Art Seen is pleased to participate for the third continuous year at Limassol Art Walks. Our exhibition at Cassina El Greco, Secret Gazes, is a dialogue between the Cypriot painter, Chris Akordalitis and the British sculptor, Clare Burnett. Together they become storytellers, narrating and reimagining a collective tale of the past and the present. They use paint, mosaic and everyday objects to comment on histories, memories and cultures from a contemporary perspectives. They gaze at the fast challenging changing world proposing new scenes.

The show is curated by Maria Stathi and presented within the framework of Limassol Art Walks at Cassina El Greco showroom Eleftherias street 139-141, Limassol.

Opening hours: Friday 5-10pm, Saturday 11am - 8pm, Sunday 11am - 6pm

Chris Akordalitis (b.1989, Paphos, Cyprus) lives and works in Paphos.

He received an MFA from Kunst academy in Düsseldorf, where he studied paintingunder Prof. Andreas Schulze and sculpture under the artist Tony Cragg. Selectedsolo exhibitions include:‘House Guests’ at Half Gallery, LA,‘Inside/Outside’ at ExpoChicago,Dio Horia Gallery, Chicago; ‘Fragile Gods’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Athens;‘Between Worlds’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos. Selected group exhibitionsinclude: 'A garden of earthly delights', Taipei Dangdai, Dio Horia Gallery,Taipei;Andrea Festa Fine Art,Rome; CAN Ibiza, Dio Horia Gallery, Ibiza; ‘AfterHope’, Dio Horia Gallery, Athens; Untitled Miami, Dio Horia Gallery, Miami; UntitledMiami at Dio Horia Gallery, Online Edition, Artland; Future Fair, Dio Horia Gallery,Online edition, Artsy; ‘FriendsNonShow’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Athens.His work hasbeen reviewed by Artsy, Juxtapoz, ArtObserver, Art Chosun and other culturalmedia. Akordalitis’ work has been part of prominent art collections, includingForecast Städtische at Galerie Kaarst, Kaarst; Gallery Pop68, Cologne; GarageMuseum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Planet 58 Kunstsammlung [K21],Düsseldorf; Water House of Art, Paphos; Xiao Museum, Rizhao; Zuzeum Art Centre,Riga.

Clare Burnett

Burnett’s work is a process-led response to the issues, objects and spaces around her. She scavenges from her surroundings; plays with, reconfigures and transforms her ‘finds’ in the studio; then arranges them, often in groups, to create interactions with each other and with the space beyond.  She explores notions of value, power and the 21st century dilemmas the confront us all especially in relation to objects - what we buy and where, how we get rid of what we use, whether to watch or be watched and how we use new technologies.

Clare studied Architecture and Social and Political Studies at Cambridge University and Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art. Last year solo exhibitions included Art Seen, Nicosia and Royal Society of Sculptors Terrace Commission. Solo and group shows include Leighton House Museum; William Benington Gallery; the University of Leeds; Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer; the Royal Academy; the National Gallery; the Jerwood Space; the RIBA; and the Royal Society of Sculptors; Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum in Taiwan, Brooke Benington and Studio Block M74 in Mexico, Unit One Gallery and Workshop, London; Beckenham Place Mansion with Bo-Lee Gallery and No Show Space, Wuppertal.  Last year she received an Arts Council, England grant for a residency and exhibition at Electro Studios Project Space in Hastings responding to the work of Sam Smith of Project Art Works.  Site-specific installations include Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habitation, France; Brompton and Norwood Cemeteries and Bishopsgate Square. London. Clare grew up in France and Belgium and works in London and Berlin. From 2015-2022 she was President of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Her work is on permanent display in the Chinese galleries of the Museum für Kunst and Gewerbe Hamburg. Also is part of the State Collection of Cypriot Art, Nicosia, Cyprus as well in various Private Collections in Cyprus, France, Germany, UK and the USA.

For additional information, please contact Art Seen:

Maria Stathi, Founder & Director +357 22006624 i maria@art-seen.org | www.art-seen.org