Giota Tzotzoli

Painter | Greece

Yiota Tzotzoli is a visual artist based in Athens, primarily working with painting as her medium of expression. She studied Agriculture, worked in the maritime sector, and concurrently engaged with photography and painting over the past 10 years. Her works are held in private collections. She collaborates with ARC – Art Revisited Collective since April 2022.

Statement

My artworks are photographic psychographs, with personal and societal anchors. In my paintings, I prefer using acrylics in combination with a variety of materials, with a sculptural pursuit aimed at highlighting textures and forms. This process holds a psychoanalytical character for me. It’s a kind of ritual, through which internal aspects of myself surface, sometimes unknown even to me, with a tendency towards the imaginative.

AT A GLANCE

Genre: Painting
Medium: Acrylics and Oils on Canvas, Inks on Paper
Style: Non-representational, Abstract Expressionism
Themes: Conceptual and existential, exploration of form
Workshop: Neo Faliro, Athens, Greece
Associations: None
Price Range: €300-2500
International Scale:
EMERGING | HIGH-POTENTIAL | MID-CAREER | ESTABLISHED

RECENT ARTWORKS

CAREER LANDMARKS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Freedom & Creation: Bonds Without Restraints,” Curated by Paris Kapralos and Vera Katranidou, Organized by ARTgrID, Luminous Eye Gallery, Athens 2023

“The Visible and the Invisible,” Curated by Paris Kapralos, Organized by ARTgrID, Luminous Eye Gallery, Athens 2023

“Gesture and Symbolism,” Curated by Paris Kapralos, Organized by ARTgrID, Luminous Eye Gallery, Athens 2023

 

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“New Symbols 2”, Concept and curation by Jason Kairofylas & Paris Kapralos, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022.

“Archetype & Enigma”, curated by Paris Kapralos, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2022.

“SKG Bazaart”, curated by Paris Kapralos, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2022.

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ARTWORKS

CRITICAL APPROACH

The artworks of  Yiota Tzotzoli are characterized by forms with intense action and expressiveness, with movement and plasticity, which can place her within the realm of abstract expressionism as it is conceived today. Exploring further into form and movement, the painter presents works with dual intermediation: the conceptual content is embodied through a formal process and transcribed onto paper solely as a representation of motion or spatial arrangement. Through improvisation and the utilization of a free form, cohesive relationships are explored and traversed. Her formalization is equally inscribed in space and time. On a conceptual level, the works convey emotions and initiate a dialogue with the viewer, serving as a vehicle for expressing personal feelings and depicting states of the mind and soul. Existential matters permeate the work of Giota Tzotzoli.

–Paris Kapralos
Art Curator