Stelios Karamanolis
The Breeder x Hilton
March 1, 2018–March 30, 2018Hilton, Athens
THE BREEDER gallery presents the work of Stelios Karamanolis at Aethrion for the project THE BREEDER x HILTON.
Using a visual vocabulary of minimal repetitive lines, shapes and symbols Stelios Karamanolis paints dreamlike scenes on raw canvas revealing a strong poetic disposition. Drawing inspiration from Egyptian hieroglyphs and Greek folk art but also from 60s comics his work renders a feeling of mysticism, history and spirituality. His lines often extend beyond the canvas, bleeding into the surrounding walls to create ethereal wallpaintings.
Karamanolis (b. 1977 Athens, Greece) lives and works in Athens and Berlin. He is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Art and the Hildesheim University in Germany.
Recent shows include: Double Parallel, The Breeder Playroom, Athens; As we gather. Fast, tireless, quiet, Flatland Gallery, Amsterdam; Self-Hypnosis, with Panos Papadopoulos, Kunstbüro, Vienna; An artist without a concept is like a traveler without a road map, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna; The same sky, Lepsien Art Foundation, Dusseldorf; Painting Today, Vogiatzoglou Collection, Athens; In The Studio, Kunsthalle Athena, Remap4, Athens; Hope – Kibu, Nerima art museum, Tokyo, Japan.
