CHRIS AKORDALITIS 

House Guest

Artist Reception: January 8th, 5-7 PM

January 8th - February 4th, 2023

What if you had a recollection in advance? Something between  premonition and reminiscence. HOUSE GUESTS occupies that ambient space bridging memory and anticipation, a window into the painter’s creative realm. While all of Chris Akordalitis paintings begin with a Mediterranean essence (the artist is based is Cyprus) this body of work attempts to forecast his own foray into California. A figure holds a sea shell to their ear smiling ear-to-ear while another subject lays their head sidelong on a piano keyboard. Can you hear the ocean drowning out the Gershwin?

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

​A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

​Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

​The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

​Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

-Rumi

Chris Akordalitis (b.1989, Paphos, Cyprus) lives and works in Paphos. He received an MFA from Kunst academy in Düsseldorf, where he studied painting under Prof. Andreas Schulze and sculpture under the artist Tony Cragg. Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Inside/Outside’ at Expo Chicago, Dio Horia Gallery, Chicago; ‘Fragile Gods’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Athens; ‘Between Worlds’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos. Selected group exhibitions include: Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, CAN Ibiza, Dio Horia Gallery, Ibiza; ‘After Hope’, Dio Horia Gallery, Athens; Untitled Miami, Dio Horia Gallery, Miami; Untitled Miami at Dio Horia Gallery, Online Edition, Artland; Future Fair, Dio Horia Gallery, Online edition, Artsy; ‘Friends Non Show’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Athens.

His work has been reviewed by Artsy, Juxtapoz, ArtObserver, Art Chosun and other cultural media. Akordalitis’ work has been part of prominent art collections, including Forecast Städtische at Galerie Kaarst, Kaarst; Gallery Pop68, Cologne; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Planet 58 Kunstsammlung [K21], Düsseldorf; Water House of Art, Paphos; Xiao Museum, Rizhao; Zuzeum Art Centre, Riga. 

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