born 1990, Vienna, Austria.
Education
2014 University of New South Wales Art & Design - MA
2013 University of Applied Sciences bfi Vienna - BA
Syrmathenia Nicolakis is an Austrian artist based in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. She is a Masters graduate of the University of New South Wales Art & Design, Australia.
She creates predominantly large-scale pure abstract paintings which embody her involvement with the complexity of emotions and spirituality through the exploration of gesture, form and colour. She works from instinct and impulse, pursuing an image that has only been felt but not seen. In an attempt to capture perception colour underscores the artist's aim to reveal beauty and to shine a light on this invisible moment.
There are no rules or clear outcomes in mind when painting, allowing for an improvisation with uncertainty. The painting unfolds in its own time, what emerges is always a surprise and every brush stroke and mark connects to and dictates the next move.
A multitude of thin layers of paint and iridescent colours respond to the changing light conditions that every painting encounters and prompt an engagement from each viewer that differs upon each new encounter.
The paintings are attempting to draw you in, the colours beckon you to feel and connect and ask for your participation in this subjective experience.
She creates predominantly large-scale pure abstract paintings which embody her involvement with the complexity of emotions and spirituality through the exploration of gesture, form and colour. She works from instinct and impulse, pursuing an image that has only been felt but not seen. In an attempt to capture perception colour underscores the artist's aim to reveal beauty and to shine a light on this invisible moment.
There are no rules or clear outcomes in mind when painting, allowing for an improvisation with uncertainty. The painting unfolds in its own time, what emerges is always a surprise and every brush stroke and mark connects to and dictates the next move.
A multitude of thin layers of paint and iridescent colours respond to the changing light conditions that every painting encounters and prompt an engagement from each viewer that differs upon each new encounter.
The paintings are attempting to draw you in, the colours beckon you to feel and connect and ask for your participation in this subjective experience.