EDUCATION
Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy
BA Fine Art and Painting 2003
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Mindscapes 2013
Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus
Fragments/Θραύσματα 2016
Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
“Traces”, OTE Centre of the Arts 2018
Thessaloniki, Greece
Ίχνη/Traces 2019
Alpha CK Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
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 the Atelier di Pittura - Art School 2005
THEKLA PAPADOPOULOU
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About
Born: 1978
Lives and works: Larnaca, Cyprus
Thekla Papadopoulou's artistic signature is recognized by her particular painting style of layering materials creating visual compositions of colourful abstract art. Her work comes always from a strong conceptual base as she constantly researches and experiments before concluding to proceed to a new art series.
These qualities characterize her recent art collection, called 'Fragments', where she composes abstracts forms that seek to outgrow the frame of the painted canvas such as our emotions would do extending to reach the surrounding space and people. She combines pieces of paper, threads and other materials on canvas or wooden boards, forming non-figurative images with vivid and pastel colors. Thekla's motion and energy is visually imprinted on her paintings giving back to the viewer a piece of her identity imprint.
Thekla Papadopoulou has been successfully exhibiting her artworks in solo and group exhibitions in her homeland Cyprus and as far as in New York and London. She has been short-listed in several art contests getting international recognition early on her art career.
Medium: Mixed Media on wooden board and canvas.
Selected Permanent Collections
Thekla Papadopoulou's paintings are held in numerous international private and corporate collections in Cyprus, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom.
Public Collections of Municipal Art Gallery in Larnaca, Cyprus.
PUBLICATIONS
Thekla Papadopoulou's work is featured in several international publications.
A selection of them is listed here.
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
Artist's Statement
''My work is characterised by richly textured surfaces which evoke the dynamics of the unfettered motion of the sea and the brooding power and mystery of the landscape. My images are not representational but seek instead to elicit the sensations, memories and wonder associated with our experiences and encounters with raw nature. My abstract works encompass a wide range of mixed media techniques including the use of sand, vitro, acrylic and oil, varnish, collage and found materials. With great dexterity I then synthesizes these disparate elements into a refined chromatic harmony- paintings which are at once ambivalent, monumental and enigmatic.''