nature morte
eight creators – art teachers exhibit
Exhibition opening Saturday, October 9, 2010, at 8 p.m.
Costas Aronis, Costas Kissas, Vassilis Mitoglou, Nikolas Bliatkas, Maria Papadopoulou, Thanos Stokas, Maria Tzirozidou, Elena Christou.
After a very warm artistic summer,
PAPATZIKOU gallery (26 Ag. Antoniou – Veria) opens its space on Saturday, October 9, 2010, at 8 p.m. and hosts eight creators – teachers, whose common point of reference is their passage through the art workshops of Naoussa.
The upward course of the workshop of Naoussa is undoubtedly largely due to the common vision of the artists – teachers who managed with the methodical work, with a philanthropic offer for the place, with sensitivity and respect for the personality of everyone, to make it one of the most remarkable in Greece.
The Papatzikou Gallery, as an ardent supporter of the overall activity of the workshops, dedicates the first exhibition of the season to the people of practice, to the artists – teachers of art, which are exhibited in the thematic exhibition ΄΄nature morte΄΄ on the other hand, through their personal artwork that unfolds with its uniqueness in style, material and techniques. Dynamic appearances in the field of art, deal with the issue with caustic but also humor at the same time, against the bankruptcy of values and present the creative attitude of life towards things while offering a generous journey to the viewer-society, full of suspicions and intense, confessional or apocalyptic experiences which concern not only the creator himself but all of us.
Exhibition curator: Nikolas Bliatkas
Text: Maria Kenanidou
Costas Aronis: He was born in Thessaloniki. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic School of AUTh. He is the Director of Academic Quality at the AKTO School of Thessaloniki. He has published two books of short stories by Ianos Publications (2001 and 2005). In 2010 his third book was published by Grafima. He lives and works in Thessaloniki as an architect, set designer, cartoonist, painter and teacher. In 2003-05 he taught in the comics department of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Costas Kissas: Born in Thessaloniki. He studied at the Petra School in Athens and at the Saint-Etienne School of Fine Arts in France. He has been working professionally with photography since 2009 and is a member of the creative team Webus. In 2005-06 he taught painting in the children’s sections of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Vassilis Mitoglou: He was born in Naoussa. He studied pedagogy at the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education of AUTh. He is engaged in photography and since 2000 he has been working as a teacher in Primary Education schools. Since 2008 he has been teaching photography at the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Nikolas Bliatkas: He was born in Naoussa. He studied painting at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He teaches in Secondary Education and since 2008 has been a collaborator in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts. Since 2002 he is the Artistic Director of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON and at the same time he teaches painting, engraving and constructions in the respective departments of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Maria Papadopoulou: She was born in Naoussa. He studied at the Department of Preschool Education of the Pedagogical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, also at the Department of Philosophy – Pedagogy and Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He did postgraduate studies in the same department in the field of Art teaching. He was involved in photography and was a member of F.K. Naoussa and the expression group ΄΄13΄΄ of F.K. Thessaloniki. From 2002-06 he taught painting in the children’s painting departments of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Thanos Stokas: He was born in Veria. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Athens. He lives and works in Thessaloniki. Since 2008 he has been teaching in the children’s painting departments and adults of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Maria Tzirozidou: She was born in Athens. He studied painting at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He lives and works in the Cyclades. From 2002-06 he taught in the children’s painting departments and adults of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
Elena Christou: Born in Nicosia, Cyprus. She studied painting at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He lives and works in London. From 2007-2008 he taught painting in the children’s sections of the Art Workshops of KEDIPON.
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