Andrea Tyrimos
PAINTING I INSTALLATION I PUBLIC ART
Represented by MTArt Agency, Andrea Tyrimos is a contemporary artist who lives and works in London. She has been featured in publications such as The Guardian, The New York Times, Huffington Post and Time-Out; as well as being interviewed on BBC World News and London Live TV, alongside her installations, and was featured on Channel 4 documentary ‘Flawless’.
Her Bipolar Picasso series of art installations, featuring intimate paintings and audio recordings of people who have experience with mental health issues and first prize winning entry at the ING Discerning Eye 2020 exhibition received critical acclaim.
During the 2021 Covid-19 lockdown, Tyrimos joined the #LightItBlue project, an initiative part of the wider #MakeItBlue campaign in the UK, to encourage people to share their own messages of gratitude and solidarity to the NHS. Created during London’s first lockdown in 2020, Andrea Tyrimos’s painting ‘Sophie’, wanted to elevate key workers to the status they deserve by shining a light on the crucial work they do.
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Selected
artworks
Hold my Hand , 2016
Oil paint on canvas with audio recording 127 x 127cm Gail Porter speaks honestly and from the heart about her experience with Bipolar, being sectioned, and the stigma surrounding mental illness. Wonderfully touching with a splash of humour - an inspiring beauty inside and out.
I’m still fighting , 2016
Oil paint on canvas with audio recording 130 x 130 cm (framed) "It's overwhelming. Andrea is such a credit with regards to what she's trying to do; reach out to people, and tell these stories through art. The eyes don't lie, the eyes tell a big, deep story and it's a pleasure to be able to see that" - Leon McKenzie
On darker nights or lighter nights , 2016
oil paint on canvas with audio recording 127 x 127cm "Bipolar isn't easy to diagnose, nor to treat, nor to live with. It can be elusive. Like people. Like light. Andrea Tyrimos recognizes that. Her portraits have lightness. Lightness of touch. Look at her work, listen to her talk, and you soon appreciate that she is a very humane being. Humour, warmth, accessibility and relevance. The art and the person" - Bill Oddie
