I am Christina Michalopoulou, a contemporary realism painter
living and working in Thessaloniki, Greece. I am an artist, a mother and
an entrepreneur.
My studies were in Marketing, followed by 11 years in Advertising and
Media Companies as a Media & Marketing director. Meanwhile, I
started running my own company, Happyrooms.gr, and a few years later I
created theartspace.gr
5 years ago, I returned to painting. After a long hiatus. It would
seem that I was gathering images and shapes during that time. I was
building an unconscious archive that lived somewhere underneath my
breath. They are all now pouring out, unstoppable, in acrylic and oil,
in abstraction and hyperreal figuration, in blossoming color and start
monochrome. My work is a constant battle between abstraction and
realism. Creating figurative, photorealistic human figures, faces and
body parts on one hand, bringing them in total contradiction with hard
core contemporary abstraction on the other.
During the last 5 years, I have had a solo exhibition in Athens and
participated in many International Exhibitions throughout Europe,
receiving Awards and distinctions for my work. In these years, many of
my artworks found their place in personal art collections. Also,
original artworks can be seen at my atelier in Thessaloniki and
digitally on Artsy.com, Saatchi Art and theartspace.gr.
Distinctions:
2021 Winner of “Outstanding Woman Artist Achievement Award” Manhattan Arts International for the participation in “HerStory” Exhibition. Participation with “Cocoon”
2021 Winner of “Art Portrait Award”, February 21, Artjobs.com. Participation with “Fragment II”
2020 Barcelona International Big Awards 2020 Finalist (Exhibition will take place on 2021 due to covid-19, in Spain). Participation with “Cocoon”
2020 Nominated for the Royal Arts Prize, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London
2020 Artist of the Year 2019 Contest Finalist, Circle Foundation for the Arts, February 2020
2019 Honourable Distinction in the Circle Foundation for the Arts, Art Competition, May 2019
2019 Honourable Mention at ITSLIQUID International Contest – 6th Edition 2018:
2019 Artsy Shark Featured Artist February ’19: https://www.artsyshark.com/2019/02/14/featured-artist-christina-michalopoulou/
2016 1st prize winner for the participation in “Forms in Grey”
International Art Fair, G.H.Papageorgiou, Visual Arts Sector
Thessaloniki
