Nectarios Livisianos is a Sydney based abstract expressionist painter and collagist who uses vibrant colours to create different moods in his works. A vivid colour palette delivers a sense of cheerfulness, moodiness and a little tongue in cheek humour to his audience.
His Greek heritage inspired a quest to his ancestral home Greece where he resided for many years. He studied, worked and exhibited on the island of Rhodes where he developed a technique of using fast, thick brush strokes on canvas and softly blending pastels in bright and muted shades on paper, often using his hands to connect with the art. He studied Landscape Fundamentals at the National Art School (NAS), Sydney, and experiments with new techniques and subject matters.
His observation of current events is the catalyst for the conception of the varied series of works. The artist's statement is "Included in my paintings are diverse imperfections, scratches and cracks, drips and strokes, layering and drawings, bent realities and truths, long palette knife declarations and ultimately, conversations with my self that as a body of work creates a perfect wholeness".
Exhibitions
Hellenic
Besara "Absape", August, 2006 Solo
The Walk Inn "Humberto's Return" June, 2007 Solo
The Walk Inn "Love, Oil, Crisis" October, 2008 Group
Sissitio Fine Arts Centre "Collection" March, 2009 Solo
Boheme Art Centre "Flirting with Cubism" November, 2011 Solo
Australian
Gallery 307, Northbridge " Transitions" June, 2016 Group
Kave Bar, Newport, "Elements" June, 2017 Solo
The Corner Gallery, Stanmore "New Whimsical Works" February, 2021 Solo
Luna Gallery, Newtown "P.U.F.S" April, 2021 Group
Recycletastic, Enmore "Serenity of Stripes" December, 2021 Group
Hopsters, Enmore "Spirit of Now" December, 2021 Group
Beachwood, Avalon "Wave Upon Wave I" March, 2022 Group
ArticulateUpstairs, Leichhardt "The Lost Abstractions of Atlantis" September, 2022 Solo
The Space Gallery, Rosebery "Abstracticus" November, 2022 Group
The Corner Gallery, Stanmore "Anatomy of Stanmore" January, 2023 Solo
Beachwood, Avalon, "Midnight Blues 1&2" January, 2023 Group
Tiliqua Tiliqua Gallery, Enmore, "Subscribe Now" March, 2023 Solo
Mona Vale Creative Space Galllery, Mona Vale, "Atlantis Returns" May, 2023 Solo
Tiliqua Tiliqua Gallery, Enmore, One door closes... "Hellenes" May, 2023 Group