Liana Grammenos
Mixed Media 24"x 18"
Artist's Background
MFA Central St. Martins College of Art and DesignBFA School of VIsual ArtsPratt Institute Liana Grammenos is an artist who is a nomad by nature. She was born in Cleveland, OH. and raised between the United States and Greece. As an adult her travels and relocations that span North America and Europe have given her a unique perspective and eclectic flare in her artwork. Today Grammenos resides and works in Los Angeles, California.Liana has been heavily influenced by Spanish modern art due to her previous residence in Madrid, Spain and prior residence in Athens, Greece that has given her an even more in-depth knowledge of Greek art and architecture which has influenced her all her life due to her Greek heritage. She specifically influenced by artists such as Peter Doig, Bernard Frieze, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Joan Miro, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Chris Ofili, Fiona Rae, Paul Henry Ramirez, Mark Rothko, Anri Sala, and Fred Tomaselli.Grammenos' spiritual and metaphysical beliefs as well as her personal experiences and interpretation of life aid her in creating intense atmospheres, vibrant color and melodic movement all conveyed in her work in a unique and profound manner.
MFA Central St. Martins College of Art and Design
BFA School of VIsual Arts
Pratt Institute
Liana Grammenos is an artist who is a nomad by nature. She was born in Cleveland, OH. and raised between the United States and Greece. As an adult her travels and relocations that span North America and Europe have given her a unique perspective and eclectic flare in her artwork. Today Grammenos resides and works in Los Angeles, California.
Liana has been heavily influenced by Spanish modern art due to her previous residence in Madrid, Spain and prior residence in Athens, Greece that has given her an even more in-depth knowledge of Greek art and architecture which has influenced her all her life due to her Greek heritage. She specifically influenced by artists such as Peter Doig, Bernard Frieze, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Joan Miro, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Chris Ofili, Fiona Rae, Paul Henry Ramirez, Mark Rothko, Anri Sala, and Fred Tomaselli.
Grammenos' spiritual and metaphysical beliefs as well as her personal experiences and interpretation of life aid her in creating intense atmospheres, vibrant color and melodic movement all conveyed in her work in a unique and profound manner.
Statement
Liana Grammenos uses broad depth of color and vivid brush strokes to create space between mind and matter, separating the viewer from the physical image to see through the eyes of the objective subconscious. Images and experiences are broken down into raw, simple forms, allowing the subconscious to compare the nuances of reality out of context, creating a sense of recognition where there is none. The audience is asked, what is real: the image of reality, or the interpretation?While we consciously attempt to reconstruct the image before us on one of Grammenos' grand canvases, we notice that we, too, are being watched; The eyes of the subconscious are peering out into our world, judging and analyzing us, extracting foreign images and shapes to compare with the deconstructed world within. Here we join an abstract organic collective, so familiar, yet without an identity.
Liana Grammenos uses broad depth of color and vivid brush strokes to create space between mind and matter, separating the viewer from the physical image to see through the eyes of the objective subconscious. Images and experiences are broken down into raw, simple forms, allowing the subconscious to compare the nuances of reality out of context, creating a sense of recognition where there is none. The audience is asked, what is real: the image of reality, or the interpretation?
While we consciously attempt to reconstruct the image before us on one of Grammenos' grand canvases, we notice that we, too, are being watched; The eyes of the subconscious are peering out into our world, judging and analyzing us, extracting foreign images and shapes to compare with the deconstructed world within. Here we join an abstract organic collective, so familiar, yet without an identity.
MARCH 2007
CLEVELAND, OH.
"Artmart"
Spaces Gallery
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland, OH. 44113
www.spacesgallery.org
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2007
"Guitarmania Juried Art Exhibit"
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame/
Artist Review Today
Galleria
1301 East 9th st.
Cleveland,OH. 44114
SEPTEMBER 2006
LONDON,UK
Central St. Martin's
"MA FINE ART DEGREE SHOW"
Group Exhibition
117-111 Charing Cross Road
Soho
London WC2
FEBRUARY 2006
LONDON, UK
"Quick and Dirty"
The Bargehouse
Oxo Tower Wharf
Bargehouse Street
South Bank
London SE1 9PH
www.oxotower.co.uk
MARCH 2005
NEW YORK, NY
"Contact"
Visual Arts Gallery
Chelsea
160 W. 26th St.
New York, NY 10011
SEPTEMBER 2007
PORTLAND, OR.
"Secrets"
Launchpad Gallery
534 SE Oak Street
Portland, OR 97214
www.launchpadgallery.org
JULY 2007
KENT, OH.
"Open Tank"
Kent State University Downtown Gallery
223 North Water Street
Kent, OH. 44240
http://dept.kent.edu/art/galleries/
MAY 2007
PITTSBURGH, PA.
"Bigfoot"
Modernformations Gallery
4919 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA. 15224
www.modernformations.com
JANUARY 2009
NEW YORK, NY.
"Postcards From The Edge"
Metro Pictures
519 W 24th St.
NEW YORK, NY. 10011
www.metropicturesgallery.com
NOVEMBER 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA.
"Art Knows No Borders"
Safari Sam's
448 S. Main Street
LOS ANGELES, CA. 90013
DECEMBER 2007
"Night of 1,000 Drawings"
Artists Space
38 Greene St. 3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10013
www.artistsspace.org
Awards
2009 Art Space 2000 World Web Award of Excellence
2008 Art Space 2000 World Web Award of Excellence
2008 Bell Art Excellence Award
2007 Kara Art Gold Award
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Watching You
Byzantine
Untitled
Certainty is a Vessel
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Sedona
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