Charoula Nikolaidou is a Greek artist.
Nikolaidou is a visual artist based in Thessaloniki, Greece. She excelled in Visual and Applied Arts at Aristotle University, graduating with an Integrated Master’s degree 9,62/10 (Excellent) in 2010. Nikolaidou has exhibited her work in Greece, Cyprus, London, Paris and Geneva. She participated in the 5th Biennale of the School of Fine Arts of Greece in 2008. Her work has evolved greatly in style since her graduation and has given way to more abstract, complex and narrative-luminous paintings. Across this evolving body of work, Nikolaidou’s focus on the figure remains a common thread.
Nikolaidou creates subjects that are depicted in fantastical, often dreamy tableaux, often depicted with vivid colours and semi-abstract figures. Her works reference traditional figurative painting of both historic and contemporary strands. Some notable influences include: Matisse, Egon Schiele and Francis Bacon. Through her artwork, Charoula Nikolaidou manifests the poetry of painting as a cathartic value against agony. Her work has been collected extensively in private collections worldwide.
Education
- 2010 Integrated Master’s degree, Faculty of Fine Arts of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, GreeceArt studio of professor Giorgos Golfinos.
Including the following courses; painting, drawing, architecture, etching, new
media.
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Selected Events
Selected Exhibition
- 2021 Summer group exhibition, Is Not Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2021 “Lush Art in Difficult Times”, group exhibition, Is Not Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2021 “Not Applicable”, Virtual group exhibition, Cream Athens
- 2021 “Togeth_her”, Group exhibition and charity sales at the Monnaie de Paris
- 2020 “I shall be your Eve”, Four person exhibition, The Blender Gallery, Athens
- 2020 “SALO VIII”, Group exhibition, Paris, France
- 2020 “L’art n’a pas de frontieres”, Group exhibition, French Institute of Thessaloniki
- 2020 “Lush Art in Austere Times”, Group exhibition, Is Not Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2019 “Anorioton – Object of the Imagination”, Two person exhibition, J/M Gallery, Notting Hill, London
- 2019 Group exhibition, presented by Varvara Roza Galleries, La Galleria Pal Mal, Mayfair, London
- 2019 “Situations”, Solo exhibition, Is Not Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2019 “Traces of a lifetime”, Group exhibition, House of Culture, Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- 2019 “Cultura Heraklion 2019”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art en Route Festival,Cultural & Conference Centre of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 2019 “Internal Body”, Two person exhibition, Museum of Visual Arts of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 2019 “Affordable Art”, Group exhibition, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2019 Group exhibition, Technochoros Gallery, Ioannina, Greece
- 2018 “Serendipity”, Group exhibition, Piraeus Conference Center, Thessaloniki
- 2017 “Daeira”, Group exhibition, Arts Festival 2017, Elefsina, Greece
- 2017 Group exhibition of Greek and foreign artists GFC, Aliko Artspace, Athens
- 2016 Group exhibition, Spyral Art Gallery & Mykonos Blu Exclusive Resort, Mykonos
- 2015 “Dare to Dream”, Art Display Windows of organization, Thessaloniki
- 2015 “Cityscapes” Solo exhibition, Artion Galleries, Athens
- 2014 “La Rue des Belles Filles” Solo exhibition, Nest Galleries, Geneva, Switzerland
- 2014 “Beyond Beauty”, Solo exhibition, Artion Galleries, Thessaloniki
- 2012 “Urban Ladscapes”, Solo exhibition, Artion Galleries, Athens
- 2010 Group exhibition, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
- 2008 Group exhibition, Teloglion Art Foundation, Thessaloniki
- 2008 5th Biennale of Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens