Thursday, April 3, 2025 – Visual artist Iliana Kolovou is the newest member of the “Color in the Water” community, dedicated to promoting visual artists whose primary medium of expression is watercolor.
Iliana Kolovou was born and lives in Corfu, where she studied Architectural Design and Decoration. In 2022, she completed the seven-year program of the Corfu Art School, studying academic drawing, painting, watercolor, and printmaking with professors Theofilos Kentarchos, Dimitris Miliotis, and Maria Kriga. She also attended the five-year Fine Art program at a private college, studying drawing, color, various visual art techniques, conceptual art, philosophy, and art history under the guidance of professors Daniela Stamatiadi, Giannis Vorgias, Vangelis Theodoridis, Dimitra Sofianou, and Niovi Kritikou. Additionally, she took Procreate and digital painting classes with professor Haris Periorelis, and presented her graduation project under the supervision of Niovi Kritikou in February 2025 at “The European Centre Athens.”
In 2020, she held a solo exhibition in Corfu. She has participated in over 10 group exhibitions of the Corfu Art School with her watercolors and prints, showcased at the Municipal Gallery of Corfu. In 2023, she took part in the group exhibition of the Ionian University’s Museology Workshop/Corfu Gallery titled “Fragments of the Past,” as well as the group exhibition at “TERAS” gallery in Athens in 2023.
In an artistic statement accompanying the announcement of her joining the community, Ms. Kolovou notes:
“My work constitutes a contemplative exploration of human nature and ephemeral existence. With watercolor and blue tones, the works acquire a watery sensation—fleeting and transparent—like water that is constantly shaped, leaving behind the traces of a moment. Repetition is a structural element, functioning as a symbolic heartbeat, a constant reminder of the laws governing the human organism and our daily existence. Through repeated movements, patterns, and Prussian blue, I attempt to capture the rhythm of life, which at times aligns harmoniously and at others carries the weight of discord and the unknown. The works speak of the duality of life and death, the dialogue between the fragile and the eternal. Within the watery transparency lies the uncanny, the cold climate we often experience emotionally or empirically, like a fine line between consciousness and loss. Rhythm, repetition, transparency, and water become narrative tools in my work. My dedication to this process aims to unite the fragments that make us whole, to reveal the beauty of mortality, and to highlight the balance between the transient and the constant—seeking to touch the eternal within the ephemeral.”
Contact details for the artist:
Email: ilianak1971@gmail.com
T: 6046370839
Instagram: @ilianak_art
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