In a summer full of cultural events, this year’s Poros Arts Festival concludes with a beautiful assembly of friends, who are united by art. Giorgos Gelis (painting, Orthodox art), Eleni Pediaditaki (photography), Nikos Pavlou (photography) and Athanassia Tsoukala (ceramics) meet and present the mixed media visual arts exhibition “Transformations”. The exhibition will be hosted at Katheti’s venue in Pounta, Poros, from 3 to 13 September and will be open to the public daily between 7-11pm. The opening will take place on Sunday the 3^rd of September at 8pm. The mixed media visual arts exhibition “Transformations” is part of the Poros Arts Festival, which Poros Municipality has entrusted to Katheti to co-organize this year.

The four friends decided to bring their arts together in search of the connection between logic and imagination through the allegory of art. This is an art exhibition including paintings, photographs and handmade ceramic table tiles in simple lines, mainly in the shades of blue.

In the past, Katheti has organized photography and painting exhibitions, theater workshops and seminars, painting workshops, theatrical performances, book presentations, and music events. Some of the activities of the past years are our achievements in 2021 and 2022, giving us the experience and impetus to continue even more dynamically this year, as co-organizers of the Poros Arts Festival.

Artists bios

Georgios Gelis was born in Athens and grew up in Kefalonia. He studied classic literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA). He studied Orthodox art under the tutelage of father Stamatis Skleris and the Athonite fathers of the Skete of Danilaion and Agios Nikolaos Bourazeri. He attended painting classes at the Plaka School in preparation for the entrance exams to the Athens School of Fine Arts. He has participated in group exhibitions and in one solo exhibition at the exhibition space of 24 Grammata publications. He lives in Corinth and works as a teacher of philology in the secondary education, where he has undertaken many artistic projects.

Eleni Paidiaditaki first got hooked in photography using a Polaroid camera that her parents gave her in her early teen years. She attends art photography seminars at the iFocus gallery. She has participated in exhibitions at iFocus and in the Photovision 2022 exhibition.

Nikos Pavlou was born in Athens and grew up on Poros, where he still lives and works. Alongside his studies as an Electrical Engineer, he attended painting, Orthodox art and photography classes. He organizes groups and takes part in events in the field of photography and generally art. He has taken part in solo and group exhibitions and has published his work in printed editions.

Athanassia Tsoukala was born and raised in Thessaloniki. She graduated from the Theater Department of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a degree in Stage and Costume Design. Consequently, she has worked in costume manufacturing, set design, Orthodox art and in recent years ceramics.

In all Poros Arts Festival 2023 events, money is collected to support Valeria.

Media Sponsor of Poros Arts Festival, ERT

Exhibition Details

Opening: 3 September 2023, 8:00pm

Duration: 3-13 September 2023

Opening times: 7-11pm

Information/contact details: info@katheti.gr, +302298043825

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