DIMITRA CHARAMANDAS NOMINATED FOR THE SWISS ART AWARDS 2024

Dimitra Charamandas, Harvesting Tears, Swiss Art Awards 2024, installation view: Gina Folly



DIMITRA CHARAMANDAS
HARVESTING TEARS 

ON VIEW FROM JUNE 10 – 16
SWISS ART AWARDS, BASEL
HALLE 1.1, MESSE BASEL

AWARD CEREMONY | JUNE 10, 11.30 AM
VERNISSAGE | JUNE 10 | 6-10 PM

We are happy to announce the nomination of Dimitra Charamandas (*1988 Solothurn, Switzerland, lives and works in Solothurn and Greece) for the Swiss Art Awards 2024, coinciding with Art Basel. On this occasion, Dimitra Charamandas will present an installation including a new large scale painting together with a ceramic wall sculpture. The presentation will be on view from June 10 to 16 in an exhibition space just a few steps from Art Basel Unlimited, in Hall 1.1 of Messe Basel, entrance Isteinerstrasse, gate 107.
 
“Mastic, known as the tears of the mastic tree, derives from masticháo (Greek μαστιχάω, to grind the teeth). When harvested, the bark is scratched to release the resin, which hardens into tears and is collected on a bed of lime.
In 2012 a large part of the mastic groves on the east aegean island of Chíos were lost to fires. More than ever, fires have become part of the reality of life both on the thresholds and in the landscapes of the global South. 
Harvesting tears (2024) revolves around the end and the beginning of cycles, exploring physical and mental responses to loss. How important is it to grieve an end – for a different beginning?”
Dimitra Charamandas
 
 
 
 
Dimitra Charamandas_Grounding place_2024_gesso and acrylic on canvas_175 x 411 cm_Livie Gallery


Dimitra Charamandas
Grounding place, 2024
gesso and acrylic on canvas
175 x 411 cm

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Dimitra Charamandas_Lament (Grinding teeth)_2024_low fired ceramics and molten mastic resin tears_50 x 25 x 20 cm_Livie Gallery_Image2


Dimitra Charamandas
Lament (Grinding teeth), 2024
low fired ceramics, molten mastic resin tears, mastic essential oil
50 x 25 x 20 cm

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Dimitra Charamandas (*1988 Solothurn, Switzerland, lives and works in Solothurn and Greece) completed an MA in Fine Arts at the Institute Art Gender Natur, Basel in 2022. She previously studied at the Lucerne School of Art and Design (BA of Arts, 2013). 
Her most recent solo exhibitions include Tides, Kunstmuseum Solothurn (2023), Little inlets, Helvetia Art Foyer, Basel (2023), Body of Water, Body of Stone, Gypsum Gallery, Cairo (2022), Do not take me for granite, Ann Mazzotti Gallery, Basel (2022), Bassa Marea, Museo Castello San Materno, Ascona (2022). Her work was included in several group shows at Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttens, Switzerland; Graphisches Kabinett Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland; Christoph Merian Stiftung, Münchenstein, Switzerland; Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland; Kunsthaus Grenchen, Switzerland; Project Space Sfera, Athens, Greece; Kasko Basel, Switzerland; and Forum Stadtpark Graz, Austria. 
She has organised food gatherings in Frankfurt, Athens, Lucerne and Basel and is co-founder and part of the collectives Espacio Pacha with Irene Trujillo and Quince Collective with Johanna Schaible. Her works can be found in institutional and private collections. A solo exhibition at Livie Gallery is planned for September 2024.