Olympia Antoniadis
Artist statement - Solace
Olympia Antoniadis preserves flowers in her late sisters sewing studio after receiving them as sympathy gifts. Pink; a colour of hope, warmth and comfort radiates the room, the walls changing in luminosity at different times of the day. The cascading material softens the absence of the human form, creating a surreal and intimate space. Antoniadis finds solace in the act of preserving and in the detail of her painting. Whilst acknowledging the inevitability of loss, she searches for the beauty within her grief.
Education
2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts
Solo exhibitions
2019
Solace, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
2018
VEIL, Studio Bowden, Adelaide SA
Selected Group exhibitions
2019
Art Start Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
2018
Allegory, Lindberg Gallery, Victoria
Subversive, Cult & Harper, Adelaide
2016
Gallery Opening, Lindberg Gallery, Victoria
2015
Art Graduate Exhibition, VCA, Victoria
Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery
2013
Painting, VCA Student Gallery
Awards/ Scholarships
2019
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award - Finalist (winner to be announced Nov 2019)
Belle Magazine Art Start Competition - 2nd Prize Winner
2017
RSASA SALA Portrait Prize, RSASA Gallery - Finalist
2015
Rosemary Ricker Graduate Award For Excellence in Painting - Recipient
2014
The Art Academy, Robin Eley Workshop, Hill-Smith Scholarship - Recipient
2013
Biennial SALA Youth Portrait Competition - Recipient
Experience
2018
Artist Assistant to Robin Eley, Art Academy, Adelaide S.A
2014
Artist Assistant to Diane Gall and Jim Thalassoudis, Melbourne Art Fair
Artist Assistant to Nick Selenitsch, Chalk and Clay, Sutton Gallery, Victoria
2013
Artist Assistant to Jessica Johnson, Melbourne Now, NGVA Ian Potter, Victoria
Bibliography
Belle Magazine Australia, Olympia Antoniadis, April 2019
Christina Nafziger, Behind the Flowers and Between the Sheets, Create Magazine, March 2019