This April, Artereal Gallery is excited to present Catalysing Colour, an online solo exhibition of new sculptures by Yioryios Papayioryiou. Having shown his work since he graduated from Australian National University’s School of Art in 2014, this will be Yioryios fifth solo exhibition at Artereal Gallery, illustrating the upward trajectory of a fast-emerging artist who is increasingly being recognised for his ever-evolving free-form helixes and spirals which draw on the shapes and silhouettes of architecture.
Having relocated to Athens in 2019, Yioryios latest body of works references the ancient Greek architectural monuments of his new home, drawing upon the graceful fluted lines of Ionic pillars and the use of contrasting colours to create abstract representations of urban landscapes both new and old.
(To view and purchase artworks from this series, including pricing details, scroll to the end of this online exhibition page).
Artist Statement, 2021
Born in New Zealand, now based between Sydney, Australia and Athens, Greece. Yioryios Papayioryiou is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the boundaries between painting, sculpture and architecture. Graduating from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours in 2014, Yioryios has since held numerous solo exhibitions and been invited to participate in numerous group exhibitions at spaces such as Artereal Gallery, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair and Art Athena, as well as collaborations with Melbourne Art Fair.
Yioryios was recently commissioned to create a major public artwork as part of WestConnex Canal to Creek M5 Public Art Program. Launching in 2021, Canal to Creek is a diverse program of eighteen commissioned artworks that will help activate new and existing parklands between St Peters and Beverly Hills. Yioryios’ steel sculpture will be 3 metres high, 6 metres wide, and will be located in a permanent contemporary sculpture park in St Peters.
In 2015 and 2016 Yioryios was a finalist in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and his work was featured in Artist Profile magazine and Habitus Living. In 2016, Yioryios was commissioned to create a large scale, site-specific sculpture for ANZ headquarters in Melbourne.
In 2017 he was commissioned to create a site specific sculpture for the Crown Casino on the Gold Coast. In 2018 Yioryios was invited to participate in Monochrome: Empty and Full at Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the University of Melbourne. In May 2018 Yioryios completed his first international residency in association with the Athens School of Art in Athens, Greece.
Since 2019 Yioryios has worked on numerous major public art projects including a large scale sculpture which can now be seen at PS4 in Parramatta.
Yioryios’ work is held in significant collections such as the Justin House Art Museum collection, the ANZ collection, the Pricewaterhouse Cooper collection, the Crown Casino collection, the ELLIOT EYES COLLECTION and the Australian Embassy in Paris collection.
View all of the artworks in this online exhibition below.
Catalysing Colour 4 Dioxazine Purple x Cobalt Blue
Catalysing Colour 5 Dioxazine Purple x Cobalt Blue
Catalysing Colour 6 Dioxazine Purple x Cobalt Blue
Catalysing Colour 7 Hooker's Green x Cadmium Yellow
Catalysing Colour 8 Hooker's Green x Cadmium Yellow
Catalysing Colour 10 Hooker's Green x Magenta
Catalysing Colour M1 Cadmium Red with a mixed Orange
Catalysing Colour M2 Cadmium Red with a mixed Orange
Catalysing Colour M5 Prussian Blue
Catalysing Colour M7 Cadmium Deep Red
Catalysing Colour M8 Cadmium Red with a mixed Orange
Catalysing Colour M9 Cadmium Red with a mixed Orange
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