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The Artists
Pedro Andrade
Nunes
Andrade Nunes is an investor in a number of companies. He has an MSc in management from the London School of Economics and is a corporate lawyer by trade. However, he is not your typical legal eagle. Nunes entire life has been a transgression between two very different realities, each evolving deeply around his art. His style of painting doesn’t start with an idea or a concept, he simply paints straight onto the canvas. He is usually in a semi-conscious state; he does not do any drafts and does not work around a subject. Nunes’s instincts take control in such a way that he is no longer the master of the brush. Born in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, his early childhood years were spent in Africa. It was there that his love of travel was formed. He has painted from an instinct, nothing specifically defined, an urge, an impulse, something irrational for sure. His works are world-renowned and will be seen in Christie’s in January 2020 and the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2020.
Gianna Dispenza
Gianna Dispenza earned her BFA in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2014 and completed her MA in painting at the Royal College of Art in 2020. Her work has been showcased internationally, spanning the USA, UK, Italy, France, South Korea, and Lebanon, including prestigious institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum. Currently residing and working in London, Dispenza continues to captivate audiences with her emotionally charged and archetypal explorations.
Gianna Dispenza has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions locally and abroad. Gallery exhibitions and residencies include: In The Flesh, 2023, This is not a curated exhibition III, 2022 - 2023, Residency Num. 1, 2021, This is not a curated exhibition II, 2021 - 2022, VestArt, 2022, Who is Ramo (Project Room #1), 2021 Double like tata, 2020.
Aristeidis Lappas
Aristeidis Lappas (b. Athens, 1993) lives and works in Athens. He studied for a BA degree at the University of West England, Bristol, UK. During this time he participated in an exchange programme with Academia De Belle Art, in Bologna, Italy. His work has been exhibited in: Body Thoughts, The Breeder, Athens (2021); Tenderness of a Cutting Sword, The Breeder, Athens, (2020, solo); Theorimata 2, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2020, group); Polymorphic Entrancing Topos, P.E.T Projects, Athens (2019, solo); Part II, The Breeder, Athens (2019, group); Break Time Contemplations, Transformer, Washington D.C. (2018, group); From November 2020 until January 2021 he was a resident in St.A.I.R., Graz, Austria, and in the summer of 2021, in the Tryfon Art Residency, Lesvos, Greece. His work was part of the 7th Athens Biennale Eclipse (2021). He is represented by The Breeder, in Athens.