Syni Anastasiadis at Galerie Zygos

Syni Anastasiadis
ΣΥΝΗ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑΔΗ

Three Groups of Paintings
April, 2003 @ Galerie Zygos, Nikis Street

"The Miracle of Love", oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm, by Syni Anastasiadis.

Syni Anastasiadis

Born in Alexandroupolis, Northern Greece, in 1947, Syni Anastasiadis studied drawing at the Euclidis School of Thessaloniki. She worked as a designer at A.E.G. company, Thessaloniki (1971-1977) while following lessons in painting at the studios of Polykleitos Rengos and Th. Minopoulos. She also did ceramics and serigraphy, and participated in relevant exhibitions. Between 1982-1983 she did free studies in mixed media in various Vienna workshops. In 1992 she created her own exhibition space in Palagia, Alexandroupoli, and since 1996 she lives in Alexandroupoli.

She is a member of the Greek Artists Guild and of Hellenic Centre, London. Her work can be found in several public and private art collections throughout the world, including the City Hall of Alexandroupolis, the City Hall of Soufli, the City Hall of Tyhero, the City Hall of Sappes, the District Offices of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace at Komotini, the District Offices of Evros at Alexandroupolis, the V. Kekeris Collection, the Veroia Municipal Art & Letters Center, the Press & Public Relations Offices of the President of the Greek Republic, the FONDATION CENAC, Paris, etc.

Her work has been praised by several art historians and art critics, and renowned personalities of the Greek arts and letters, including Panayotis Mitiletsis, Thanassis Tzoulis, Hector Kaknavatos, Dora Eliopoulou-Rogan, Ioannis Galeridis, Eleni Depou, Anna Hatzigiannaki, Eleni Stoumpou, Demosthenes Doukas, Stelios Nassikas, Kostas Papanastasiou, Kiki Christodoulou, Mitsos Kassolas, Anne Constanty, Vum Leizebuerger Vollek, Hasan Badaoui, Yannis Xanthoulis and others. She has had 54 solo shows thus far, including many at Galerie Zygos and is a frequent exhibitor with Galerie Terzo, Berlin.