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Nikitas Kavoukles
 

Born on the Greek island of Kalymnos in the eastern Aegean Sea. Now living in Sarasota, Florida, and part-time in New York City.

Mr. Kavoukles served as a board member of the Leger de Main Arts Consortium and co-director of the LEDO Art Gallery on Manhattan's Upper West Side. During that time he exhibited regularly in solo and group shows at Lincoln Center, and numerous other New York City galleries.

Following a move to Sarasota, Florida in 1994, he traveled abroad, visiting with artists and craftspeople in Greece, Turkey, and Bali to study the art and customs of those cultures. He now views his travels as a necessary period of retreat and incubation that led to a rebirth of creativity and renewed sense of purpose. He is active in the Sarasota and St. Petersburg scene and has judged local art competitions.

Currently, Mr. Kavoukles is working on a new series of Process-Driven Surrealist oil paintings, in addition to continuing his "Beneath the Surface" pigment print series, which is an ongoing project.
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About the Artist

This series of oil paintings falls in the category of "process driven" work. That is, I do not start with any set intention; the imagery emerges from a random color field that gradually gels into a suggestive content. Because of this process, the final results can be quite surrealistic both in subject matter and the way individual elements are portrayed.

In this series of paintings, the observer is invited to mentally complete the "story", if they even see one. As such, there is no right or wrong interpretation. "As a thing is viewed, so it appears." The work itself can become a tool for self-discovery and/or analysis. Observers can blend each others' stories to create infinite possibilities.
 
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Bend

2008
Oil on Canvas
45.72 x 60.96

Bend
Process-Driven Surrealism

Dilemma

2008
Oil on Canvas
76.20 x 86.36

Dilemma
Process-Driven Surrealism

Distance

2008
Oil on Canvas
27.94 x 35.56

Distance
Process-Driven Surrealism

Field

2008
Oil on Canvas
60.96 x 66.04

Field
Process-Driven Surrealism

Forest

2008
Oil on Canvas
58.80 x 40.64

Process-Driven Surrealism

Night

2008
Oil on Canvas
76.20 x 60.96

Process-Driven Surrealism

Opening

2008
Oil on Canvas
40.64 x 30.48

Process-Driven Surrealism

Sentinels

2008
Oil on Canvas
58.80 x 40.64

Process-Driven Surrealism
 
Education and biography
BFA from The City College of New York, 1976.

Solo Exhibition of Pigment Prints at The Studio, Sarasota, FL. - December, 2007 - January 2008.
 
Website:  www.nkavoukles.com
 
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