Anna Charaktinou
Selected Artworks
BIO
Charaktinou’s etchings and whimsical collages of cut paper and intricate hand-drawn illustrations are rich psychological self-portraits that express an enchanting inner world of fantastical creatures and dreamlike states. Heavy with symbolism and mythological references, Charaktinou’s compositions are filled with the natural imagery of trees, leaves, shells, flowers, and real and imagined creatures of every kind. Charaktinou uses fantasy to create highly surrealist works wrought with complex symbolism and emotional intensity. Anna Charaktinou studied Painting and Engraving at Athens School of Fine Arts, Stop motion and Engraving at University of Hildesheim in Germany and Painting and Graphic Design at Universität der Künste in Berlin. She holds a Meisterschülerin ( PhD) degree in Painting from Universität der Künste Berlin. She lives and works in Berlin Germany and in Athens Greece.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Inside Out Ceremony, Paper works, Bell Jars, The Blender Gallery, Athens-Greece
2020 Jardin des Curiosités, Event with Bell Jars, 1900 The Barber Shop, Athens-Greece
2019 Metamorphosis of a Daydream, Event with etchings,1900 The Barber Shop, Athens-Greece
2014 Awakening in Eden, Paper works and Bell Jars, Gallery Hirschmann, Berlin- Germany
2012 The Fifth Element, Paper works and Installation Gallery Hirschmann Berlin-Germany
2010 Metamorphosis, Paper works, Gallery Hirschmann Berlin-Germany
Group Exhibitions
2022 Beastly Encounters, Teras Space, Athens-Greece
2021 The Totemic Other, Installation, Spring Travelogue, The Blender Gallery, Athens- Greece
2020 2m. Murals, The Blender Gallery, Athens-Greece
2017 The Flying Field/ Abstract Art in changing places Berlin, Germany
2015 Gallery Weekend 2015 at The Mandala Hotel Berlin, Germany Chelsea Galerie, Laufen- Basel, Switzerland
International Art Fair Positions Berlin, Gallery Hirschmann Berlin Art space Technostasio, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014 New Engravers at the „ House of Cyprus“, Fine Arts Corporation: Α. Tassos
International Art Fair “Fine Art Cologne“, Köln, Germany Gallery Hirschmann Berlin
European Art Project, Chelsea Galerie, Laufen- Basel, Switzerland
International Art Fair «gaf Amsterdam», Netherlands , Gallery Hirschmann Berlin
International Art Fair “Art Karlsruhe» Karlsruhe, Germany Gallery Hirschmann Berlin
2013 International Art Fair ,“Fine Art Cologne“, Köln, Germany Gallery Hirschmann Berlin
International Art Fair, “Art Karlsruhe», Karlsruhe, Germany Gallery Hirschmann Berlin
2010 Rundgang 10- Open Doors Day, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
Etchings Exhibition, Gallery Ersi, Athens, Greece
2009 2d Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Rundgang 09 –Open Doors Day, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany Alumni Exhibition, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
2008 2d International Triennial Ex Libris Lefkas, Greece
5th Triennial of New Engravers , Athens, Greece Panorama of Greek Engraving Art, Athens, Greece
