Traditional Greek imagery, literature, poetry, or observing urban or rural life can all serve as sources of inspiration. Each piece is approached as if it were a tale being told on canvas, with different hues used to convey seriousness, lightheartedness, passion, gloom, and even irony.
Ioanna Limniou, born in 1987, lives and works in Athens, Greece. Limniou's paintings feature classical figurative and still-life imagery rendered with a naïf aesthetic. As an artist, Limniou integrates the materiality of her mediums in her work. The wood for the canvases is often the beginning point for a multi-media process that includes paper, cloth, and monotypes on plexiglass. Ready-made items like photo frames can also be incorporated into the piece. She uses oils, crayons, watercolor pencils, markers, mixed media, and collages in her paintings.
Traditional Greek imagery, literature, poetry, or observing urban or rural life can all serve as sources of inspiration. Each piece is approached as if it were a tale being told on canvas, with different hues used to convey seriousness, lightheartedness, passion, gloom, and even irony. The combination of her technique and subject matter gives the impression of peering into a memory, both the artists and the viewers.
Limniou studied Fashion Design and Art & Antiquities Conservation before enrolling in the Master’s program at the Athens School of Fine Art. Recent exhibitions include Elpis and Little Help from my Friend at KYAN Athens in 2022 and Nemesis at The Holy Art London in 2022.