Chara Kontopoulou

Chara Kontopoulou is a visual artist, born in 1993 in Cyprus. She received her Bachelor of Visual and Applied Arts from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and her Masters of Arts Management from the University of Manchester, UK.

Chara creates abstract paintings on large scale canvases, aiming to interact with the viewer and turn his passive vision into an exploring tool of experience. Her paintings are based on abstract, analytical, and organic art. She uses multiple layers of resin, paint, and other materials to create an actual depth or the illusion of a 3D painting.

As the paintings are consisted by alternate layers of resin and countless painting strokes, the overall artwork creates the illusion of a 3D painting. Due to the nature of the medium, the outcome is a shiny and reflective surface, the aim of which is to mirror the viewer and make him part of the artwork.

Chara Kontopoulou participated in group exhibitions in Europe. She also volunteers in museums and charities and organizes creative workshops with the purpose to engage people with arts.

MA in Arts Management Policy and Practise - University of Manchester, UK

BA in Visual and Applied Arts - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Selected Exhibitions:
2020 - ArtNumber23, "Contemporary Fine Art", London, UK

2020 - HOME, "Manchester Open 2020", Manchester, UK

2019 - Metquarter, "Liverpool Art Fair", Liverpool, UK

2019 - The Church Palace “Art- Rooms Fair Roma” Rome, Italy

2018 - The Horsfall “Bertha: Seen & Heard” Manchester, UK
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2017 - Medical Museum Kyriazis, "Humanity’s works", Larnaca, Cyprus
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2017 – State Museum of Contemporary Art “Russian Pioneer” Thessaloniki, Greece
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2017 – Aristotle University “Organized chaos” Thessaloniki, Greece
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2016 - Artis Causa, “Group exhibition of the Second Studio of Art”, Thessaloniki, Greece
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2015 - Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki “Interactive event in co-operation with the artist Hijo – Nam” Thessaloniki, Greece
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2014 - Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014 - "Paraliart: Ephemeral action between city and sea” Thessaloniki, Greece