Nadia Rapti art

Sunday morning 6th of August and I rush to the kiosk to buy KATHIMERINI newspaper and see that my work is featured in such an exquisite way!!! Million thanks to Tzina Sotiropoulou for her inspiring questionnaire and her amazing writing!!!

"Women in tension""Under the Radar"Artslant

"Limit up in Art" and "Artbeat", special thanks to the journalist Ms. Kiriaki Axiwti for such a beautiful presentation of the exhibition!!!

Today are the opening day of the exhibition "IndepArt 2016" at the Image Gallery, 36 Amalias Ave. Athens, Greece and my day could not have started better...

In the morning, I received a message from a friend and a photo of a small column at the cultural section of "I Kathimerini" newspaper regarding the opening of the exhibition and the columnist had chosen my painting!!!

My artwork "Absorbed in the sunset" is one of  the winners of the 9th 2016 - final round - ART Slant Prize Showcase!!! Thank you ARTslant and thank you Andrew Lee, Assistant Director of Sperone Westwater, NY; Agustina Ferreyra, Director and Owner of Galería Agustina Ferreyra, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Chelsea Guerdat, Exhibitions and Operations Director for an NYC arts non-profit.

I am so happy that I am among the winners of the 7th 2016 ART Slant Prize Showcase!!! Thank you ARTslant and thank you Round 7 jurors: Curator, writer, and activist Dan 'Danny' Orendorff, and Josh Pavlacky, Founder and Director of American Medium.

Thank you Art People Gallery for the post!!!

I copy the post as presented on the Art People Gallery site:

NADIA RAPTI IS AN ARTIST CURRENTLY LIVING AND WORKING IN ATHENS, GREECE.

She received her degree in Architecture from National Technical University Athens (2002), a Master’s degree in Design Studies from Graduate School of Design, Harvard University (2004) and has attended a two year course in Fine Art Painting at the Hellenic – American Educational Foundation, Athens College.

I admire athletes’ persistence, their diligence for the everyday workout and their concentration the moment of the game. I get inspiration from photographs of athletes working out or competing as a team, group or unit. I try to capture and depict in my paintings the stiffness and strength of their bodies, the tension of the moment as well as the effort and the concentration that the moment requires.

http://www.nadiaraptiart.com/

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And as the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games became history and all international athletes came back home, Greece proudly welcomed the six athletes, winners of Olympic medals.

I came across an interesting article worth reading, titled "A Brief History of Art at the Olympics" posted by Chelsea Jones at Canvas, a Blog by Saatchi Art.

 In the end of the article you can find a link to an amazing collection curated by Gail Acosta: "Rio Olympics: Art for Sports Fans" in which my favorite artwork: "Ladies run Athens" is included!!!

The day I returned from my summer vacation, what a beautiful surprise awaiting me!

A wonderful email from Saatchi Art Support Team saying "Congratulations, your artwork sold!" was in my inbox!

Once more thank you Saatchi art but most of all I must express my gratitude to all my unknown collectors out there....

I only wish I could know just a little bit of something for you, so I will personalize my gift packaging better!!!

And here you go, all ready to go to its new home!!! Hope they will enjoy it!!!