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Nefeli Kyriakou
Born in 1990, Nefeli Kyriakou is a dedicated visual artist. Currently she lives and creates between Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nefeli graduated from School of Fine Arts in the Department of Visual and Applied Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2013). Having been accepted at the 8th position, she was awarded with a scholarship for her studies. She holds an MA in Archaeology and History of Art from Aristotle university of Thessaloniki (2020).
Her passion is painting and installation. She is delighted to have presented her artworks in many team exhibitions in Greece and abroad (USA, Bulgaria, Belgium, Cyprus). She has also presented four solo exhibitions in Thessaloniki and Athens.
Her work focuses on anything that has to do with human behaviour.
The artist builds her work by constantly and carefully noticing people around her, how they react to anything that happens and how these incidents influence them. This logic is being applied not only in a small scale of people of her environment but is also in a bigger one that has to do with how society reacts to everyday and historic challenges. While at her first years as an artist, human figures were taking over her work, lately she choses to depict the things that indicate the existence of all the above using the absence of people as a way to reach them in a different way.
Over the years she has experimented with many materials like pastel, charcoals, markers, collage, engraving techniques, acrylics and oil colours. Pencils, light and paper have been her sole tools for the years 2019-2021. Through 2020-2021 she had the chance to learn about the screen printing technique in Athens next to S. Analitis, a master of the technique. During the next few years she used screen printing as a statement as she used the technique for her paste-up works (street art pieces in Athens and Thessaloniki). She also started combining screen printing with painting mainly with markers and spray paint.
Currently she has been experimenting with repoussè and chasing techniques on aluminium foil, having "church offerings" as a starting point on this new visual research. In general a goal that came out naturally is to never stop experimenting with new tools and forms to express her content. That's why the artist tries to seize chances to learn more about practices she doesn't know yet. Recently she had the chance to be part of a workshop about Theatrical masks next to Martha Foka, a master of theatrical masks. The artist has also learned about encaustic art next to Efrosini Doxiadi also a master in this field.
She has participated in 2 residencies since 2018 (Glo Art residency in Belgium and Airo Residency in Milan-online). During 2020 she earned the Gold Award in installation category in the international competition 'Without borders' organised by WUD (World University Of Design-India) with the artwork 'Pelican Blood'.
General
Born in 1990, Athens, Greece
2013 Studied painting in the Faculty of Fine Arts, School of Visual and Applied Arts AuTH, Greece
2020 Master degree in Archeology and History of Art AuTh, Greece
Lives and works in Greece
