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Andreas Menelaou
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Biography
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After my College studies i visited Mount Athos and lived with the Monks in Greece and studied Byzantine Iconography. Worked as an assistant in Thessaloniki paintings Wall Murals in Greek Churches. I opened up my own Graphic and Advertising studio in Thessaloniki for a short while, it was a successful business. I stopped graphic arts to pursued my dream painting Byzantine Art.
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Statement
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I got inspired for Byzantine art, when i visited Mount Athos in Greece in 1985.Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it is a treasury which houses and guards many artefacts and monuments of religions, national and artistic value. It is also a "workshop" where religions arts and crafts are still practised to this day, and where deep and genuine spirituality is allowed to flourish and bear fruit. As an institution Mount Athos is, and has been, the chief standard bearer of Orthodox Christianity.
Over the years i have done portable Icons and Wall Murals across Canada and Cyprus.
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Exhibitions
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Next Artist: nnamdi ijiomah