This exhibition will be featuring a historic survey of paintings by prolific international artist Philip Tsiaras. The opening event will take place on Wednesday November 30th, 2022, at Varvararozagalleries, Gallery 8, 8 Duke Street, St. James, SW1Y 6BN in Mayfair. A full-length, hardbound book entitled “The SUPERDOT”, published by Key Books, will accompany the exhibition. The New York-based artist will attend the opening.
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The SUPERDOT is a series of highly detailed, colourful Dot Portraits depicting celebrated and powerful personalities from the fields of art, music, cinema, politics, fashion, and high society. From Princess Grace Kelly, Elon Musk, Audrey Hepburn, and George Michael to geopolitical portraits such as "Chairman Mao with a Twist" and the "Trump & Putin Duet", which combines two controversial characters in one Siamese dotted body.
The SUPERDOT is also a retrospective of Tsiaras dot-related works covering three decades of the use of the Dot, focusing on the artist's personal obsession with the Horse as the primary subject. Tsiaras idiosyncratic and heroic horses traverse time and stylistic trends resulting in a mosaic of articulated sensuality and personal eccentricity.
About Philip Tsiaras
Philip Tsiaras is an award-winning contemporary artist of Greek origin, who lives and works in New York City. Since 1974 he made more than 80 one-person exhibitions, including: Seattle Museum of Art, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; Mannheimer Kunstverien, Mannheim; Bernier Gallery, Athens; Studio Palazzoli, Milan; Shea & Beker Gallery, New York; Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Miami; Tegnerforbundet Gallery, Oslo; Museum Santa Apollonia, Venice; Gallerie Dominion, Montreal; Swank/ The Regency-Intercontinental, Hong Kong; Newport Art Museum, R.I., Villa Reale, Monza; The Currier Museum, N.H,; Spazio Cavallieri di Malta; Syracusa, Pinakotech of the Cyclades, Syros; International Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul; Bienalle of Photography, Torino; De Novo Gallery, Sun Valley; Cento St. Benin, Aosta; Donopoulos International Fine Arts Gallery, Thessaloniki; Pinakotech of Ithaca, Museum of Contemporary Art,Crete; Museum of Photography,Thessaloniki; Stella Art Foundation, Moscow; Museum of Modern Art, Shenzhen; HG Guggenheim Gallery, New York City.
Tsiaras works in a great range of media–painting, photography, glass, ceramic, and bronze. He has exhibited in the Venice Biennale three times and produced a ten-foot bronze sculpture on the Grand Canal entitled “Social Climber”.
Philip Tsiaras has been the recipient of many national prizes including The American Academy Award for Poetry; The Thomas Watson Fellowship; New York State C.A.P.S grant; Two N.E.A. National Endowment Grants for Arts; nomination for the Blickle Stiftung International Photography Prize, Germany; and The Generali Assicurazioni Gold Metal Award for “Civilita” Venice.
Philip Tsiaras’ works are widely collected in corporate, private, and important museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifteen books and catalogues are attributed to his work, most notably monographs published by Electa and Mondadori books, and a book of photographs entitled, “Family Album” published by Contrasto, Rome. A recent 30-year retrospective of photography entitled Philip Tsiaras SUPEREAL was published by the Museum of Photography Thessaloniki.
His paintings have been described by Artforum as “…lavish and vibrant paintings of extravagant color and intricate formations.”
Tsiarias’s oeuvre covers a variety of art forms including painting, photography, ceramics, bronze, and glass sculpting. Tsiaras’s Dot technique is a unique marriage of Pop Art influences from 60s New York with art historical influences drawn from his Greek heritage.
Renowned Art Critic Donald Kuspit said of the artist: “Tsiaras is, above all, ‘ancient blood in a modern organism’, raised and educated in an advanced American culture; assuming that “Mediterranean” is not only a geographic connotation but also way of understanding a complicated and mutable cultural dimension.”
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Varvara Roza is an Art manager and advisor with a passion for bringing overseas and Greece’s brightest artists into the global art market. She does have a track record of organizing cultural events on a large scale not only in Greece but also in London, Paris, Berlin, and rest of Europe. As a successful businesswoman in the energy industry and former politician in her home country of Greece, she had always had a love for contemporary art, collecting for over 20 years. Varvara is passionately combining the two great loves in her life. Her political and entrepreneurial life in Greece and London with her enduring love for art and its evolution. In doing so, she has decided to strongly support and promote contemporary art in London which is the centre of Art and determines the art market to a great extent. Her personal goal is to promote contemporary artists and help them gain international recognition for their inspiring work. She works hard strategically on creating an investment for the artists as well as the clients that decides to work and collaborate with.
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About Jason Theophanidis:
Jason Theophanidis, a bilingual British/Greek entrepreneur living in Athens Greece, is the owner and Managing Director of The Blender Gallery, based in Athens Riviera. With a background in 2D design,Theophandis worked as an artist, exhibiting in London and Athens, which gave him a unique insight into the needs and requirements of artists and collectors alike. Having truly lived both sides of the industry, and with a deep passion for art, he soon realised that he could do so much more for the industry by helping and managing other artists, which led to him opening The Blender Gallery. Since 2012 he has been working with his team to promote upcoming artists in Greece and abroad, as well as giving established artists a modern space in which to showcase their artwork. Because of his Greek-British heritage and a wanderlust that saw him travel the world, he has managed to bring a multitude of new ideas and concepts to ‘The Blender Gallery’ that set it apart from other galleries in Greece.
The Blender Gallery is a 400 m2 state of the art modern gallery, constantly evolving and situated in Southern Athens. Jason specifically designed the gallery to be incredibly versatile to meet all artist requirements. The concept for The Blender Gallery was born when Jason was working as a graphic designer and artist in a space shared with other creative individuals that they affectionately referred to as ‘the Blender’, due to their different disciplines. Jason believes that all creative forms of expression are art forms, and this concept remains strong within the ethos of the gallery today, establishing ‘The Blender Gallery’ as one of the leading galleries in Athens.
Exhibition Title: The Superdot
Dates: November 30 to December 23, 2022
Venue: Gallery 8, 8 Duke Street St. James's, London SW1Y 6BN
Invitation only private view in collaboration with Club Vivanova on Wednesday November 30 from 6.30pm to 10:00 pm
Opening Hours:
Monday to Sunday from 11:30am - 8:00pm
