b. 1986


Athena Anastasiou creates elaborate compositions that blend realism, abstraction, traditional oil painting techniques, and textile weaving. Textile threads become organic parts of the canvas and often explode from the usual rectangular picture frame into multidimensional mixed-media installations.

Thematically, her works address deep questions of Earth’s chances for regeneration and its dwindling resources, while expressing a childlike wonder at the beauty and complexity of this world.

Nature and children play an important role in Anastasiou’s oeuvre. The artist often uses overlayed images from children’s books to emphasize storytelling, and what she calls the evolutionary timeline between mother and child in regard to the survival of our planet.

The subject of mythology is another important element of Anastasiou’s works. Her paintings are mystical and otherworldly, always portraying a feeling of magic and a sense of nature being alive and nurturing humans despite all their shortcomings.

Athena Anastasiou got her BA in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martin, London, in 2009, and she studied painting at the New York Academy of Art (Continuing Studies) in 2020. She participated in numerous art exhibitions in London and around the UK.

Athena Anastasiou
b. 1986

Education

2020 New York Academy of Art Continuing Studies (2020)
2020 NYC Crit Club (Spring)
2018 Charles Cecil Studios, Florence
2006-2009 Central St Martin, Fine Art BA
2005-2006 Central St Martin, Art Foundation (Unconditional offer)


Exhibitions

2023 Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, We Are Going to The Moon!, UniX Gallery New York
2022 'FastForward' UniX Gallery NY
2020 The Summer Exhibition', The Royal Academy Of Arts, London
The Covid Collection, Blank White Space Gallery
The Contemporary Indigenous, collaboration with In Vogue Traveller's Club & A Small World,
Studio Kix, Ldn ʻOpen Studiosʼ w/Lindsay Mapes & Rob Paul, Cell Studios Dalston,
ʻThe Contemporary Indigenous', Solo Show, The Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Pall Mall, London
ʻStreet Figuresʼ, 508 Gallery, Kings Road, London
Flux Exhibition,The National Army Museum, Chelsea, London
ʻWOMANʼ, The Book Club, London
International Women's Day, The Circle, Soho, London
2018 Curatedʼ, Amar Gallery, London
Fresh From The Studio' 508 Gallery, Chelsea, London
ʻEssenceʼ Solo Show, BSMT Space, Dalston, London
The Circle London, Soho, London
Art Residency, Great Art UK, Shoreditch
ʻSummer Exhibitionʼ Fleek Gallery, Devon
ʻPicasso: An influence on Contemporary Artistsʼ 508 Gallery, Chelsea, London
ʻThe Official London Launch Show' Asylum Artist Management, The Crypt, St Pancreas, London
ʻUnspokenʼ Sweet Art, The Stash Gallery, London
The Gallery Cafe, London
ʻOpen Studiosʼ Cell Studios, Ridley Road, London
2017 ʻLiving Into Your Portrait', Solo Show, 5th Base Gallery, Brick Lane, London
‘The London Pancakes & Booze Art Show', Studio Spaces, London
Christmas Angel Art Fair, Candid Arts Trust, Angel, London
2016 ʻMeet The Artists', Cremer street, Hoxton Arches, Black + White Building, London (March- Aug 16', April 17ʼ)
ʻArts Music Festival – NEBULA NEBULAʼ, The Platform, London
2015 Live Art' by Thre3 Strokes, Rustic Cinema in Marrakech during Biennial
2014 Cross my Artʼ 210 Pentoville, Kings Cross, London
2010 ʻSurreal Nightmaresʼ, Shunt, London Bridge
2009 ʻMixed Emotionsʼ Art & Escape Gallery, Herts, London Central St Martins Degree Show, Charing Cross
Rd, London
2008 Byam Shaw Gallery, Islington, London
2007 Trinity Buoy Wharf, East London