Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Greece
• 1958
Biography
Kalli Kastori was born in Volos. Having pursued her studies in music and guitar, she very soon became highly successful. She did recordings for radio stations in Cairo, Romania and Sofia, and for the Greek state broadcaster, ERT. She taught for many years and gave concerts at international festivals, such as the Apollonia Festival of Art in Bulgaria, and in Aalborg in Denmark.
In March 1988, one of the best known magazines in the field of music, Classical Guitar, published an article entitled “Greek Notebook – Colin Cooper visits Volos", in which the writer described her music as follows: “I am impressed by Kalli Kastori… She plays so sensitively and with such a lovely tone".
From 2000 onwards, Kalli Kastori devoted herself entirely to the Fine Arts. In 2003 she became the top entrant to the School of Fine Arts in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and graduated top of the master class of Giorgos Golfinos.
During her studies, she was honoured with four scholarships from IKY (State Scholarship Foundation), and received the highest mark.
Having graduated from the Aristotle School of Fine Arts in June 2008, she was awarded a scholarship from the Michelis Foundation for postgraduate studies abroad.
She studied at the University of the Arts (Wimbledon College of Art), in London, and was taught by the internationally well-known artist, Geraint Evans. In 2011, she graduated with a Master of Arts.
Her work has been exhibited in well-known art galleries in Greece and abroad. In 2013, at the Hellenic Cultural Centre in London she had a solo exhibition, entitled “Freeze", which led to an article being published in the Wall Street International Magazine entitled “Kalli Kastori: Freeze".
Works by Kalli Kastori can be found in the Frissiras Museum collection in Athens, Vogiatzoglou collection and in many private collections in Greece and abroad. Some of her works are exhibited in public institutions and art galleries.
Finalist –Awards
Osten Biennial 2020, Osten Award for National Presentation
Royal Art Prize, February 2020
Art Gemini Prize, September 2019
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Snapshots, The Other Art Fair, London
All my desires, MIET, Thessaloniki
2018 Snapshots, Technohoros art gallery, Athens
2017 Fingerprints, Municipal Gallery Giorgio de Chirico, Volos
2016 Waiting for, Papatzikou gallery, Veroia
Exhibition in the European Parliament, Mezzanine Yehudi Menuhin Hall, Brussels
Expectation and moment II, Theorema art gallery, Brussels
2015 Expectation and moment, Aenaon, Athens
2013 Freeze, Hellenic Centre, London
Freeze, Kaplanon 5 art gallery, Athens
2010 Pause, Municipal Gallery Katsigra Museum, Larissa
Pause, Municipal Gallery Giorgio de Chirico, Volos
2009 Pause, Astrolavos artlife gallery, Athens
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2020 Together, So Far So Close, MOMus, Thessaloniki
Cityscape, MOMus, Thessaloniki
2019 Love is a Dog from Hell, Frissiras Museum, Athens
2016 Art Athina, TaeKwonDo, Athens
Follow me, Papatzikou gallery, Veroia
2015 Embody, The collection gallery, Nicosia
Elles, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Mikri forma, Papatzikou gallery, Veroia
2012 Depot / Small artworks, Kaplanon 5 art gallery, Athens
Pathways of Art, Kaplanon 5 art gallery in collaboration with Municipality of Lamia, Municipal Gallery of Lamia Alekos Kontopoulos
2011 Expo Collective, Theorema art gallery, Brussels
Interim Show, Τhe Nunnery Gallery, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2010 40x40, Municipal Gallery of Volos, Volos
Salad al Fresco, Sprout Community Arts, London
2009 Kodra-Fresh, Former Military Camp Kodra, Thessaloniki
2008 I create therefore I am, State Museum of Modern Art, Thessaloniki
5th Biennale New Artists, Hotel Maris, Crete
2007 Small Works, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
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