Freideriki Papastavropoulou
”Love is to see the world through sacred eyes to recognize the deep beauty of Manifestation. Burn all on the altan of your heart and silently watch light emerge within forms. ”
INTRODUCTION
She was born in Parta, Southern Greece, in 1992. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts and School of Visual and Applied Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 2018. She currently lives in the city of Patras.
ATHANORAS // Metaphysical Landscapes series // Mixed media on canvas
109 x 144 cm // 2018
In her work she depicts moments from other worlds and dimensions. With an acute observation
on the elements and worldly phenomena as her tool, she dives into another view beyond the manifested.
“In a state of inner contemplation, forms emerge that have their own will” as she describes in her own words “the work defines what it needs”. Between automation and conscious decision lies a field of equilibrium, a golden ratio. There, she seeks the relationship between the individual and the cosmic. Through this communication the process of artistic creation becomes the mirror of the Self, where only the One exists. In her artistic research she combines elements of the material and immaterial worlds. She lets their radiance and their vibrations express the intelligence and the unity of life behind the forms.
She views color as a spiritual tool, working with contrasts and creating sources of light. Oil colors are her basic means, as she recognizes in them the directness and the natural manner that are necessary in order for the subtlety of the works to become apparent. At the end of her studies after she had experienced a dead end upon her artistic work, she came to realize that, as she herself conveys: “I refused to believe that the path of art is necessarily difficult and confrontational. A new mindset was gradyally developed, it was a certainty that there is another way to be perceived after a necessary transcendence of thought. After realising this, I asked guidance from the Universe”.
Selected Works
Freideriki Papastavropoulou
Crystal, 2023
Freideriki Papastavropoulou
2023
Freideriki Papastavropoulou
2023
Freideriki Papastavropoulou
2023
Exhibitions Works
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Education
2012 – 2018 Integrated Master in Fine Arts, School of Visual and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GR
Publications
2023 Mataroa: Φρειδερίκη Παπασταυροπούλου
Τέχνη και yoga: δυο μονοπάτια αυτογνωσίας
Κείμενο: Δήμητρα Κεχαγιά
Φρειδερίκη Παπασταυροπούλου
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Metaphysical Landscapes”, DelMare Estate, Halkidiki, Greece
2019 “Metaphysical Landscapes”, Kostis Palamas Cultural Center, Patras, Greece
Group Exhibitions
2023 “Eros the Bridge Builder”, Art of Life Collective, Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, Thessaloniki, Greece
2022 “You are the eyes through which Creation knows it self “
at European Cultural Center of Delphi, Greece
2019 “ ART AND YOGA, Relations of Light and Color “,
studio Gnothis s’auton, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019 “Opportunity 4all”, Govedarou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017 ‘‘58+26’’, Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014 “Down the Cellar”, multispace VAULT, Athens, Greece