Biography

Christos Tolera was born, lives and works in London.

“In my work i seek to portray a fleeting, frozen moment of revelation, to engage with the viewer in a potential connection of heightened emotion, perhaps a falling in love, or an imminent loss.”

 'A held breath, a secret longing

The space in between

The calm before the storm, a state suspended

The moment before a sigh of relief.'

"More recently my work has sought to engage with the romantic and poetic possibilities offered by the imagination. With representation as a starting point, i create illusionary spaces, visually referencing 17th century Dutch and Flemish still life painting and surrealism, where the symbolic, the real and the imagined converge into a believable place, where life and death co-exist in a fertile union."

Exhibitions

2011 - Group Show, 'Stilleven', Pertwee Anderson and Gold, London - www.pertweeandersongold.com

2010 - Group Show, 'Pop-In' Gallery, Portobello Road, London

2010 - Group Show, 'A Life Adorned', Savile Row, London - click here for press release

2009 - Group Show, 'Worn With Love', London

2009 - Group Show, ‘See Through Rose Tinted’, Greenwich, London - www.rosetintedart.co.uk

2009 - Group Show, ‘A New Romance’, Ada Street Gallery, London - www.anewromance.org

2009 - ‘A Healing Pageant’, Westminster Abbey, London - www.elizabethredux.com

2005 - Solo Show, ‘Ways of Going’, Madder139 Gallery, London

2003 - City And Guilds of London Art School, BA (Hons) Final Show, London

2002 - Group Show, Vedaris Art Prize, Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton, London

2002 - Group Show, Fish Gallery, Borough Market, London.

2001 - Group Show, 1st Floor Gallery, Wapping Wall, London

1999 - Solo Show, Coins Gallery, London

1998 - Solo Show, Mas Gallery, London

1996 - Joint Show, ‘People We Know’, The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London

1994 - Solo Show, ‘Intrusions’, Rocinantes, Bristol

1992 - Joint Show, ‘Jobson’s Choice’, Jill George Gallery, London