Katerina Stavrou

Painting is not just a field for me, it is my passion. I have developed and growth through and within my art work. It has been my primary mean of putting ideas on the surface, thus it was only natural to adopt on the way a more expressionistic ideology in my painting technique.
I like to challenge myself and explore the limits of the creation process. My work affiliates with the values of Abstract Expressionism, a movement that is visually connected with my paintings. I am mostly fascinated by the way in which the painter, within the Abstract Expressionism technique “Action painting”, is often become part of the process. The “Action Painter” is said to release his soul onto the canvas through painting. Therefore, painting automatically becomes an act, a performance that is translated on the canvas surface. “Action Painting” is a technique that initially introduces the importance of the process, which supports one of my greatest beliefs in life, that the journey is as important as the destination, if not more.

2016-2019 (MA) CULTURAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT, Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

2011-2012 ART CRITICISM Diploma, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

2008-2011 (BA) FINE ART, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

2007-2008 VISUAL ARTS Diploma, Salford University, Manchester, UK

2019

-Group Show, “La vie en rose”, Pireus Bank Conference Center, Salonica, Greece
-Tokyo International Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
-Group Show, “Contemporary Madonnas”, Art Zone 42, Athens, Greece

2018

-Solo Exhibition, “Δευτέρα Βράδυ”, Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus
-World Art Dubai Art Fair, Dubai, UAE

2017

-Group Show, “Women in the Medarts”, Kyriazes Medical Museum, Larnaca, Cyprus

2016

-Santorini Biennial 2016, Imerovigli Cultural Centre, Santorini, Greece
-Group Show, “Oppositions”, Larnaca Cultural Centre, Larnaca, Cyprus

2015

-Group Show, “The YoungMasters Cyprus”, Akamantis Exhibiton Centre, Nicosia Cyprus
-Solo Exhibition, “Χρωματικές Περιπτύξεις”, Myth Factory,Larnaca, Cyprus
-Group Show, “Ουδέτερον ήμισυ”, Apotheke 79, Larnaca, Cyprus

2014

-Group Show, “The Young Masters Cyprus”, AkamantisExhibiton Centre, Nicosia Cyprus

2013

-Group Exhibition, “The Magma Group 2013 Art Event”, The VibeGallery, London, UK
-Group Show, “Re-Turn Art Exhibition”, Flying Away Festival,Nicosia, Cyprus
-Group Show, “Lush Art in Austere Times”. Is Not a Gallery,Nicosia, Cyprus

2012

-Group Show, “The Other Art Fair” , London, UK
-Group Exhibition, “The Young Masters Cyprus...