Anastasia Gkovedarou

Born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1976 she discovered painting as her way of expressing and relaxing from when she was a small child following the same passion of her mother and grandmother.
Her studies in the Russian Academy of Art in Florence Italy in 2010-14 (Grade A) gave her the fundamental principles, methods and techniques of the Old Masters. She is a member of SKETBE, of SKETKE, Greece and honorary director for Narrative Movements based in India.
With her works she creates her own sense of personal freedom and space. Despite the constraints of the canvas, which allows her only two dimensions to work with, she is still able to create horizons that open up spaces, full of enchantment. She loses herself in the adventure of painting among the ideas and pathways that her imagination summons up for her. She likes to give a mystic atmosphere to her landscapes inspired mainly by the Greek light and colors. Her portraits give the deep character of men and women with a love for details and expressive lines.
From September 2014 she is the owner, curator and director of GOVEDAROU ART GALLERY in Thessaloniki, Greece. Main purpose of the gallery is the promotion not only of her works but of other artists as well.

1999-2003 TEI of Kozani, Greece Business Administration

2010-2014 Russian Academy of Art in Florence Italy (Grade A)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
8-23 May 2010 Cultural Center of Grevena held by the Town Hall of Grevena, Greece (Theme: Among Women, on Mother’s Day)
18-25 April 2013 The Greek Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden organized and sponsored her own personal exhibition in the Greek Cultural Center of Sweden, “St. John the Theologist”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
10-31 Dec.2007 Society of Artists of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece
12-19 April 2008 Society of Artists of Kozani in Northern Greece at the Folklore Museum of Kozani, Greece (Theme: Spring)
14-21 May 2008 Black Sea Club of Thessaloniki, Greece (Theme: Hellenism in the Black Sea)
2008 1st Exhibition of Visual Arts in Kozani held by the Chamber of Commerce in Kozani, Greece
10-30 Nov.2008 Society of Artists of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece
Jan.2009 Exhibition Hall of Piraeus Bank, Thessaloniki, Greece
May 2009 Society of Artists of Kozani in Northern Greece
14 Dec.-15 Jan.2010 Society of Artists of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece (Theme: Visual Arts Reports)
1-18 Mar.2010 Society of Artists of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece (Theme: Woman and Creation)
10-17 Dec.2010 Italian Cultural Center of Thessaloniki, Greece (Theme: “Tre Generazioni”100 anni di p...