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KATONAS ASIMIS IS A GREEK PAINTER, BORN IN ATHENS, GREECE AND RAISED IN ATHENS AND SANTORINI ISLAND. COMING FROM AN ARTISTIC BACKGROUND – HIS MOTHER IS A SCULPTRESS AND HIS FATHER A PAINTER, HE HAD A STRONG CONNECTION TO PAINTING FROM A VERY EARLY STAGE OF HIS LIFE. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTH OF A HUMAN’S PERSONALITY AND THE ENERGY AND FORMATION OF SANTORINI’S LAND AND ARCHITECTURE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE MOSTLY INFLUENTIAL FOR HIS PAINTING. A PARTLY REPRESENTATIONAL PAINTER WHO OFTEN UTILISES A NEO-EXPRESSIONISTIC LANGUAGE ARTICULATED BY THE DENSITY OF CLASSICAL PAINTING, HE IS INTERESTED IN THE MEANING AND SENSATION THAT LIES BENEATH THE ARTISTIC OUTCOME ITSELF. HE OFTEN ENGAGES WITH THE ENERGY OF INTENTION AND THE METAPHYSICAL ASPECT OF COMPOSITION, PARTIALLY OR IN A SYNTHESIS AS A WHOLE. HIS WORKS ARE PART OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS IN GREECE AND ABROAD.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS – PROJECTS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS – PROJECTS
2023- 2024 ILLUSTRATION AND CO-CURATION OF ECHO ANTONIN ARTAUD MAGAZINE, PARIS, FRANCE
2018- 2024 ‘SANTORINI: ABSTRACT AND LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS’ AK GALLERIES, SANTORINI, GREECE
2017- 2018 INTERIOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF OIA AK ART GALLERY,OIA, SANTORINI, GREECE
2016 ‘SANTORINI RYTHMOLOGY – ACRONOS SERIES’ AK GALLERIES, SANTORINI, GREECE
2015 ‘SANTORINI RYTHMOLOGY SERIES’ AK GALLERIES, SANTORINI,GREECE
2015- 2022 ‘PAINTINGS FOR CANAVES SUITES’, CANAVES COLLECTION, OIA SUITES, OIA SANTORINI, GREECE
2015- 2021 ‘PAINTINGS FOR ASTRA SUITES’ ASTRA SUITES, IMEROVIGLI, SANTORINI, GREECE
2014 ‘INOCULATION’ INSTALATION FOR ART THIRA EXHIBITION, ART THIRA EXHIBITION, VENETSANOS WINERY, MEGALOCHORI, SANTORINI, GREECE
2013 ‘PORTRAITS’ AK ATHENS ART GALLERY, KIFISSIA, ATHENS, GREECE
2013 ‘SANTORINI ABSTRACTS AND LANDSCAPES’, AK ART FOUNDATION, SANTORINI, GREECE
2012 ‘PORTRAITS’ AK ART FOUNDATION, SANTORINI, GREECE
2011 ‘PORTRAIT DRAWINGS’, AK ART FOUNDATION, SANTORINI, GREECE
2011 ‘ISLAND ENCRYPTION SERIES III’, HOMMAGE TO UGO SISSA, CCOLLATERAL EXCHIBITION OF 2011VENICE BIENALE, VENICE, ITALY
2005-2010 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF AK ART FOUNDATION, SANTORINI, GREECE
2007 ‘HETEROTOPIAS’, PUBLIC SCREEN PROJECT, 1STTHESSALONIKI BIENALE OF ARTS, THESSALONIKI, GREECE
2007 ‘REFUGE/ART ASYLUM’, 491 GALLERY, LONDON UK
2007 ‘KYPSELI BY ARTISTS’, MUNICIPAL OLD MARKET, KIPSELI, ATHENS, GREECE
2006 ‘ISLAND ENCRYPTION SERIES II’ 2ND YOUNG ARTISTS BIENALE OF ARTS, MELINA MERCOURI EXHIBITION AND CONCERT HALL, HYDRA ISLAND, GREECE
2004 ‘PLACING THE PRESENCE’ THE CASS GALLERY, ALDGATE EAST, LONDON, UK
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
BA IN FINE ARTS, LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, LONDON, UK
BSC IN GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, BATH, UK
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