KATERINA XENOFONTOS

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Katerina Xenofontos, through "3650 Steps", invites the public to an artistic dialogue where painting and printmaking meet composition on plexiglass, creating new narratives of light and transparency. In this exhibition, art becomes a path leading from the past to the present, from memory to creation. Each step hides a story; each work draws inspiration from symbolic objects, carriers of historical references and traditional wisdom.

The technique developed in this journey balances between painting and printmaking, merging the immediacy of the former with the subtlety of the latter. In this composition, plexiglass is not just a surface, it becomes a medium of transparent memory, where light penetrates the material and reveals hidden narratives.

The works in the exhibition seem to hover between then and now, creating a landscape that invites the viewer to reflect on the passage of time through 3650 steps - a journey full of traces, moments, and dreams.

Katerina Xenofontos was born in Nicosia and hails from Kyrenia. She holds a Bachelor's degree from the School of Fine Arts at Middlesex University in London and a Master's degree from Kingston University in London in European Arts and Practices. Thematic units of her works fall under the concepts of <Identity>, <Place/Space/Time>. Through her work, she creates pieces where light, history, and memory converse.

With a consistent presence in solo and group exhibitions, her art seeks the cracks of time and searches for the fine line where tradition meets the contemporary gaze. With appearances in solo and group exhibitions in Cyprus, Greece, and the United Kingdom, she is shaping a distinct artistic language that connects cultural heritage with the present, proposing new readings of tradition.

Recent presentations include the group art exhibition titled "Three Generations" at the Pierides Museum in Larnaca (July 2024) on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Turkish Invasion in Cyprus, the art exhibition "IMPRINTS/IN ART" at the Polychoro En Typois where the impetus for creating the works was the bidirectional relationship between books and the Arts, and the art exhibition "EX OFFICIO" at the Paphos Historical Center for Studies in Limassol.