Christos Avraam

1978 Born in Cyprus

Lives and works , Athens

In my paintings I like to use and to experiment with recycled materials, things that have been used for another purpose. Through my artistic expression I revive those materials by giving them different forms and by marrying them with other materials like pastels, oils, coal e.t.c. In this way I balance my inner world with the environment because I feel that the use and reformation of the materials is like the reformation and inner search on my feelings.When I draw I identify with my project and I live with it. It is like a diary in which I write down anything that happens in my life, feelings like anger, sorrow, joy, love, troubles and thoughts. I enjoy painting and I prefer colors that enclose eroticism something that I think has started to disappear in the society that we live today. Materials like the cardboard, plastic etc stimulates me in an artistic way because it comes in opposition with my inner self but at the same time it touches all my sensitive sides.

Education:
2004-2009: Athens School of Fine Arts (with scholarship)
-BA Degree in Major Painting with major director Giannis Psichopedis
-Painting Lab with the professor Giannis Psichopedis
Activities/ Group Exhibitions
2008: Participation in the group exhibition "ep4" held by students of Granada (Spain) School of Fine Arts.
2007-2008: Participation in the European Community Exchange Programme ERASMUS - SOCRATES in Granada (Spain) School of Fine Arts
2007: Teaching experience in Halkida Painting Lab, directed by Chariklia Mytara.
2007: Participation in a group exhibition by 49 artists with the topic: "An artistic walk along Varvakio Market".
2006: Participation in a group exhibition by 17 young artists, students and graduates of School of Fine Arts, Diadromes artistic architectural points of view. In Patra, European capital city, 2006.

2006: Participation in a video art festival Digital freaks install the noise
2005: Participation in a group exhibition by young artists 1945-2005, 60 years later.

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