KATERINA STAVROU
About
Born: 1989
Lives and works: Larnaca, Cyprus
Katerina Stavrou is an abstract expressionist painter creating powerful compositions full of movement and color, through the application of techniques such as ‘Action Painting’ and ‘Automatism’. Figurative elements, and conceptualism characterize her art, while experimentation and exploration of new practices are central to her work. Katerina uses vibrant colors and bold brushstrokes, in all directions on her canvases.
Her paintings are dynamic and bold underlined with the use of vibrant colors, bringing awareness to political, philosophical and existential issues. She aims to move the feelings of the viewers, inspiring their imagination in their everyday life.
Her latest art series ‘Fight or Flight’, brings awareness to the psychosomatic state of the human body, and the repercussions on the heart, when it feels threatened.
Katerina Stavrou's paintings are held in numerous international private and corporate collections in Cyprus, Greece, USA, United Kingdom.
Medium: Oil paint on canvas.
Artist's Statement
'Enjoying the ‘act’ of painting itself is essential to me and something that encompasses my passion and love for my work. I consider the philosophy of automatism to be an integral part of the creative process,
as I use unconscious spontaneous gestures, followed by very careful and gentle painting, at which point the decision to keep certain accidental marks becomes part of the creation. Looking at the blank canvas, my vision is to express myself, while at the same time to manage and personalize this experience for my audience. I feel like the object of creation is becoming a live performance through the transition, within the observers’ point of view.'
EDUCATION
Diploma “Visual Arts” 2009
Salford University, UK
BA “Fine Art” 2011
Manchester Metropolitan University
Course “Art Criticism” 2013
Central Saint Martins College of Art, UK
MA “Cultural Policy and Development” 2018
Cyprus University, Cyprus
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
’Chromatical Intercourses’/ 2015
“Χρωματικές Περιπτύξεις”
Myth Factory, Larnaca, Cyprus
'Debut' 2010
The Font Bar, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Participated in exhibitions organized in Greece, USA, UAE, UK and Cyprus
MEMBERSHIP
E.KA.TE The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts [member of the International Association of Art (IAA) and represents IAA in Cyprus]
ACHIEVEMENTS
Founded Artis - Art School 2014
EDUCATION
Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy
BA Fine Art and Painting 2003
American Academy Larnaca
Academia di Belle Arti di Urbino
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Circles Made Up of Cubes 2015
Kypriaki Gonia, Larnaca
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Participated in more than twenty group exhibitions, in Greece, Italy, Brussels and Cyprus
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Founded the Creative Art School, Ispirazione
ARTWORKS AVAILABLE for SALE by KATERINA STAVROU
PAST SHOWS of KATERINA STAVROU
Group Exhibitions
2018 World Art Dubai art fair, The Art Cocoon Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2017 “Women in the Medarts”, Kyriazes Medical Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus
2016 Santorini Biennial 2016, Imerovigli Cultural Centre, Santorini, Greece
2016 “Oppositions”, Larnaca Cultural Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus
2015 “The Young Masters Cyprus”, Akamantis Exhibiton Centre, Nicosia Cyprus
2015 “Ουδέτερον ήμισυ”/’Neutral Half’, Apotheke 79, Larnaca, Cyprus
2014 “The Young Masters Cyprus”, Akamantis Exhibition Centre, Nicosia Cyprus
2013 “The Magma Group 2013 Art Event”, The Vibe Gallery, London, UK
2013 “Re-Turn Art Exhibition”, Flying Away Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
2013 “Lush Art in Austere Times”. Is Not a Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2012 “The Other Art Fair” , London, UK
2012 “The Young Masters Cyprus”, Akamantis Exhibition Centre, Nicosia Cyprus
2012 Shortlisted for “Young Masters London” by Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London, UK
2012 Cynthia Corbett Gallery Fundraising Exhibition and Auction, London UK
2012 “The Magma Group Launch Show”, Apricot Gallery, Brick Lane, London, UK
2012 Ashdown Gallery, Surrey, UK
2012 Debut Contemporary, London, UK
2011 Debut Contemporary, London, UK
2011 Artio Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2011 “The Prestigious Orange Country Centre for Contemporary Art”, California, US
2011 Manchester School of Art Graduate Show, Manchester, UK
2009 Salford University, Manchester, UK