Eleni Kolaitou

Eleni Kolaitou

Eleni Kolaitou, a highly lauded Greek sculptor, consistently arouses the visitor’s aesthetic interest and awareness through her sophisticated creations in bronze, ceramic and gold. Also, in collaboration with Katonas Asimis, she contributed to the architectural design and creation of the AK Art Foundation.

In her sculptures, the classical forms meet modernism head on through a personal conception of plasticity and the harmonious marriage between different elements.

Eleni Kolaitou was born in Cephalonia.  She studied Sculpture and Ceramics on a scholarship at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Later, while seeking new artistic forms of expression, she delved into the techniques of creating metal jewelry. Selecting gold as a material of extraordinary properties, and utilizing the infinite range of colour afforded by precious stones, she is a jewelry maker famous for the finesse and timelessness of her works. 

In our days, it is a rare and unexpected pleasure to taste the fruits of the labour of a sculptor whose artistic perception is deeply rooted in sculpture’s classical principles, which infuse her work with true substance and meaning. Beyond the contemporary essence of her creations, Eleni Kolaitou demonstrates a profound understanding of the distinct elements present in her works and forges relationships of harmony between them. Her extensive experience has allowed her to develop her own codes, which are founded on the classical notions of plasticity and harmony in sculpture. Thus, the sculpted form acquires immense power and simplicity, and this is what renders the artist’s creations so imaginative; her insistence on enduring standards of proportionality. For this reason, her works illuminate a solid perception of the essence of things, as well as the priceless and classic nature of aesthetic beauty.

Her works grace collections around the world, and she is highly valued as a very important representative of the Greek fine arts. Her large scale creations are located at the AK Art Foundation exterior space, where the visitor can also enjoy her world-renowned 22-carat gold handmade jewelry collection. Each piece of this collection is an exclusive creation, designed and handcrafted individually by the artist herself.

AK Galleries Exhibitions

    • Two figurine sculptures standing on a clay boat as seen in the Greek art gallery, Asimis in Santorini
    Opossite Directions
    Eleni Kolaitou
    Clay
    65x22x10cm
    2004
    • sculpture inspired by the ancient cycladic sculpture , produced by Greek contemporary artis Eleni Kolaitou
    • sculpture inspired by the ancient cycladic sculpture , produced by Greek contemporary artis Eleni Kolaitou
    Cycladic Body
    Eleni Kolaitou
    Clay
    66x22x18cm
    1998
    • Clay sculpture of upper body, by contemporary greek artist Eleni Kolaitou, of Asimis art gallery, a Greek art gallery in Santorini
    • Profile view of clay sculpture, with carvings and hollow areas, by Greek contemporary artist Eleni Kolaitou of the Greek art gallery Asimis, in Santorini
    Female Head
    Eleni Kolaitou
    Clay
    58x36x22cm, Edition of 18 (Bronze cast)
    1996
    • An abstract bronze sculpture bent sideways, with cracks carved in by Greek contemporary artist Eleni Kolaitou of a Greek art gallery, Asimis in Santorini
    • Bronze female corpus with intended cracks by Greek contemporary artist Eleni Kolaitou of Greek art gallery Asimis in Santorini
    • Abstract bronze sculpture, bent far backwards, as sculpted by Greek contemporary artist Eleni Kolaitou of Greek art gallery Asimis
    Female Corpus
    Eleni Kolaitou
    Bronze
    75x20x14cm, Edition of 18
    1996
    • An abstract bronze sculture of a womans body, as seen in a Greek art gallery called Asimis in Santorini
    • Sideways standing bronze scuplture by Greek contemporary artist Eleni Kolaitou of a Greek art gallery, Asimis, in Santorini
    Female Body Standing
    Eleni Kolaitou
    Bronze
    75x20x14cm- 1/2 of the natural size
    1989