I am a self-taught artisan in visual art and a Doctor of Philosophy in EEE and Mathematics.
Art is an incredibly fulfilling and enriching experience, so I took art lessons for three years at secondary school. However, I loved it so much, my vision at high school was to become a great mathematician, as that had been my talent since I was three years old.
While a PhD student I started number painting to heal from everyday stress. My smile was brighter every time I visited a new exhibition at Tate Modern and drank coffee on the top floor's balcony. Whenever I visited museums and galleries I run to the gift shop to enrich my collection with art books and postcards depicting various artworks.
I have experimented and am still exploring different mediums, such as charcoal on paper, oil pastel on canvas, watercolour and acrylics. I mainly work with a mixture of ordinary and fluorescent colours on canvas under the IoT light installation.
I mainly follow digital marketing strategy to have high exposure to the social media world with high SEO through digital exhibitions, publications and awards. Initially, I received high organic mutual followers on social media. It was a time-consuming and fun learning curve in the digital world of art, as they were on high growth. As a result, I received the Public Choice Award.
Abstract Life Scenery
This Man feels euphoria each time a fight emerges and is desperate to play the fearlessness. Genius kids intimidate him. He is handling his uncontrolled knife roughly and is ready to threaten with a stab. Initially, he senselessly insults the kid and roars in a threatening voice. He scrutinizes his victim while separating her from her social circle. She is in a study sprint, and he believes he socially isolated the kid. He monitors the victim from a distance and through telepathy, he asks questions through telepathy, but he receives answers from telepathy experts that he is not aware of.
She becomes aware of his euphoria, ready to move around her lassos. He gets angrier and abuser but is frozen with a knife, humiliating. The city buildings shake with certainty; she always wins. Crossing and uncrossing buildings everywhere next to her gossiping to share the everyday news. Telepathy is the most but must end; speaking heart-to-heart is the must.
He killed a pigeon and a parrot in her home. she broke down. Blue bats are flying towards him; he has not seen them; they stare at him, ready to drink blood! He is shouting, but his mouth is falling open at the view of them. The bright planet is smiling, and the candle is still light. Tailed Flower's scenery is still abstract. It gets green, and Tailed Flower is irritated. It gets red, and the pressure is high, and she burst!
Those awards were based on Net Promoter Score and organic traffic to a digital art platform. The globalization of online competition has made the market very competitive. However, the art journey never stops, and I will always be eager to rise to new challenges as they are presented.
Nowadays, I have a personal studio space at my house to express my creativity and heal from everyday human meaningless and meanness.
I am not afraid to try new mediums and make mistakes; learning is the journey!
I have participated in group exhibitions in Vienna, Moscow, Venice, and Toronto and I am continuing. I am hoping soon to arrange to participate in a visual art residency program through the Culture Moves Europe program. A visual art residency would be a great way to connect with other artisans and art enthusiasts as I usually keep a wide personal space barrier and walk with my head down; sometimes being unresponsive and speaking very little.
Casanova & Ponte della Paglia Bridge
The painting recalls with nostalgia the past period of 18th century, at which everyone would like to visit "the pleasure capital of Europe", the capital with the vibrant social scene, Venice.
While travelling to Venice with a camera and a sketchbook and visiting special exhibitions and historical museums, the artisan is making the past stories presented more vivid. With her eyes brightening and listening to stories about the past to connect with its culture, she paints a man with interests in passions, freemasonry secrets and magic adventures, the Giacomo Casanova, is who depicts with brief loosening sitting posture on the Ponte della Paglia bridge viewing the bridge of sights that connects the Doge's Pallazo and the new prisons.
The painting illustrates a bridge to connect the elegance of Venice centre with Burano's brilliantly coloured houses under a cloudy sky. Burano colourful houses are illuminated with the breathtaking sight of the city's lights and Casanova. He waits for a woman to run into each other unexpectedly, but the Prigioni Nuove and the Doge's Palace are eliminated.
The truth is I am not a morning person; By the time the sun sets I run to my studio; it is like the intense illuminating comes with the rise of the moon. Fluorescent colors glow and I start to create. Early at dawn I review the work and fall asleep!
My advice? Love what you do; make mistakes - do not be afraid of them; explore, keep learning, and study whatever spices you up! Seek feedback and be open to it; travel to be inspired; do not undervalue your work!
In January of 2016, I was visiting Dadaism birthday at Cabaret Voltaire, a hub of avant-garde artists and performances. That was my inspiration to make collage-type paintings to tell a story and send a message to society through each artwork and story.
Tania Stefania Katzouraki
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