Riana Raouna is a contemporary art gallery that operates online at www.rianaraouna.com.
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It features emerging artists from the international art scene, aiming to provide access to highly desirable artworks irrespective of the buyers' location.
Marina Olympios, Life is Liquid, mineral colours on canvas, 102 x 203 cm
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Image 1: Besher Koushaji, Hopeful 9, Acrylic on canvas, 2024, 80 x 80 cm
Image 2: Besher Koushaji, Hopeful 10, Acrylic on canvas, 2024, 95 x 65 cm
Image 3: Besher Koushaji, Confused, Acrylic on canvas, 2023, 100 x 105 cm
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Image 1: Mia Takemoto, Luncheon on the grass, Tempera on wood, 2024, 46 x 28 cm
Images 2, 3, 4: detail
Visit www.rianaraouna.com / Mia Takemoto to view all available paintings by the artist.
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Image 1: Lara Rottinghaus, 25 hours / Gare du Nord, Oil on linen, 2020, 160 x 220 cm
Images 2 & 3: detail
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Image 1: Matete Martini, Self Hug, Spray varnish, and pastel on linen canvas, 2024, 80 x 70 cm
Image 2: Matete Martini, Uncertainty I, Spray varnish, oil paint, and pastel on linen canvas, 2024, 70 x 60 cm
Image 3: Matete Martini, Uncertainty III - the act of settling down, Spray varnish, oil paint, and pastel on linen canvas, 2024, 100 x 80 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com / Matete Martini to view all available paintings by the artist.
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Mia Takemoto is a British-Japanese artist working in Edinburgh. Her art practice celebrates cultural hybridity, bringing together techniques, materials and themes to create a new, transnational style that bears her unique signature. As a British-Japanese artist born in Australia and currently living in Scotland, her work is strongly influenced by the cultures she is rooted-in and have routed through.
Takemoto is drawn to the concept of "third-cultural space", which is made up of components to which the individual feels that they belong and is characterised by a hybridity of cultures.
The artist’s expression of cultural hybridity is also reflected in her choice of materials and processes, which oscillate between East and West. Traditional Asian materials such as sumi ink, origami collage, and egg tempera are used in paintings of contemporary art, where the process of preparing the materials becomes as important as the painting itself.
Image 1: Mia Takemoto, Wedded Rocks, Tempera on canvas, 2022, 54 x 34 cm
Image 2 & 3: detail
Visit www.rianaraouna.com / Mia Takemoto to view all available paintings by the artist.
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Eliza Wiszniewska documents the botanical splendours and records her observation in stunning paintings of flowers and plants. Her paintings made of oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas, are remarkable for their combination of delicate beauty and technical accuracy encouraging the viewer to re-consider our relationship with the non-human world.
Image 1: I'm so grateful to you that I would give everything, but I have nothing.., Mixed media on canvas, 2024, 186 x 84 cm
Image 2: The bird of paradise, Mixed media on canvas, 2024, 90 x 90 cm
Image 3: This will pass, things will be different. It cannot be like this. Sooner the better, Mixed media on canvas, 2024, 60 x 55 cm
Image 4: Untitled, Mixed media on canvas, 2024, 30 x 40 cm
Visit www.rianaraoyna.com / Eliza Wiszniewka to view all available paintings in further detail and contact us for enquiries.
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“The very fact of art (however defined) has long been seen as a fundamental challenge to our most cherished beliefs about the nature of reality; indeed, to our very being as humans. Despite the largely modernity-specific reification and fetishization of fine art, the world created by artistry is not some marginal “second (aesthetic) world” alongside the everyday world in which we live; the world of art or artifice IS that very world.” Donald Preziosi, Art History: Making the Visible Legible, 1998)
Image 1: Lara Rottinghaus, Ewiger Rundgang (Eternal Rundgang), Oil on linen, 2022, 180 x 120 cm
Image 2: Lara Rottinghaus, 25 hours / Gare du Nord, Oil on linen, 2020, 160 x 220 cm
Image 3: Lara Rottinghaus, Rundgangsnachbereitung, Oil on linen, 2020, 140 x 230 cm
Image 4: Lara Rottinghaus, Dorotheenstraße, Oil on linen,2019, 200 x 130 cm
Image 5: Lara Rottinghaus, Lockdown Mintrop, Oil on linen, 2021, 190 x 145 cm
Image 6: Lara Rottinghaus, Lockdown Frühstück, Oil on linen, 2021, 120 x 100 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com / Lara Rottinghaus to view the paintings in detail and contact us for enquiries.
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We are delighted to present the large-scale diptych by Cécile Duchêne Malissin "L' Heure Bleu" (Acrylic on canvas / diptych, 116 x 178 cm), which has just been added to the gallery.
Cécile Duchêne Malissin's paintings encourage introspection and address our relationship to nature, ourselves and others. The artist's landscape paintings comprise of imaginative compositions where the real and the dreamlike coexist. Humans and animals are presented in abstract settings or lush vegetations, turning the canvas into a reverie on life.
Visit www.rianaraouna.com /Cécile Duchêne Malissin to view this magnificent work in detail and contact us for enquiries.
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And it feels like Summer 🌝🌞
Image 1: Marina Olympios, My body is a river, Mineral colours on canvas, 64 x 52 cm
Image 2: Seungkyung Oh, Waterfalls, Oil on Canvas, 2022, 65 x 50 cm
Image 3: Lara Rottinghaus, 22. Mai ´21, Oil on linen, 2022, 30 x 20 cm
Image 4: Eugenia Cuellar, Bright Star, Oil on linen, 2022, 146 x 114 cm
Image 5: Eugenia Cuellar, The Bather , Oil on linen, 2020, 55 x 46 cm
Image 6: Taedong Lee, A surfer, Oil on canvas, 2024, 34 x 24 cm
Image 7: Taedong Lee, Oceanfront, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2021, 30 x30 cm
Image 8: Eliza Wiszniewska, Untitled, Mixed media on canvas,2023, 240 x 195 cm
Image 9: Ebuka P. Agudieguw, Oh I See, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Image 10: Mia Takemoto, Goshono-yu, Tempera and origami paper on wood, 2023, 53 x 46 cm
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Jorge Rivera, Levitation 3, Watercolour and resin on paper, 2024, 42 x 30 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com /Jorge Rivera to view all available works from the “Levitation” series and contact us for enquiries.
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We are delighted to announce that Jorge Rivera joins the gallery’s roster of international artists!
Jorge Rivera (b. in Spain, lives and works in Taipei) earned his MA and Ph.D. in Fine Arts/Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. Awarded numerous honours and residencies, he lived and exhibited internationally in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Berlin, and Vienna. Rivera's diverse media exploration encompasses bronze casting, marble carving, inflatable vinyl printing, film, performance, drawing, and painting. This versatility reflects his engagement with various cultures and contexts throughout his life.
Currently based in Taipei, Rivera is working on a project combining oil painting, glass sculpture, and moving images to explore Eastern aesthetics' emptiness within a Western contemporary framework.
Rivera's artistic statement delves into the intersection of dimensions, movement, and stillness, exploring the psychological space of dreams and imagination. Trusting touch over sight, he aims to make the subconscious tangible, creating tactile paintings and sculptures that invite touch and emphasize drips and fingerprints. His work draws inspiration from archaic and mythical elements, weaving narratives to reveal deeper truths of the human condition.
Rivera cherishes unsustainable moments, describing them as addictive, mystical, exhilarating, liberating, and full of life. His artistic practice is an attempt to articulate and share these moments with an audience, bridging personal myths to form a global archetype that transcends social and cultural differences.
Click the link in bio/Jorge Rivera to view all available works from the “Levitation” series and contact us for enquiries.
Image 1: Artist Jorge Rivera
Image 2: Levitation 1, Watercolour and resin on paper, 2024, 42 x 30 cm
Images 3 & 4: detail of Levitation 1
Image 5: Levitation 6, Watercolour and resin on paper, 2024, 42 x 30 cm
Images 6 & 7: detail of Levitation 6
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“Aesthetic experience is that of something that spirit may neither find on the world nor in itself; it is possibility promised by its impossibility. Art is the ever-broken promise of happiness” (Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, 1970)
Image 1: Cécile Duchêne Malissin, L’ affaitage , 2021, Acrylic and paper on stretched canvas, 89 x 116 cm
Image 2: Eugenia Cuellar, Dead Calm, 2021, Oil on linen, 150 x 195 cm
Image 3: Seungkyung Oh, Rainbow Drops, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 145.5 x 97 cm
Image 4: Marina Olympios, CuSO4 5H2O - Chalcanthite is her name, Mineral colours on canvas, 2016, 123 x 103 cm
Image 5: Taedong Lee, A surfer, 2024, Oil on canvas, 34 x 24 cm
Image 6: Lara Rottinghaus, Dorotheenstraße, 2019, Oil on linen, 200 x 130 cm
Image 7: Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus, Récolte, 2023, Tempera and oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm
Image 8: Mia Takemoto, Goshono-yu, 2023, Tempera and origami paper on wood, 53 x 46 cm
Image 9: Ebuka Pascal Agudiegwu, X-***ed , 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 130 x 100 cm
Image 10: Botond Gagyi, Showtime, 2021-22, Oil on canvas, 170 x 150 cm
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Image: Golnaz Afraz, Cold Fire, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020, 150 x 120 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com/Golnaz Afraz to view this and all other available paintings by the artist and contact us for enquiries.
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Botond Gagyi is inspired by found images and personal photographs to explore the new reality of contemporary life. By oscillating between construction and deconstruction, omissions, repainting, erasures and piling up of paint, the artist explores a reality that lacks depth and authenticity, where individuals are alienated from their own self, and relationships are no longer real.
His dynamic work is moody and dramatic, drawn upon profoundly personal memories and collective trauma, with the prevalence of a disquieting calmness. With figures merged into the abstract space as extension of their physical and emotional experience, his paintings become tableaus to listen to, and not only an image-surface for plain visual pleasure. At the same time, through his characters' often colourful and fashionable attires, his work is characterised by a contemporary visual aesthetic and communicates a ray of hope.
Image 1: Botond Gagyi, Eclipse, Oil on linen, 2021-22, 150 x 170 cm
Image 2: Botond Gagyi, Dream Walk, Oil on canvas, 2022, 34 x 28 cm
Image 3: Botond Gagyi, Showtime, Oil on canvas, 2021-22, 170 x 150 cm
Image 4: Botond Gagyi, Icarus, Oil on canvas, 2021, 43 x 38 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com/Botond Gagyi to view the paintings in detail and contact us for enquiries.
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Mood of the day 🌝
Image 1: Eugenia Cuellar, Beach Club, Oil on linen, 2023, 56 x 45 cm
Image 2: Eugenia Cuellar, The Bather, Oil on linen, 2020, 55 x 46 cm
Image 3: Eugenia Cuellar, Pensive Study, Oil on linen, 2023, 52 x 42 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com/Eugenia Cuellar to view these refreshing paintings in detail and contact us for enquiries.
Mia Takemoto is a British-Japanese artist working in Edinburgh. Her art practice celebrates cultural hybridity, bringing together techniques, materials and themes to create a new, transnational style that bears her unique signature. As a British-Japanese artist born in Australia and currently living in Scotland, her work is strongly influenced by the cultures she is rooted-in and have routed through.
In her paintings, she explores the role of food, family and the home in bridging the gaps between her cultural identities. More specifically, she is drawn to the concept of "third-cultural space", which is made up of components to which the individual feels that they belong and is characterised by a hybridity of cultures.
Takemoto's expression of cultural hybridity is also reflected in her choice of materials and processes, which oscillate between East and West. Traditional Asian materials such as sumi ink, origami collage, and egg tempera are used in paintings of contemporary art, where the process of preparing the materials becomes as important as the painting itself.
Clixk the link in bio/Mia Takemoto to view in detail all available paintings by the artist.
Image 1: Untitled, Tempera and ink on handmade paper, 2020, 30 x 21 cm
Image 2: Nabe, Tempera and ink on wood, 2020, 60 x 120 cm
Image 3: Goshono-yu, Tempera and origami paper on wood, 2023, 53 x 46 cm
Image 4: Sea of Clouds (Roots & Routes series), Tempera on wood, 2022, 30 x 42 cm
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Image 1: Cécile Duchêne Malissin, Veranda VI, Acrylic on canvas, 2023, 200 x 200 cm
Images 2 & 3: Detail
Both realistic and dreamlike, Cécile Duchêne Malissin's paintings encourage introspection and address our relationship to nature, ourselves and others. The artist's landscape paintings comprise of imaginative compositions where the real and the dreamlike coexist. Humans and animals are presented in abstract settings or lush vegetations, turning the canvas into a reverie on life.
Cécile Duchêne Malissin graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d'Art in Paris and the Faculty of Arts from the University of Strasbourg. Since 2006 her work has been exhibited internationally in more than thirty (30) exhibitions and
International Art Fairs.
Visit www.rianaraouna.com to read full biography and view available paintings by Cécile Duchêne Malissin.
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Through fluid and intuitive gestures, Olympios goes beyond representation, while by using mineral colours that she collects from the earth she explores the notions of beauty, love and self-awareness. As the artist explains: “In the age we live in, where everyone is sure of their own truth and try to impose it on others, the work of art represents the rejection of the absolute. It is the apotheosis of search and rebirth. My work is dedicated to the search for Beauty and Love, Understanding, Empathy, and the Alternative view of ourselves. In contrast to the climate of the times, the exhibition creates a sense of innocence, an optimism. Creating this oasis is my goal.”
Marina Olympios graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux - Arts of Paris (avec les félicitations du jury). With more than twenty-one solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe, selected exhibitions include: L'Art est Justice, Centre Georges Pombidou, Paris (1992); Medals of Honour, Galerie OZ, Paris (1994); The Travesty of Art, Ileana Tounta, Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1995); Let Me Be Your Guide, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris 1995); Day 3 Blue Pigs, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York (1998).
Works of Art of Olympios belong to the following collections, among others: Dakis Ioannou collection, Athens; Daskalopoulos Collection, Los Angeles; Pierre Nouvion, Monaco; Marzio Carver, Monaco.
Image 1: Light does not tread upon the steps of light, Mineral colours on canvas,120 x 180 cm
Image 2: A tender heart is always flying, Mineral colours on canvas, 102 x 203 cm
Image 3: Art is about the freedom of the intellect, Mineral colours on canvas, 102 x 203 cm
Image 4: Equanimity the element of true love, Mineral colours on canvas,102 x 203 cm
Image 5: The story of the Rainbow Girl, Mineral colours on canvas, 102 x 203 cm
Image 6: Woman as inclusion in an ammonite, Mineral colours on canvas, 123 x 203 cm
Image 7: It It takes time to understand, Mineral colours on canvas, 103 x 203 cm
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In Eliza Wiszniewska’s canvases, nature acts as a healer, as a home, as a judge, inviting the viewer to surrender to an enchanting realm away from the goal-oriented contemporary life. Imagination, emotions and gut feeling are her primary guiding forces, while the artist also uses references from photographs and found images. For the creation of her paintings Wiszniewska uses a variety of materials such as coloured pencils, pastels, wax crayons, acrylic paints, gouache, charcoal and oil paints.
Eliza Wiszniewska holds a Master's degree in Engineering - Landscape Architecture from the KUL University in Lublin, Poland and a Master's degree in Painting from the Düsseldorf Academie in Germany where she was a student of professor Herbert Brandl.
In 2018 she was awarded with the first prize at the Art Battle Competition in Heimbach, Germany. Her work has been exhibited in 20 solo and group shows in Germany and Poland. Selected exhibitions include: Group exhibition Kunstpunkte, Düsseldorf (2022); Solo exhibition, Raum Für Kunst, Düsseldorf (2021); Start Art Week, Group exhibition "Spectral" (2021); Group exhibition, Museum K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein - Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2020).
Image 1: Untitled, Mixed media on canvas, 2023, 160 x 160 cm
Image 2: Untitled, Mixed media on canvas, 2023, 240 x 195 cm
Image 3: Let's get lost in the wild, Mixed media on canvas, 2022, 135 x 135 cm
Image 4: Cat me if you can, Mixed media on canvas, 2023, 80 x 80 cm
Image 5: No Ananas - No Party, Mixed media on canvas, 2020, 150 x 180 cm
Visit www.rianaraouna.com to see all available paintings by Eliza Wisniewska and contact us for enquiries
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The female portraits of Besher Koushaji have a seductive impact on the viewer, almost like magic. The direct gaze, the posture and the gracefullness of these women touch our sensitive chores in a powerful manner.
These portraits represent loved ones from Syria, while the lines and sections consist of architectural images of buildings from his home country. Through the distortion of the original figure, the artist expresses his attempt to reflect upon beautiful memories from his home. In this way, he explores notions of nostalgia, through a strong sensibility and affect.
Besher Koushaji is a Syrian contemporary artist, whose work explores themes related to memory and longing of a lost home. His paintings consist of portraits of beautiful women, engaged in casual, everyday scenarios which are distorted by lines and sections.
The influence of the artist's background in graphic design, as well as the infusion of cultural musings such as classical Arabic calligraphy and arabesque art are evident in Koushaji's contemporary paintings.
Besher Koushaji holds an M.A in Fine Arts and Visual Communication from Damascus University and currently undertakes an MA in Cubism from the same university. He has participated in International Art Fairs including, Beirut Art Fair (2021), Intersect 21 Art Fair, Chicago (2021), Intersect, Aspen (2020) and Egypt International Art Fair (2020).
Selected solo and groups exhibitions include: Painting the Figure, Rosenfeld Gallery, London (2021); Shenzhen Biennial, China (2021); Scene, Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Amman (2019); Art on 56th Gallery, Beirut (2019); Kalemat Sanat Galery, Istanbul, Turkey (2018).
Image 1: Confused (from the "Hopeful" series), Acrylic on canvas, 2023, 100 x 105 cm
Image 2: Reminiscence (from the "Hopeful" series), Acrylic on canvas, 2023, 180 x 120 cm
Image 3: Mother's Day, Acrylic on canvas, 2024, 90 x 95 cm
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From major political problems to basic human needs and fears, Eugenia Cuellar paintings are basically focused on women and the challenges they have to face in a contemporary world. Women interacting with men and women, in different spaces and situations, in Marc Augé non-places, etc., subjected to other people and rules, to customs and social standards.
Eugenia Cuellar studied Fine Art and Law at Complutense University and UDC- Santiago University (Spain). She has a MFA in Research in Art and Creation (2017, Complutense University) and is currently studying at Turps Art School (CC, 2022/2017).
She has had both solo and a number of group exhibitions in UK, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Japan. Recent group shows include, among others: Bloomberg New Contemporaries 22 to be held at Hull, Humber Street Gallery & Ferens Art Gallery and South London Gallery ; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 22. London; MOSTYN Open 21; Royal West Academy 168th Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol ; Wells Art Contemporary 21-20; Cambridge Summer Open at the Alson Richard Building; Repurpose Reverse, Studio 1.1, London (2019); Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Open Exhibition of Art (2018).
Image 1: Interior with Magenta Sky (diptych),Oil on linen, 2021, 195 x 260 cm
Image 2: Interior with Magenta Sky, Oil on linen, 2020, 114 x 146 cm
Image 3: The surprise, Oil on linen, 20201, 150 x 150 cm (detail)
Image 4: The little tiger, Oil on linen, 2019, 30 x 40 cm (detail)
Image 5: The bather, Oil on linen, 2020, 55 x 46 cm
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"Uncertainty I" by Matete Martini, spray varnish, oil paint and pastel on linen canvas, 2024, 70 x 60 cm
Currently on view at the exhibition "HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN"
Thank you all for joining us yesterday at the conversation between Matete Martini Matete Martini and Filep Motwary Filep Motwary . It was beautiful to listen to an intimate conversation about the deeper meaning of the works presented at “Hug Each Other Again”, the research behind the artist’s work but also, her overall attitude towards human relationships and creativity.
Thank you Matete and Filep!
The exhibition will remain open until 5 June at 276 Ermou Street, Nicosia.
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The fact that the exhibition “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN” takes place in Nicosia, the only divided European capital, has particular significance; it tackles the symbolic lack of the embrace which creates a barrier that separates self and other, challenging viewers to reflect upon the need for acceptance and togetherness between people living within the same territory. It is fundamental to feel safe in our own “home”.
The exhibition will remain open until 5 June, at 276 Ermou Street in Nicosia.
Image: Installation view from the exhibition.
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MATETE MARTINI IN CONVERSATION WITH FILEP MOTWARY - Tuesday 28 May, at 7 pm, 276 Ermou Street, Nicosia
On the occasion of Matete Martini’s first solo exhibition in Nicosia “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN”, Riana Raouna Gallery is pleased to invite you to a private event where the artist will be joined in conversation with Filep Motwary , editor-at-large at Vogue Greece, fashion curator, published author and photographer.
During this intimate conversation, Matete Martini will discuss the sources of her inspiration, the research behind her work and the deeper narratives explored through the current exhibition. Martini will also discuss her wider caliber of her artistic practice including painting, sculpture, performance, cinema and education.
Not to be missed!
Matete Martini’s “KISS” series of photographs explores the female plea for attention. As the artist explains, “even a mannequin (plastic doll) seeking attention, when experiencing love comes back to life, living as a human”.
The photographs were taken during the filming of Martini's film ‘Beaten Egg.’ (2023). These images were born from the set and constitute an autobiographical work.
The photographs are currently on view at the exhibition “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN”, which runs through 5 June at 276 Ermou Street in Nicosia.
Open every day including weekends: 10 am-2 pm & 3-7 pm
Image 1: KISS I, photo printed on opaque coated paper, 62 x 47 cm, edition 1/5
Image 2: KISS II, photo printed on opaque coated paper, 62 x 47 cm, edition 1/5
Image 3: KISS II, photo printed on opaque coated paper, 62 x 47 cm, edition 1/5
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ARTST TALK: MATETE MARTINI IN CONVERSATION WITH FILEP MOTWARY
Tuesday 28 May, at 7 pm, 276 Ermou Street, Nicosia
On the occasion of Matete Martini’s first solo exhibition in Nicosia “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN”, Riana Raouna Gallery is pleased to invite you to a private event where the artist will be joined in conversation with Filep Motwary, editor-at-large at Vogue Greece, fashion curator, published author and photographer.
During this intimate conversation, Matete Martini will discuss the sources of her inspiration, the research behind her work and the deeper narratives explored through the current exhibition. Martini will also discuss her wider caliber of her artistic practice including painting, sculpture, performance, cinema and education.
Not to be missed!
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MATETE MARTINI "HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN" OPENING SOON IN NICOSIA: RIANA RAOUNA Gallery is excited to present the first solo exhibition of MATETE MARTINI in Cyprus titled “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN”, which will take place from 23 May until 5 June, at 276 Ermou Street in Nicosia. The exhibition debuts a new group of paintings on canvas, photographs and drawings on paper, in which the physical and emotional need for intimacy is explored through the symbol of the hug. Matete Martini explores anatomy and skin; the relationship between the brain, the touch and emotion and reflects upon the primitive, profound gesture of the embrace through confident brushstrokes, fast lines, spray on canvas and deeply emotional photographic works. As the artist explains, the profound gesture of the hug is a way to accept and understand each other, but also ourselves. “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN” also addresses the fragile notion of “home” which involves a complex set of tensions related to the possibility of making oneself feel safe and protected in contemporary society. This idea is particularly relevant with the fact that the exhibition takes place in Nicosia, the only divided European capital, calling the viewers to reflect upon the need for acceptance and togetherness between people living within the same territory. Opening: Thursday, 23 May, 7-10 pm Duration: 23 May – 5 June 2024, Monday-Sunday, 10 am - 2 pm & 3 – 7 pm Address: 276 Ermou Street, 1016 Nicosia (opposite the Centre of Visual Arts & Research – Costas & Rita Severis Foundation) For more information, please contact +357 22 462888, [email protected] or visit www.rianaraouna.com. Matete Martini #matetemartini #hugeachotheragain #Hug #artexhibition #rianaraounagallery #contemporaryart #nicosia
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Matete Martini talks about the painting LSI II, which is part of the series LSI - Lo Spazio Individuale (the individual space). She explains about the special electric blue colour she achieved by using oil paint and the narrative behind the dancing figure. Visit www.rianaraouna.com / Matete Martini to view this magnificent painting in detail and contact us for enquiries. Video: Matete Martinii talks about LSI II Video courtesy the Gallery & the Artist #matetemartini #ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment #RianaRaounaGallery #RianaRaouna #ArtGallery #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment #EmergingArtists
“ALMOST PARADISE” OPEN UNTIL 1 DECEMBER! Exhibiting artists: Eliza Wiszniewska (Poland/Germany) @eliza_wiszniewska_art, Eugenia Cuellar (Spain) @eugeniacuellarartist, Golnaz Afraz (Iran/France) @golnaz_afraz , Henry Glover (UK) @hgglover, Mia Takemoto (Scotland/Japan) @mtakemoto.art, Taedong Lee (South Korea) @taedong_lee1028, Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus (France) @thiboucam, Dani Tagen (Brazil/UK) @danitagen DURATION: 17 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2023 ADDRESS: 276 Ermou Street, 1016 Nicosia (opposite the Centre of Visual Arts & Research – Costas & Rita Severis Foundation) Click the link in bio to read more details about the exhibition. #AlmostParadise #FigurativePainting #ArtExhibition #Nicosia #RianaRaouna#ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment #ArtGallery #emergingartists#contemporarypainting
“ALMOST PARADISE” OPEN UNTIL 1 DECEMBER! Exhibiting artists: Eliza Wiszniewska (Poland/Germany) @eliza_wiszniewska_art, Eugenia Cuellar (Spain) @eugeniacuellarartist, Golnaz Afraz (Iran/France) @golnaz_afraz , Henry Glover (UK) @hgglover, Mia Takemoto (Scotland/Japan) @mtakemoto.art, Taedong Lee (South Korea) @taedong_lee1028, Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus (France) @thiboucam, Dani Tagen (Brazil/UK) @danitagen ADDRESS: 276 Ermou Street, 1016 Nicosia (opposite the Centre of Visual Arts & Research – Costas & Rita Severis Foundation) Click the link in bio to read more details about the exhibition. #AlmostParadise #FigurativePainting #ArtExhibition #Nicosia #RianaRaouna#ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment #ArtGallery #emergingartists#contemporarypainting
"My work begins by reflecting on the experience of a landscape, the vision, the touch, the smell, and the sounds of that time. More than just transferring memories, the recollected landscape elements are reinterpreted into a new space with various color harmony and techniques that express my own fundamental feelings." (Taedong Lee) Taedong Lee works with the motifs of memory and feelings related to the landscape, which was either visited, seen in a picture, or read in a book. By distorting the image through a combination of impasto and thin layers of paint, Lee transforms classical scenes of nature into nostalgic compositions, where forests, rivers, and sky begin to blend into a single, impressionistic whole. With this, the artist attempts to reconstruct a new space which he calls a "phantom place"; an emotional mélange between memory of the past and feelings of the present. Taedong Lee obtained his MA Fine Art: Painting from Camberwell College of Arts, London in 2020 and his BA in Painting Fine Arts from Gachon University College of Arts, Korea in 2016. Recent solo and group exhibitions include: The Record, the Double, and the Singular, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong (2023); Landscape, Taymour Grahne Project, London (2022); Emerald Island, Taymour Grahne Project, London (2021); Hysterica, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan (2021); New Opening, Sunchang Youth Mansion and Canverse (NFT, 2021); Asyaaf, Hongik museum of art, South Korea (2021); London Grads Show, Saatchi Gallery, London (2020)
“ALMOST PARADISE” OPENS ON FRIDAY! Exhibiting artists: Eliza Wiszniewska (Poland/Germany) @eliza_wiszniewska_art, Eugenia Cuellar (Spain) @eugeniacuellarartist, Golnaz Afraz (Iran/France) @golnaz_afraz , Henry Glover (UK) @hgglover, Mia Takemoto (Scotland/Japan) @mtakemoto.art, Taedong Lee (South Korea) @taedong_lee1028, Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus (France) @thiboucam, Dani Tagen (Brazil/UK) @danitagen OPENING: Friday, 17 Nov., 7-10 pm DURATION: 17 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2023 ADDRESS: 276 Ermou Street, 1016 Nicosia (opposite the Centre of Visual Arts & Research – Costas & Rita Severis Foundation) Visit www.rianaraouna.com to read more details about the exhibition. Sound piece by @danitagen , "Dreaming Nature", limited edition cassette tapes (50) + digital track, 2023, 10min 50sec Images courtesy the Artists and the Gallery. #AlmostParadise #FigurativePainting #ArtExhibition #Nicosia #RianaRaouna#ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment #ArtGallery #emergingartists#contemporarypainting
EXHIBITION OPENING SOON IN NICOSIA: “ALMOST PARADISE” We are pleased to announce the opening of the group exhibition Almost Paradise, with eight (8) contemporary artists from the international art scene which will take place between 17 November and 1 December, at 276 Ermou Street in Nicosia. The exhibiting artists are: Eliza Wiszniewska (Poland/Germany), Eugenia Cuellar (Spain), Golnaz Afraz (Iran/France), Henry Glover (UK), Mia Takemoto (Scotland/Japan), Taedong Lee (South Korea), Thibaut Bouedjoro-Camus (France) and Dani Tagen (Brazil/UK). Through 19 paintings and a sound piece, Almost Paradise aims to highlight the unmistakable beauty of nature which is presented as an extension of our own selves. In a world increasingly consumed with immense challenges, the exhibition attempts to evoke a sense of delight, wonder and inspiration through the abundant beauty of the landscape, plants, flowers and wild animals. Click the link in bio to read more details about the exhibition. Sound piece by Dani Tagen, Dreaming Nature, limited edition cassette tapes (50) + digital track, 2023, 10min 50sec. All rights reserved @danitagen @eliza_wiszniewska_art @eugeniacuellarartist @golnaz_afraz @hgglover @mtakemoto.art @taedong_lee1028 @thiboucam @danitagen #AlmostParadise #FigurativePainting #ArtExhibition #Nicosia #RianaRaouna#ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment #ArtGallery #emergingartists#contemporarypainting
The exhibition catalogue of MARINA OLYMPIOS “AN EVERLASTING LOVE” can be viewed online. Click the link in bio/”Download List of works” Please contact us for any information at [email protected], +357 22 462888 Images courtesy the Artist Catalogue design by Pencil Communications Exhibition Opening: Saturday 1st July at Almyra Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus @marinaolympios @almyrahotel #marinaolympios #rianaraounagallery #almyrahotel #contemporaryart #artexhibition #AnEverlastingLove #paphos #paphoscyprus @pencilcommunicationscy
In view of the upcoming solo exhibition MARINA OLYMPIOS: AN EVERLASTING LOVE, the artist talks about the way she uses natural mineral colours that she collects from the earth to create her paintings. As she explains, the way minerals are formed through many layers is exactly how our knowledge of the cosmos and our own selves is formed. As Olympios explains, “all the beautiful natural pigments are melted to create serenity and a mental space where I can live and find myself, my true self in nature.” Opening: Saturday, 1 July, 7-10 pm Duration: 1-21 July 2023 Opening Hours: Monday 3-7 pm, Tuesday-Sunday:10 am – 2 pm & 3 - 7pm Address: Almyra Hotel, 12 Poseidonos Avenue, 8042 Paphos @marinaolympios @almyrahotel #marinaolympios #rianaraounagallery #almyrahotel #contemporaryart #artexhibition #AnEverlastingLove #paphos #paphoscyprus
“Painting is more real than reality. I paint the power of a woman taking root in the rainbow. I paint the hidden sources of water; the landscape is the person who sees it and the magic of art lies in the fact that each visitor discovers their own landscape.” (abstract from the text of Marina Olympios, included in the exhibition catalogue) Visit www.rianaraouna.com to find out more about the exhibition and download the catalogue. Solo exhibition of Marina Olympios "An Everlasting Love" Opening: Saturday, 1 July, 7-10 pm Duration: 1-21 July 2023 Opening Hours: Monday 3-7 pm, Tuesday-Sunday:10 am – 2 pm & 3 - 7pm Address: Almyra Hotel, 12 Poseidonos Avenue, 8042 Paphos @marinaolympios @almyrahotel #marinaolympios #rianaraounagallery #almyrahotel #contemporaryart #artexhibition #AnEverlastingLove #paphos #paphoscyprus
“Painting is more real than reality. I paint the power of a woman taking root in the rainbow. I paint the hidden sources of water; the landscape is the person who sees it and the magic of art lies in the fact that each visitor discovers their own landscape.” (abstract from the text of Marina Olympios, included in the exhibition catalogue) Visit www.rianaraouna.com to find out more about the exhibition and download the catalogue. Solo exhibition of Marina Olympios "An Everlasting Love" Opening: Saturday, 1 July, 7-10 pm Duration: 1-21 July 2023 Opening Hours: Monday 3-7 pm, Tuesday-Sunday:10 am – 2 pm & 3 - 7pm Address: Almyra Hotel, 12 Poseidonos Avenue, 8042 Paphos @marinaolympios @almyrahotel #marinaolympios #rianaraounagallery #almyrahotel #contemporaryart #artexhibition #AnEverlastingLove #paphos #paphoscyprus
“Whenever I visit Marina Olympios’ studio, I feel uplifted, mesmerized. Being surrounded by aethereal and translucent paintings of beautiful vibrant colours, evokes a sense of optimism and hope. The natural minerals which she personally collects from the earth and are used to create her paintings, give me a sense of belonging, a grounding to a safe place.” Riana Raouna Video courtesy the Gallery and Artist Visit www.rianaraouna.com to see all available paintings by Marina Olympios and contact us for enquiries. #marinaolympios #ContemporaryPainting #AbstractPainting #MineralColours #EmergingArtists#RianaRaounaGallery #RianaRaouna #ArtGallery #ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment#OnlineGallery
We are delighted to present the solo exhibition of Eugenia Cuellar "Paradiso" which is now open through the Gallery's Online Viewing Room. "Paradiso" consists of paintings on canvas which depict idealized landscapes within luxurious resort settings and lush plantations. Through loose brushstrokes and the abundance of green, blue, yellow and pink tones drawn from nature, these lyrical paintings immerse the viewer in the sensations of escapism and encourage a deep dive into fantasy. Click at the following link to enjoy the exhibition: www.rianaraouna.com/viewing-room Video courtesy the Gallery #Paradiso #SoloExhibition #OnlineExhibition #OnlineViewingRoom #EmergingArtists#RianaRaounaGallery #RianaRaouna #ArtGallery #ContemporaryArt #ArtContemporain #ArtCollector #ArtInvestment#OnlineGallery
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