about DNA that probably interests her. By looking at such details, we can see the purpose of the person in the photograph and what kind of life or personality she may have.
Next comes the photo collage artwork, where we see a man in a suit working in a playground. This man and the foot that appears on the edge of the artwork are the owners of the house we've seen. The foot visible on the side belongs to the female figure we just saw. In this artwork, we see movement and a moment, from the daily life of that family. The swing swings, which indicates the presence of a child, and the foot that appears on the edge is the foot of the mother chasing her child to play.
Finally, we see a living room artwork and a photograph of a woman. This is the ideal living room that the person who has been photographed below dreams of. The landscape outside the window view is from Albania, Tirana, and represents the place where the woman was born and raised. Most of the surrounding decors are traditional, so in my artwork, I am emphasizing the place of someone's culture and traditions in their home.
Aurora Chen
The Same Tree
Acrylic and oil on acrylic paper
Ink on Raw Xuan paper(Chinese paint paper)
50 x 50 cm
Happiness is always a warm color for me, but not as intense as the anger reddish. If I have to describe the color and the lines, it must be freely lines and light colors, like the gold of the wheat field and the pink from kids’ cheeks. I relate the happiness with spring because I was born at the beginning of spring, it means a lot to me and my family. I always feel enjoyment with my sister, so I create two kids going together, and so was the ink artwork. Being together makes me feel happy.