Press Release
Sealed Art Gallery presents a contemporary Ceramics Solo Exhibition of
Theodora Chorafas “No Birth, No Death – Personal Excavations”
No Birth No Death – Personal Excavations, an exhibition of Theodora Chorafas invites the audience to engage deeply with the artist’s reflections on our current moment in history—a time when the familiar structures of civilization appear to be disintegrating, yet a new, indefinable essence is beginning to emerge.
Exhibition Dates: 28 September 2024 – 26 October 2024
Opening Reception: 28 September at 18:00
Venue: Santorini Arts Factory at Tomato Industrial Museum “D. Nomikos”
About the Exhibition:
A sophisticated ceramist trained in Switzerland, and widely educated in clay crafts from the Byzantine and Islamic worlds, Japan, and China, Theodora Chorafas lives and works in Greece. Her work is engaged with her home on the island of Aegina, the wider bioregion, and the global history of clay. “No Birth, No Death” is an exhibition that shows the breadth of her accomplishment as an artist, and how her work over decades is infused with certain themes that connect beneath the surface, like the flow of underground streams. The exhibition is ripe with textures, texts, patterns and smells, which are revealed when an artist is able to truly be in the flow of their practice and draw together the currents that animate such a diverse range of projects.
The title, one of the most important tenets of Buddhism, speaks to the interconnected materiality of all things – of growth, maturity, transformation, and reintegration into the earth. This is a way of understanding the world that does not put the human at the center of the universe, but rather matter itself and the ongoing cycle of life that we are all part of. This idea manifests through a series of works and installations that have been buried and unearthed by years of work, both literally and metaphorically. Everything from monumental columns to tiny scraps of paper with scribbled notes from her studio are given equal weight and are part of the same ‘personal excavation’, as Chorafas calls it.
This ongoing process of delving and re-emergence enables both the artist and us to encounter this vital work with new eyes and go forth with a new understanding and appreciation of work that touches on the most urgent question of our time: how to be in ‘right relation’ with the world.
For more information about the exhibition please visit www.sealedearth.art or contact us at gallery@sealedearth.art
About Sealed Earth Gallery: Sealed Earth Gallery is an establishment devoted to showcasing the brilliance of modern and contemporary ceramics. Focusing on creating dialogues and facilitating exchanges among diverse approaches to ceramics, our exhibition program oscillates mainly between visual artists who employ ceramics as a medium of expression and ceramists who explore contemporary art forms.
This summer our exhibition program is presented at SANTORINI ART FACTORY (SAF)
About Santorini Arts Factory: SAF is the artistic aspect of the Tomato Industrial Museum, “D. Nomikos”.
It was created with the ambition to become one of the pillars of cultural activities on the island of Santorini and the wider region of South Aegean. Its orientation is identical to that of the Industrial Museum and is based on three central axes: History & Tradition, Culture, and Education.
INFORMATION
Sealed Earth Gallery @ Santorini Arts Factory Tomato Industrial Museum “D. Nomikos” Vlychada, 84700 Santorini
Gallery Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 Tuesday to Sunday Tel: +30 2286085141
Contact: Thanasis Poulkas |+306975811500 | Gallery@sealedearth.art | www.sealedearth.art | www.tomatomuseum.gr |