Panayiotis Kalorkoti
| Panayiotis Kalorkoti | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 April 1957 Ayios Amvrossios, Cyprus |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Newcastle upon Tyne University 1976-80 Royal College of Art, London 1982-85 |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Website | www.kalorkoti.com |
Newcastle upon Tyne University 1976-80
Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 11 April 1957, Cyprus) is a contemporary British artist. As well as painting in acrylics and watercolour he does drawings and also experimented with etchings, screenprints, lithographs and monotypes. He tends to produce a series of paintings for a specific exhibition. He works within specific terms of reference and his work has been described as an entirely modern iconography. His work is figurative and features bright colour, economic use of line and makes use of collage, whilst referring to conceptualism, abstraction and modernism. Most of the work tends to be in groups and it is in the serial works that the viewer will sense a certain questioning and re-focusing. Of his artistic approach, Andrew Lambirth wrote:
Kalorkoti was born in Cyprus in 1957 and moved to the United Kingdom in 1966. He became a British citizen in 1974. He studied at Newcastle upon Tyne University (1976–80) and the Royal College of Art, London (1982–85). Of his student days, Frank Whitford wrote:
Kalorkoti has held exhibitions in Britain and abroad which include the Imperial War Museum, London, National Portrait Gallery, London, and National Garden Festival, Gateshead. He has worked on major public projects, such as Grizedale Arts, Cumbria and has been artist in residence for the Leeds Playhouse and has won fellowships, scholarships and commissions. He has exhibited regularly in a number of public galleries and museums. Writing for a catalogue in 2007 John Russell Taylor noted that:
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