Kleoniki Vanos

I was born and raised in Vanderbijlpark, a small town in the Gauteng Provence of South Africa, in 1969. It's a heavily industrialised area where the sky is pale, grey, or brown.

Not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, a friend suggested I further my education in photography. It was then that I found an outlet to the pressing need for expression, without the misunderstood external gesticulations that limit the souls' expression.

The purpose behind my work is to share what I have learned, i.e. with every experience, the good and the bad, life loves, teaches, incubates, protects, nurtures, and sets us free to live and prosper if we so choose.

At the age of 48, I left my hometown and moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where I currently reside, and the sky is always blue.

Education: Photography at the Vaal Triangle Technikon - 1990/1.

Education: Studio 7 School of Photography and Graphic Design - 2018.

Education" Martin Osner School of Fine Art Photography - 2019.

Blog: niki-vanos.blogspot.com

Exhibitions :
-September 2011: Solo exhibition
Emfuleni Golf Estate (on a construction site), Vanderbijlpark, S.A.
Under Construction – the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

-January 2012: Solo exhibition
Da Vito’s Loft, Vereeniging, S.A.
Freedom – life beats down & crushes the soul & art reminds you that you have one.

-July 2013 Solo exhibition
Statuto13 Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Metamorphosis – change is a phenomenon upon which all life is based.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmHl5p8c-c
http://www.statuto13.it/statuto13/eventi/Voci/2013/7/17_Kleoniky_Vanos.html

-July 2014: Solo exhibition
Statuto13 Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Fracture - When something has suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful.
http://www.statuto13.it/statuto13/eventi/Voci/2014/7/9_Kleoniki_Vanos.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_C7iTItZBk

-July 2015: Solo exhibition
Statuto13 Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Soul Food - When you feed your soul with love you can feed the world!
http://www.statuto13.it/statuto13/eventi/Voci/2015/7/15_Kleoniki_Vanos.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Zi3SbSTFI

-September 1-22, 2016: Collaborative exhibi...