About

Chara Kontopoulou is a visual artist, born in 1993 in Cyprus. She received her BA of Visual and Applied Arts from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and her MA of Arts Management, Policy and Practice from the University of Manchester, UK. She currently lives and works in Athens, Greece.

Chara Kontopoulou's paintings are based on abstract art – she uses layers of resin, texture and paint, with the aim to create organic relief shapes or actual 3D painting. The outcome is a shiny and reflective surface, consisted by countless and delicate strokes. When the viewer changes his/her position, the overall image changes respectively.

Selected Exhibitions:

2023 - Acropolis Park, “Awareness”, Nicosia, Cyprus

2021 - Blue Rhino, “Dames”, London, UK

2020 - Curators Voice, "The Art of Isolation", Miami, Florida

2020 - The Old Biscuit Factory/ Art Number 23, "Contemporary Fine Art" - London, UK

2020 - HOME,"Manchester Open 2020", Manchester, UK

2019 - Metquarter, "Liverpool Art Fair", Liverpool, UK

2019 - The Church Palace “Art- Rooms Fair Roma” Rome, Italy

2018 - The Horsfall “Bertha: Seen & Heard” Manchester, UK

2017 - Medical Museum Kyriazis, "Humanity’s works", Larnaca, Cyprus

2017 – State Museum of Contemporary Art “Russian Pioneer” Thessaloniki, Greece

2017 – Aristotle University “Organized chaos” Thessaloniki, Greece

2016 - Artis Causa, “Group exhibition of the Second Studio of Art”, Thessaloniki, Greece

2015 - Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki “Interactive event in co-operation with the artist Hijo – Nam” Thessaloniki, Greece

2014 - Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014 - "Paraliart: Ephemeral action between city and sea” Thessaloniki, Greece

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