CAN gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Konstantinos Ladianos that will take place from March 26th to May 02nd 2015 with an opening ceremony on Thursday 26th March 2015 at 20.00. The artist introduces us to his human-centered world. The scenes of his artworks refer somehow to Magical Realism although the human figures are strange, often monastic as if they came out from Byzantine pictures or bizarre fairy tales. The human form is always alone, sometimes surrounded by flowers, other times is naked or strangely dressed. Faces and bodies that can be found in the real modern life are transformed into "non-real" characters. Ladianos creates his personal mythology full of humans and monsters. With his portraits the artist delivers to his audience a soul map and a transcendental world beyond and behind from what we see.

Konstantinos Ladianos, Untitled, 2015, egg tempera on wood, 68x105cm, courtesy of the artist and the gallery CAN Christina Androulidaki

Konstantinos Ladianos, Untitled, 2015, egg tempera on wood, 80x90cm, courtesy of the artist and the gallery CAN Christina Androulidaki

Konstantinos Ladianos, Untitled, 2015, egg tempera on wood, 80x110cm, courtesy of the artist and the gallery CAN Christina Androulidaki

Konstantinos Ladianos, Paolo, 2015, aluminium and egg tempera on paper mounted on wood, 40x25cm, courtesy of the artist and CAN Christina Androulidaki gallery

Konstantinos Ladianos, Untitled, 2015, egg tempera on wood, 70x65cm, courtesy of the artist and CAN Christina Androulidaki gallery

Bio.

Konstantinos Ladianos (1967) was born in Athens, Greece. He lives and works in Berlin. He studied in the School of Fine Arts (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). He is mostly involved in painting and embroidery. His artworks are human-centered and are focused in his ontological concerns on faith theories, culture and aesthetics. He has participated in various solo and group exhibitions like the “Feed me” that took place in GazonRouge Loraini Alimantiri gallery, “Lustlands” in the Family Business NY, “Hell Αs Pavilion” in Palais de Tokyo (Paris), “(O)IKEA Hydra School Projects” in Hydra, “Paint-id” in the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (Thessaloniki, Greece) and others.