ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 1.0 Anna Gerolymatou

Born in Athens now based in Brussels, Anna Gerolymatou has attended courses in painting and drawing in Athens, composition and decoration at the Fine and Applied Arts department at the Royal Academy of Brussels, as well as workshops in mixed media and encaustic techniques in Brussels. She has attended various courses on History of Art. She has always strived to go beyond verbal communication and empower her feelings and artistic expression. After a life time of artistic endeavours, she have discovered her niche though a completely personal technique in collages - mixed media, each with a narrative open to interpretation by diverse viewers. Triggering an emotional state of no specific memories, the artworks are framed within a past era and manifest as an attempt to recreate it. Her inspiration comes from a desire to highlight beauty by combining finesse, elegance and grace of an artefact created by mixed media. The ,Belle Époque' and ,Art Deco' periods have been the main periods of her inspiration. Her approach takes a variety of routes using different kinds of paper, acrylics, inks, fabrics, found images, coloured pencils and crayons, stencils and many others. She has received various distinctions: * Certificate from the Fédération Nationale de la Culture Nationale - ART EN CAPITAL 2015 (Grand Palais). * Certificate of Excellence for her artwork participating - 21st ArtVita Competition-ARTEXPO New York 2017. * Honourable Mention Award for the high aesthetic, technical and creative standard-Circle Foundation for the Arts Her artworks can be found in various private selections.