Konstantina Katsela

I grew up isolated from the world, in a small village within the suburbs of Trikala, Thessaly Greece. As a child I was read the poems Odyssey and Troy at bedtime, and being surrounded by ancient Greek monuments made me fall in love with how the ancient Greek masters depicted the human form. Growing up in a rural area made my imagination run wild; drawing on the walls of my childhood home and proclaiming to everyone that I would one day be an artist.

I am most inspired by the human body, especially the female form, and consider the human figure to be the best work of art. Our bodies are a temple, our individual temples, and connects each of us universally; no matter the age, shape, gender, or color, the body is an exquisite masterpiece. Everything in life and in death leads to the urge to create.

Society, overtime, has worked to instill fear and jealously amongst one another and, as a result, we censor our bodies. I began The Human Canvas project to demonstrate how wrongly society views the human body; some feel embarrassed by the feelings evoked by the nude form but viewing the body as beautiful and desirable should be celebrated. My other body of work, Fallen Angels, also addresses societies impact on mental health; I feel i...

2020 PhD, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, LTH, Lund University
2018 Licentiate, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, LTH, Lund University
2014 Master Degree, Economics, Umeå University
2011 Bachelor Degree, International Economic and Business Relations, DUTH

2022, Art Exhibition Name - TBA, Colorida Art GAllery, Lisbon, Portugal
2021, GAIA-The Origin, MADS Milano, Milan, Italy
2021, Diversia: Life 2021, Group Exhibition, Biafarin - Toronto, Canada
2021, Sprung 5, Arthouse, New York, USA
2021, ROMANTICA - Shape Of My Art, MADS Milano, Milan, Italy
2021, Art For Art's Sake, Virtual Artists, London, UK
2020, Exhibizone - Fall 2020, Group Exhibition, Biafarin Online Exhibition
2019, Constellations in Color and Form, Agora Gallery, NY, USA
2019, Collective Art Show, Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2019, Art Bodensee, International Art Fair, Dornbirn, Austria
2019, Collective Art Show, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
2017, Collective Art Show, Lund University, Lund, Sweden